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rewatching some TNG
This scene is so badass or should I say Riker is such a badass
This scene is so badass or should I say Riker is such a badass
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The episode Parallels is also good
That one has some crazy alternate dimension Riker who looks beat up
I think Riker might be in my top 5 Star Trek characters
That one has some crazy alternate dimension Riker who looks beat up
I think Riker might be in my top 5 Star Trek characters
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The Klingon civil war episodes is what really roped me into the series. Prior to that, at the time, I wasn't really watching much of TNG.
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In the later seasons Riker's facial expression provided some of the funniest moments in all of ST. My favorite is the beginning of the secret Cardassian mission two-part episode.
Admiral Nachaev walks in with Riker, amd Riker says "Presenting Cpt Picard." And Nachaev just says "Fuck off Riker."
The way he looks at Picard had me laughing my ass off.
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Its crazy that Wil Wheaton is now older, than Patrick Stewart was when TNG premiered.
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I think they could have him as Jack Crusher if they have some Stargazer flashback thing?
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The stargazer was Intresting. In the autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard (great read BTW, highly recommend) his time aboard the stargazwr was unique, in that he become one of the youngest captains in star fleet history, but it was aboard one of the oldest and decrepit shops in the fleet. He was stuck on that ship for over 20 years, as his peers were assigned to the newest and greatest ships in the fleet.
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Patrick Stewart was in his late 40's when TNG first aired, but he looked like he was well into his 50's.
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https://deadline.com/2019/08/cbs-viacom-merger-deal-price-1202667116/
CBS and Viacom will be re-merging together,. Once again bringing the Star Trek films back under the same banner as TV and other content.
CBS and Viacom will be re-merging together,. Once again bringing the Star Trek films back under the same banner as TV and other content.
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https://deadline.com/2019/08/star-trek-universe-cbs-viacom-merger-franchise-united-1202667413/
The introduction of Mr. Spock last season on the sleek CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery may be the first in many new frontiers for the fabled franchise now that the Paramount-owning Viacom and CBS are boldly going toward corporate reunification.
Taking a page from the now Fox-expanded Disney book, new ViacomCBS kingpin Bob Bakish made very clear just now on today’s investor call, Star Trek and the Mission Impossible franchises have significant potential to leverage “across all the companies’ platforms.” Soon-to-be CBS CEO Joe Ianniello hit the drum hard himself when he added with an international angle that “scale is becoming more and more important all the time.”
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With no lingering licensing barriers, the lucrative property created by Gene Roddenberry is now under one ownership for the first time since Star Trek: Enterprise came to an end in 2005. It was, of course, the very next year that CBS and Viacom were split off into two separate companies.
As CBS All Access heads towards launching the much hyped Star Trek: Picard next year, the Trekverse may now be poised for an intensified expansion. Already in the pipeline are multiple animated series, more shorts, and a Michelle Yeoh-led Discovery spinoff, and at Comic-Con International the Trek braintrust was openly hinting about the possibilities of a Mr Spock series starring Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory Peck).
The new multi-platform possibilities may mean Trek could soon be making a giant leap in its aspirations, not unlike the one in the 1980s and 1990s that elevated Star Wars from a blockbuster film franchise to the ubiquitous, wall-to-wall cultural force that it represents today. (The Star Trek braintrust has already acknowledged that the animation push is viewed as a way to win the hearts, minds and toy-boxes of youngsters, a maneuver that Lucasfilm used to masterful effect to build fan allegiance for characters that weren’t in the original film trilogy.)
CBS All Access
It may not be the Marvel Universe just yet but the Trek cosmos may have the potential to eventually rival the Disney-own comic giant in both legacy and currency – especially with Shari Redstone’s developing strategy of creating a great global footprint. The challenge will be creating a far wider pantheon of recognizable characters that goes beyond the familiar core of Picard, Spock, Kirk, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Uhura, Lt. Commander Data, Lt. Commander Worf, and about a dozen others.
Trek fans will be enthused to hear about the expanding frontiers but the news won’t stir the kind of excitement that the Disney-Fox headline evoked from Marvel fans. That’s because Marvel’s characters had been scattered across Hollywood by years of one-off deals that created the cinematic equivalent of a superhero diaspora (Spider-Man at Sony, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four at Fox, Blade at New Line, etc.) That’s not the case with Trek, which has been far more cohesive in its canon and more historically adept at crossovers.
At this very early stage, we hear that Trek will fall under the fiefdom of the David Stapf-run CBS Studios — as we await who truly rules what and whether a fourth Star Trek movie in the latest reboot round is truly coming in an R-rated form from Quentin Tarantino or another imported auteur.
The upside possibilities of the ViacomCBS reunification aren’t restricted to Federation space, either.
Star Trek: Discovery and Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone are already the linchpin franchises for CBS All-Acccess and it’s not hard to envision a small-screen revival for Paramount’s Mission: Impossible, another classic 1960s brand that naturally lends itself to episodic television. That revival could be especially enticing for a modern show with a budget for stunt work, make-up effects, and CG spectacle — all aspects of the brand’s film successes.
A little history: The original Mission: Impossible was created by Bruce Geller as an espionage procedural that aired from 1966 to 1973. The brand was brought back to television (along with original star Peter Graves) for a 1988-1990 updating of the concept, which follows the high-risk, geo-political adventures of the IMF, a covert team of highly specialized spies.
