We have Bat'Leth.
They have... Diplomacy...
Posted on 09/08/2017 10:38:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
Exclusive: ‘The Klingons are going to help us look at certain sides of ourselves and our country’
Star Trek: Discovery will continue the venerated sci-fi tradition of using a fantastic setting to tackle real-world issues — only in a bigger way than any Trek series has done before.
The upcoming CBS All Access drama tells the serialized story of a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. The show is set a decade before 1966’s original series — which premiered 51 years ago today — during which the Federation and Klingons were in a Cold War standoff that reflected yesteryear’s U.S.-Soviet relations. In Discovery, war breaks out and the Klingons leading the charge have some ideological ideas inspired by the 2016 electoral divide.
“The allegory is that we really started working on the show in earnest around the time the election was happening,” showrunner Aaron Harberts says. “The Klingons are going to help us really look at certain sides of ourselves and our country. Isolationism is a big theme. Racial purity is a big theme. The Klingons are not the enemy, but they do have a different view on things. It raises big questions: Should we let people in? Do we want to change? There’s also the question of just because you reach your hand out to someone, do they have to take it? Sometimes, they don’t want to take it. It’s been interesting to see how the times have become more of a mirror than we even thought they were going to be.”
While such topics have been explored across Star Trek‘s six previous series and 700 episodes before, the serialized nature of Discovery‘s 15-episode debut season allows for a greater depth of storytelling. “The thing about the war is it takes Starfleet and the Federation and forces them to examine their ideas and ethical rules of conflict and conduct,” Harberts says. “It provides a backdrop to how we want to be as a society and that analysis and self-reflection is new for Trek. They’ve done it in certain episodes in the past, but this is a true journey for the institution in itself.”
“In times of stress and conflict it can bring out the best of us and the worst of us,” adds fellow showrunner Gretchen J. Berg. “But but ultimately brings out the best in our Starfleet officers.”
The Toronto-based production is currently shooting its 13th episode, and producers note that President Donald Trump’s tense stand-off with North Korea has some reflections in the show as well.
“North Korea is in our thoughts as we finish the series,” he says. “What began as a commentary on our own divided nation — in terms of Trump supporters and non-Trump supporters — has blown out to North Korea and how we’re right on the brink. [The U.S. is] actually right at the place where Starfleet finds itself in episode one and we couldn’t have anticipated that happening. But how do you end conflict when both sides have such strong opinions?”
In the series, Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) plays First Officer Michael Burnham, an ambitious Starfleet officer whose carefully planned career is upended when she makes a decision with far-reaching consequences. The Klingon characters are led by T’Kuvma (Chris Obi), a leader of an ancient Klingon house who goes to extreme measures to unite his people. Star Trek has a long history of allegorical commentary, including Deep Space Nine’s “Past Tense” (which tackled the separation of economic classes), Voyager‘s “Workforce” (labor issues), and The Original Series‘ “A Private Little War” (the Vietnam War).
Here’s the latest trailer:
Star Trek: Discovery debuts on CBS on Sept. 24 before switching to the CBS All Access streaming service.
The Ferengi were capitalists.
“I’m OK with being a Klingon. Mr. Worf was my favorite character on Star Trek TNG and DS9. He was self-reliant, knew exactly who he was, and stood up for himself.”
If you think “Discovery” will paint their Trump supporter Klingons in such a positive light, I have a bridge to sell you. The mention of “racial purity” is an indicator where they’re taking this.
FUCBS
NFL Season Opener last night between Chiefs and Pats was down 12% from last year which was down 7% from the year before.............
Lol, I see what you did there...
Well, there is the Borg...
As long as you call us names, nothing will change.
The stupidity of the left continues to grow
EDIT:
No,the future space travellers had the good seance to set their phaser on kill ..with a wide beam.. and they wiped out all of the Muslims back in the star date 2056.
Forget the klingons. Would kirk have just any and all people invade his ship?
Nothing new at all for Star Trek.
Who do you think the Borg were an allegory for?
“Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated”?
I wonder if they are going to show technology that looks older than the 1960s era projection of "future technology", or are they going to show technology that looks more advanced than what we have today?
Yes, everyone and their dog could have predicted that the next iteration of Star Trek will be used to advance a liberal narrative. It's what Hollywood does.
The Muslims all starved to death during Ramadan on planets where the sun did not rise for 154 days.
We have Bat'Leth.
They have... Diplomacy...
The "Law of Unintended Consequences" comes to mind.
What Hollyweird considers normal and positive and negative and what red state America considers normal and positive and negative aren't exactly the same.
All told from a Leftist’s point of view.
These are people who are still trying to cram Socialism/Communism down the world’s throat after it killed upwards of 100 million people last century.
These are people who still think man has caused global warming although there has been no irrefutable proof provided.
These are people who have predicted that the Earth was cooling, failure of the Ozone Layer was going to kill us, it would be too late if we didn’t address global warming by 2010 and other things that are closer to Mad Hatter pipe dreams than reality.
These are people who are willing to lie, cheat, falsify evidence, and commit fraud. Some in their midst are getting rich off carbon credit schemes.
They are brainwashing our kids with lies on this subject.
They are also presenting them with materials related to reproduction and same sex shenanigans far before these children need to know such things.
And these are the folks who want to produce a television program that will set everyone straight on a myriad of topics.
Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Mihn, Pol Pot, Hugo Chavez, Manuel Noriega, and now North Korea’s Kim... these are the folks who pushed our Leftist’s agenda before and or during when our Left did.
And yet, on and on they go, the brightest minds in their little universe, trashing anyone who knows better.
“What Hollyweird considers normal and positive and negative and what red state America considers normal and positive and negative aren’t exactly the same.”
Very good point.
I still think I’ll pass on this turd. It has the odor of the Ghostbusters all woman reboot.
Watched the official trailer. Horrible crap. Won’t watch a bit of the show when it comes out.
Liberals are Paclids.
Here’s hoping it gets cancelled before the Super Bowl.
And it was said that on The Original Series (yes, they capitalize that these days), the Klingons were allegorical of the USSR. Can’t make up their minds, can they?
Thanksgiving.........................
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