Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

Soooo...anyone really have confidence that Pegg is going to deliver a great ST3 script? Or will it just flog the horse further?

 

I loved In Darkness, so I shall respond to your post with a look of haughty derision.

 

Haven't disliked any script that has Simon Pegg's name on it yet! And he's writing Star Trek too. I think it'll be pretty solid. Also the director is Justin Lin, and I'm in the midst of a bit of a Justin Lin movie binge, because I'm catching up on the Fast and Furious series- and also Better Luck Tomorrow (Lin directed & wrote Better Luck Tomorrow and a character who pops up in FF is in it and even John Cho aka JJ-verse Sulu is in it) and Lin has a good sense of dynamic frame arrangements, a couple of quieter moments, and a few gangbusters sequences (Fast & Furious has a really crazy oil-truck heist scene that kicks it off that has an awesome sense of momentum. Better Luck Tomorrow has a great scary bit involving the characters, a darkened garage, a baseball bat, and a gasoline soaked rag). Give him a nifty script and he can make a very decent looking movie.

 

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-t...r-trek-galaxy-2016-details-be-unveiled-428555

New series being developed and will be on Netflix. It is going to be called Star Trek Galaxy.

 

Who's the more foolish?...the fool or....ah u know

 

Yeah, I'm a bit suspicious. You announce a new Star Trek series on April Fools Day? P'tak!

 

Habidah!

 

This is why I hate April Fools Day so much. Jokes are one thing, but so many people come up with great ideas like this and you just get mad that it isn't real.

Plus, wasn't Bryan Singer attached to the reboot back when Rick Berman still had a say?

 

Damn I fell for it.


And I was so excited.

 

Bryan Singer was writing his pitch post-Enterrprise when the future of Trek was sort of up in the air. Then JJ Abrams was brought on board and Bryan Singer stuck his pitch a drawer.

 

Or more like Bryan Singer's pitch got sucked out the vacuum of space when Shinzon's ship blew out the front port of the Enterprise.



At least I'm pretty sure Singer's random yellowshirt got killed in the finale of Nemesis. A hellova lot of Enterprise crewmen died that day, not just Data, Picard, even though you're getting all mopey about it (but B4 is there to be Data again anyway). Where is the mourning for Bryan Singer's random Lieutenant That Guy?

 

No matter what anyone says, I'd rather them do a TNG miniseries like they are gonna do with Xfiles. 10 EPs...epic end for TNG crew.

Make it so.

 

That last scene of Nemesis was really the only redeeming part. I still wish they hadn't killed Data, but at least it was, IMO, a worthy send off.

 

Only if Nemesis is ignored. And they get writers that love Trek for what it (usually) is. And they can't all still be on the Enterprise. That would be silly.

Maybe incorporate DS9 and Voyager into it, at least somewhat. While everyone's still alive!

 

The last few weeks have seen a hellova lot of 90s revival announcements. CBS has the rights to all the TNG era TV stuff and generally any and all TNG/DS9/VOY vets seem to be into the idea (hell, some of 'em are making freakin' fan films). While I do advocate moving away from the 24th Century for another TV series, I think an epic miniseries TNG-era mash-up could be genius.

as for the Nemesis of it all, posted a few pages back that I think that flick is definitely gets more flack than it deserves.

I find it a better put together movie than Insurrection, at least.

 

Agreed. Nemesis isn't a perfect movie, but they were clearly trying and the result is at least watchable.

 

I do not own many, if any, Green Lantern comics. I will, however, own this:



http://www.startrek.com/article/to-boldly-go-in-darkest-night

JJ-verse Chang with a yellow ring of power! Holy Kolker!

that being said, I still think this will always be the best Star Trek comic crossover moment wherein Spock nerve pinched Wolverine



But Yellow Lantern Chang quoting Shakespere may come close.

 

Yeah. A Klingon Lantern full stop. Can we just make this a movie already?

 

You just know Spock's gonna wonder where the Green Lantern Corps were when Nero destroyed Vulcan.

 

"Something something yellow impurity something sorry about that, big galaxy and all. Hey, look, a Romulan!"

 

A little late to the party but a huge TNG fan. I've been rewatching episodes on BBC, and my wife started buying me the DVD's.

I'd like to comment though on one early episode: The Measure of a Man.

Maddox gives the crew his idea for replicating Data, which Data is okay with at first. Once Maddox shows he hasn't thought the process all the way through though, both Data and Picard express their concern. Instead of addressing their concerns, Maddox whips out orders for Data's transfer, basically saying, "Yeah I'm an idiot that wants to take Data apart even though I don't know how to put it back together again, but you have no choice in the matter." That means Star Fleet had authorized Maddox to commit murder.

Later, Maddox slithers into Data's quarters, picking up books, etc., and ignoring any polite attempts by Data to say, "Get the **** out!"

Maddox even gives the idiot argument; "Can the Enterprise refuse a refit?" Picard should've countered with, "Its captain can refuse if the officer in charge of said refit has proven he doesn't know a warp core from a refresher!"

When they finally agree on a hearing, Louvois forces Riker to represent Maddox. Also, didn't Data's being allowed into Star Fleet mean they agreed on his sentience? Now a star fleet officer wants to murder the Data for experiments that would create more expendable people. Considering everything Maddox did violated multiple regulations, and considering the entire trial was therefore illegal, wouldn't Louvois be guilty of entrapment for forcing Riker to participate against Data?

Sorry, but that episode really got under my skin, and I've been wanting to vent. I really wanted it to end with both Maddox getting arrested and Louvois getting disbarred, though the chair to the face would work as well.

 

Just did a bit of google-fu the question of "if Data was already a Starfleet officer, he was already recognized as sentient before the mess with Maddox" is that actually addressed in "Measure of a Man". Maddox was the only one who objected to Data being admitted. But he was overruled however at the time of "Measure of a Man", Maddox is higher up in the food chain so he can raise the issue again.

 

Hate Maddox. Haaaaaaate hiiimmmmm

 

I wish I could like vyper's post more than once

 

Yeah but after everything he pulled in that episode, he shouldn't be anywhere on the food chain for a long time. I'll give Data credit; he's got a heck of a lot more compassion than I do. After refusing Maddox's request, I would've immediately pressed charges against the moron.