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Not all fiction is equivalent. When you are actively world building making explicit revisions is useful for those trying to follow along. If you'd prefer a diff
by darkxanthos 2y ago
Not all fiction is equivalent. When you are actively world building making explicit revisions is useful for those trying to follow along. If you'd prefer a different word you should say so.
- croes 2y agoSomehow the people had less pf a problem with the Klingon change between TOS and TNG. Or that the things that happened in one episode had little impact on the next.
- lupire 2y agoAs the canon grows, people care more about it. In the US at least. Doctor Who doesn't worry about this.
- krapp 2y agoThe thing is, Trek canon was never that rigid or coherent to begin with, even within individual series.
- tboughen 2y agoI think that’s because the change wasn’t between TOS and TNG. It was between TOS series and TOS films; new style Klingons were in Star Trek 3 (1984) and Star Trek 4 (1986) before TNG started.
- throwpoaster 2y agoImagine for the sake of argument TOS and TNG are 99% aligned on storytelling and need a patch to make the 1% agree, and that patch is provided in TNG retroactively. Versus a new show comes along that is 20% aligned and would need an 80% patch to bring it into alignment. As an executive trying to revitalize a property where fans are complaining about lack of alignment, do you understand why you might just erase the 20% rather than create 80% more of an otherwise-failed project?
- krapp 2y ago>As an executive trying to revitalize a property where fans are complaining about lack of alignment, do you understand why you might just erase the 20% rather than create 80% more of an otherwise-failed project? If you're an executive, you understand that the purpose of these properties is to make money. Discovery makes money. It has fans. It sells merchandise. You don't erase money because of the rancor of some pedantic nerds, most people do not care.
- throwpoaster 2y agoBut it got canceled.
- krapp 2y agoCancellation is not the same as "erasure from canon." Lot of popular shows get cancelled all the time - Lower Decks got cancelled as well. Despite the narrative, Discovery was popular. It was a success.
- throwpoaster 2y agoBut Discovery got both cancelled and deleted.
- krapp 2y agoIt was not "deleted" in any sense I'm aware of. Discovery is still canon. The premise of this thread is a conspiracy theory which is not factual. Star Trek Discovery is still a part of the Star Trek franchise. You can still purchase official Discovery memorabilia. You can still stream it. It has an official Blu-ray release.
- croes 2y agoYou can still watch it on Paramount+