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Star Trek Discovery



Sonequa's acting looks better in this trailer but it all looks a bit dark and serious. I hope there's room for fun and wonder (but it looks like the whole season is going to be a story arc about fighting a weird Klingon religious sect?)
 
It looks very entertaining. I hope the story is actually good and they're not just distracting everyone with flashy effects work.

Probably best to look at it as an original sci-fi universe that happens to bear some strong resemblances to Trek, as there is some nice design work if you forget how little it fits with what already exists.
 


If you're in the UK the one Wacky posted will work, if you're in the US here's the US one. THEY ARE STUPID FOR COUNTRY LOCKING THE SAME DAMN VIDEO. :rwmad:
 
It looks like they took the FX and film quality from the JJ movies, and just ignored all the humour and character moments.
 
I can take a lot of the "JJverse" look just fine, but the one thing I will never stand or even get is the SHAKYCAM during space battles. Making the camera shake, roll and blur out of focus as if it's in the battle too does NOT make for a better visual. Because WE CAN'T FUCKING TELL WHAT'S GOING ON! LET US SEE CLEARLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, YOU MOOKMEEPS!
 
Yes, indeed. Because of all the things they flat out ignored about Star Trek, they figured putting Harry-Mudd-as-an-old-man in there would fix all that stuff right up.
 
Thanks to social media, yet another Klingon variant has been revealed.

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So it turns out that the reason why Discovery doesn't (and can't) tie in to Star Trek's continuity is that it's being produced by Paramount & Bad Robot. After Viacom split into CBS Inc. and Paramount, the license to televised Trek and the first 10 films went to CBS, while the license to produce more films stayed with Paramount.

That's why the JJTrek films had to take place in an "alternate reality" -- they legally couldn't use canon designs, just the names of characters, places, etc. The "melted in a microwave" JJprise came about because they weren't licensed to make a version that didn't look stupid.

Same with Discovery -- it's being produced on the Paramount/Bad Robot version of the license, not CBS's, because Paramount wants to get the most out of the license and not let it lapse, and CBS wants something to launch their streaming service with.

All of that is perfectly understandable and I have no problem with any of it. Still sore that they're telling us it's set in the prime timeline when not only is it obvious that it isn't, but for those "back stage" legal reasons, it can't be.
 
I hope the USS Kelvin appears in the series but they have to cast one of the lesser Hemsworths as George Kirk.
 
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