Once you go Frakes, you really should not go back.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
on 17 Nov 2023 08:50
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I’m fully convinced that Frakes directing is the only thing that prevented First Contact and Insurrection from being the dumpster fire that Nemesis was.
chaogomu@kbin.social
on 17 Nov 2023 02:26
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He's directed two already, well, two Trek movies. First Contact and Insurrection.
He's had episodes as director in every live action Trek property except Enterprise. He even directed two episodes of The Orville.
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
on 17 Nov 2023 03:18
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Nothing on TOS either.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
on 17 Nov 2023 08:36
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He directed The City on the Edge of Forever he just couldn’t take credit to preserve the timeline.
EDIT: And if you look carefully the Guardian of Forever construct is obviously Jeffrey Combs, though his voice was dubbed over.
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
on 17 Nov 2023 12:22
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I’m glad I’m here, you learn something new every day! The next thing you’ll be telling me is that he also gave Rodenberry the idea for the series, therefore guaranteeing himself a role for 7 years.
Just wait until time travels is invented. Soon he already will have done
stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip
on 17 Nov 2023 12:24
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That’ll be exciting! We’ll all have to put our heads together and give him a list of episodes to adjust a bit, and maybe we’ll have five or six seasons of TOS.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
on 17 Nov 2023 05:43
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Not all the voice actors look like their characters. Tendi and Rutherford have this problem I believe.
Buuut, longer form lower decks could work quite well I think. Those characters work in a more serious setting, and their ability to insert levity into those settings works really well. An animated lower decks movie could rock!
angrystego@lemmy.world
on 17 Nov 2023 08:08
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Let’s give him some more feature films. I’d be more excited to see a new Frakes Sar Trek movie then Abrams.
TheMongoose@kbin.social
on 17 Nov 2023 13:14
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There's like 80 years between Enterprise and Disco, and another 80 between TOS and TNG. Since they (probably) won't fill up all of this with more and more series, there's plenty of scope to mine them for content, especially with one-off films.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
on 18 Nov 2023 00:23
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I’d like an effort that far forwards fifty or sixty generations. You could keep all the foundational storylines and back story, but there would be a tapestry of technological advancement potential and new universes to explore.
Excuse me is this is already happening somewhere, I did original, tng, ds9 and Voyager and pretty much trapped out
VindictiveJudge@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 18:14
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And that, “Rrrriker!” line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.
themoken@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 02:52
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One Take Frakes returns, you love to see it
eran_morad@lemmy.world
on 17 Nov 2023 02:56
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BOOYA
Xariphon@kbin.social
on 17 Nov 2023 05:20
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So, what I'm hearing is, we're in for some really awesome / utterly mindfuck episodes.
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 13:29
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I think you mean ghost fuck episode.
eva_sieve@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 15:00
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Look, the man also directed First Contact (the movie, not the episode) and Those Old Scientists, which are generally well received. I think we can begrudge him one ghost-fuckin’ episode.
ReplicatedSoda@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 15:28
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… or more than one.
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 18:31
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If you gave me the option of watching “First Contact” or “Sub Rosa”, I would choose planet Scotland ten times out of ten.
Personally I think “Sub Rosa” is a banger with a story that would not be at all out of place in TOS.
Xariphon@kbin.social
on 17 Nov 2023 18:02
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I forgot he even directed that one. I was more thinking of Frame of Mind.
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website
on 17 Nov 2023 18:36
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“Frame of Mind” was directed by James Conway.
Great episode, though.
shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
on 17 Nov 2023 06:08
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It’s cornflakes frakes at the helm
Electricorchestra@lemmy.ml
on 17 Nov 2023 11:39
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You honestly just know when it’s a Frakes directed episode. Things just feel quality.
DivineChaos100@hexbear.net
on 17 Nov 2023 11:50
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It’s real.
ieightpi@lemmy.world
on 17 Nov 2023 19:30
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Let’s keep moving people! Need my SNW before the end of next year!
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he directed the lower decks crossover episode?? give him a whole movie
That’s what I’m thinking. 👍
Oh boy do I have news for you
At least he’s not responsible for nemesis
Once you go Frakes, you really should not go back.
I’m fully convinced that Frakes directing is the only thing that prevented First Contact and Insurrection from being the dumpster fire that Nemesis was.
He's directed two already, well, two Trek movies. First Contact and Insurrection.
He's had episodes as director in every live action Trek property except Enterprise. He even directed two episodes of The Orville.
Nothing on TOS either.
He directed The City on the Edge of Forever he just couldn’t take credit to preserve the timeline.
EDIT: And if you look carefully the Guardian of Forever construct is obviously Jeffrey Combs, though his voice was dubbed over.
I’m glad I’m here, you learn something new every day! The next thing you’ll be telling me is that he also gave Rodenberry the idea for the series, therefore guaranteeing himself a role for 7 years.
Just wait until time travels is invented. Soon he already will have done
That’ll be exciting! We’ll all have to put our heads together and give him a list of episodes to adjust a bit, and maybe we’ll have five or six seasons of TOS.
Wow I had no idea! Riker is really awesome.
Riker is awesome. Dunno why people keep talking about this Frakes guy.
I’d love a Lower Decks live action movie!
Not all the voice actors look like their characters. Tendi and Rutherford have this problem I believe.
Buuut, longer form lower decks could work quite well I think. Those characters work in a more serious setting, and their ability to insert levity into those settings works really well. An animated lower decks movie could rock!
Yeah, Tendi irl is not green at all.
She was at Comic-Con at one point, and I thought she looked like he would be able to pass off as her character with little effort.
I was a bit sad they didn't get her to at least play Tendi's grandmother in the crossover episode, I thought that would have been a nice little nod.
And yes, that is the worst complaint I have about that episode, that's how good it was...
Let’s give him some more feature films. I’d be more excited to see a new Frakes Sar Trek movie then Abrams.
There's like 80 years between Enterprise and Disco, and another 80 between TOS and TNG. Since they (probably) won't fill up all of this with more and more series, there's plenty of scope to mine them for content, especially with one-off films.
I’d like an effort that far forwards fifty or sixty generations. You could keep all the foundational storylines and back story, but there would be a tapestry of technological advancement potential and new universes to explore.
Excuse me is this is already happening somewhere, I did original, tng, ds9 and Voyager and pretty much trapped out
And that, “Rrrriker!” line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.
One Take Frakes returns, you love to see it
BOOYA
So, what I'm hearing is, we're in for some really awesome / utterly mindfuck episodes.
I think you mean ghost fuck episode.
Look, the man also directed First Contact (the movie, not the episode) and Those Old Scientists, which are generally well received. I think we can begrudge him one ghost-fuckin’ episode.
… or more than one.
If you gave me the option of watching “First Contact” or “Sub Rosa”, I would choose planet Scotland ten times out of ten.
Personally I think “Sub Rosa” is a banger with a story that would not be at all out of place in TOS.
I forgot he even directed that one. I was more thinking of Frame of Mind.
“Frame of Mind” was directed by James Conway.
Great episode, though.
It’s cornflakes frakes at the helm
You honestly just know when it’s a Frakes directed episode. Things just feel quality.
It’s real.
Let’s keep moving people! Need my SNW before the end of next year!