Shiny happy people holding hands
To be fair, it wouldn’t be the first time a Trek premiere’s promotional image looked like a poorly-done bag of ass evoking the general garbage stylings of the era.
I can’t help but still feel excited for this premier, from this ad. Maybe they knew it didn’t matter how they presented it, haha.
Also, they really underestimated Marina Sirtis’ impact on the series, based on her placement here.
I want to like this, but wasn’t I promised Commander Tilly. Where’s Commander Tilly?!
I’m shocked it’s taken this long for someone to post that piece of comedy gold.
Yo Wonderbread, how’s that translation coming?
I’m pregnant.
I’m hoping it’s a joke.
Maybe someone said “make a stupid generic teen drama poster and watch people lose their shit.”
I like all Trek. (To preempt any whatabout responses, here) I consistently downvote and dismiss all “NuTrek” whiners. I don’t even like the term. And don’t even get me started on the “The Orville is the only good/real Trek in the last blah blah blah” MFers. But this has me a little worried. Is Tilly going to be the least annoying part of the show?
Please be a joke.
And I read that Tilly is only in a couple episodes.
The Orville is the best of pretty much all the new Trek. It’s a new story, it’s not a retread, it’s well done, and best of all it’s not Discovery.
Is this just 90210 in space?
There’s a significant lack of excitement for “90210 in space” in this thread, so I’m gonna try to defend the idea.
It sounds kind of fun, to me. I liked NuTrek, though. The part of NuTrek I disliked was it’s snap back to status-quo before the end of the first film.
Seeing inexperienced cadets do cool space stuff, I’m down for.
Another stupid teen drama… Pass
Another stupid teen drama…in space
Haha.
ST:90210
Can’t see the Klingon’s arms, but does Starfleet Academy have an admission requirement that one be improbably swole?
For the men? Yes. Women must be slender with nice legs.
Wait, what if this is an in-universe recruitment ad?
Interesting that the Klingon cadet is in blue. There are ways that political tension around cloaking technology could play into his stories.
I’m as fatigued with bad Star Trek as I am with bad Star Wars now.
I’m honestly not excited to hear of any new Star Trek until they have a major change to show runners, or enough people who enjoy classic and 90s Trek come out and say, “oh wait this new one is great”.
It’s not for us anymore, friend. They’ll milk the franchises we love until they’re just a husk, then dump it. Some upstart may revive it, but then it just gets put back into the cycle.
Welcome to pure greed capitalism; fuck you, pay me. Tomorrow is the next asshole’s problem.
Why does it look like a poster for The OC or 90210?
All the other parts aside, how on earth did they make this look so shitty? The quality is awful, colors are too saturated, the lighting is clearly fake, and everyone’s skin looks like they slathered Vaseline on themselves.
Good summary of my expectations, but let’s give it a fair chance first.
Even if it’s the best Trek ever made, the reaction to the poster will stand.
Please don’t make it a generic US high school drama. There’s already enough US-defaultism in Star Trek.
Also, the image is glossy, it feels like AI generated
I thought it was an AI head swap too…
Are we sure it’s not an AI head swap? It does feel off.
Edit: At best, it feels like they took an AI pass to correct some lighting or something.
There’s no way those actors posed for that image at the same time.
They are real glowy but the Klingon has a near mirror sheen going.
Hopefully more of a community colleges vibe
Hmmm. A recurring cameo role for Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from Community) would buy a great deal of goodwill, from me.
So shiny that it’s uncanny
What the fuck am I seeing?
My boy! Look at what they’ve done to you!
