Star Trek - Space: The Final Frontier

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They say nothing ever happens, but it's happening.
I figured maybe this was going to be the fumbled Two Chrises sequel to Beyond but no they're actually planning on doing it.

At the dawn of the Federation, President Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) navigates interstellar brinkmanship and covert threats while guiding a divided galaxy toward a more peaceful and united future.

I predict 5-6 episodes of elf politics before it reverts to starships going pew-pew and probably the Borg.
 
I predict 5-6 episodes of elf politics before it reverts to starships going pew-pew and probably the Borg.
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I kind of feel annoyed on Scott's behalf. The guy didn’t exactly sign on for Star Trek when it was riding high. Now, decades later, they’re like, “Hey Scott, put the uniform back on,” after every other Trek actor has already been frog-marched through four or five seperate shows.

I know there are Enterprise fans popping champagne, more power to them, I hope it's good, but I have my doubts.
 
I'm not looking forward to it because it'll be the same political drivel as the other NuTrek. Archer will defend democracy, there will be a new Donald Trump stand-in every three episodes, there will be at least one musical episode, and it won't have Trip in it. None of the newer Trek writers have demonstrated any worldbuilding ability, which is pretty much what this proposed show should be chock-full of, so it'll devolve into a second-rate House of Cards.
 
I know there are Enterprise fans popping champagne, more power to them, I hope it's good, but I have my doubts.
They have one chance to do something genuinely awesome - retcon the finale out of existence. It was just Riker shitposting and Trip actually operates a successful motorboat dealership in what's left of Florida or is Earth's ambassador to Vulcan.
 
They have one chance to do something genuinely awesome - retcon the finale out of existence. It was just Riker shitposting and Trip actually operates a successful motorboat dealership in what's left of Florida or is Earth's ambassador to Vulcan.
I will watch this series in its entirety if they retcon Trip's death.
 
They have one chance to do something genuinely awesome - retcon the finale out of existence. It was just Riker shitposting and Trip actually operates a successful motorboat dealership in what's left of Florida or is Earth's ambassador to Vulcan.
Bringing Trip back from the dead seems like an obvious layup. They did the same thing with Dan Connor and guess what, audiences love it when you undo your bad decisions.

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I will watch this series in its entirety if they retcon Trip's death.
Why did it have to be Trip? Absolutely no one would have cared if they killed Malcolm off in the final episode. It would have been far more thematically appropriate to his character as well. Even if they made him slightly more interesting in the last season with the Section 31 stuff he was no ones favorite character.
 
Archer: tortured to death by some quasi-fascistic aliens he mouthed off to
T'pol: space AIDS
Trip: t'pol gave him space AIDS
Malcolm: drowned in an EVA suit malfunction
Meriweather: survived a transporter mishap, opted for MAID
Phlox: bitten by a venomous worm, only known cure belonged to those people he genocided
Hoshi: mudered and replaced by Mirror Hoshi
 
Why did it have to be Trip?
The only reason to sit through that D-Con Chamber with Berman and Braga is to hear their post hoc justification.

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As expected, there’s zero reflection, just very confidently stating that it got an "emotional" reaction, Berman even looks over and asks, “Why did we do that?” Granted, Berman is old and forgetful, but his detachment is pretty funny. Trip was just a goldshirt in the pipeline, indistinguishable from the next. Braga characteristically pulls rank, reminding listeners of their combined decades of Trek experience!

Very self-assured duo, very slimy.
 
Why did it have to be Trip? Absolutely no one would have cared if they killed Malcolm off in the final episode. It would have been far more thematically appropriate to his character as well. Even if they made him slightly more interesting in the last season with the Section 31 stuff he was no ones favorite character.
Should've been Mayweather or Hoshi. Especially Mayweather. Dude had zero plot relevance after season 1.
 
Fuck I misspelled his name. That's how important he was to the series.
Travis was the helmsman, right? I think that’s what he did. Feels like I'm in that Galaxy Quest scene with Fred trying to remember what Gwen did on the ship and you can hear the grinding gears in his head.

