“Two movies we cite as comps for what we’re hoping to do are Training Day and Crimson Tide,” Goldstein tells Inverse.
Hmm, I like both of those movies but way different vibes. Crimson Tide might as well already be a Trek script, but Training Day? Freshly minted Captain versus effective but corrupt badmiral perhaps? XO and captain maybe?
My hopes this will be made are pretty low, but there could be some good Trek here. Especially if they actually made a movie that wasn’t a cameo fest (it does say all new characters).
Wasn’t the big complaint against Star Trek: Section 31 was that people didn’t want to watch Corrupt Space CIA? And don’t people enjoy SNW and Lower Decks because they embrace the lighter side of Trek?
Honestly I think most Trek movies have tried to get dark and it never lands for me.
I will always reserve judgment until seeing it (taking the hypothetical stance that this actually gets made), but it’s not an exciting description of a Star Trek project (to me).
Yeah, I mean it’s barely a description at all - we’re surviving on scraps over here.
I like Star Trek because it’s optimistic. I want to see competent, emotionally mature, people solving problems by working together.
If I want to see bad apples I can look outside.
yep. fuck sisko
Sisko was never glorifying being dark. In the pale moonlight is a fantastic episode, but I don’t remember it glorifying the darkness.
The good news is, the word “glorify” does not appear in this article.
You betrayed your uniform!
This is sad. The reason I’m going back and watching classic Trek is because I’m tired of every show needing to be dark and gritty!
They really are determined to undermine Star Trek.
"…while this [script] isn’t a cynical or nihilistic take on it, I think it does acknowledge that there are some bad apples in every institution that can have a strong voice and can really make an impact on that institution and everything it stands for.”
How could they possibly think this is relevant subject matter in the year 2026?
A corrupt Admiral then? These writers must be real fans busting out this Star Trek classic lol
playing the hits
