kpowers said:

morningsong said:

I wonder who's going to be at Comic-Con this year. I didn't bother this year for tickets. Usually somebody shows up, though. It's a big casting. The TNG crew are getting up there in age, that just hit me last week.

Conan is doing his show there, mentioned the cast of Game of Thornes and Super Natural

Never see the celebs wandering around outside. But they party like crazy downtown. We have it for 4 more years and then...

‘Wrath of Khan’ Retur...nniversary

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

I know, I know, kpowers, I'm trying not to ruin the debut but this one thing is just too important.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Prod... Different



"In the different versions of Trek, the Klingons have never been completely consistent. We will introduce several different houses with different styles. Hopefully, fans will become more invested in the characters than worried about the redesign."

Nope, gonna talk about em, it's fun.

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Hope they won't ruin the Klingons introduction like they did in JJ "Let's blow up Vulcan" Abrams movie. Showing them wearing those helmets was so lame, he was trying to make them mysterious or something (which failed). Like stop toying with us about Klingons, seen them since the 60's

I think I'mma stop because the impression I'm getting of this new series isn't exciting as far as Star Trek goes. I think the true essence of ST has been pushed as far as it can go with the last few series. I think true trekkies or trekkers have YT. I think I rather invest my futuristic space Sci-Fi attention on the Expanse or Seth's new show at this point, at least they're not trying to parasite an idea.

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morningsong said:

I'm watching the episode "Errand of Mercy" and it always amazes me that a lot of issues with ST are already considered within the series. Especially in TOS..

In what way?

Had Baltar from Battlestar Galactica in this episode

Plus he went on DS9 to reprise the role he did in Errand of Mercy

kpowers said:

Hudson said:

I always wondered what the air ports were like during the 22nd and 23rd century. Do people just use a Transporter say if they wanted to go to Boston from LA???

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kpowers said:

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

I always wondered what the air ports were like during the 22nd and 23rd century. Do people just use a Transporter say if they wanted to go to Boston from LA???

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I remember on DS9 when Sisko was in San Fran him talking to his dad in NO about transporting in for dinner. There is an episode you see the security forces being transported in and out on the streets of NO.. Then there's the shuttle crafts.

Yeah kinda remember that episode. Sisko's Dad has a restaurant in New Orleans, and Earth was on alert with the Dominion threat.

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

kpowers said: I remember on DS9 when Sisko was in San Fran him talking to his dad in NO about transporting in for dinner. There is an episode you see the security forces being transported in and out on the streets of NO.. Then there's the shuttle crafts.

Yeah kinda remember that episode. Sisko's Dad has a restaurant in New Orleans, and Earth was on alert with the Dominion threat.

Yep, they had a few episodes of Sisko visiting his dad, even a period of time when he had left the Federation and was basically working in the resturant, Nog would pop in from the academy for a bite.

morningsong said:

CBS and Netflix announced today that the streaming service will make the series available within 24 hours of its airing on CBS All Access in 188 countries around the world, including the U.K. The catch, though, is that CBS All Access is still the only way for Americans to see the new series; there will be no Netflix airing of the show here or in Canada. The only reprieve we get is with the premiere episode, which will also air on the regular CBS network, while Canadians will get the opportunity to watch the series on the Space and Z cable networks, with CraveTV having the exclusive streaming rights.

Oh I miss UPN now

morningsong said:

CBS and Netflix announced today that the streaming service will make the series available within 24 hours of its airing on CBS All Access in 188 countries around the world, including the U.K. The catch, though, is that CBS All Access is still the only way for Americans to see the new series; there will be no Netflix airing of the show here or in Canada. The only reprieve we get is with the premiere episode, which will also air on the regular CBS network, while Canadians will get the opportunity to watch the series on the Space and Z cable networks, with CraveTV having the exclusive streaming rights.

Star Trek: Discovery to be 'hard PG-13' yet avoid nudity

The first episode of the show will air on CBS, but all subsequent episodes will only be available on the network's online viewing platform, CBS All Access, which requires a subscription fee. Altman said many fans had decried the additional cost, but Altman said he thinks it's a good thing.

