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Old 21-08-2016, 11:21
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When is the cast going to be announced? That's all i really care about and want to know. They start shooting in October, shouldn't they have everyone hired by now?
I think they start shooting in September. so yeah u would have thought we would know the cast by now.
will be interesting to see if they go with big superstars or a bunch of unknowns
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Old 21-08-2016, 11:32
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I think they start shooting in September. so yeah u would have thought we would know the cast by now.
will be interesting to see if they go with big superstars or a bunch of unknowns

Star Trek: Discovery: Have we already met the main character?
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Old 21-08-2016, 14:17
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I think First Contact also had a weak ending, I wanted to be on the edge of my seat, but wasn't.
You weren't the least bit fooled when Data fired at the Phoenix then? There's your tension.
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Old 21-08-2016, 14:25
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You weren't the least bit fooled when Data fired at the Phoenix then? There's your tension.
I wasn't fooled.
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Old 21-08-2016, 14:45
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I think they start shooting in September. so yeah u would have thought we would know the cast by now.
will be interesting to see if they go with big superstars or a bunch of unknowns
Star Trek has always cast for the most part unknowns.
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Old 21-08-2016, 19:24
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Are you under the impression they're obligated to make an announcement within a certain amount of time after hiring the cast? This is the kind of self-entitlement you get from people who've grown up with a continuos stream of on-set updates, teasers, trailers, trailer for teasers, event-like announcements, etc.
They're not obligated to do anything but it would be nice!
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Old 22-08-2016, 00:23
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Fascinating theory. It would be a gem for long time fans if it turns out to be true.

Thanks for the link, JDF.
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Old 22-08-2016, 00:30
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The writers did work hard to make it seem plausible that Data might turn. We'd seen his erratic behaviour due to the emotion chip in Generations, seen that Data now had the ability to switch it off and that the Borg had forcibly reactivated it. And then the Borg queen offered him something he'd always wanted...

But I didn't believe for a second that Data would turn.

For me, it was the fight between Picard and the Borg Queen that was a bit tame.
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Old 22-08-2016, 00:59
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The writers did work hard to make it seem plausible that Data might turn. We'd seen his erratic behaviour due to the emotion chip in Generations, seen that Data now had the ability to switch it off and that the Borg had forcibly reactivated it. And then the Borg queen offered him something he'd always wanted...

But I didn't believe for a second that Data would turn.

For me, it was the fight between Picard and the Borg Queen that was a bit tame.
Not even 0.68 seconds?
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Old 22-08-2016, 09:03
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Maybe in my naive youth I was then. Even Data he was tempted to join the Queen for 0.68 seconds. It's one of my favourite moments in the movie. The external sensors clearly indicate the weapons locked onto the Phoenix. So whatever he was supposed to have done when he fired them we were clearly supposed to have thought he'd turned, until the very last moment.
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Old 22-08-2016, 09:11
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Maybe in my naive youth I was then. Even Data he was tempted to join the Queen for 0.68 seconds. It's one of my favourite moments in the movie. The external sensors clearly indicate the weapons locked onto the Phoenix. So whatever he was supposed to have done when he fired them we were clearly supposed to have thought he'd turned, until the very last moment.
Did anyone honestly believe that they were going to kill Riker, Cochran and fundamentally change ST history?
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Old 22-08-2016, 09:38
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Did anyone honestly believe that they were going to kill Riker, Cochran and fundamentally change ST history?
It's exactly what nuTrek did.

However, the jeopardy was inevitably a false jeopardy as it almost always is when it's an episodic TV series.
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Old 22-08-2016, 09:53
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Did anyone honestly believe that they were going to kill Riker, Cochran and fundamentally change ST history?
No. I didn't believe for one minute that Data had been compromised.
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Old 22-08-2016, 09:57
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Did anyone honestly believe that they were going to kill Riker, Cochran and fundamentally change ST history?
That's what was at stake. And the way it was played out... it looked like a genuine possibility. It works if you get into the moment and use your imagination.

The whole story was about the danger of the Borg going back and changing history.
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Old 28-08-2016, 20:06
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“Star Trek Discovery’s” lead character, whom we learned earlier this month would be a female, human non-captain Starfleet officer, will be referred to in the series as “Number One,” showrunner Bryan Fuller told me during a radio chat late Saturday.
....urhm....

