Except, it's CBS All Access streaming service, not the main network. Perhaps they'll release it in bingeing batches rather than weekly.
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New Star Trek TV Series to Debut in January 2017
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They're going to ruin it.
I'm not a trekkie, but a big fan of the universe; I used to watch re-runs of the original series many years ago, watched TNG when it was on live and caught the occasional episode of DS9 and Voyager (I've haven't watched Enterprise yet).
By chance, I re-engaged with Star Trek starting 3 years ago since Lady Blackadder had never seen it. I found this nifty website that actually puts all of the Star Trek TV series and movies in chronological order by star date (nerd alert!). So we started from scratch, watching the original series and are now most of the way through DS9 and halfway through Voyager. They are better than I remember.
My 2 cents:
The reboot movies were good Hollywood but not great Star Trek. They were all flash and no content (good casting though). Star Trek is often criticized for being pious and slow-paced but that's what I like about it. The series should be about exploration and character development, futuristic technology and slightly utopian political developments.
But the next series is going to be "modernized"; it's going to go all Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones on us and become really gritty, dark and antihero-centric, with terrorists and bloody combat and all the other cultural baggage we are inject our entertainment with these days, and that's a shame. It's going to be less socially progressive and more chewing gum for the eyes. And it's going to fail because all the crap TV that's already out there is doing all that stuff better.
Please, please, please prove me wrong, CBS.
I'm not a trekkie, but a big fan of the universe; I used to watch re-runs of the original series many years ago, watched TNG when it was on live and caught the occasional episode of DS9 and Voyager (I've haven't watched Enterprise yet).
By chance, I re-engaged with Star Trek starting 3 years ago since Lady Blackadder had never seen it. I found this nifty website that actually puts all of the Star Trek TV series and movies in chronological order by star date (nerd alert!). So we started from scratch, watching the original series and are now most of the way through DS9 and halfway through Voyager. They are better than I remember.
My 2 cents:
The reboot movies were good Hollywood but not great Star Trek. They were all flash and no content (good casting though). Star Trek is often criticized for being pious and slow-paced but that's what I like about it. The series should be about exploration and character development, futuristic technology and slightly utopian political developments.
But the next series is going to be "modernized"; it's going to go all Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones on us and become really gritty, dark and antihero-centric, with terrorists and bloody combat and all the other cultural baggage we are inject our entertainment with these days, and that's a shame. It's going to be less socially progressive and more chewing gum for the eyes. And it's going to fail because all the crap TV that's already out there is doing all that stuff better.
Please, please, please prove me wrong, CBS.
When it comes to advertising income, I might assume that the weekly show earns higher revenue than a binge release, but who knows? Netfliks does not even have advertising, but relies on subscriptions.
Do yourself a favor and DON'T watch Enterprise. Seriously. It's that bad. The only good thing I can think of from Enterprise is someone finally voicing what a some Trekkies/Trekkers have thought for ages: Vulcans are jerks.
Voyager had potential. Stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the could have rekindled the original spirit of exploration of TOS. Instead, the writers turned Voyager into the Delta Quandrant bully, even go so far as having them kick the butt of the biggest bully of them all, the Borg.
Even Picard and his lackeys had difficulties with the Borg. And their ship (Enterprise-E) is superior in every measurable way.
CBS All Access still has ad pre-roll. So it would not matter if they did a binge release. I just don't know if they are ready to take on that release model.
I'd prefer it to be a weekly show, I wouldn't want to burn through the series too fast.
I hope you're wrong, because we are definitely going to watch Enterprise once we finish Voyager. It's generally considered the least of the Star Trek canon (and was obviously just an attempt to cash in on the whole prequel phenomenon), but not everyone I talk to hates it. It's probably something I'll watch once and then never need to pick up again.
I'm not sure Voyager is a bully - but you can tell they were straining a bit for material by this stage. Actually, the number of times the ship and crew get hammered by some superior alien species is starting to get repetitive (as is the number of shuttlecraft they crash...). But I do like some of the Voyager characters quite a bit - the Doctor is great, Seven of Nine is interesting, Janeway is a good addition to the pantheon of Captains.
Star Trek is one of the few franchises that I hope never dies. You need a break now and then, but it's pure comfort food TV for me.
Do yourself a favor and DON'T watch Enterprise. Seriously. It's that bad. The only good thing I can think of from Enterprise is someone finally voicing what a some Trekkies/Trekkers have thought for ages: Vulcans are jerks.
I hope you're wrong, because we are definitely going to watch Enterprise once we finish Voyager. It's generally considered the least of the Star Trek canon (and was obviously just an attempt to cash in on the whole prequel phenomenon), but not everyone I talk to hates it. It's probably something I'll watch once and then never need to pick up again.
had potential. Stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the could have rekindled the original spirit of exploration of TOS. Instead, the writers turned Voyager into the Delta Quandrant bully, even go so far as having them kick the butt of the biggest bully of them all, the Borg.
I'm not sure Voyager is a bully - but you can tell they were straining a bit for material by this stage. Actually, the number of times the ship and crew get hammered by some superior alien species is starting to get repetitive (as is the number of shuttlecraft they crash...). But I do like some of the Voyager characters quite a bit - the Doctor is great, Seven of Nine is interesting, Janeway is a good addition to the pantheon of Captains.
Star Trek is one of the few franchises that I hope never dies. You need a break now and then, but it's pure comfort food TV for me.
I've been a devoted Star Trek fan since TOS, which aired while I was in high school. I enjoyed subsequent series to varying degrees until Enterprise, which I watched rarely. TOS and TNG are still my favorites - the latter, IMO, was better, but I still have a soft spot for TOS. Unlike some devotees, I liked the first re-boot movie, the second somewhat less so. But the first ten were quite uneven, as well. I was particularly disappointed by 1979's The Motion Picture, which I thought was too similar to the TOS episode The Changeling.
I'll reserve judgement on the upcoming series until I see it myself. But regardless of how it or the next reboot films do, I think that it's remarkable that Star Trek lives on around 50 years after it began, and not just in memory. If you would have told me as a thirteen-year-old that I'd still be watching Star Trek television and movies in my 60's or that I'd carry a device in my pocket that could understand my voice and let me video chat with people across the globe...
I'll reserve judgement on the upcoming series until I see it myself. But regardless of how it or the next reboot films do, I think that it's remarkable that Star Trek lives on around 50 years after it began, and not just in memory. If you would have told me as a thirteen-year-old that I'd still be watching Star Trek television and movies in my 60's or that I'd carry a device in my pocket that could understand my voice and let me video chat with people across the globe...