Last week, CBS officially announced Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The new CBS All Access series will feature the Enterprise crew, 10-years before Captian Kirk. The show will star Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock, & Rebecca Romijn as Number One.
On this week’s MZNOW, Michael, a huge fan of Star Trek, made a list of 5 things fans want to see in this new series. “This has the potential to be a success!” Michael continued, “You already have characters people know and love. You love the actors. You’re in a great position now.”
Spock (Ethan Peck), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), Captain Pike (Anson Mount)
1 – Emphasis on the NEW
Let’s not rehash or take “new perspectives” on old storylines. Let’s truly seek out NEW life and NEW civilizations.
2 – Don’t Rewrite History, Add to It
Stop with the cannon hacking. The Star Trek Universe is huge and there are plenty of areas to explore without destroying what came before. We don’t need any more siblings for Spock. It’s time to meet new characters and explore their backgrounds and their stories. Let’s honor the writers of the past by adding to the lore, and not mucking up the data…
3 – Make It A TEAM Effort
Although Pike is the Captain, he shouldn’t be the only hero. What made Next Gen and the Original series work so well is that the crew worked as a TEAM to solve their problems. Unlike Discovery where Burnham and Tilly are the only ones that can find solutions in a ship full of scientists, engineers, and literally the greatest and highly trained minds in the galaxy. Don’t waste the crew! Everyone has a part to play.
4 – Let’s Keep It A Little More PG or PG13
Let’s keep F-bombs and Klingon rape scenes for the other show. Let’s make this show a place where people of all ages can watch and be inspired. I’m not saying it should shy away from dark or serious issues – but there is a way to present ideas that doesn’t alienate the younger demo. I get it, it’s a streaming show and there are no rules. Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you always should.
5 – No More Season Long Story Arcs
Instead of dishing out 10-15 shows with a long, drawn-out story (with at least a quarter of the shows being filler), only to get a disappointing payoff at the end — let’s go back to the ‘planet of the week.’ Let’s see the crew work together, as a team, to find solutions for themselves or the civilization they are trying to help in 45 minutes. Let’s see hope and goodness triumph in this series because we need it now more than ever.
What do you want to see on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Let us know on Twitter @MZNOWTV.
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Animaniacs – Hulu
The Warner siblings live in the Warner Bros. Water Tower on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. However, characters from the series had episodes in various places and periods of time. The Animaniacs characters interacted with famous people and creators of the past and present, as well as mythological characters and characters from contemporary pop culture and television.
Barry – HBO Max
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Bel-Air – Peacock
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Curb Your Enthusiasm – HBO Max
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Paramount+
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series. It has a contemporary take on that series’ episodic storytelling and 1960s designs, and features the following narration from Mount during each episode’s opening credits (similar to the opening narrations in The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Stranger Things – Netflix
Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test subjects. Inadvertently, they have created a portal to an alternate dimension, “the Upside Down”. The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways.
The Boys – Amazon Prime
The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognized as heroes by the general public and work for a powerful corporation known as Vought International, which markets and monetizes them. Outside of their heroic personas, most are arrogant, selfish, and corrupt. The series primarily focuses on two groups: the Seven, Vought’s premier superhero team, and the Boys, vigilantes looking to bring down Vought and its fake superheroes.
The Orville: New Horizons – Hulu
The Orville is set on the titular spacecraft: USS Orville (ECV-197), a mid-level exploratory vessel in the Planetary Union, a 25th-century interstellar alliance of Earth and many other planets. The show consists of adventures encountered by the ship’s crew, usually involving planet exploration and visits to various parts of the galaxy.
What We Do in the Shadows – Hulu/FX
Set primarily in Staten Island, New York City, New York, What We Do in the Shadows follows the lives of three traditional vampires, Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja; Colin Robinson, an energy vampire; and Guillermo, Nandor’s familiar. The series revolves around the vampires interacting with the modern world and other supernatural beings.
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