Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[Beantownbrown]

Pike, Spock and Number One are getting their own series

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Pike Spinoff Officially Announced by CBS All Access

[TriggerWarning]

Mixed feelings. Pike's character was incredible in Discovery so I'm glad I'll see more of him.

But there isn't really a lot that can be done with series as we know where Pike, Spock, and the Enterprise will end up thus there can never really be any stakes with them. Unless they go full new timeline with Pike dodging his fate but then that creates a whole new can of worms.

[ChrisIII]

The original pilot finally goes to series .


I'm guessing that at some point a young Kirk and Gary Mitchell will be brought in towards the end of the series.

[C_Miller]

I'm really excited for this. I know that we know the outcome and there are no stakes per se, but if this is going to be a real return to form for Star Trek, were there ever any real stakes? You always knew that Kirk, Spock and McCoy were going to make it to the next episode. It'll be the same with Pike, Spock and Number One (though we know very little about her, lots to explore there).

I'm most excited to spend more time with Pike who could definitively take over as my favorite Star Trek captain without the asterisk and spending more time on that gorgeous recreation of the original Enterprise.

[Sutekh]

Looks fun! I care not about 'knowing how it ends.' I know how Titanic ends. I know how Passion of the Christ ends. I know how Lord of the Rings ends. Doesn't change whether or not they're enjoyable movies!

Gosh, a chance to see characters like Gary Mitchell, pre-nutjobbery? Could be awesome!

I kind of *don't* want to see a young Kirk. A young Spock is tolerable, since he was supposed to be significantly older than everybody else, but I'd rather meet some new folk than see version X of Chekov or Bones or Uhura.

[C_Miller]

Looks fun! I care not about 'knowing how it ends.' I know how Titanic ends. I know how Passion of the Christ ends. I know how Lord of the Rings ends. Doesn't change whether or not they're enjoyable movies!

Gosh, a chance to see characters like Gary Mitchell, pre-nutjobbery? Could be awesome!

I kind of *don't* want to see a young Kirk. A young Spock is tolerable, since he was supposed to be significantly older than everybody else, but I'd rather meet some new folk than see version X of Chekov or Bones or Uhura.

The only character I might want to see is Scotty, another character who is supposed to be a bit older and I kind of like the idea of him being another character who has been on ship for a while. No one loves the Enterprise more than him, so it'd would make sense for him to be there before Kirk takes over.

The only time I want to actually see Kirk is if we get to a point where Kirk takes the ship from him. Last scene and have them do the transfer of command. That's it.

[dswynne]

Mixed feelings. Pike's character was incredible in Discovery so I'm glad I'll see more of him.

But there isn't really a lot that can be done with series as we know where Pike, Spock, and the Enterprise will end up thus there can never really be any stakes with them. Unless they go full new timeline with Pike dodging his fate but then that creates a whole new can of worms.

Then there is no point in studying history. I mean, why should we know the events that led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776? "America gained its independence in 1776. That's it. Move along..."

For some of us, the fascination of a Pike series isn't what leads to TOS; we already know that. For some of us, we want to know what kinds of adventures/missions Pike and crew had, outside the one or two we already know.