FWIW, what might have been but probably never really, etc.
I know this is never gonna happen. Glad the people who have been petitioning in years past didn’t get a table this year. It’s nice to discuss what might have been but realistically we need to move on. Certainly Terry will jump on this if offered the chance but let’s not hold our breath.
The Klingons were always stand-ins for the Russians
In 1967, perhaps. The movie versions sort of took a step back from 1:1 interpretations. If anything, the Romulans are a better simile to the (Cold war/Soviet) Russians from a Western standpoint.
Echoing today, there was an unstable element in the Empire
Really, you look at contemporary Russia, and you think dissidents are the most obvious issue? Not oligarchy, state disinformation and war mongering?
TL;DR — don’t let Matalas anywhere near your favourite franchise.
Not oligarchy, state disinformation and war mongering?
My main reaction overall to the reveal was this iteration of Paramount ownership would have cancelled something that delved into these things as fast as it did the rest of the Trek slate.
Also, it’s slightly boggling that the fans who wanted this were hyped for Captain Seven (I think it’s fair to say), and the premise was going to be…nah, let’s do a Worf/Alexander/Klingon politics story? Who was asking for more Alexander stories?
Who was asking for more Alexander stories?
If there’s one thing I’m pretty confident Terry Matalas wants to do, it’s bang his old action figures together.
I guess I should have said “Who besides Terry Matalas was asking for more Alexander stories?” 😂
Alexander/Neelix/Jack Crusher teamup when
Q brings Neelix to the Alpha Quadrant and the story is off and running.
Neelix? This is the proposed Legacy show, next next generation.
Make that Alexander/Naomi Wildman/Jack Crusher…
Well, Seven would still be the captain, and it would probably be wise to have the main story not be about her, but how she leads the crew through it. I would even say, an adult Alexander who has lived a life on his own — could be interesting if done right. Which is a big if.
But with the junior LaForge and the secret Picard heir already on the crew… It all starts to reek of those franchises where generation after generation of one or two bloodlines are magically hurtled to power. Not at all what I think of with Star Trek. But I suppose that should be expected from a show called “legacy”.
And I’ve already said my part on Terry Matalas’ ideas for a geopolitical metaphor…