The IMF is bigger than ever. Tom Cruise has starred as Ethan Hunt in six Mission: Impossible films since director Brian DePalma first brought the spy saga to the big-screen in 1996. Heading toward its 25th anniversary, the feature film series is aging quite well — the most recent installment, last year’s Mission: Impossible Fallout, earned $790 million worldwide, which makes it Cruise’s highest-grossing film ever (albeit that’s a ranking that does not include adjustments to account for inflation).
Also intriguing to consider: The Paramount library also includes the powerhouse Transformers franchise (with six feature films to date and close to $5 billion in worldwide box office) as well as major-league animated properties from DreamWorks (Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda) and the studio’s own homegrown animation hit, the Oscar-winning western Rango
The introduction of Mr. Spock last season on the sleek CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery may be the first in many new frontiers for the fabled franchise now that the Paramount-owning Viacom and CBS are boldly going toward corporate reunification.
Taking a page from the now Fox-expanded Disney book, new ViacomCBS kingpin Bob Bakish made very clear just now on today’s investor call, Star Trek and the Mission Impossible franchises have significant potential to leverage “across all the companies’ platforms.” Soon-to-be CBS CEO Joe Ianniello hit the drum hard himself when he added with an international angle that “scale is becoming more and more important all the time.”
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Deadline
With no lingering licensing barriers, the lucrative property created by Gene Roddenberry is now under one ownership for the first time since Star Trek: Enterprise came to an end in 2005. It was, of course, the very next year that CBS and Viacom were split off into two separate companies.
As CBS All Access heads towards launching the much hyped Star Trek: Picard next year, the Trekverse may now be poised for an intensified expansion. Already in the pipeline are multiple animated series, more shorts, and a Michelle Yeoh-led Discovery spinoff, and at Comic-Con International the Trek braintrust was openly hinting about the possibilities of a Mr Spock series starring Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory Peck).
The new multi-platform possibilities may mean Trek could soon be making a giant leap in its aspirations, not unlike the one in the 1980s and 1990s that elevated Star Wars from a blockbuster film franchise to the ubiquitous, wall-to-wall cultural force that it represents today. (The Star Trek braintrust has already acknowledged that the animation push is viewed as a way to win the hearts, minds and toy-boxes of youngsters, a maneuver that Lucasfilm used to masterful effect to build fan allegiance for characters that weren’t in the original film trilogy.)
CBS All Access
It may not be the Marvel Universe just yet but the Trek cosmos may have the potential to eventually rival the Disney-own comic giant in both legacy and currency – especially with Shari Redstone’s developing strategy of creating a great global footprint. The challenge will be creating a far wider pantheon of recognizable characters that goes beyond the familiar core of Picard, Spock, Kirk, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Uhura, Lt. Commander Data, Lt. Commander Worf, and about a dozen others.
Trek fans will be enthused to hear about the expanding frontiers but the news won’t stir the kind of excitement that the Disney-Fox headline evoked from Marvel fans. That’s because Marvel’s characters had been scattered across Hollywood by years of one-off deals that created the cinematic equivalent of a superhero diaspora (Spider-Man at Sony, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four at Fox, Blade at New Line, etc.) That’s not the case with Trek, which has been far more cohesive in its canon and more historically adept at crossovers.
At this very early stage, we hear that Trek will fall under the fiefdom of the David Stapf-run CBS Studios — as we await who truly rules what and whether a fourth Star Trek movie in the latest reboot round is truly coming in an R-rated form from Quentin Tarantino or another imported auteur.
The upside possibilities of the ViacomCBS reunification aren’t restricted to Federation space, either.
Star Trek: Discovery and Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone are already the linchpin franchises for CBS All-Acccess and it’s not hard to envision a small-screen revival for Paramount’s Mission: Impossible, another classic 1960s brand that naturally lends itself to episodic television. That revival could be especially enticing for a modern show with a budget for stunt work, make-up effects, and CG spectacle — all aspects of the brand’s film successes.
A little history: The original Mission: Impossible was created by Bruce Geller as an espionage procedural that aired from 1966 to 1973. The brand was brought back to television (along with original star Peter Graves) for a 1988-1990 updating of the concept, which follows the high-risk, geo-political adventures of the IMF, a covert team of highly specialized spies.
The IMF is bigger than ever. Tom Cruise has starred as Ethan Hunt in six Mission: Impossible films since director Brian DePalma first brought the spy saga to the big-screen in 1996. Heading toward its 25th anniversary, the feature film series is aging quite well — the most recent installment, last year’s Mission: Impossible Fallout, earned $790 million worldwide, which makes it Cruise’s highest-grossing film ever (albeit that’s a ranking that does not include adjustments to account for inflation).
Also intriguing to consider: The Paramount library also includes the powerhouse Transformers franchise (with six feature films to date and close to $5 billion in worldwide box office) as well as major-league animated properties from DreamWorks (Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda) and the studio’s own homegrown animation hit, the Oscar-winning western Rango
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You might not be kidding...Tarantino has started casting his trek film...
ok just kidding....
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Rarely read a worse article
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-trek-universes-future-big-screen-1232407
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-trek-universes-future-big-screen-1232407
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I hope they do bring back a more familiar version Star Trek.
