Tawny Newsome...is developing a live-action Star Trek comedy with writer/director Justin Simien (Dear White People).
At the Section 31 premiere, Alex Kurtzman gave us a quick update on the live-action comedy, saying “They’re [Newsome and Simen] in the middle of breaking story right now. I’m really excited about it.” In December, Newsome said that since the project was first revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024, the concept has “shifted a little bit,” but she and Justin were still hard at work “finding a way to do Trek in a workplace comedy-type tone.”
I loved that cross over episode on SNW, and I'm thrilled it sort of set the tone that this could be possible.
Thank you all for your reviews of Section 31, was going to watch it today. Ill go back to my alternative, driving nails into my eyes, should be more fun!
Thank you all for your reviews of Section 31, was going to watch it today. Ill go back to my alternative, driving nails into my eyes, should be more fun!
I fell on that Bat'leth for you.
You are welcome sir!
God that was terrible, I think I'd actually rather have had a bat'leth wound than watch that drivel.
That was like a bunch of kids from the A/V club patched some footage together and hoped it wouldnt suck. But it did....oh it did.
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Star Trek Beyond features one of sci-fi’s most impressive starbases: Yorktown. Its vast, intricate design and artificial gravity shifts remind me of the Citadel from Mass Effect - a true hub of interstellar civilization, grand in scale, and rich with detail.
I can’t quite pinpoint why the movie didn’t work for me, though.
On paper, it has all the right ingredients: strong character dynamics, a self-contained story, and like I said, a visually impressive setting. But something about it feels tired, like it’s going through the motions rather than pushing the franchise forward.
The stakes feel low, not just in terms of the plot but in how little emotional weight the film carries. The villain is forgettable, the conflicts lack urgency, and despite some fun moments, it never truly grabs me. None of these flaws should be deal breakers, yet somehow, they add up. I don’t know . . . maybe it just lacks that spark.
Beyond concludes my Kelvinverse rewatch. The first movie was a great reboot. It had its flaws, but the casting was spot-on, the story was exciting, and it made Star Trek cool again. It struck the right balance between honoring the original and modernizing it for a new audience.
Into Darkness was a big step down. It meandered, lacked excitement, and felt like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn’t. The villain reveal fell flat, and the story leaned more on spectacle than substance. But despite its missteps, it was still okay - watchable, if not particularly memorable.
IMO Beyond's fault is the lack of previous character development with these actors in the roles. The first JJ verse film was really good at establishing the Spock-Kirk Dynamic, some back story, and spicy uhura. The 2nd focused way more on villany and Khan (Cumberbatch was a big star to land I think) and it didn't really advance any characterization. Then Beyond was supposed to be carried by the characters a bit... It just fell apart on that Imo.
I bet if you did beyond like script with the SNW cast it would slap hard.
Also- it continued the trend of viewing the federation and star trek universe as all a mirage of goodness. It's supposed to be real goodness with occasional failings, not the other way around.
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Also- it continued the trend of viewing the federation and star trek universe as all a mirage of goodness. It's supposed to be real goodness with occasional failings, not the other way around.
I like this take.
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Star Trek Beyond features one of sci-fi’s most impressive starbases: Yorktown. Its vast, intricate design and artificial gravity shifts remind me of the Citadel from Mass Effect - a true hub of interstellar civilization, grand in scale, and rich with detail.
I can’t quite pinpoint why the movie didn’t work for me, though.
On paper, it has all the right ingredients: strong character dynamics, a self-contained story, and like I said, a visually impressive setting. But something about it feels tired, like it’s going through the motions rather than pushing the franchise forward.
The stakes feel low, not just in terms of the plot but in how little emotional weight the film carries. The villain is forgettable, the conflicts lack urgency, and despite some fun moments, it never truly grabs me. None of these flaws should be deal breakers, yet somehow, they add up. I don’t know . . . maybe it just lacks that spark.
Beyond concludes my Kelvinverse rewatch. The first movie was a great reboot. It had its flaws, but the casting was spot-on, the story was exciting, and it made Star Trek cool again. It struck the right balance between honoring the original and modernizing it for a new audience.
Into Darkness was a big step down. It meandered, lacked excitement, and felt like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn’t. The villain reveal fell flat, and the story leaned more on spectacle than substance. But despite its missteps, it was still okay - watchable, if not particularly memorable.
The USS Franklin was the best part of that movie. I'm really surprised we haven't seen any series take place in that lost era between Enterprise and TOS/SNW, it seems ripe for great stories. Birth of the Federation, humans still noobs in space, captains winging it with very few guidelines to follow. It's basically the galactic wild west, tap into that ####
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After watching RoboDoc (the 4 hour documentary on the making of Robocop) Admiral Marcus from Star Trek: Into Darkness has become one of my favorite villains.
Mostly because Peter Weller is crazy awesome and reminds me a LOT of the interviews I've seen with Avery Brooks (Sisko).
