Star Trek: Discovery - New series on Netflix

[ThunderSpook]

Vipers said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...

Hope it's not a repost.

Dunno, it’s now blocked.

[SpudLink]

ThunderSpook said:

Vipers said:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...

Hope it's not a repost.

Dunno, it’s now blocked.

I watched it before it was blocked. Not a repost.

It’s got me excited for season 3.

[Rumblestripe]

https://www.techradar.com/news/star-trek-discovery...
Trailer for series 3 is towards the foot of the page this version has a short intro and a panel discussion afterwards


Also on YouTube and seems to play for me in Blighty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=185&am...

[juggsy]

Trailer is also here https://intl.startrek.com/videos/star-trek-discove...

[xeny]

SpudLink said:

I remember an episode of TNG when Beverley Crusher starts a relationship with an alien man who then gets transferred into a female body. It was the same “it’s who I am inside that counts” that is so criticised now as ‘woke culture’.

Didn't the body transfer kill the relationship? That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

[Flip Martian]

xeny said:

SpudLink said:

I remember an episode of TNG when Beverley Crusher starts a relationship with an alien man who then gets transferred into a female body. It was the same “it’s who I am inside that counts” that is so criticised now as ‘woke culture’.

Didn't the body transfer kill the relationship? That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

Yes! Dr Beverley revealing herself to be homophobic by not instantly having lesbian tendencies. Or something.

[irocfan]

xeny said:

That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

Let's be honest - it does

[pquinn]

Having watched the trailer - have they just dug up an earlier Gene Roddenberry draft of Andromeda?

Seems like the same basic idea from what I can see - ship ends up in the future, the big peace keeping Commonwealth/Federation has collapsed, ship goes around trying to bring it back?

They may have binned off the non-Trek dressing but the core concept looks identical right now.

[Fundoreen]

Flip Martian said:

xeny said:

SpudLink said:

I remember an episode of TNG when Beverley Crusher starts a relationship with an alien man who then gets transferred into a female body. It was the same “it’s who I am inside that counts” that is so criticised now as ‘woke culture’.

Didn't the body transfer kill the relationship? That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

Yes! Dr Beverley revealing herself to be homophobic by not instantly having lesbian tendencies. Or something.

Sounds like the sort of thing the orville always seemed to be about.

[AlexC1981]

pquinn said:

Having watched the trailer - have they just dug up an earlier Gene Roddenberry draft of Andromeda?

Seems like the same basic idea from what I can see - ship ends up in the future, the big peace keeping Commonwealth/Federation has collapsed, ship goes around trying to bring it back?

They may have binned off the non-Trek dressing but the core concept looks identical right now.

I don't mind if they re-hash that concept, I could never get into Andromeda. DS9 worked out well despite people saying they were copying Babylon 5.

I wonder if I should give Andromeda another go. I'm not sure if I can watch Kevin Sorbo without thinking of that terrible and incredibly cheesy Hercules show.

[pquinn]

Looking into it it sounds like Andromeda was originally conceived as a Trek spinoff, so they've just dug out the original basic proposal from the 60s or 70s and gone with that.

Entirely possibly the showrunners never even heard of Andromeda and think digging in the archives has given them something new.

[ChocolateFrog]

irocfan said:

xeny said:

That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

Let's be honest - it does

Anyone who says it doesn't is lying

[AlexC1981]

ChocolateFrog said:

irocfan said:

xeny said:

That's saying that what is on the outside matters as well.

Let's be honest - it does

Anyone who says it doesn't is lying

To an extent. In my experience, someone who you haven't found good looking before can grow on you given time and become rather dishy.

[Sophisticated Sarah]

AlexC1981 said:

I don't mind if they re-hash that concept, I could never get into Andromeda. DS9 worked out well despite people saying they were copying Babylon 5.

I wonder if I should give Andromeda another go. I'm not sure if I can watch Kevin Sorbo without thinking of that terrible and incredibly cheesy Hercules show.

Andromeda was excellent, mainly due to the lovely Lexa Doig

Just don’t bother with the last season which was diabolical to the level it made the first season of TNG binge worthy.

[Vipers]

https://www.netflix.com/extras/81261971?s=a&tr...

Edited by Vipers on Friday 2nd October 23:31

Edited by Vipers on Saturday 3rd October 10:16

[Flip Martian]

Vipers said:

https://www.netflix.com/extras/81261971?s=a&tr...

Even more the Michael Burnham show then. Roll on, the Pike show...

[Tuna]

Maybe it's me, but I think I came out of that trailer knowing less than when I went in.

I'm happy enough to watch the show though - there have been much worse sci-fi shows on tv lately.

[Flip Martian]

Tuna said:

Maybe it's me, but I think I came out of that trailer knowing less than when I went in.

I'm happy enough to watch the show though - there have been much worse sci-fi shows on tv lately.

That might be it - I rarely watch any TV these days. Must admit I find it less eaasy to sit in front of the telly and do nothing as I get older.

[jodypress]

I was a tad confused as I thought there was a crossover with the DC Arrowverse and Manchester Black.
Luckily just the same actor...phew.

[Sophisticated Sarah]

Vipers said:

https://www.netflix.com/extras/81261971?s=a&tr...

Edited by Vipers on Friday 2nd October 23:31

Edited by Vipers on Saturday 3rd October 10:16

Will probably try and watch it, just find it odd not giving a st about any of the characters.