Proof that Paramount doesn’t trust its latest Star Trek offering

by Chris Snelgrove
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Since Paramount first announced… discovery spin off Starfleet Academyfans have been wondering if Mary Wiseman will reprise her role as Sylvia Tilly. After all, the final seasons of discovery She trained her own students, so it would make sense that she would help train the next generation of Starfleet’s best and brightest.

TV insider Matt Mitovich recently reported that Weisman will only be in one episode of the series Starfleet Academy Season 1, which is proof that Paramount has no real faith in the latest Star Trek offering.

A character arc that was approx

For context, Weisman’s character previously accepted a teaching position at Starfleet Academyand discoveryThe final episode of the program confirmed that she had subsequently become the longest-serving coach in the academy’s history. These plot developments made it seem like a no-brainer for Tilly to be a major part of the film Starfleet AcademyBut Weisman always demurred when asked questions about whether or not she would be on the show. Now, Mitovich has announced that she will only appear in one episode of the upcoming series, and this is proof of that Paramount He has no faith in the past or the future of his most popular franchise.

while discovery It was solid Star Trek show With a few bad seasons, it’s still very controversial for many reasons, including the show’s violence and the fact that it was written around a central character and not a full cast. So, made Starfleet Academy Part of discovery It was a sudden decision. Instead of setting a new time or place for the series, Paramount decided to make it based on the more controversial series. Star Trek Show ever.

Create distance from discovery

However, keep Mary Wiseman away from Starfleet Academy Except for one cameo that seems to prove that Paramount now wants to create distance between the new show and the series discovery. Admittedly, her absence might make it easier for this show to establish its own roster of characters, including Holly Hunter’s Starfleet Captain. However, Paramount did not blink in bringing in Robert Picardo’s character from the film Voyager And even Tig Notaro’s character discovery; So why don’t we bring back Wiseman? discovery character, especially when this show spent so much time setting up her arc as an instructor at Starfleet Academy?

To me, this strange decision is the latest sign that Paramount doesn’t know what it’s doing with Star Trek. They want Starfleet Academy To be a discovery Spinoff in order to appeal to the fan base of this show, but they also want to distance the new show from the previous one in order to appease those who hate discovery. And all of this is happening after Paramount canceled its fan-favorite series Basement floors and miracle And put a premature end date on popularity Strange new worlds.

Paramount doesn’t know what to do with Star Trek

Paramount doesn’t know whether to incubate or not Starfleet Academy As a subsidiary or treating it as its own thing. And they don’t know if the next Trek movie has to be final Kelvinverse A Star Trek origin film threatens to undo decades of canon. Considering that their last Trek movie (the direct-to-TV Section 31) is the lowest-rated and most hated movie in franchise history, I’m starting to worry that they don’t even know how to make a decent Star Trek movie.

Mary Wiseman is a great actress, and her character Tilly was one of her best roles discovery. Hiring her as a trainer and then keeping her out of Starfleet Academy almost entirely is evidence of the lack of real long-term planning going on at Paramount, which is bad news for anyone hoping the NuTrek era will improve. For now, fans need to hope for something else entirely: that Star Trek still exists after executive mismanagement led to the status of the best sci-fi franchise of all time.

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