"'Star Trek' has had good demographics but never great ratings. And I think by CBS having [the show] on [the network's] own platform, it will ensure the longevity of the show," Altman said. "So whether 'Star Trek: Discovery' is amazing and fantastic, or just mediocre, it will be ensured a long life because it's on the platform. I also think they wouldn't spend the kind of money they are spending if it weren't for this platform … and it is quite a lot of money. They spared no expense."

"Star Trek: Discovery" will also be serialized (meaning the episodes won't stand alone — they will have an overarching story such that viewers will have to watch the entire series in order to understand what's going on). That decision has been met with some skepticism by fans, the panelists said, because only one of the five previous live-action "Star Trek" TV shows attempted to do this (the rest were done in a "stand alone" format, in which viewers could watch any episode and not require any additional information to understand the plot).

Serialized shows are extremely common in the modern television landscape, perhaps largely because people don't have to watch the shows on live TV, but can instead watch them online and don't have to worry about missing an episode. The TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" did incorporate serialized plotlines and was "way, way ahead of its time" in that regard, according to Altman.

Because "Discovery" takes place before the events of the original series, the creators must deal with the difficult challenge of making the show look older than the original series, but also look good in 2017. And even though the show takes place in the past in the "Star Trek" universe, it is supposed to take place in the 23rd century (so, the future for those of us in the real world). Along with that tricky balancing act is the fact that many fans may come into the show with certain expectations about which elements from the original series should be included in the new show, right down to thinks like the design of the ship and the crew uniforms.

"There's a danger of doing fan service when you go backwards, because everyone's going to have expectations of what they think should be or what they saw in their mind. And if any show is about going forward it's 'Star Trek," Altman said. "I think that for too long Star Trek has imitated itself. I'd really love to see what the future of Star Trek looks like because we've kind of got stuck in this temporal loop where we're just exploring the same eras over and over again."

Mantz, the die-hard Trek fan, said, "I love fan service! Bring on the fan service!"

"[But] you need new fans," Gross countered.

"But at the end of the day, what's the most important thing about 'Star Trek'? It's the vision. It's the optimism," Altman said. "It's believing that we can be a better people, that we are striving to be better. The respect for science, the respect for each other, the lack of xenophobia, all the things we don't have right now in our society that need to come back."

Follow Calla Cofield @callacofield. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

Welp, I won't be watching it because I don't need another bill. Already, not watching the tv I'm paying for. Now gotta pay for more tv for one show. Nope.

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morningsong said:

Welp, I won't be watching it because I don't need another bill. Already, not watching the tv I'm paying for. Now gotta pay for more tv for one show. Nope.

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I'll get the DVD

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

Welp, I won't be watching it because I don't need another bill. Already, not watching the tv I'm paying for. Now gotta pay for more tv for one show. Nope.

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I'll get the DVD

I'll wait for the reviews.

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

I'll get the DVD

I'll wait for the reviews.

Well your gonna have to decide for yourself. Now a days everybody is so negative so they will say it sucks but you as a Trekkie will most likely like it.

Since the CW just recently cancelled the Originals, put Discovery in that time slot now.

kpowers said:

Since the CW just recently cancelled the Originals, put Discovery in that time slot now.

There's one more season of the Originals, and I'm already paying to watch them, I don't care to pay more for just one show.


I'm already paying extra $ to watch things like Different Strokes on the movie channels, I don't see how another channel will have more content than the ones I already have.

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morningsong said:

kpowers said:

Since the CW just recently cancelled the Originals, put Discovery in that time slot now.

There's one more season of the Originals, and I'm already paying to watch them, I don't care to pay more for just one show.


I'm already paying extra $ to watch things like Different Strokes on the movie channels, I don't see how another channel will have more content than the ones I already have.

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you are paying to watch the originals???

Oh great looks like Riker is not gonna be there now

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

There's one more season of the Originals, and I'm already paying to watch them, I don't care to pay more for just one show.


I'm already paying extra $ to watch things like Different Strokes on the movie channels, I don't see how another channel will have more content than the ones I already have.

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you are paying to watch the originals???

Cable ain't free.

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

you are paying to watch the originals???

Cable ain't free.

Well besides basic cable, the TV you bought, electric bill.