Seems odd to ask for a grand if it wasn't authenticated first. It's just an old hunk of plastic otherwise, no wonder everyone questioned it. That being said, it would've been a total steal if sold

@hansreinhardt @InfiniteDoors Original Enterprise model found in storage unit after 45 years missing. Dude put it on eBay for $1,000 and then got asked a bunch of questions so he took it down, got it authenticated, and it went back to Eugene Roddenberry Jr for restoration. No one knows how it ended up in the storage unit. You may have already seen this. But wouldn’t it be cool to add that to your collection?

They're Upper Deckers now, if the show kept going they'd be Command Deckers. I'm pretty sure McMahon has said before that he doesn't want the show to continue forever, and after getting promoted it makes enough sense to end it. At least they weren't unceremoniously canceled like Prodigy, thankfully Netflix saved it.

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Renewed for Season 4; ‘Lower Decks’ to Conclude With Season 5 (EXCLUSIVE) Nice to see Strange New Worlds renewed (I was expecting it, but good to have confirmation), but given Discovery and Lower Decks both axed after five seasons I'm guessing SNW won't be long for this world following season 4. Looks like 5 years is the new Trek show standard.

I'm surprised no one's posted about the new Disco episodes yet. Unless everyone forgot when the season started lol I liked the first two episodes for the most part, I'm more engaged with this season long plot than I was with the Burn or the DMA, because there's no huge galaxy-wide threat... yet.

I can't skip around with anything, Trek or not. I'll end up just watching linearly from that point on. Yeah I wouldn't be able to sell everyone else in the house on spending more for something they'll just ignore in favor of Netflix, Hulu, etc

I just skip around. TNG onward I watched in released order as soon as I could, but my fondest memories of Star Trek were tuning in and not knowing what episode was coming up.

How do you normally watch then, just skip around to whatever episode you want? Watch all of Voyager for example, but then go to TNG? Maybe if I got a cheap-ish PC just to run the server. I have a laptop but the battery is garbage and overheats like crazy, CPU is weak, overall it just sucks. Is the increase to your electricity bill noticeable?

I was thinking release order too, didn’t mean chronological in-timeline. If you change your mind down the road on Plex, it’s surprisingly easy to setup if you can leave a computer on 24/7. My old Mac Pro is running mine. It’s a 2010 model so it’s power hungry as hell.

Are you talking about the timeline? I meant release order, but since I mentioned going from Enterprise to TOS I could see how one would think I meant chronological. I'll never understand people who do that btw, for any franchise. The time travel episodes alone would be a huge pain in the ass to navigate, then there's flashbacks, movies/episodes taking place at the same time, and so on. It also loses narrative cohesion, thematic significance, etc. I thought about Plex, but setting up a server, leaving my computer on 24/7, researching NAS, it all sounds like a headache, and I would still need to rip everything anyway, so maybe in the future I'll reconsider. The only reason I even thought about getting Plex was so I could watch Trek at work again, but that's not exactly worth it. If anything I could just take my SSD with me, plug it in. Same goes for trips and any other time away from home. Maybe I could save myself a few gigs and not even bother with These Are the Voyages lol. Speaking of, chronological viewing would mean I'd have to stop in the middle of The Pegasus to watch this entire episode, since the framing device is Riker in the holodeck.

I’ve never actually watched it chronologically like that, definitely going to give it a try. What format are you ripping to? Are you going to use something like Plex? I’m tempted to do the same with my Trek collection. Especially for the Epic Pak releases, those are such a pain. oh and GETTIN FROM THERE TO HERE…