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They have one chance to do something genuinely awesome - retcon the finale out of existence. It was just Riker shitposting and Trip actually operates a successful motorboat dealership in what's left of Florida or is Earth's ambassador to Vulcan.
Whatever they watched was probably programmed by an intern, because no one on the NX-01 got promoted in ten years. That's one Harry Kim plus three!

The only reason to sit through that D-Con Chamber with Berman and Braga is to hear their post hoc justification.

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As expected, there’s zero reflection, just very confidently stating that it got an "emotional" reaction, Berman even looks over and asks, “Why did we do that?” Granted, Berman is old and forgetful, but his detachment is pretty funny. Trip was just a goldshirt in the pipeline, indistinguishable from the next. Braga characteristically pulls rank, reminding listeners of their combined decades of Trek experience!

Very self-assured duo, very slimy.
Braga not pulling his usual "resting bitch face" is very unsettling.
 
The only reason to sit through that D-Con Chamber with Berman and Braga is to hear their post hoc justification.

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As expected, there’s zero reflection, just very confidently stating that it got an "emotional" reaction, Berman even looks over and asks, “Why did we do that?” Granted, Berman is old and forgetful, but his detachment is pretty funny. Trip was just a goldshirt in the pipeline, indistinguishable from the next. Braga characteristically pulls rank, reminding listeners of their combined decades of Trek experience!

Very self-assured duo, very slimy.
I'd still take Braga and Berman any day. Like, at least a bunch of good shit happened under their reign. And the bad stuff that occurred is so hilariously bad that it still gets talked about.
 
I predict 5-6 episodes of elf politics before it reverts to starships going pew-pew and probably the Borg.
The writers already have an uphill battle writing a conflict because the Romulans aren't supposed to make full first contract with the Federation until Kirk's time, and the Federation was formed in response to the Romulan threat.
Now, decades later, they’re like, “Hey Scott, put the uniform back on,” after every other Trek actor has already been frog-marched through four or five seperate shows.

I know there are Enterprise fans popping champagne, more power to them, I hope it's good, but I have my doubts.
Even Beyond was full of Enterprise memberberries.
They have one chance to do something genuinely awesome - retcon the finale out of existence. It was just Riker shitposting and Trip actually operates a successful motorboat dealership in what's left of Florida or is Earth's ambassador to Vulcan.
"I'm still getting over the death of my twin brother, Whip."
I wanted to like Mayweather, but he just sucked.
Who's Mayflower?
 
President Archer is at his desk, tapping away at a PADD when an advisor enters. "Mr. President, the jury is in." Archer turns on the viewscreen, showing an Andorian woman speaking, "...and since prisons have been abolished, we have no choice but to sentence the defendants to death for the crimes of libel, slander, and treason against the Federation for their fictitious holographic narrative regarding the foundation of our present form of government." The two humans in the defendants' cage hang their heads and weep. "We're sorry!" the one with a combover cries out as the cage is lowered into the floor.

"Harsh but fair," says the president as he mutes the post-trial commentary on the viewscreen. "It's just too bad the phaser manufacturers refuse to let their weapons be used in executions, now we're forced to use Varon T disruptors." At that moment Vice President Tucker enters the room, with the results of his annual Donald Test in his hand. "There ya have it, mentally sane and fit as a fiddle, 'cept the doc says I need to put a little less salt on my fries!" Tucker looks at the screen and scowls. "The only thang I regret about this whole hullabaloo is that we couldn't destroy every copy of that tall tale they were peddlin'. Can you believe that some fools are swallowin' that guff?"
 
I wanted a real Star Trek Academy show and this piece of shit is what I got. Anyone wanting Enterprise back is likely gonna have... something like Academy.

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better shows have been cancelled for worse reasons, but this was cancelled because it sucks.

Would any of the props be worth getting? I never watched learing academy but would there be any cool trek themed stuff I could pass off as coming from a better series?
The show doesn't even have memorable sets that I remember. You just could say some random thing is from Enterprise or Voyager and people would believe it.
 
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