- The Picard Maneuver ( @The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) English42•9 months ago
Black mirror is a lot like a modern Twilight Zone, which early Star Trek was significantly influenced by, and now a fan who directed an episode inspired by Trek gets to do actual Trek?
I can feel my hopes getting up.
- gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) English10•9 months ago
William Shatner also starred in several episodes
- Bebo ( @Bebo@literature.cafe ) English3•9 months ago
Wow so there’s a Trek inspired Black Mirror episode? Will need to check it out.
- PlasmaDistortion ( @PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee ) English15•9 months ago
That episode is pure gold.
- Zorque ( @Zorque@kbin.social ) 15•9 months ago
Well, as long as it’s nothing like that episode, it should be fine.
I remember an episode of CSI years ago where they were investigating the murder of someone who was rebooting a very Star Trek show into something super dark and gritty, with none of the hope and positivity the original show had. That seems to be the trend of a lot of Star Trek properties the last few years, and it makes me think the writer of that episode was quite prescient.
- Davel23 ( @Davel23@kbin.social ) 10•9 months ago
Oh good, another prequel.
- Carlo ( @Carlo@lemmy.ca ) English5•9 months ago
I share your dismay w/r/t the ‘origin story’ trope, and started typing a much more cynical comment. But it’s not like you can’t tell a good story within those parameters. Plenty of good prequels exist. And lots of people were not big fans of Picard’s efforts to advance the timeline.
The determining factor for me will be the quality of the writing. I haven’t seen this Black Mirror episode, but I’ll check it out.
The “I won’t try it because it’s a prequel” argument reminds me of “Deep Space Nine is boring because the station doesn’t move”, as if every episode of TNG or TOS involved the ship being in motion, and if the presence of nacelles was somehow what made the writing good.
- Carlo ( @Carlo@lemmy.ca ) English3•9 months ago
Honestly, that aspect of DS9 did put me off when it first aired, but in my defense I was a kid. I don’t think I got around to watching the whole series until sometime in my 30’s. I also think my JLP-lovin’ kid self thought it was total bullshit that Sisko held Picard responsible for the crimes of Locutus.
Same. DS9 is not as kid-accessible that’s for sure. Fun fac: DS9 actually has fewer bottle episodes than TNG.
- Michael Gemar ( @michaelgemar@mstdn.ca ) 2•9 months ago
- AlexisFR ( @AlexisFR@jlai.lu ) English2•9 months ago
What do they even want to prequel? Isn’t SNW already doing that?
- beefcat ( @beefcat@beehaw.org ) English2•9 months ago
it sounds like they want to cover the birth of the Federation, so maybe it’s a bit of an Enterprise follow-up?
- AlexisFR ( @AlexisFR@jlai.lu ) English1•9 months ago
This wasn’t told on ENT?
- Mactan ( @mactan@lemmy.ml ) English8•9 months ago
unfortunately it’s kelvin timeline so … ugh
- Aesculapius ( @Aesculapius@kbin.social ) 6•9 months ago
The timeline didn’t split until the Narada showed up. So, if it’s before that moment, it is still the original timeline.
- Mactan ( @mactan@lemmy.ml ) English3•9 months ago
my expectation is that since they described it as being linked to kelvin it’s going to have jj abrams kelvin vibes instead of new trek vibes
- knotthatone ( @knotthatone@lemmy.one ) English1•9 months ago
The impact to the timeline form the Narada affected the timeline before that point as well because it affected subsequent time travel (allllll the times SNW, TOS, TNG, VOY, DS9, etc. went into the past would have occurred differently)
- USSBurritoTruck ( @USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website ) English6•9 months ago
I find “USS Callister” especially funny because early on in Disco’s run, people would point to it as what new Trek should be, but the episode is all about how someone obsessed with an old sci-fi television show is a loser and a creep, and then it ends with the protagonists getting a Kelvin universe-esque upgrade, lens flares and all.
Media literacy!
- Zoot ( @Zoot@reddthat.com ) English4•9 months ago
Did anyone watch Video Game Highschool on YouTube? Am I crazy, or is the dude sitting in the captains chair, the same as the “villian” in vghs?
- Madison_rogue ( @Madison_rogue@kbin.social ) 8•9 months ago
That’s Jesse Plemons. I don’t see Video Game Highschool on his list of acting credits in IMDB.
You might be thinking of Bryan Forrest.
- Zoot ( @Zoot@reddthat.com ) English5•9 months ago
Yep, my memory has faded. They do not look remotely similar, I must be remembering Jesse Plemons from elsewhere. Thank you.
- Madison_rogue ( @Madison_rogue@kbin.social ) 10•9 months ago
That’s alright. When I first saw the episode USS Calilister I thought he was Matt Damon.
Plemons is actually married to Kirsten Dunst. He’s got quite a lot of acting credits under his belt. Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blues, and most recently Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Based_and_Cool ( @Based_and_Cool@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English8•9 months ago
Not the same guy but he was I the later seasons of breaking bad’ as the guy that killed the kid
- NullPointer ( @nullPointer@programming.dev ) English6•9 months ago
nick named “meth damon”
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) English2•9 months ago
That episode was so good