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Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: May 17, 2017, 6:17 pm
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Definitely looks like a 21st century Star Trek. Liking the
production design, though it is a bit monochromatic for what
Trek should be. What timing, a day after Orville. Definitely
worth some compare and contrasts.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 22, 2017, 10:00 pm
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[center]Star Trek: Discovery - Official Trailer
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How is it that I never saw this thread till now? Anyway, THIS is
a Star Trek TV show I can get behind! I had no f*cking idea that
Michelle Yeoh was in this! She alone will make me tune into
this. Having Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs and Rainn Wilson
is just icing on the cake. With that said, what I like in the
trailer is probably what Neumatic will hate about this
incarnation of the series. More Star Wars and less Star Trek
that is.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: July 22, 2017, 10:12 pm
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Reminds me a LOT of Mass Effect.
And actually, this is scratching my itch more than you might
suspect. Yeah, as much as I love the TNG aesthetic, this is
totally working for me. Reading some of the Trek books, this is
TOTALLY what I was picturing in my head. And I'm all for more
action and scale, which this totally is. But it better not be
at the expense of thought, like "Star Trek Into Darkness" was.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: July 22, 2017, 10:34 pm
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A little show-off of Discovery props and outfits.
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Orville trailer 2. More action, more funny, less plot.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: September 24, 2017, 6:57 pm
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Discovery opening sequence:
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: September 24, 2017, 10:30 pm
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So... Discovery...
Well, the first thing to point out was how awful the release
was. Slated to premiere at 7pm, football and 60 Minutes delayed
it until 7:47pm, with constant commercial breaks. Those
streaming on CBS's app were constantly buffering, and even with
episode 2 allegedly available immediately, no one seemed to be
able to access it. Also, CBS All-Access is 6 bucks a month WITH
COMMERCIALS. No one wants to bite on that.
Now, as to the episode itself. Well, I've said before that I
like the look, it reminds me of Mass Effect as well as what I
pictured in my mind reading the recent novels, but it could
stand to have a little more colour. I liked Michelle Yeoh as
the captain as well, but... it just seemed like not a lot
happened in it. Very "written for the trade," you know? One
episode isn't as satisfying. It felt like the events that would
have been the first half of an episode of old Star Trek,
expanded and made flashy with just a few too many dutch angles
and lens flares (Guillermo Navarro shot it beautifully, though).
That's the big issue: there was too much of one thing and not
enough of the other. Ironically... or perhaps obviously... The
Orville has the exact opposite problem: lacking in the cinematic
flair but nailing the feel of a full episode of Star Trek. The
ideal, mythical Trek series remains somewhere in the space
between them.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 25, 2017, 5:10 pm
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I'm waiting for this to be uploaded to my Roku before I can
watch this myself. With that said....I'm hearing a lot of
negativity directed at this first two episodes. This doesn't
give me a sense of confidence going into this.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Neumatic Date: September 25, 2017, 6:24 pm
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These two shows are so bloody polarizing. Honestly, it feels
like they're taking a page from the Game Of Thrones playbook in
terms of how they lay out the series, so it might be worth
waiting to see the whole first season in one go.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 27, 2017, 11:19 pm
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I guess Star Trek is so awful they aren't even going to bother
putting them on Roku. Sheesh!!
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 1, 2017, 8:13 pm
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So, I did a little digging and found out why it's not on Roku.
CBS isn't allowing it to be uploaded anywhere other than CBS All
Access, where you have to pay to watch. Screw that. I'm not
paying for free shows. So, Star Trek....you've been bounced from
my list. You can thank CBS for that.
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