Now we're just being trolled.
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Old 29-08-2016, 09:28
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....urhm....

Now we're just being trolled.
I'd say "teased".
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Old 29-08-2016, 09:43
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Slightly more up to date article.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/76084

Says that announcements on casting will probably be made in October.

Am disappointed that one of the writers of 'Into Darkness' is involved with the show . . . . .
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Old 30-08-2016, 12:31
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hmmm.. well unless its a quirky alien society name, 'number 1' is the of course the nickname for the 2nd in command. IF thats the case,seems like a bit of a cop out - not centered around the captain, but centred around another senior member of the bridge crew...

edit:confirmed.
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/08/bry...iscovery-data/
Originally Posted by Bryan Fuller
So since [our lead character] is a female first officer
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Old 30-08-2016, 12:41
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hmmm.. well unless its a quirky alien society name, 'number 1' is the of course the nickname for the 2nd in command. IF thats the case,seems like a bit of a cop out - not centered around the captain, but centred around another senior member of the bridge crew...
I don't think it's a cop out at all. If it follows Fuller's usual pattern she'll be the centre of the series because it will be her story that we'll be following. i.e. Her character's development and progression. Through stories in an exciting space exploration setting, of course.

I doubt she'll take as long to get her captaincy as Riker did.
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Old 30-08-2016, 12:42
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hmmm.. well unless its a quirky alien society name, 'number 1' is the of course the nickname for the 2nd in command. IF thats the case,seems like a bit of a cop out - not centered around the captain, but centred around another senior member of the bridge crew...

edit:confirmed.
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/08/bry...iscovery-data/
They could have gone down the root of
Lower Decks
ep of ST:TNG
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Old 30-08-2016, 12:45
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They could have gone down the root of
Lower Decks
ep of ST:TNG
Being a first officer, she won't be as far removed from the action as they were. There's a distinct possibility that she'll be in the line of fire more often than the captain. Unless the captain is as fond of bending the away team rules as previous well known starfeelt capatains have been/
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Old 30-08-2016, 13:06
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The signs suggest it's going to be the antithesis of Star Trek.

I hate everything I am reading about this concept, it reads like yet another soapy naval gazing bore-fest.
I'm not optimistic either but I'll give it a chance and hope that it's better than I'm expecting. I was very happy to hear that Bryan Fuller was running the show as I loved "Dead Like Me". However, I've since learned that Fuller left the show very very early on so I'm not sure how much of that show is Fuller and how much is others.

But he's clearly a massive Trek fan so I'm going to trust he get's this right.
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Old 30-08-2016, 13:11
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Being a first officer, she won't be as far removed from the action as they were. There's a distinct possibility that she'll be in the line of fire more often than the captain. Unless the captain is as fond of bending the away team rules as previous well known starfeelt capatains have been/
It may also allow for some conflict between her and the Captain. If the Captain is corrupt or incompetent that could lead to some interesting dynamics for an ongoing arc plot.
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Old 30-08-2016, 13:44
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Next Generation was probably going to have the Captain taking a back seat to the first officer, but often the general public decides who the dominant character is and it seems Picard was more interesting than Riker.

ST TNG moved away from it's original setup quite dramatically from S2 onwards, it saved the show.


New shows often fail because the show runner does not bend and insists on keeping with their own "vision", regardless of how it's going down with the public.
Bryan Fuller strikes me as a person who won't bend, so if it doesn't work from S1 he'll be booted from S2.
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Old 30-08-2016, 14:28
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Next Generation was probably going to have the Captain taking a back seat to the first officer, but often the general public decides who the dominant character is and it seems Picard was more interesting than Riker.

ST TNG moved away from it's original setup quite dramatically from S2 onwards, it saved the show.


New shows often fail because the show runner does not bend and insists on keeping with their own "vision", regardless of how it's going down with the public.
Bryan Fuller strikes me as a person who won't bend, so if it doesn't work from S1 he'll be booted from S2.
A number of things "saved" the show, principally the changes behind the camera. Picard coming (further) to the forefront was at Patrick Stewart's insistence, at a time when the show had already made massive strides in quality.
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