Posted on 11/23/2017 11:57:56 AM PST by EveningStar
While there are some Star Trek fans who would love to see William Shatner strut onto the U.S.S. Discovery, Jason [Isaacs] is not one of them. The actor, who plays Captain Lorca on Star Trek: Discovery, flat out said he doesn't want appearances from the original cast on the series, and that he's not a fan of "stunt celebrity casting." [Isaacs] explained his reasoning and expressed that he felt doing something like that might hurt the fans' suspension of disbelief:
"Someone asked which cast members from the existing series would you like to guest star -- I think people watch good drama shows and they completely suspend their disbelief, they feel like they're looking through the keyhole at another world, if you do it well enough. 'If you have stunt celebrity cameo casting, it completely pulls them out of it. They feel like they're watching a Saturday Night Live sketch."
(Excerpt) Read more at cinemablend.com ...
aren’t the originals way AFTER this crew? Would they appear as children?
IIRC, Discovery takes place 10 years before TOS.
so the crew is how old? Pre academy?
As I noted, it’s not just that it’s a format for PC talking points - it also just stinks as a show.
Even the worst of the real ST outings, “Enterprise”, had an ensemble cast whom interacted well - that’s 99% of the secret of the real-mccoy ST franchise. With this latest dump of excrement you got one emo girl trying to work out her personal issues in the midst of an overwhelming boatload of CGI.
Also, you can take any one episode (or the rare two-parter) of the real ST outings and it stands on it’s own. In this emo-girl version it’s an ongoing Perils Of Pauline soap opera-serial.
Dunno about “Orville” as I haven’t watched it, but I understand it’s a comedy space parody. That it is being compared as an alternative to Discovery is something I would consider telling of to how far ST has fallen - i.e. the apple is the same as the orange. It’s embarrassing.
(If I want a comedy space parody, I’d go with Mel Brook’s “Spaceballs”.)
At any rate, people who like to watch Discovery should do it while they still can, before it’s taken off the intertubes.
I do not like Orville. It could be described as The Simpsons in Space only with live actors and no Simpsons.
“I do not like Orville. It could be described as The Simpsons in Space only with live actors and no Simpsons.”
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The Simpsons can get pretty annoying in it’s forays into leftism, too. I think it’s pretty much run it course anyway, as far as creativity goes, haven’t watched it for years. Was pretty good in it’s early years.
Here’s a couple thoughtful & friendly looks at “Discovery” and where it is lacking, as opposed to my concise “Yeecchhh!”.
https://filmschoolrejects.com/star-trek-discovery-serious
https://comicsverse.com/star-trek-discovery-midseason-review
Kirk was 34 in TOS, so he would be 24 in Discovery time.
Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty - post academy. McCoy was an MD and didn’t attend academy.
Chapel was either in the academy or post academy.
Sulu and Uhura were probably in the academy.
Checkov and Rand were probably pre-academy (despite Grace Lee Whitney’s age)
thanx I’m lazy poster
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