The Star Treks

[Gorn]

 

[zontar]

The other day I rematched the Cage (1st pilot retired version & Where No Man Has Gone Before (2nd Pilot)--while some stuff is different--there's a lot there that made it through--and they are both entertaining viewing.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Added a few more prints to the collection:

 

[zontar]

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I hadn't seen one of these posters in nearly 30 years!

 

[Gorn]

They got the plural of Ferengi and Borg wrong, but it’s still cool.

 

[zontar]

I was watching an episode of TOS earlier--and it stuck me how pretty much most of the actors in it are no longer with us.
(Of the main ones Shatner & Takei --it was season 1--so no Chekov yet. Nimoy, Kelley, Doohan, Barrett are gone-and probably most of the others)

 

[keyboardguy]

Nice

 

[RedVee]

Received the first Picard series DVD as a gift the other day.
I think I’ll watch it in the Sat morning breakfast spot I had been watching Discovery S3 in.

Just hoping I can bond with it.

 

[Gorn]

Received the first Picard series DVD as a gift the other day.
I think I’ll watch it in the Sat morning breakfast spot I had been watching Discovery S3 in.

Just hoping I can bond with it.

If you like Discovery you’ll probably like Picard.

 

[Ayce]

Is it just my age, or are "seasons" getting shorter?

 

[Gorn]

Is it just my age, or are "seasons" getting shorter?

TNG, DS9 and Voyager seasons had 20+ episodes. What do the new shows have, 10 or 12? I’m sure it’s about the budget, and laziness, and getting the product out as fast as possible to give people a reason to pay for it.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

TNG, DS9 and Voyager seasons had 20+ episodes. What do the new shows have, 10 or 12? I’m sure it’s about the budget, and laziness, and getting the product out as fast as possible to give people a reason to pay for it.

All shows older than 15 years have 20+ episodes for Seasons. The fewer episodes started when the main cast of "Friends" demanded and got a million dollars per episode that seasons started getting shorter because other lead actors started requesting more per episode.
With more money being paid per episode to the Main Actors the budget only allows for so many episodes to be filmed. Episodes then get cut instead of lowering production quality.

Now it has become normal to do 10, and I think it is more the quick and laziness these days. Faster they are put out the faster they can generate money.
It takes too much time energy and money to produce 26 episodes a year, these 10 will make the people happy.

 

[Alkali Ike]

Disco Season 3 was 13 episodes. But 10 seems to be closer to the norm now. I read somewhere there are like 26 new episodes of Better Call Saul coming, spread over the final two seasons.

 

[Gorn]

All shows older than 15 years have 20+ episodes for Seasons. The fewer episodes started when the main cast of "Friends" demanded and got a million dollars per episode that seasons started getting shorter because other lead actors started requesting more per episode.
With more money being paid per episode to the Main Actors the budget only allows for so many episodes to be filmed. Episodes get cut instead of production.

Now it has become normal to do 10, and I think it is more the quick and laziness these days. Faster they are put out the faster they can generate money.
It takes too much time energy and money to produce 26 episodes a year, these 10 will make the people happy.

True. And with streaming and seasons coming out all at once, it’s a different landscape. I remember when tv show seasons took a year. Now a show can be around for three years and have seven seasons. TNG was on the air for seven seasons and seven years.

 

[Ayce]

I figure the studios are doing it so they can sell "ALL xx seasons for only $299.00" and only have to produce 10 shows per season, thereby making more money for less work.

 

[Gorn]

Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of TNG: 74 episodes.

Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Discovery: 42 episodes.

I doubt Discovery will ever get to 74 episodes.

 

[zontar]

 

[Gorn]

 

[murphy]

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