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    2 days ago

    The spirit of Star Trek is incompatible with Paramount’s new MAGA politics, it will be ruined.

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    With Ellison in control, we might finally get that all-white, all-male Starfleet that non-fans have been begging for

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    2 days ago

    I really liked Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto and enjoyed the first two movies. The first one far more than the second though.

    The second had what I felt were unnecessary linked to their prequels and it’s also what the worst parts of Craig’s Bond and Solo were as well.

    I don’t think they embodied the spirit of Star Trek though, but I was hoping they could have worked those out over time, but it seems not so much.

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    Nice to see they are still working a Trek movie, and also nice to see (IMO) that it could be connected to the main timeline.

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      I am all for new Trek, but they need to fuck right off with the prequels.

      Every studio: “What if we instead just go back and write ourselves into a corner and risk pissing people off by breaking continuity.”

      Edit: For example, I love SNW. But knowing what happens to half the cast removes a lot of the tension. I know putting Pike, Uhura, Scotty, Chapel, M’Benga or the ship in jeopardy will amount to nothing. Even Una. Because we know from “Those Old Scientists” that she later becomes the literal poster girl for Starfleet.

      Edit 2: I have a lot of problems with Discovery, but one thing it absolutely did right was stop being a prequel and send the window of storytelling so far into the future that it can’t cause story problems for other Trek.

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          It’s previously been reported that Haynes and Grahame-Smith’s movie, produced by Simon Kinberg, "will serve as an origin story of sorts for the main timeline of the entire franchise

          Literal prequel

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              I’m not sure why you’re arguing. YOU linked to the article I responded to. Did you actually read it? And did you notice that the article now redirects to a different article than the one you linked to?

              It really wasn’t hard to find a different source that for the same article you originally posted. Many other sites reposted.

              https://sffgazette.com/sci_fi/star-trek/star-trek-4-has-finally-been-scrapped-as-paramount-moves-on-from-chris-pine-led-franchise-a9354

              Note: “SOURCE: VARIETY”

              • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteOP
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                19 hours ago

                The article I shared is the original source and does not contain a mention of prequels.

                The link you shared just now appears to be an AI slop summary with added hallucinations.

                I am arguing with you because from the perspective of someone reading the article I shared, you brought up an entirely unrelated topic in order to complain.

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                  14 hours ago

                  The title of the article you posted is clearly not the same article given that it’s not the same headline or the fact it’s not even about Star Trek.

                  You’re clearly a troll, and I’m done wasting time with you.

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    that’s a shame, i always really liked Pine’s Kirk in particular. but i guess it was also inevitable as soon as Spock showed up in Disco with a new actor

    the rest of the article is… harrowing, to say the least. Trek feels like the elephant in the room at Paramount right now- you’d think Ellison would think that “un-woke-ifying” Trek would be an easy way to score points with the White House right now, but so far it’s been business as usual

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      Honestly, I’d take this with a small grain of salt.

      I don’t doubt Variety’s reporting, but this amounts to a bullet point in a larger article, and while I’m sure they’ve “moved on” from whatever they had cooking, I think it’s also possible that they could develop another project with that crew, if they have a script that they like well enough.

      We’ll see what happens - it’s been years of them being unable to get a project going, and I don’t expect that to change any time soon.