I used to watch everything from TOS to Enterprise on a loop back when it was on US Netflix. Finished Terra Prime? Go right back to The Man Trap, rinse and repeat. But ever since it was all pulled, I haven't gone back to watch it. Not only because I no longer had easy access, and CBS All-Access/Paramount Plus sucks balls, but after the millionth viewing it might've been time to take a multi-year break (absence makes the heart grow fonder!). However, P+ is no longer "The Home of Star Trek". They keep licensing everything out (the movies are currently on Max instead of P+), and then there's the whole Prodigy debacle. This stupidity isn't exclusive to them though, the other streamers do it as well. Even today, Max dropped about 30 DC titles from its catalog, some of it even going to Disney Plus (surprisingly not an April Fool's joke, granted it's via Hulu). Let's not even get into the tomfoolery Zaslav is up to with trying to get the biggest tax breaks possible. So what is a guy to do, besides subscribe to everything? Well, there's a few ways to go about it. Buy the shows online on something like Prime or Vudu, but you don't actually own it and access can be revoked at any time. You could sail the seven seas 🏴‍☠️ ... Or you could buy physical copes like a fine, upstanding citizen! Then you can do whatever you want, because those are 10000% yours. And since I love the convenience of streaming, but don't want to be shackled to their whims, I'm now in the process of ripping my disks and storing it on a large SSD. Just barely started with TOS, getting the remastered versions with my precious subtitles, then I'll move onto the movies, TNG, DS9, and so on. So far it takes about an hour to rip 4 episodes, all about 40-ish minutes each. It's going to take some time for sure, but I'll get there. Then I could start digitizing the rest of my disks that I've picked up since I began collecting steelbooks. There's also the little matter of 4K being a bit of a problem to rip with certain drives, but I don't have to worry about that right now. It's going to be a long road...

What's the goofiest thing they've done outside of the musical and crossover? The body swap episode and the fairy tale episode? The musical is the only truly "out there" thing the entire franchise has ever done, and I don't want it to become a trend "just cuz". All I'm trying to say is that some restraint doesn't hurt.

I feel like Strange New Worlds gets away with this really well, since it’s going for that “modernization of The Original Series” feel. TOS could be so nutty.

Why don't why go even more meta than Far Beyond the Stars while we're at it, the characters can interact with their actors. We can invite fans onto the show to openly thirst after Pike so he becomes uncomfortable. CGI Roddenberry can interact with them. Being extremely meta has never ever been a bad idea or overused!

I dunno, man. Personally, I'd love to see a Muppets episode! 🤣 A time-travel b&w noir episode could be done pretty nicely, too, I think.

At this point, is there a genre that “Strange New Worlds” can’t do? “As long as we’re in storytelling that is cogent and sure handed, I’m not sure there is,” Goldsman says with an impish smile. “Could it do Muppets? Sure. Could it do black and white, silent, slapstick? Maybe!”

Variety A few small nuggets of information on upcoming Trek and plans for the future that might be of interest to some here.

I saw that article earlier, it was such a non-answer I don't know why TrekMovie even bothered. Well I do know, they are clickbait half the time and will write around the smallest morsel of info, the shortest of quotes, and the vaguest of tweets. I'll admit that I liked Disco more once it stopped being a prequel. Not that it immediately got better—the cause of the Burn was so goddamn stupid—but Season 4 was solid enough for the show. But having Starfleet Academy, a very old and very terrible idea, spinoff from the 32nd century? Why. Picard S3 has practically the same setup (lack of Starfleet officers), but much closer to home. And Section 31 will most likely be crap, no matter the timeframe.

Found a guy on another forum with custom art and did individual amrays for TNG and Babylon 5.

Hey, what'd you end up doing here?

Those SNW 4K discs are so great too! Worth the wait honestly.

I cancelled Paramount+ after SNW wrapped up season 2 and am not in any rush to return. I like Strange New Worlds, but can easily wait for the disc release. Ditto Discovery in its final season. And Starfleet Academy is definitely not any kind of a lure to draw me back to a monthly sub... unlike Star Trek Legacy, which I would happily spring for given how strong Picard Season 3 was. TLDR: I'll wait for the discs.

TL;DR — Doesn't even answer the question. If they listen to fans, as they claim, then why aren't we getting what we want? NO ONE wants a Starfleet Academy show (my previous attempts at optimism there aside)

But seriously, I would probably say.... well I'd have to choose between Lorca, Saru, Admiral Vance, David Cronenberg, Laris, Jankom Pog, and..... Hologram Janeway.