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SNW S2 E1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
You guys, I made a huge mistake: I binge-watched THE ORVILLE this past week. Now that’s a great show with great characters and great writing. By the time Season 3 hits, you’re watching one of the best sci-fi shows in the past 20–30 years. What a treat. Then I watched STRANGE NEW WORLDS.
What’s the one thing about STRANGE NEW WORLDS that everyone has agreed to like? Anson Mount as Pike. So what did Akiva Goldsman do? Have an entire season premiere without Anson Mount. That’s some real 3D Chess going on in that writers’ room.
Speaking of Mr. Goldsman, lately he’s been blasting the interview circuit about how he is rewriting STAR TREK and effectively overwriting TOS, which has been obvious to anyone paying attention from the very start. This is a man who hates TOS and he finally has a chance to correct what he sees as the franchise’s biggest mistake. Why he thinks that, nobody knows. But just watch STRANGE NEW WORLDS and it’s blatantly clear. With the sole exception of Terry Matalas*, every showrunner of nuTrek has hated STAR TREK — from JJ Abrams and Kurtzman, to the STD producer carousel, and now of course, Akiva Goldsman.
