Is Discovery to Close to TOS?

@Karen Chuplis haven't got a clips section using an Android device and app and it doesn't seem to have one .

@kev may Oh bummer. They are out there! Maybe you can find someone with the television app. or a computer.

So I looked into where these "cancellation" rumors are coming from and yeah, they go back to a youtuber who I won't name who only hates on Discovery and who has some non-supported "sources" and the fact that Anson Mount posting a cute vid loop with him and Ethan Peck being silly out somewhere with the # unemployed. Well, yeah, they are only on this season (for now. I will be so disappointed if we don't get a Pike series) and their filming is done. Also a pick he posted of Sonequa petting his dog written with past tense verbs. Well, yeah, the dog has passed away and the shot was from New Eden which is past filming. Extreme reach to bad mouth Discovery. Please don't believe these people about anything. Wait for official sources.

Thanks for the link! It's hard to tune out the bullies and the naysayers, but I don't think there are as many of them as it the level of noise would suggest.

@Glenn I know there are not. I've been systematically checking profiles as they come through my feeds and the majority of them have connections back to the scourge channels on YouTube.

The threats for these things and the vitriol online (and at conventions, etc.) is really a shame, when it comes to Trek and to almost anything else on the internet. I follow quite a few accounts on Instagram that love DISCO, but that are constantly fighting off aggressors. So far, I feel very lucky that Glenn and I have been able to find a community that enjoys engaging with us in a more positive light, always coming from the perspective of a shared love for the values of peace, unity, and respect (infinite diversity in infinite combinations!) that Star Trek represents to us!

Oh I think it is pretty imminent now. Plus, I don't think they would have released the spot last night if it isn't coming soon. I was also not keen on a pre-quel before DSC came out, but honestly, for me, it's been quite exceptional and is even bidding to push DS9 out of "favorite" after TOS (which simply is not rankable, it stands alone in my head as it's own enshrined thing - lol). I know I'm a bit easier than some because I feel like *I* get something a little different from each iteration, including Enterprise, that I really enjoy. Otherwise it would be 700 plus episodes of the same thing and would have worn thin for me. I feel like so far they have really hit a balance of "connection to TOS" and their own thing. All I really know is I feel terrible for the people making DSC because of the constant lashback, from what I actually believe is a fairly minor but loud and fairly organized group of people. I seem to see the same names and handles attached and directions back to just a few sources. But I would be quite discouraged I think if I was a person at any level of production and saw this constant barrage. No matter what they do. I kind of hope that from here on out they just do what they do and not "adjust* again, because I think it will begin to really affect quality, personally.

@Karen Chuplis Much agreed. I was pretty disappointed in the implicit apology the producers issued to a handful of bullies and I hope we've seen the last of it ... but at the same time I can't really fathom receiving threats of violence from people who don't like the way you decided to depict hair in your science-fiction TV show.

Also, whoa! Are you saying there was a Star Trek commercial during the Super Bowl? That's pretty awesome.

@Glenn a very short titillating bit that got on the twitter trend list.