Star Trek: Discovery

[PNGwynne]

One man's PC concession is another man's diversity. It's a matter of (political) taste.

As to this new show, please enlighten me as to why it's cultural Armageddon. Judging from the linked interviews, especially since the hardware changes have been somewhat dismissed, it will feature:

* A strong female lead. Been done already.
*More aliens. This is bad?
*Robots. Done already, and androids, too.
*Season-long story arcs, with homages to the original show. How is this bad?
*A gay character. Aha, that must be it! Scary and pandering? When in fact Star Trek could have gently and inobtrusively addressed this way back in the '90s with a background scene in 10 Forward. Instead of with Trill symbiotes and hermaphrodite alien story lines.

Or is the concern that the show won't be another slice of classic manly sci-fi action with a veneer of liberal tokenism that made the original show so palatable? Who knows? I find TOS silly at times, but iconic and deservedly so. TNG seems insufferable now. I liked the later shows, particularly DS9 and Enterprise. Let's see what happens anew.

I'm sure this post will mark me as a liberal. Mea culpa, I never thought that was a bad thing as a Trek fan.

[palitoy]

Brian, the original Star Trek embrassed diversity and was ground breaking. The difference here is that this new show and every other show, comic, etc are all doing it as bandwagon jumping. It's just so predictable and overdone.

I disagree, I believe this is absolutely embracing the spirit of Star Trek but I don't expect to change anybody's mind.

I'd rather live in a world where people punched down than up, that's all.

[boss]

Yeah Brian... enough with this diversity nonsense. ;-)

[Brown Bear]

Brian, the original Star Trek embrassed diversity and was ground breaking. The difference here is that this new show and every other show, comic, etc are all doing it as bandwagon jumping. It's just so predictable and overdone.

[palitoy]

How dare Star Trek embrace diversity ........oh wait.

[Majere]

[QUOTE=PNGwynne;1299611]

This does sound very paint by numbers Trek.[/QUOTE

Really? Because it seems to me that the fear here is that it won't be.

I guess we'll know in a few months after the premiere, when our fan speculation morphs into what the show could/should/would have been if handled differently.

As I said before, I'm fine with a format change. I'm not fine with PC nonsense being injected.

[PNGwynne]

[QUOTE=thunderbolt;1299610]This does sound very paint by numbers Trek.[/QUOTE

Really? Because it seems to me that the fear here is that it won't be.

I guess we'll know in a few months after the premiere, when our fan speculation morphs into what the show could/should/would have been if handled differently.

[thunderbolt]

Yeah...I won't be signing up for CBS streaming right away.

you don't have to, its coming to Netflix, too. I'd never cave in for a tv show and sign up for another service. This does sound very paint by numbers Trek.

[Majere]

Just more PC silliness just for the sake of doing it.

Indeed.

[Brown Bear]

Just more PC silliness just for the sake of doing it.

[The Bat]

Reinforces everything I fear will be wrong with this show.

Yeah...I won't be signing up for CBS streaming right away.

[Majere]

More show details provided by Fuller:

http://www.startrek.com/article/brya...covery-details

Reinforces everything I fear will be wrong with this show.

[Mikey]

Don't like the ship ... looks too much like the STTMP early concept art

[fallensaviour]

Please don't let this turn into another Star Trek voyager.
Ten years before tos does sound promising.

[Sideshow Spock]

More show details provided by Fuller:

http://www.startrek.com/article/bryan-fuller-reveals-discovery-details