He wouldn't be my first choice, that would be Ron Moore but his TV record is much better than his movies.

Shame though because they will probably try to tie it to the new movies

Here are some ideas:

• A plucky girl from a planet that is oddly similar to 21st century Earth is offered the opportunity to travel aboard a starship that drops her off at home again from week to week, and she has trouble balancing school and intergalactic adventure.

• A bounty hunter hitches rides on starships in search of an escaped convict shape-shifter... and finds love and laughter all along the way.

• A ragtag crew of a small freighter has to steer clear of Federation starships while conducting a business of semi-legal trade and salvage.

• The return of Gary Seven, star adventurer.

• An all-girl band travels the galaxy performing for Starfleet audiences and any other gig that pays the bills.

• I actually tried to think of good ideas and couldn't.

Gary Seven is a Time Lord...just think about it.

Oh man. I'm part of a Trek board and the fan reaction has been...bipolar, to say the least. There has been a lot of complaints about it being exclusively available through CBS All Access Streaming, but the fee is 6 bucks a month, so I don't really see the problem.

Kurtzman's involvement is, of course, polarizing. Given is long running history with CBS and TV producer he might have the right set of skills to manage this new show. I think that CBS will be very involved to get the results they want.

The press release states that it is not connected to the new film, but does not detail what timeline or continuity it will be in. Negotiating with Paramount?

All in all, I'm quite excited 

Last edited by fireproof78 (2015-11-04 06:31:23)

He obviously died from excitement.

Petition to Cancel the New CBS Star Trek Series

And then there's the guys like me, that will probably appreciate a fast-paced Trek.
Try to ignore the freak-of-the-week type of show, with 20+ episodes each season, and you probably win me over.

Then again, I was never much of a Trekkie to begin with.

The first thing I thought was "God, I feel bad for Brian."

Seriously, this looks like hot trash. Granted, trailers can be all kinds of misleading, but all the PR they've done for this movie has been saying they're going for a more cerebral tone, and *this* is the first thing they give us?

Don't get me wrong, I don't at all like TNG, and I love the funny adventurous feel of TOS. But there was always a balance between fun and thought there, and that balance is nowhere to be seen here. This was their first chance to prove to us that this movie was gonna be what was promised, and they blew it. And that's not even touching the problem of yet another cheap callback to earlier films.

Also, the fact that Pegg's initial script was rejected for being "too Star Trek" has me all sorts of concerned.

I'll still go see it, of course, and I'll try my hardest to reserve judgment as this is only the first teaser. But god, this makes me sad.

Last edited by Abbie (2015-12-15 02:06:40)

I think it looks good, new aliens who look interesting, the crew being stranded, I wouldn't say that it is the same old same old

Yes, yes I do.

http://www.heyuguys.com/simon-pegg-star … d-trailer/

Worth a watch, skip to the bit he talks about the trailer.

So, looks like CBS decided to go after the Axanar people after all

I really haven't been following this, but I remember hearing about the Indiegogo campaign.  All seems a bit of a shame as it sounded like it was being done people who actually 'get' what Star Trek is, as seemingly distinct from people in charge of things lately.

(Hasn't helped that I went back and saw ST:ID for the first time since the theater the other week and was really caught off-guard by how much I completely fucking hated every single god damn minute of the thing.)