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paulshipper , 8 days ago to startrek

Thanks Bill! @startrek #YouCanCallMeBill #williamshatner

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Very cool - am I to understand you drew this poster?

billmason , 1 month ago to startrek

'Star Trek' Franchise Reboot: Simon Kinberg Eyed for Paramount Movie

So now this just sounds like a Trek prequel, not specifically a Kelvin prequel.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-movie-franchise-reboot-paramount-1235904930/

#StarTrek @startrek

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The strategy on the film side of things remains an incoherent mess, and I think we should all take this with a massive grain of salt as long as phrases like, “is in talks to,” are being thrown around.

But sure, okay. At this point, I’ll take any progress over no progress.

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I never pass up on an opportunity to share Simon Pegg’s thoughts on the matter - he wrote one of the films, so I think his opinion should carry some weight:

Sure, we experience time as a contiguous series of cascading events but perception and reality aren’t always the same thing. Spock’s incursion from the Prime Universe created a multidimensional reality shift. The rift in space/time created an entirely new reality in all directions, top to bottom, from the Big Bang to the end of everything. As such this reality was, is and always will be subtly different from the Prime Universe. I don’t believe for one second that Gene Roddenberry wouldn’t have loved the idea of an alternate reality (Mirror, Mirror anyone?).

This means, and this is absolutely key, the Kelvin universe can evolve and change in ways that don’t necessarily have to follow the Prime Universe at any point in history, before or after the events of Star Trek ‘09, it can mutate and subvert, it is a playground for the new and the progressive and I know in my heart, that Gene Roddenberry would be proud of us for keeping his ideals alive. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations, this was his dream, that is our dream, it should be everybody’s.

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Oh make no mistake, I’m on record as not really caring whether we ever see another theatrical Star Trek film. In my opinion, it’s a TV franchise at its core, and it can stay there as far as I’m concerned.

But I’m pretty sick of the tedius “will they/won’t they” shenanigans at Paramount.

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Yeah, my simplified headcanon explanation is that the Kelvin universe was always there, and Spock and Nero happened to tunnel into it.

If you want to add the wrinkle that the red matter implosion somehow created it (which the original film seems to suggest)…well, it’s more complicated, but it works, too.

billmason , 2 months ago to startrek

Star Trek: Lower Decks Will End With Its Fifth, Final Season

Well hell.

https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-lower-decks-canceled-season-5-paramount-1851407280

#StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks @startrek

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“While five seasons of any series these days seems like a miracle, it’s no exaggeration to say that every second we’ve spent making this show has been a dream come true.”

Indeed, if even an animated series is ending after five seasons, I expect this to be a pretty firm maximum moving forward.

“We remain hopeful that even beyond Season 5, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the whole Cerritos crew will live on with new adventures,”

That’s encouraging.

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Prodigy soldiers on for now, and Starfleet Academy is in pre-production, set to start filming this summer.

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Have I got news for you

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Apparently, the numbers on P+ weren’t good - the Hagemans themselves have said so.

To be honest, if Paramount slowly decides that they’re better off selling their shows to other streamers… I’m not totally against it, depending on how it’s done.

billmason , 3 months ago to startrek

CBS Chief Says Star Trek Remains A Priority For Paramount, Answers Why ‘Legacy’ Has Not Been Greenlit

Some interesting quotes herein.

https://trekmovie.com/2024/03/18/cbs-chief-says-star-trek-remains-a-priority-for-paramount-answers-why-legacy-has-not-been-greenlit/

#StarTrek #StarTrekLegacy @startrek

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The question mentioned “Legacy,” but the answer didn’t even reference that project indirectly.

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I really don’t understand this notion that a story is ruined because you’re also familiar with stories that take place after it.

I know how WWII turned out, but there are stories set in that period that are worth watching.

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I guess so. I’ve just never watched Star Trek VI and felt like it had been affected by the fact that TNG was in its sixth season by that point.

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Paramount’s CFO Is Focused on “Getting the Most Out of Every Single Dollar We Invest in Content”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramounts-cfo-content-investment-deals-streaming-1235844185/

@quarks

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This is also the advantage of public broadcasting - they can put more emphasis on that sort of thing without worrying about profit.

All of which is to say, support your public broadcasters, people!

billmason , 4 months ago to startrek

RIP Kenneth Mitchell.

http://twitter.com/MrKenMitchell/status/1761625785553522803

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery @startrek

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It’s difficult to know what to say.

He seemed like a good man, and I’m glad he was as big a part of the Trek family as he was.

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The CBC now has an obituary of its own.