‘Section 31’ Director Says The Streaming Movie Is A New Flavor Of Star Trek… With A Surprise Twist (trekmovie.com)
from ValueSubtracted@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website on 19 Dec 23:02
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In comparison to many other series that have come in this era (because we all love to compare!), the stakes are as profound as any that we’ve seen, but with a particular character driven twist that I hope will surprise and delight people who watch the movie.

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ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 19 Dec 23:29 next collapse

This makes me think that the flashbacks to Georgiou’s childhood seen in the trailers might be directly related to the main plot, rather than something that’s just there to provide character insight.

infinite_ass@leminal.space on 20 Dec 14:07 collapse

Oh god not childhood flashacks.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 20 Dec 15:05 collapse

Honestly, if there’s one character whose upbringing I’d like to see, it’s this one.

Steve@communick.news on 20 Dec 00:09 collapse

the stakes are as profound as any that we’ve seen

That’s not a selling point. I’m truly tired of the world ending all the time. What’s wrong with smaller more personal stakes.

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 20 Dec 00:14 next collapse

A mild counterpoint, because I totally get where you’re coming from:

Section 31 is probably the one setting that should be high stakes, all the time. Like them or not, this is kind of what they do.

jrs100000@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 10:11 collapse

You are both right, which is part of why this whole concept is dull. How many times can they threaten to destroy all universes ever?

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website on 20 Dec 14:10 collapse

At least once more, as always.

infinite_ass@leminal.space on 20 Dec 14:06 next collapse

Srsly. What happened to, “oh, what an interesting planet, let’s explore it…”?

rogermccoy@startrek.website on 20 Dec 14:52 collapse

I agree it’s overused for the average episode of Trek, but if we accept that they’re doing a Section 31 movie, what’s the point of a low-stakes feature film (even a streaming film), especially one centered around Section 31?

Also worth noting that the article describes it as “Big stakes emotionally, big stakes for the characters in our story”, so the “stakes” are referring at least in part to character stakes, not necessarily universe-ending stakes. (Though I admit in practice it will probably be both.)

infinite_ass@leminal.space on 20 Dec 15:24 collapse

It’s going to suck so hard.