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A bit of a shift in tone for this one, both in terms of it an SNW trailer and trailers in general.
There's a lot more emphasis on the Spock/Kirk connection, and hinting at that being the future. I'd say there's more Kirk than Pike in this one.
And as trailers generally go, they're giving away very little in this one in terms of any particular tropes for the individual episodes. There may be one horror one, and one fantasy themed one perhaps.
Yeah the tone is definitely staying away from the silly tone that marked the season 3 trailers and even the first season 4 trailer (muppets). Hopefully a sign of what's to come for the season.
Yeah, definitely hopeful after seeing that. Although I do wish they'd leave the moral messages a little less overt. TNG was very good at this. Quantum Leap was probably the master. Telling very clear morally challenging and affirming stories WITHOUT the need to spell them out. Let the viewer do the work.
Exactly, they were confident enough of the muppets sequence that they were willing to lead with it at a major convention. And with the series 4 weeks out, that episode is almost certainly 100% finished, yet not a single frame of it appears.
The tone seems to have shifted to a more traditional sci-fi/space based approach, more shots of Enterprise zooming about, a few glimpses on alien worlds, that kind of thing.
No hint of an overall arc though either.
Any chance of it being repeated on ITV? Not for me for someone else.
"Perhaps what happens next will define everything"
Is that them subtly saying, "We are going to see what the ratings of Season 4 are like before we make a decision on Year One"?
If they are on satellite they should be able to get ITV4. I doubt that it will move back to ITV1.
Year One sounds terrible. It's essentially sacking Pike and phasing out La'an in exchange for the annoying version of Scotty, constantly love sick Spock and Pinocchio Kirk.
Sounds like a huge downgrade.
I agree. If SNW is successful, could they not just keep doing it for a few years more? Is that not how making a profit ususally works? Identify something consumers like and then keep making it and selling it to them.
I dont know about others but at this point i am spocked out. They took arguably Star Treks most iconic character and have over used him. Putting him in Disco was a mistake. In SNW we have had angry Spock, laughing Spock, hungry Spock, Spock fully human, Spock in love, Spock playing the lute to ease his stress.
Anson Mount as Pike is very enjoyable. I'm not much of a fan of new Kirk. La'an is a great character.
Well thank god that is never gonna happen
Not gonna happen - Kurtzman is out, they were trying to buy out the IP (maybe they have) but rather they bring it in-house and do something different that is not owned by one person/studio
The last good series of Star Trek was enterprise. The latest stuff STD SNW etc that comes straight from Alex Kurztsmans toilet bowel is absolutely terrible. There was a character in DS9 who was meant to be a take on Frank Sinatra, thankfully they limited him to the hollodeck, but his best scene was in a mirror universe episode were he is shot to death and I wish this whole kurtzman universe would be killed of in a fire fight with the cardassians, awful stuff, Star Trek academy Jesus H this franchise is dead. Just how I continues in Trump land with the grasp they have of paramount I don’t know.
I respectfully disagree. SNW season 1 IMO is the best Trek in 30 years. I enjoyed Enterprise despite its rocky beginnings. I pretty much hated Voyager.
Lower Decks and Prodigy are very good for what they are (though they don't fill the gap of serious adult Trek).
SNW season 1 was decent though as someone who grew up with TNG as "My Trek", still left me feeling that something was missing. If you're someone for whom TOS was "your Trek", I can see how you would be all over it. It captured the vibe of the TOS era perfectly.
TNG was my intro to Trek with DS9 being my favourite. Voyager was ok but could not stand Janeway's voice and mannerisms. And there was no that, what with it's big reset button every week. Enterprise was totally forgettable. Disco started pretty well with an interesting take on klingons that I liked. But, yeah, we all know how that went. But it did give us SNW which has been been great, apart from a ropey last season. I have not watched Prodigy but LD is just as serious as any other of the good treks. With some deeeeep cuts which are great (well, not serious, given the tone, but you know what I mean). I quite liked the characters in Academy and enjoyed the show for what it was. The DS9 episode awas a great and respectful homage to a trek they will never do again.
Showrunners are in a very difficult position when working on established franchises. If they stick to close to the time of the originals they are blamed for playing it safe, being boring and doing nothing new and pandering to original fans. If they stray too far, they get blamed for abandoning the core show and pandering to new people.
Remember the arguments when DS9 was on a space station?
Just over a week away from Season 4, excitement is growing. I think it's a morning release so will be able to watch it as soon as home from work, which is great. First two episodes dropping at the same time from what I can see?
Episode titles revealed for the season.
I don't know how to do spoiler text in this, ahem, "lovely" new Boards.ie interface, so click here if you want to see them: https://trekmovie.com/2026/07/16/surprise-characters-and-provocative-episode-titles-revealed-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-4/
Some other info in there too but the episode titles are clear to see if you want to avoid the rest.
The title of episode ten raises an eyebrow.
I don't think there is a two-episode opening to this season, though. Just one a week for ten weeks.
I will try.
Done. All 10 episode names. Yes hiding stuff not as easy as before
Valles Marineris”
“The Griffin Incident”
“Human Best Friend”
“A Case of Chiaroscuro”
“Level-Five Transporter Accident”
“Off-Hour”
“Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass”
“Orders of Magnitude”
“Once La’an a Time”
“Tomorrow’s Enterprise”
I hope I am wrong but that looks like a shocking amount of time travel episodes.
Pure speculation, but my suspicion is:
Once La'an a Time is a return to her time agent duties, and possibly a way to start erasing older characters pre-Kirk times, if the following episode also parallels Tasha Yar staying on the Enterprise-C.
Wondering has episode 10 any connection to:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Enterprise
It's very unfortunate as I think La'an is the best "new" character SNW introduced. I do feel like they will try to retcon her character. A bit like how they explained how we never heard of Michael Burnham again - because she got sent into the distant future on a super secret mission. So secret, even her step brother never mentions her again.
I wonder will they do something similar with Pelia?
It would allow for the character to appear in other series, but that's fairly academic since there doesn't seem to be any immediate next step in the future after SNW. Legacy, early Kirk and Starbase 80 are all suggested but not gaining any traction.
If they send La'an to another time especially very far back or very far ahead then it doesn't allow her to be used again. Not for anything more than a cameo or a one episode appearance.
I'm also uncomfortable with them preparing(and in doing so getting rid of ) characters ahead of a follow on series such as Year One, which is still pretty much in limbo. If it was already in development, then I could understand, but it's not.
Is Year One not dead in the water now with Kirkman gone?
I used the term limbo because the truth is no-one seems to know what is going on.
Still don't think Kurtzman being gone is confirmed never mind what happens next.
Certainly shows the decline of Boards.ie with new episodes out and absolute no discussion on it here.
And since It was a while since I sailed the high seas, I forgot how to send a successful torrent to ADM on android for download. So playing episode 1 streaming over a firewalled VPN so if it drops, I don't expose myself to the isp.
Because of streaming it is pausing/stalling every now and then.
Edit: New boards forgot to look for the new thread? https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058440819/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-s4-e01-valles-marineris-spoilers-within/p1?sort=-dateInserted
Chat numbers are way down on dedicated Trek forums too. I think a mix of people bored with SNW or bored with Kurtz/Goldman Trek in general.
In my sailing I only came across 1 episode! Did I read on here there was suppose to be a second episode out at the same time?
