unfortunately it’s kelvin timeline so … ugh
The timeline didn’t split until the Narada showed up. So, if it’s before that moment, it is still the original timeline.
my expectation is that since they described it as being linked to kelvin it’s going to have jj abrams kelvin vibes instead of new trek vibes
Did anyone watch Video Game Highschool on YouTube? Am I crazy, or is the dude sitting in the captains chair, the same as the “villian” in vghs?
Not the same guy but he was I the later seasons of breaking bad’ as the guy that killed the kid
nick named “meth damon”
That’s Jesse Plemons. I don’t see Video Game Highschool on his list of acting credits in IMDB.
Yep, my memory has faded. They do not look remotely similar, I must be remembering Jesse Plemons from elsewhere. Thank you.
That’s alright. When I first saw the episode USS Calilister I thought he was Matt Damon.
Plemons is actually married to Kirsten Dunst. He’s got quite a lot of acting credits under his belt. Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blues, and most recently Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio.
I find “USS Callister” especially funny because early on in Disco’s run, people would point to it as what new Trek should be, but the episode is all about how someone obsessed with an old sci-fi television show is a loser and a creep, and then it ends with the protagonists getting a Kelvin universe-esque upgrade, lens flares and all.
Media literacy!
Black mirror is a lot like a modern Twilight Zone, which early Star Trek was significantly influenced by, and now a fan who directed an episode inspired by Trek gets to do actual Trek?
I can feel my hopes getting up.
William Shatner also starred in several episodes
Wow so there’s a Trek inspired Black Mirror episode? Will need to check it out.
That episode is pure gold.
Well, as long as it’s nothing like that episode, it should be fine.
I remember an episode of CSI years ago where they were investigating the murder of someone who was rebooting a very Star Trek show into something super dark and gritty, with none of the hope and positivity the original show had. That seems to be the trend of a lot of Star Trek properties the last few years, and it makes me think the writer of that episode was quite prescient.
Oh good, another prequel.
What do they even want to prequel? Isn’t SNW already doing that?
it sounds like they want to cover the birth of the Federation, so maybe it’s a bit of an Enterprise follow-up?
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I liked the idea of advancing the timeline in Picard, but I didn’t like the way they did it.
I would’ve loved for the people behind SNW to write the Picard timeline, but the whole robot genocide/renegade defenders stuff was just a little disappointing to see. All the good things about the Federation seemed to have disappeared, except for the deus ex machina appearances that the occasional guest characters provided, and I think that was a real shame.
The Black Mirror episode is very much a typical Black Mirror story, but the writing seemed like it was done by someone with a love for the franchise. The contents of the episode aren’t very much about Star Trek and its ideals, but the clichés were portrayed honestly and in good faith, in my opinion.
The “I won’t try it because it’s a prequel” argument reminds me of “Deep Space Nine is boring because the station doesn’t move”, as if every episode of TNG or TOS involved the ship being in motion, and if the presence of nacelles was somehow what made the writing good.
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Same. DS9 is not as kid-accessible that’s for sure. Fun fac: DS9 actually has fewer bottle episodes than TNG.
