The bolded part is the main issue I have - if you have to highlight that you didn't mind most of the characters then it's quite a problem. There was simply nobody with enough charisma to keep me interested.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
Seth McFarlane's spoof looks more Star Treky than this.
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Mmm... Not sure what to say. I don't like the captain and that's going to be a problem.
Looks really promising. Like the look of it.
Can't say it excites me greatly from that, but will prob give it a go when it's out.
They have already done a series based on events before the original Star Trek, now they should do something set in the future after the Next Generation series.
Didn't get the Star Trek feel at all from that trailer, reminded me more of one of those Star Trek movies.
Will surely watch it, but not getting my hopes up.
Will surely watch it, but not getting my hopes up.
The trailer looks absolutely horrible. Too much CGI mixed with a low budget looking production design. Looks a bit like a PS4 game.
Well they sort of did two of them, Deep Space Nine and Voyager take place right after TNG. If the stories are good, then the time frame will work.
Yeah, but those two were shortly after, why not jump ahead, like a century?
Both of them were actually set at the time of the Next Generation.
TNG was based in the latter half of the 24th century. The next series should be well after that imo. These cheesy attempts at nostalgia though the most recent film reboot and the old Enterprise series of 15 years ago was completely silly imo. They need to write about newer more advanced technology.
This.
One of the reasons why I liked DS9 was because they were in another quadrant of space and we got to see brand new aliens, conflicts and tech. Going the way of prequel is wrong imo since there are so much they could have done with either moving it forward in time or covering another quadrant of space in the Star Trek universe.
Well, they've had a black captain, followed by a female captain, and now they're rolling the dice for the big prize, trying for the Victoria Cross of Hollywood political correctness - a black, female captain!
Let's see if they pull it off.
Let's see if they pull it off.
Agreed.
Well, they've had a black captain, followed by a female captain, and now they're rolling the dice for the big prize, trying for the Victoria Cross of Hollywood political correctness - a black, female captain!
Let's see if they pull it off.
Horrors never cease.
That trailer was pretty terrible. I've never been a star trek fan but the last 2 were enjoyable. Wrath of Khan would be my # 1.
Gross.
That's how many Hollywood creative types think about such decisions. Ideology can play as big a role as commerce. Some decisions by Hollywood studios are inexplicable purely in commercial terms.
I meant 2009 and 2013. I forgot about the 3rd one with Elba because I didn't watch it.Lens Flare Red Band Trailer.
I'm actually watching Voyager now and while the series had its critics, it wasn't bad and it was very much Star Trek. That trailer, as people wrote, doesn't feel Star Trek.
I'm not sure you can say much about the Captain from that
Also, so this is set... after Star Trek Enterprise?
I am a massive Trek fan, but this just looks likes half decent Sci-Fi series with Star Trek in the name.
That TNG cast is just that good, isn't it. Everything since then is just..meh. Will we ever get anyone as good as Patrick Stewart in a Star Trek series again?
TNG is the best for me, I also like Voyager.
Some of the Original series is dreadful .
Yeah, I thought the captain was the female character in shot the most, but looking at it again the captain seems to be the older asian chick.
Looks like she is half (or full?) Vulcan? Another drawback for me with the timing of the show is that they couldn't have any other species as captain, it wouldn't fit with the rest of the shows. Push it far enough in the future and they could have something completely different, which we haven't seen before.
My expectations for this are pretty low so I'm pleasantly surprised by that trailer.
At the beginning perhaps, but by the time of Endgame the Dominion War was well in the past. There was still a feel of progression there.
I do agree your general point though: we've already been done the whole prequel thing.
If they wanted to do something different, there were still other routes they could pursue. Section 31 for instance, or a series set on a Klingon/Romulan/civilian ship (different perspective), yet in the future nonetheless.
Yeah, but we're talking about a few years here, a few years there. Why not jump 50-100 years into the future and give us something new rather than faster warp speeds?
The original series is so sexist and Bones could act in such a racist fashion (towards Spock) that it's a little hard to watch nowadays, I'll admit. And that's only the start. Still, it's a late sixties show....
TNG was surely the best. I like Voyager, despite its shortcomings. DS9 was good, not great. Enterprise improved in seasons 3 and 4, but by then I guess it was too late. And maybe the viewers had enough of Star Trek after so many years and four different series since the late eighties.
Does it not still need to be relatable, both in terms of the technology and events? 20-40 years, sure, but 100 seems too much.
Voyager dabbled with transwarp of course; yet Warp 10 carried with it the lizard issue.
I agree, some of them are dreadful , but some are still brilliant to watch, the one with Joan Collins and the second one with Pike are my favourites.
I used to wonder why Uhuru always seemed pissed off. Maybe it was because William Shatner.
1. DS9
2. TNG
3. Voyager/ Enterprise
4. TOS
for me, DS9 have the most complex characters, best acting and probably the best action scenes of all series. I was actually in love with Kira when I was younger
TNG has Picard of course and it's pretty much on the same level as DS9, but I always felt that series never started something big like Dominion war (or like journey home in Voyager).
Voyager on the other hand has unique setting, but the worst captain imo. I just couldn't take Janeway seriously. characters in general aren't as complex and interesting as those in TNG and DS9, so...
Enterprise isn't much better in that regard, but it's pretty short so that never really becomes an issue. and yes, T'Pol
TOS is simply ridiculous unless you grew up watching Spock and Kirk. it just lacks quality when you put nostalgia aside.
as for movies, Voyage Home (1986), Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek (2009) and First Contact (1996) are the ones I probably loved the most.
2. TNG
3. Voyager/ Enterprise
4. TOS
for me, DS9 have the most complex characters, best acting and probably the best action scenes of all series. I was actually in love with Kira when I was younger
TNG has Picard of course and it's pretty much on the same level as DS9, but I always felt that series never started something big like Dominion war (or like journey home in Voyager).
Voyager on the other hand has unique setting, but the worst captain imo. I just couldn't take Janeway seriously. characters in general aren't as complex and interesting as those in TNG and DS9, so...
Enterprise isn't much better in that regard, but it's pretty short so that never really becomes an issue. and yes, T'Pol
TOS is simply ridiculous unless you grew up watching Spock and Kirk. it just lacks quality when you put nostalgia aside.
as for movies, Voyage Home (1986), Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek (2009) and First Contact (1996) are the ones I probably loved the most.
Patty Stew did it for me...
Anything after isn't it.. Here's for hoping its good.
Anything after isn't it.. Here's for hoping its good.
my mom loved Picard so much she even printed him on a t-shirt she wasn't a trekkie before I gave her TNG to watch, but now she is.
she wasn't a trekkie before I gave her TNG to watch, but now she is.We're already 250 years into the future. I don't see why 350 would be too much. It's actually funny to see them use stuff - like sort of Ipads - that for the time Voyager, for instance, was filmed probably looked brilliant and futuristic, but now looks a little dated.
It would take a lot of creative thinking to take the series further into the future and come up with new stuff.