Star Trek

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That is my understanding, too.  Byrne says he got the idea from the Blish ending.

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'Star Trek' Boldly Goes Into Education With Lecture Series
The Hollywood Reporter
By Graeme McMillan  February 24, 2016 2:33 PM






The next frontier in the celebrations of Star Trek's half-century anniversary isn't visiting a new galaxy, facing off against an alien race that would make the Borg nervous or even someone finally getting around to inventing transporter technology. Instead, CBS Consumer Products has announced Trek Talks, a series of lectures designed to examine the ways in which Star Trek has interacted with the real world throughout its history.

In a series of talks taking place from July 2016 through July 2017 in colleges, universities, museums and elsewhere — CBS' official release references "academic and entertainment institutions" — topics discussed will include Star Trek's impact on (and prediction of) the information age, the show's utopian idea of a multi-cultural society and the way the show addresses the idea of scientific exploration.

In a statement accompanying the announcement, Liz Kalodner, CBS Consumer Products executive vice president and general manager of Star Trek, said that the franchise "has helped shape our collective perspective ... From technological advancements to racial and economic equality, Star Trek has broached a broad and varied range of subjects over the years. These Trek Talks will address its impact and provide an entertaining and educational forum to discuss such influence."

Partners for the program include NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, with talks already scheduled for September's Star Trek: Mission New York and this summer's San Diego Comic-Con.

The official 50th anniversary for Star Trek is Sep. 8, with the latest cinematic installment of the series, Star Trek Beyond, set to fly into theaters on July 22.

http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-boldly-goes-education-lecture-series-193338588.html

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They just signed Nicholas Meyer to the writing staff and to serve as a Producer on the new show.
http://www.startrek.com/article/nicholas-meyer-joins-new-star-trek-series

The movies lead me to think he doesn't really understand Star Trek nearly as well as I'd like - but at least he can tell a story well, which puts him a couple orders of magnitude over the Bad Robot and Berman usual suspects, so very good news, I guess.

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Star Trek - Horizon: Full Film

Probably safe to assume that I'll be live-reviewing this when I get caught up later today to watching...

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But first, since people will read a copy/pasted article who might not click on a link:

Nicholas Meyer Joins New Star Trek Series
StarTrek.com Staff  February 26, 2016






It’s official. Bryan Fuller, who will co-create, produce and serve as showrunner of the upcoming Star Trek series, has just announced the news that Nicholas Meyer has joined the show's writing staff and will be a consulting producer.

"Nicholas Meyer chased Kirk and Khan 'round the Mutara Nebula and 'round Genesis' flames, he saved the whales with the Enterprise and its crew, and waged war and peace between Klingons and the Federation. We are thrilled to announce that one of Star Trek's greatest storytellers will be boldly returning as Nicholas Meyer beams aboard the new Trek writing staff," said Executive Producer, Bryan Fuller.

Meyer, of course, is beloved by Star Trek fans worldwide for directing (and co-writing, uncredited) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, co-writing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and co-writing and directing Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

The new Star Trek series, produced by CBS Television Studios, will launch in early 2017. In the U.S., a special premiere episode will air on the CBS Television Network and all subsequent first-run episodes will be available exclusively on CBS All Access. The series will also be available on television stations and platforms in other countries around the world.
 - See more at: http://www.startrek.com/article/nicholas-meyer-joins-new-star-trek-series#sthash.Tdq1t9jO.dpuf

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It's Leonard Nimoy's deathday, BTW.

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Considering that Wrath of Khan is the standard by which all other ST movies are judged, I'd say Meyer understands it well enough.

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Uh, where was the Exploring Strange New Worlds?  Permission to come aboard, indeed.

No, it was the very best of the movies, but it wasn't especially Trek.

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Star Trek - Horizon: Full Film

Probably safe to assume that I'll be live-reviewing this when I get caught up later today to watching...

I notice that this has closed captioning, and I've gladly turned it on...

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4:23

Iconians?  Whazzat?

(I'm asking if they were made up for this, or I'm missing a TNG or something reference...)

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6:36

Well that whole sequence and everything about it said genre space adventure movie - at not fanfilm at all.  I'm not ready to propose marriage just yet, but it's a promising enough start.

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9:34

It's not rational to expect anyone to hold to the Blish version of the Romulan war, not least a fanfic of Enterprise, which contradicted Blish -and actual continuity- on the Romulans, but I'm bothered anyway.  grumble grumble grumble

I don't think primitive Earth transporters of the era were good enough to beam aboard moving ships doing evasive maneuvers, and, like everything about these Enterprise Romulans, too advanced for them, too...