Submitted 2 days ago by ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
https://www.polygon.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-4-interview-preview/
Goldsman’s biggest regret was not being able to bring William Shatner back to play a version of Kirk who decided to stay in Depression-era New York with Edith Keeler (Joan Collins), a soup kitchen operator he fell in love with in the episode “The City on the Edge of Forever.”
I do think Star Trek needs to be less backwards looking, but giving Shatner one last farewell that isn’t a disappointment like Generations was wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world.
Speak for yourself sir, I enjoy Generations very much.
Glad you do! I do actually think it’s decent TNG outing, and the 1701-D never looked better, but as something that supercede’s TUC’s very satisfying farewell to Shatner’s Kirk? It’s barely enough screen time to justify putting him on the poster, and no real new character development – TWoK already hammered home that a quiet life doesn’t suit him. I’d have preferred they let the TNG films stand on their own.
Could say he Shat(ner) the bucket with that one.
Fuck shatner, it wouldn’t have been worth it
Thankfully kür man is gone. Maybe we can get some decent star trek now.
no, its following in the footsteps of kurtzman, and JJ abrams creating trek slop, that is the opposite of old trek. by 3-4 shows, you should realized STD dint work out, and was only kept alive by COVID subscribers.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Interesting see because my biggest regret with Strange New Worlds is, old toxic Star Trek fans on the internet who are obsessed with bashing anything new in Star Trek.
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s strange, as an old Star Trek fan I think this is the best ST I have seen in years.
grue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Haven’t watched Lower Decks yet, huh?
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 day ago
They probably meant more people bitching about Academy, which frankly, is “less woke” than SNW is by a lot. But no one really bitches about SNW.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
That’s why I just read the jist of things and if I decide, ignore it. Course I’m an old fart so like an old fart and just ignore people who say things I don’t agree with (not really I try and take viewpoints into consideration at all times)
Sorry went on a bit but I always take comments with a grain of salt, then have to aggregate them like meta for game reviews to get an idea. Half the random comments have no substance, ignore them. Find the ones that have good points, consider if it’s worth watching…then just do what you want anyways. Only so much time I’m this world.
Though comments give you a rough idea of what’s decent, can’t rely on them in end. Growing up just ended up renting from box covers, way worse than this idea, so premise is interesting? Give it a shot. Can always press stop.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
you mean like musicals and puppets and the agenda where the future is only doughy women running everything? Crazy idea…why not put some science in science fiction? Instead of political agendas?
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I love this, honestly it is a gem.
You hilariously misjudge the immense power of music, theater, puppet makers and doughy women.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
TIL Anson Mount is a doughy woman. Or are we referring to Rebecca Romijn? She’s not waifish enough for your taste?
cuchi@startrek.website 2 days ago
Depends, I have my opinions about some stuff of new trek but honestly I prefer to not saying nothing at all really. For example, Ortega sometimes have a undesireable behaviour in some episodes and is almost forced compared with other episodes. (Specially episode 9 season 3, Terrarium)
mrnarwall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The universal translator has always been a bit loose, though. If you apply that same scrutiny to the next generation, then every episode with Worf would never explain any of his Klingon culture without the words automatically translating to English.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 day ago
Man Ortegas is probably my favorite SNW character and its criminal how underused and under developed she is as a character.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 day ago
I’d like to headcanon that someone can elect certain exceptions to the UT for cultural reasons. I mean, Q was constantly speaking French and the UT didn’t translate it. And on the one hand, yes he’s French, but I think it’s important to be able to represent your culture.
Especially if someone is from a marginalised culture or if you’re studying xenolinguistics, it’s important to get a bit of that linguistic exposure. I’m learning the local Indigenous language, and I often use words from it in English conversations with monolinguals, because I think it’s super important for immigrants to pick up some local culture. My family immigrated to Australia from England many generations ago, and I’m the first of us to learn any of the local language. That’s a disgrace. We’re terrible immigrants.