Good summary of my expectations, but let’s give it a fair chance first.
Even if it’s the best Trek ever made, the reaction to the poster will stand.
Please don’t make it a generic US high school drama. There’s already enough US-defaultism in Star Trek.
Also, the image is glossy, it feels like AI generated
I thought it was an AI head swap too…
Are we sure it’s not an AI head swap? It does feel off.
Edit: At best, it feels like they took an AI pass to correct some lighting or something.
Hopefully more of a community colleges vibe
Hmmm. A recurring cameo role for Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from Community) would buy a great deal of goodwill, from me.
They are real glowy but the Klingon has a near mirror sheen going.
So shiny that it’s uncanny
There’s no way those actors posed for that image at the same time.
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There’s a significant lack of excitement for “90210 in space” in this thread, so I’m gonna try to defend the idea.
It sounds kind of fun, to me. I liked NuTrek, though. The part of NuTrek I disliked was it’s snap back to status-quo before the end of the first film.
Seeing inexperienced cadets do cool space stuff, I’m down for.
My biggest concern is with the new ownership. The lack of any announced queer rep, SNW’s tepid third season, and even the pointed heteronormative attire in this poster all seem in line with a Trek that’s not going to push for anything progressive.
I agree with you that a Star Trek teen drama has potential though. Star Trek was built to encompass a variety of genres. Most around here seem to have appreciated the Star Trek animated comedy, and I don’t hear much denigrating of Bakula’s West Wing in space proposal, so I don’t see why 90210 in space should be such a punchline.
To be fair, it wouldn’t be the first time a Trek premiere’s promotional image looked like a poorly-done bag of ass evoking the general garbage stylings of the era.
I can’t help but still feel excited for this premier, from this ad. Maybe they knew it didn’t matter how they presented it, haha.
Also, they really underestimated Marina Sirtis’ impact on the series, based on her placement here.
They also overestimated Wesley’s crew commission. By rights he should be wearing one of his hideous Season 1 sweaters.
Yo Wonderbread, how’s that translation coming?
I’m pregnant.
I’m shocked it’s taken this long for someone to post that piece of comedy gold.
All the other parts aside, how on earth did they make this look so shitty? The quality is awful, colors are too saturated, the lighting is clearly fake, and everyone’s skin looks like they slathered Vaseline on themselves.
Shiny happy people holding hands
Not sure if this is real or just a piss-take.
Reminds me of this old meme:
As long as the Ellison’s control Star Trek it will never have a return to form. So this will be as bland as SNW S3 was when Fascism is taking hold all over the world. I feel classic Trek would have something to say about that.
I debated coming in here and saying I wasn’t going to watch this due to Paramount and Ellison, but I decided I wouldn’t. But now here I am, saying it.
Make Captain Pike kiss a trans woman damnit. Make a fucken statement! It matters that our media does this.
Paramount: We need to ensure this new show attracts as many people as possible while maintaining a strong identity of Star Trek. How can we hit those points with the Ad campaign?
Marketing: Well our focus groups are saying that a lot of Star Trek fans are still yearning for something closer to the aesthetic of 1990’s Star Trek
Paramount: I zoned out there for a bit but I did hear aesthetic of 1990’s. Make that the core of advertising!
I’m as fatigued with bad Star Trek as I am with bad Star Wars now.
I’m honestly not excited to hear of any new Star Trek until they have a major change to show runners, or enough people who enjoy classic and 90s Trek come out and say, “oh wait this new one is great”.
It’s not for us anymore, friend. They’ll milk the franchises we love until they’re just a husk, then dump it. Some upstart may revive it, but then it just gets put back into the cycle.
Welcome to pure greed capitalism; fuck you, pay me. Tomorrow is the next asshole’s problem.
I’m really starting to believe.
Smiling Klingons? He looks like he doesn’t even care about honor!
and a science cadet at that.
Maybe we will finally see some of the supposed non-warrior Kjngons
like Alexander?
That’s Alexander in the promo image!
He doesn’t, he works for Paramount.
It’s going to basically be Saved By The Bell but star trek.
Stardate: 90210
“Make that, but much more glossy and artificial looking!”
I can’t even tell if this is real any more.
We already had Star Trek Last of the Summer Wine with Picard, and a live action Lower Decks so anything is possible.
