08-10-2016, 08:20 PM
Bryan Fuller just finished a brief tease about Discovery for the CBS press event.
http://trekmovie.com/2016/08/10/breaking...character/
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/08/bryan-f...y-details/
The basics....
---the series will be 13 episodes, with closed ended episodes but tied together with a season long arc like a novel
-- the series will have a female lead but she will not be the Captain, in order to give the show a different point of view
-- the series will have a gay character
-- it will be an ensemble show with 7 main characters, with more alien crew members
and here are the two biggest teasing elements....
-- the series is set 10 years BEFORE Kirk's five year mission
-- and it will revolve around a historical event mentioned in TOS but never before seen on screen
hhhmmmmm...... that sounds like it could be Axanar..??? It's the right time period, the 2250s.... But according to Fuller this is not the case. I am going to have to dig out my Star Trek chronology and do some investigating.... LOL.
On the flip side, I am getting stoked for this show. I hope they do not reimagine or modernize the look of the show too much and keep to the look in terms of costumes and technology as established in TOS, in particular the episode "The Cage". Fan films such as New Voyages, ST Continues and Starship Farragut clearly show it can be done and still look great for modern viewers.
http://trekmovie.com/2016/08/10/breaking...character/
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/08/bryan-f...y-details/
The basics....
---the series will be 13 episodes, with closed ended episodes but tied together with a season long arc like a novel
-- the series will have a female lead but she will not be the Captain, in order to give the show a different point of view
-- the series will have a gay character
-- it will be an ensemble show with 7 main characters, with more alien crew members
and here are the two biggest teasing elements....
-- the series is set 10 years BEFORE Kirk's five year mission
-- and it will revolve around a historical event mentioned in TOS but never before seen on screen
hhhmmmmm...... that sounds like it could be Axanar..??? It's the right time period, the 2250s.... But according to Fuller this is not the case. I am going to have to dig out my Star Trek chronology and do some investigating.... LOL.
On the flip side, I am getting stoked for this show. I hope they do not reimagine or modernize the look of the show too much and keep to the look in terms of costumes and technology as established in TOS, in particular the episode "The Cage". Fan films such as New Voyages, ST Continues and Starship Farragut clearly show it can be done and still look great for modern viewers.