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<blockquote data-quote="Matthew Blaisdel" data-source="post: 93553" data-attributes="member: 26">The main problem for me is, they just don&#039;t care. They have good ideas for a scifi-show, no doubt about that, but then they need to call it Star Trek, just because Star Trek has a huge fandom and a huge following - and huge financial possibilities.But in order to justify the use of that, you at least have to keep some track of the overall history of this brand.But they don&#039;t even give a damn about that. They just want to squeeze as much money out of it as possible, and it shows. They don&#039;t want to make Star Trek, they only want to use the brand.Even if set in the past, there would have been MANY ways to stay in canon and make it work anyway, if they just cared. But they don&#039;t. I only see the $ signs in the eyes of the developers, when i watch DSC, that&#039;s what i&#039;m getting from that show.And that&#039;s why i feel much more comfortable with &quot;The Orville&quot;, because despite the many stupid obstacles they are thrown in the way by CBS/Paramount (not allowed to make profitable ST-like-shows, that&#039;s why many, many great Fan projects got axed, here full details: <a href="http://www.startrek.com/fan-films" target="_blank">http://www.startrek.com/fan-films</a>), for example they can&#039;t use terms like beaming or the Federation or Prime Directive, the guys from &quot;The Orville&quot; still manage to give me a &quot;Trek&quot; feeling while watching their great episodes.There you can clearly see the difference between people just interested in making money and people that want to tell a story and/or love the Star Trek SPIRIT and try their best to make money out of THAT. It&#039;s a HUGE difference!That&#039;s what makes me look at DSC with some kind of a healthy distance and keeps me from getting too involved with it and on the other side loving shows like &quot;The Orville&quot; more and more. Even if it&#039;s sooo different and with the maybe sometimes misplaced humor and all ...&nbsp; The Orville keeps the original Star Trek spirit and values it.I am also glad that we have Star Trek back on TV - but for me that is due to &quot;The Orville&quot; and NOT because of &quot;Discovery&quot;. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />The Orville was renewed for a 2nd season some days ago, so more REAL Star Trek to come! <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/fun/m0157.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dance:" title="Dance&nbsp; &nbsp; :dance:" data-shortname=":dance:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthew Blaisdel, post: 93553, member: 26"] The main problem for me is, they just don't care. They have good ideas for a scifi-show, no doubt about that, but then they need to call it Star Trek, just because Star Trek has a huge fandom and a huge following - and huge financial possibilities. But in order to justify the use of that, you at least have to keep some track of the overall history of this brand. But they don't even give a damn about that. They just want to squeeze as much money out of it as possible, and it shows. They don't want to make Star Trek, they only want to use the brand. Even if set in the past, there would have been MANY ways to stay in canon and make it work anyway, if they just cared. But they don't. I only see the $ signs in the eyes of the developers, when i watch DSC, that's what i'm getting from that show. And that's why i feel much more comfortable with "The Orville", because despite the many stupid obstacles they are thrown in the way by CBS/Paramount (not allowed to make profitable ST-like-shows, that's why many, many great Fan projects got axed, here full details: [URL]http://www.startrek.com/fan-films[/URL]), for example they can't use terms like beaming or the Federation or Prime Directive, the guys from "The Orville" still manage to give me a "Trek" feeling while watching their great episodes. There you can clearly see the difference between people just interested in making money and people that want to tell a story and/or love the Star Trek SPIRIT and try their best to make money out of THAT. It's a HUGE difference! That's what makes me look at DSC with some kind of a healthy distance and keeps me from getting too involved with it and on the other side loving shows like "The Orville" more and more. Even if it's sooo different and with the maybe sometimes misplaced humor and all ... The Orville keeps the original Star Trek spirit and values it. I am also glad that we have Star Trek back on TV - but for me that is due to "The Orville" and NOT because of "Discovery". ;) The Orville was renewed for a 2nd season some days ago, so more REAL Star Trek to come! :dance: [/QUOTE]

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