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TNG Writer Points Out Flaws With Kurtzman's "Cinematic" Trek
posted by VobIdemSTAFFMOD on February 21, 2021 at 8:43 PM
Pleasant surprise earlier.
TNG and DS9 writer Ronald D Moore had a few things to say on writing Star Trek for television Vs writing Star Trek for the big screen.
The article part of which is quoted underneath
"To me, Trek is a morality play. It’s a show about ethical dilemmas. It’s a science fiction show about ‘What if?’ And it’s a character piece. The best parts of Trek don’t necessarily lend themselves towards the big screen. For instance, you couldn’t do ‘Data’s Day’ as a movie, right? It was one of my favorite episodes. ‘The Conscience of the King’ from The Original Series is one of my favorite episodes. That’s not a movie. So, the movie version always has to be hyped up and overdamped and they’re big giant roller coasters. And I don’t know that the roller coaster aspect is what attracts me to Star Trek the most."
These observations are very relevant to Alex Kurtzman's dystopian garbage, as he and the other hacks have approached writing STD and STP like movies instead of a TV show.
Both STD and STP put most of the focus on Burnham and Soji at the expense of all other characters, like the majority of Discovery's bridge crew for example. Three seasons in and they're still less defined than Ensign Ro Laren, who only appeared a handful of times on TNG.
Kurtzman's "movies" not only don't do character pieces so all actors get a chance to shine, they also lack the ethical dilemmas Ronald D Moore mentioned, instead opting for simplistic takes on villains. Like an AI that hates organic life because it's evil, or a green, plastic lady who's an evil gang leader, or an evil, super secret, Romulan cabal who're manipulating everyone to be in control.
Kurtzman's "movies" are indeed more like lens flare rollercoasters, except all depressive and grim.
I'm glad one of the foremost TNG and DS9 writers spoke his mind on this subject matter of what is Star Trek and what it is not
Reply by Nexus71
on February 28, 2021 at 5:22 PM
Who knows only time will tell
Reply by mcse2000ca
on February 28, 2021 at 6:18 PM
Wonder by that time will she have watched the shows lol
Reply by Knixon
on March 3, 2021 at 3:18 PM
That's weird. I think someone else got deleted too.
Reply by Nexus71
on March 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM
Don't poke the sleeping bear,
Reply by Nexus71
on March 3, 2021 at 3:38 PM
Like who?
Reply by Knixon
on March 3, 2021 at 6:20 PM
I don't know. But when I was looking at this thread history from yesterday, there was something after mcse's comment on the 28th. The latest comment was from yesterday. Then I refreshed, and it was gone and mcse's comment from the 28th was last. Unfort I didn't pay attention to who had made the latest comment before refreshing.
Reply by VobIdem
on March 3, 2021 at 8:59 PM
From the looks of it, someone edited one of my replies.
That's the main difference as far as I remember at least. Not sure if some else's reply got edited or deleted too
Reply by Knixon
on March 3, 2021 at 9:07 PM
Odd stuff.
Reply by Nexus71
on March 3, 2021 at 10:04 PM
It's not the spoon that bends Neo
Reply by mcse2000ca
on March 8, 2021 at 10:39 PM
holy crap these boards died with Invidias verbal diarrhea disappearing lol
Reply by Knixon
on March 8, 2021 at 11:24 PM
quiet is better than diarrhea. trust me, I know. I've had ulcerative colitis for 34 years.
Reply by VobIdem
on March 9, 2021 at 5:32 AM
It's almost as if the highly successful and very popular STD isn't that successful or popular.
Personally, I keep checking the board for new topics and almost miss the "debate"
Sorry to hear that, Knixon