I don’t think you needed [sic]

Just wanted to make sure - I stumbled over that sentence when reading it!

It’s pretty hard to make the case that we “need” any work of fiction.

At SDCC CBS sent us a synopsis, essentially a workplace comedy on a vacation planet – not Risa, not in the Federation. So are those fundamentals are still the same?

Those fundamentals are the same. But what I can tell you is what we’re really working on exploring, are the sort of overlooked sections of what happens when a world and a culture that is not that was not [sic] in the Federation. What happens when they decide to be?… So Federation outsiders and what’s kind of the nitty gritty involved with joining the Federation and involved with… yeah, I’m really struggling [to avoid spoilers]

That’s an interesting adjustment…

The original promo, in all its glory.

I like the Circle trilogy - the Bajoran government being unstable is a fun element to those early seasons.

It’s a shame Shakaar was such a dud of a character, and the series sort of lost interest in the Bajoran civilian government as the Dominion and Kai Winn started to take up all the oxygen in the series.

Chelsea did an AMA with us back in the Old Place when the book came out. She seemed cool, and fairly knowledgeable about, y’know, cooking.

I’d be curious to hear how the recipes turn out for you.

Though in “More Tribbles, More Troubles”, Starfleet had developed quintotriticale grain.

They quickly came to realize that that’s too many triticales.

For me, it’s hard to top the Paramount+ ad from a few years ago that gave us this:

It was great. I had a ball doing that. And I mean, again, during the “Star Trek” world, it’s lovely people, and it was nothing but pleasure, and it was a dream wish fulfillment for me to be able to be in “Star Trek.” I play a very interesting, complicated guy, bad guy, I suppose. I’m a bad guy. Yeah, I guess I’m a bad guy. But yeah, so I dunno what more I can say about that without giving too much away.

I’m in more than one episode. I have a little arc through this season. I reappear and become more problematic as the show goes on.

They had no time at all - filming was already complete.

They were given a short amount of time (3 days IIRC) to film the epilogue, and by then most of the sets had been dismantled.

I think the word “movie” is a little misleading, but it makes sense that they would have wanted to do a full 2-hour “event” episode.

SirPatStew has shared the anecdote, but it’s reportedly something that Roddenberry said.

The video is 1 hour 14 minutes long.

Absolute madness.

Respect.

If the premiere is on June 14, I guess my new guess for the full release is June 19?

Apparently they did some kind of press junket - io9 has an article as well.

there was some debate as to whether the prime directive applied as the Baku weren’t native to the planet.

…which is an absolutely insane debate. No one tries to argue that the PD doesn’t apply to the Romulans, even though they’re not native to their world.

Colony planets aren’t considered “fair game” for interference.

The Prime Directive is that the Federation won’t interfere with the development of a pre-warp society.

While warp capability (or a rough equivalent) is the prerequisite for first contact, the Prime Directive is broader, forbidding intervention in the internal affairs of any non-Federation civilization.

Assuming stardates happen sequetionally

Couldn’t agree less - I think the 32nd century is a fantastic setting, especially for a show like this.

Ni’Var in Discovery does seem to be on that path, particularly with the Romulo-Vulcan faction.