[Interview] 'Star Trek: Discovery' is over. Now Alex Kurtzman readies for 'Starfleet Academy' and 'Section 31'
Submitted 10 months ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
Submitted 10 months ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 months ago
I really like his answer to a question about Academy’s setting:
skfsh@startrek.website 10 months ago
The problem is that the Burn is space magic, but the problems of today’s world is being caused by ourselves. These cadets have all the support of their political structure to enact change. We don’t have that. Our entire political and economic system is stacked against us right now. You’ll need to take a lot of power and money away from people who will salt the earth rather than give it up.
I love the sentiment behind it, but I can only hope it delivers on a truly revolutionary premise.
valen@lemmings.world 10 months ago
I don’t know. I watched the first few seasons of Dicsco, but it wasn’t for me. Having it set so far in the future seems to me to remove it from so much of ST lore. It’ll only overlap 1 series.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 months ago
I think that’s a good thing - not just for the reasons Kurtzman highlighted, but because Starfleet being in a “rebuild” phase gives them a nice excuse to put cadets to work.
I also just enjoy the 32nd century setting, so I’m glad to stick with it a while longer.