Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 pitch meeting

[Shermann]

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We're going to feature the Klingons quite a bit, but they are going to look differently because reasons. So what...the TOS Klingons looked like Afghans!

We need a new take on the conflicted Vulcan officer, so we are going to go with a human who was raised as a Vulcan this go-round. That hasn't been done before. This officer will start a war with the Klingons even though the captain said not to. Spock disobeyed an order once, so it's basically like that.

There is this spore drive. So, you take these spores and...umm...connect up a computer to...umm...an alien and, well, you transport anywhere instantly. This is more advanced than anything that came later in TOS or TNG. We have time loop devices so we can square that up later. The alien is an ultraviolent mass-murderer unless you feed it, so like a reverse Gremlin.

We're going to have these cool Pahvan aliens who are just puffs of smoke. They built this really rickety antenna. Discovery's engineer has no idea what it is for but has concluded it can be used to decloak the Klingon vessels. Despite being easily detectable and destroyable, it can be a gamechanger in the war. Starfleet laptops connect right to it (it is probably a standard USB connection).

[canuckledragger]

1. Yeah, ST Discovery has been the worst ST series imo

...from the crappy, unbelievable makeup effects for the Klingons to a character raised on Vulcan in Vulcan ways but goes nuts emotionally at the drop of a hat and completely ignores logic...

And despite all the actions said character did and got millions killed for in a war she started based on her emotional convictions, etc...instead of throwing her in jail for good, they make her captain and give her command of a ship!

[MutantAndProud]

5. I know why they did because I know the inspiration for the Vulcan drama

Trust me it’s not and was not pretty in real life. Not sure if it’s cathartic or not to see it dressed up and passed through a production filter.

[Shermann]

6. Finished episode 9...so close!

It was entertaining but kind of a cluster. So they have to transport onto the Klingon vessels and plant these sensors, then make 133 micro-jumps to read the sensors?? Why not just transport in and plant bombs??

Moving on, so 133 micro-jumps and Stamets looks like he's on the third day of a seven-day binge. But ONE MORE JUMP to get home, even though their warp drive works and no ship has ever been attacked while in warp, ever. What could go wrong??

[Aristus]

2. I dropped out after three episodes.

If I was Scottish, I would probably have said something like "Wha' fookin' shite!..."

[The Third Doctor]

3. I could never get into Disco. The sfx were great but the uniforms ,klingon

Klingon Design were just wrong to me. Especially from the time period it was supposed to be set in. The Design overall was wrong. Someone just didn't care enough to update designs instead of out right changing them. The main character is raised by Vulcans and is convinced violence is the only way to approach the klingons. Smh

[Shermann]

4. The best defense is a good offense! Logical.

[Xavier Breath]

7. I've been a life-long Star Trek fan

Well, I was finally old enough in the '70s to watch TOS reruns, and I watched each new series as it premiered. Then they started with that streaming shit (Gene must be spinning in his grave), so I've not seen a new series episode since Enterprise went off the air. Glad I'm not missing anything with this show.

I would have liked to have seen Picard, but, oh well. Fuck you Paramount, you greedy bastards.

[Shermann]

8. Strange New Worlds is the best one in a while

The reviews for Picard were a bit harsh, it is uneven and convoluted but worth watching.