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New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by dogma1138 »

Kinda worried that this will be a "web-only" series, Star Trek needs quite a good production to work well, The budget for a TNG episode was 2M$ which was pretty unheard off back then and is even considered expensive these days (GOT which is currently the most expensive running show has about 6M per episode and when you count the fact that TNG had 24-25 episodes per season the overall season budget was almost the same).

I'm really hoping that the web production will be more akin to Netflix or Amazon Studios quality and budget rather than the usual network webseries tie in.

Also anyone has any ideas about the cast? there was a very long standing rumor / pre-production "Captain Worf" show that was supposed to happen but never did, I really hope that this won't be in the rebooted universe because it was well kinda meh.

Enterprise wasn't great (4th season was amazing tho), if this will be of the same quality as TNG/DS9 or even "mom we got stuck in the holodeck again" Voyager this would truly blow my mind, but as of now I am pessimistic beyond hope until I can see the cast, writers, and canonical premise.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by oqnet »

lghh wrote: post #10

I have always been interested in watching Star Trek, having watched some of Deep Space Nine with my dad and thinking it was okay when I was really young in addition to enjoying the new movies. I figure now is a good time seeing as this is coming out in a little over a year. Any suggestions as to what order I should watch it in or if I should avoid any of the series?

DS9 needs to watched in sequential order, TOS doesn't, TNG to a certain extent should be watched in order, but doesn't have to be. Some major arch's rely on character points or what has happened with say the borg.

Voyager and Enterprise aren't as sequential as DS9 but should be watched in order. There are a significant number of episodes in each you can drop from your watching order, but I couldn't tell you which ones. They both have very low points in my opinion.

As for the movies I'm sure there's a watching order. Some of the movies are very meh. If you look online you might find a good order, but if you get really into just watch them in order.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by maxerickson »

mason240 wrote: post #4

Any word on the setting and how the alternate timeline reset of the of 2009 movie fits into the cannon? It seems like there are couple possibilities. 1) They act like the reset in the 2009 movie didn't happen, and the new show is just set sometime after TNG/DS9/Voyager, with the same continuity. 2) Everything is reset and we get a new show set sometime after the reset. I guess there is this: >The new television serie…

"not related" could just mean that the stories do not cross over, it could still be part of that cannon.

I would sort of be surprised if they decide to heft all the baggage from TNG et al.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by roneesh »

thehodge wrote: post #2

Hopefully this will be a look forward beyond Voyager rather than going back again..

Agree, please please please not a prequel!

The big joy of Star Trek is speculating about the future, in these times especially I think we could use more optimism about a future we haven't thought of yet, not just a dramatic retcon of stories we already know.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by ramblerman »

lghh wrote: post #10

I have always been interested in watching Star Trek, having watched some of Deep Space Nine with my dad and thinking it was okay when I was really young in addition to enjoying the new movies. I figure now is a good time seeing as this is coming out in a little over a year. Any suggestions as to what order I should watch it in or if I should avoid any of the series?

This is a pretty loaded question and you will get very different answers.

But imo, star trek TNG with Captain Picard is the best one. Deep space nine is good but is a bit slow, I think TNG is easier to watch.

I'm from the mid eighties and can't watch the original, it's too dated for me. So take that for what it's worth.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

oldmanjay wrote: post #24

They'd better just blow out the stops, go like 4000 years in the future and start imagining some out there stuff. I don't need people in makeup and masks fondling iPads and acting all utopian cause Roddenberry said so.

I guess there are lots of other franchises to watch. I don't know why they'd butcher this one because some folks have tired of it.

Re: New Star Trek Series Premieres January 2017

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Post by zo1 »

Gartenioa wrote: post #15
eslaught wrote: post #12

While we're here, let's also acknowledge some of the fan-funded efforts that have been keeping the spirit alive: http://www.startrekaxanar.com/ http://startrekrenegades.com/ I, for one, am really looking forward to Axanar as much or even more than these official series.

Star Trek was a professionally produced show. These examples do not 'keep alive' anything. Avoid them.

They have actors from the "professionally produced" shows. I am perfectly willing to sit through non-blockbuster-budgeted series for a chance to see my favourite actors playing their roles, the ones I grew up watching and had a huge influence on who I am as an adult.

Edit. Typo.

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