Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+)

[Brian in Mesa]

Starfleet Academy has its first starring name and it's a huge one

Starfleet Academy has its first starring name and it's a huge one

Star Trek is getting bigger and grander with its latest series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

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Star Trek is getting bigger and grander with its latest series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The series will take place after the events of Star Trek: Discovery and while we're not sure who from that show will be coming over to his new one, we do know who the leading name will be. It was announced by Variety that Starfleet Academy will in fact be led by Holly Hunter.

Hunter, an Academy Award Winner, will star as the "captain and chancellor" of the academy according to Variety. The show will feature the growth of cadets into Starfleet members and Hunter will serve as the biggest name on the cast and in the show.

 

[Chaplin]

Assuming they are staying in the same time period, not sure I'm all that interested.

 

[puckhead]

Assuming they are staying in the same time period, not sure I'm all that interested.

I'd be much more excited it it was the tales of Mr. Boothby from back in the 24th than anything else during the Discovery time period. Starfleet bores the pants off me now.

 

[Devilmaycare]

It's Kurtzman Trek so

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Chaplin]

Holly Hunter in a Star Trek series wasn't on my bingo card.

 

[oaken1]

Holly Hunter in a Star Trek series wasn't on my bingo card.

An odd pairing.
But it is Star Trek. Odd things abound

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Covert Rain]

I just watched the first two episodes. I just don't know about this show. It's not bad but it's not great. First, there was a mixed bag of FX for me. When Discovery hit the screen, I was wowed by the quality of the FX. There are a few scenes in this show that seemed "budget" but then a few that seems pretty damn good. A few of the characters are interesting and few are annoying. The plot is different concept, but I just don't know if that can sustain a show.

I guess just overall it's such a mixed bag for me out of the gate. I just wasn't WOWED by the show at all.

 

[Covert Rain]

By the way, there was one really cool scene where they show past members of Starfeelt Academy. If you can.....pause it on that scene. It reveals some cool names and ranks some of those characters achieved before their time was up. That idea was pretty cool. For example, Ensign Kim actually makes something of himself. Anybody that has seen Garrett Wang at a convention knows he jokes about that.

 

[oaken1]

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