Fucking hell, lads. Nothing's safe it seems. >We've

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0hZqOdsRoKU

When it comes to Discovery, Garak may be right to defend the Star Trek legacy.

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>>37743258
>"Star Trek: Discovery"
what
whahtkljhdkasjfhndlasj
?!?!
new star trek series ?????!?!???
you're not trolling are you?

>>37743537

No, but don't get too hyped, it's not looking too good.

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Star Trek has always been touchy feely. TOS was progressive for having a black woman and Russian just hanging about during the civil rights movement/Cold War, TNG had a therapist sit right next to the captain and they brought kids and shit along with them. Even stuff like DS9 made "muh 6 gorillion" part of the setting.

>>37744684
Well I remember the last time the series got rebooted it bombed pretty bad. If I rewatch TNG(or film)/Voyager/DS9 I just want a new series again. I can't get into the TOS reboot movies they're just so boring compared to TNG films.

>>37743258
they always do this, it fails spectacularly, and worst of all, movie execs think that people have no interest in the idea. No, people just dont want to see a baboon in a role thats the lead

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>>37743258
If you were a hardcore fan you would;ve known that Start Trek has always been liberal.
Start Trek TOS had a Jap, a Russian, A scottish, a useful nonsterotypical black woman kissing the white captain. Federation proided basic needs for free to each citizen and everyone was equal.

>>37743258
There have been black female captains in star trek before. I remember an episode where Picard met with some other captains in a secret meeting. One of them was a black lady

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>>37745303
>>37745317
Rekt
Also I can't complain, she's fucking hot desu. But lol @ the black Bachelorette with a gaptooth.

>>37745355
>tooth gaps on blk women arent g-d tier qt
Wow how can somebody be so
>tfw none of girls ive dated had gaps

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>>37743258
sweet kek

A new Star Trek series
It's been so long, and Enterprise was so shit,

I don't know if I'm ready to love again desu.

I'll try

michelle
original!

>>37743258
This is literally what Star Trek is about, Mr. hardcore Trek fan

>Star Trek progressively liberal

HOLY SHIT WHAT A SHOCK OP!

Maybe watch a show other than multicultural communists in space if you want to watch straight white people going down to the soda fountain for a drink and a dance.

>>37743258
Is it just me or does she look exactly like Megan Kelly but black?

>>37745303
>>37745355
>>37745317
>>37746264

You are all, of course, correct. It's not the fact that I have some sort of issue with Star Trek -esque liberal values and cast diversity, or that I'm somehow bigoted against women or black people, but I would be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned the trend in today's television being what it is.

Did they really choose her, because she's the best for the role? Could someone done better, but she got the role due to her race? Or is there something else at play in the backround, like a real-world agenda? How will she fit in with the other captains (commander in this case)? Will she come to her own? Does she identify as a woman in the first place? If not, and her character's central conflict stems from that, doesn't it sound a tad boring, and maybe forced to you?

Star Trek was never about appearances, this is true. But what Star Trek never lacked was good, well written characters with actors so iconic and perfect in their roles I tend to think of those people as their characters first, and their real-world-counterparts second. And I don't think I'm the only one. But today's movie -and television being what it is, is it wrong to be a little bit skeptical? Sometimes it feels like characters are written backwards these days, their attributes coming first secondary to their personalities and actual role in the story, and in their own arcs.

Let's think of Sulu. In ToS, he was a relatively minor character, but grew into the role and even got a bit of a story. Not too deep, but good for a supporting role.

Now think of the new Sulu, in the Rebooted Movies. Relatively minor again, as he was never that important, but what can you tell me about him?

>He's gay and is good at swords.

I really can't think of anything else.
So, you see, it's not that I'm worried because she's black and possibly trans. It's the fact that she may end up having no other depth than that, which concerns me.

Am I making any sense?

>>37746328

True, but I think you'll understand better what my concern stems from if you read my reply here:

>>3774714

>>37745481

Enterprise waa good up until S3 when they blew it by having a season-long-overarching plot in the only series since ToS that was calling to be purely episodic in nature.

I wanted to see the Wild West of the Alpha Quadrant but what we got instead was a new villain species in a prequel so it had no tension, and a time-travel plot that was so autistic I can't even fathom what they were thinking.