TV’s Frink said:

Yes but I don’t know how that has anything to do with what I said. Writer’s rooms are committees. Yes there’s a head writer but the blanket statement “good things don’t come from a committee” isn’t true.

I’d say not quite. Yeah, both are groups of people, but the implication that comes with ‘committee’ is a complete lack of regard for creativity. Ideally, with a writer’s room the creative aspect of the process is the focus… that might then get skewed by a network exec committee enforcing whatever they think will sell.

Semantics, but I feel they’re important here 😛

m_s0 gets it. That’s what I meant. The writers of the show need to be confident in their own ideas, not worry about the fans, and not worry about how to target some demo. Discovery, from everything I’ve seen, does not seem very confident, especially with the very different tone I’m getting from the S2 trailer.

This is very different from TNG, which also had a shaky few first seasons, but those were as a result of someone (cough Roddenberry cough) perhaps being a little too confident in their ideas. The issue there was that it created an environment in which the really good ideas were not able to grow and be fostered on the show. I’m not convinced there’s a similar situation here with Discovery at all. It feels far too cynical.

TV’s Frink said:

I never even started.

It’s the only way to win.

😦

LOL

I’m not very confident that they will be able to stay true to his character, given how legacy characters have been treated in the past, and even as he was treated in the four TNG movies.

So, my question is, will we be getting TV show Picard, or movie Picard?

Wow, unexpected news.

I wouldn’t mind if they just ignored the TNG movies altogether. Though from the sounds of things it looks like this is going to be Picard all on his own. I don’t think Spiner has any desire to resurrect Data at this point.

Haha, perhaps not. But I’m almost certain the rest of the TNG cast won’t play a major role, if they even show up (Riker probably will, Data probably not). I want to see Picard as an ambassador.

SilverWook said:

Back to the prime universe, baby!

I thought that’s what STD was all about.

I’m guessing STD isn’t altogether compatible with the Kelvin Timeline, either.

Looks like the Trek franchise is starting to resemble the Highlander franchise. I’m not bothered by that (in principle).

Funny that 5 years ago I would be excited. Now I just expect they will f it up and ruin his character. Especially when it’s done by the same people who are behind Discovery.

pittrek said:

Funny that 5 years ago I would be excited. Now I just expect they will f it up and ruin his character. Especially when it’s done by the same people who are behind Discovery.

Yeah, pretty much.

Because I’m a child, I giggle every time you guys say “STD.”

TV’s Frink said:

Because I’m a child, I giggle every time you guys say “STD.”

Is your name Beavis and/or Butt-Head?