Verily, in article <10ktjs2$33lr8$1@dont-email.me>, did no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:

This has me wondering if they went through his papers and found some
notes about a possible new Star Trek series - or even just an unfilmed script from the original series - and turned it into Starfleet Academy, giving them the ability to credit Roddenberry for each and every
episode. That certainly adds *some* gravitas to the series if
Roddenberry had some sort of creative contribution to its genesis - or
at least it *could* for people inclined to think the man is a god of SF writing and can do no wrong.

That is intriguing. Of course, they might have ignored his notes (if
any) and simply stuck his name on for the same reasons they wanted the
Star Trek name on it.

Personally, I didn't despise it quite as much as everyone else although
I'm far from delighted with it. I thought Caleb, the bad-boy/rebel, had
the potential to be a very strong character as a guy who thinks outside
the box like Captain Kirk. I don't yet care about any of the rest of the cast and actively loathe that completely cringey young hologram woman
with the hideous hair style.

Yeah, Caleb and the captain are the only ones who interest me. Tilly the hologram is so widely loathed that she might be written out after the
first season, if they have any sense.

I don't think I'm going to keep watching, since I've found some other
shows I like better, but I could be persuaded to return if the cast were winnowed down to a reasonable number of decent characters.


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On 2026-01-22 12:24 p.m., The True Melissa wrote:

Verily, in article <10ktjs2$33lr8$1@dont-email.me>, did no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:

This has me wondering if they went through his papers and found some
notes about a possible new Star Trek series - or even just an unfilmed
script from the original series - and turned it into Starfleet Academy,
giving them the ability to credit Roddenberry for each and every
episode. That certainly adds *some* gravitas to the series if
Roddenberry had some sort of creative contribution to its genesis - or
at least it *could* for people inclined to think the man is a god of SF
writing and can do no wrong.

That is intriguing. Of course, they might have ignored his notes (if
any) and simply stuck his name on for the same reasons they wanted the
Star Trek name on it.

They always do a "based on Star Trek" credit in these shows but this is
the first thing in a long while that gave him a writing credit for an episode.... Oh, this is weird! I've just looked up Roddenberry's writing credits on IMDB and it is inconsistent even within IMDB; they only give Roddenberry credit for the first three episodes of Academy even though
the episode guide gives him credit for all 10. They also give him
writing credits for all sort of previous Trek series, even things that
look like porn:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734472/

The large majority of these seem to be "based on Star Trek" type credits though. Damn! I'm completely wrong about my initially assertion: I've
just misunderstood how IMDB does things. I just started looked at the
Voyager episode guide and Roddenberry is credited first as a writer for
each of the episodes I've looked at. Ditto for Strange New Worlds.

Okay, I get it now: IMDB gives Roddenberry first writer's credit for everything in the franchise, even the stuff that came out decades after
his death, but it's just an acknowledgement that his ideas created the original Star Trek universe and they're all just building on it. That's
fair enough of course. My apologies for misunderstanding how IMDB
handles this situation. It looks like they haven't built this show on
anything specific from Roddenberry himself, like an unfilmed script.

Personally, I didn't despise it quite as much as everyone else although
I'm far from delighted with it. I thought Caleb, the bad-boy/rebel, had
the potential to be a very strong character as a guy who thinks outside
the box like Captain Kirk. I don't yet care about any of the rest of the
cast and actively loathe that completely cringey young hologram woman
with the hideous hair style.

Yeah, Caleb and the captain are the only ones who interest me. Tilly the hologram is so widely loathed that she might be written out after the
first season, if they have any sense.

She would be removed from the *existing* episodes entirely if I had my
way. I haven't cringed so hard about a character since Jar Jar Binks.
I'd write a new character, hire an actor to play him/her, and reshoot
the scenes with Tilly entirely, then re-release whatever episodes
contained her if they've ever been aired.

I don't think I'm going to keep watching, since I've found some other
shows I like better, but I could be persuaded to return if the cast were winnowed down to a reasonable number of decent characters.

If I never looked at this show again, I'd probably never think about it
except for a fleeting reflection that this could have been good if it
only they hadn't filled it with cliches and cringe.

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The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <10ktjs2$33lr8$1@dont-email.me>, did no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:

This has me wondering if they went through his papers and found some
notes about a possible new Star Trek series - or even just an unfilmed
script from the original series - and turned it into Starfleet Academy,
giving them the ability to credit Roddenberry for each and every
episode. That certainly adds *some* gravitas to the series if
Roddenberry had some sort of creative contribution to its genesis - or
at least it *could* for people inclined to think the man is a god of SF
writing and can do no wrong.

That is intriguing. Of course, they might have ignored his notes (if
any) and simply stuck his name on for the same reasons they wanted the
Star Trek name on it.

Roddenberry is just listed by IMDb as creator. That?s standard IMDb policy.

Personally, I didn't despise it quite as much as everyone else although
I'm far from delighted with it. I thought Caleb, the bad-boy/rebel, had
the potential to be a very strong character as a guy who thinks outside
the box like Captain Kirk. I don't yet care about any of the rest of the
cast and actively loathe that completely cringey young hologram woman
with the hideous hair style.

Yeah, Caleb and the captain are the only ones who interest me. Tilly the hologram is so widely loathed that she might be written out after the
first season, if they have any sense.

I don't think I'm going to keep watching, since I've found some other
shows I like better, but I could be persuaded to return if the cast were winnowed down to a reasonable number of decent characters.

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On 2026-01-22 1:23 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <10ktjs2$33lr8$1@dont-email.me>, did
no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:

This has me wondering if they went through his papers and found some
notes about a possible new Star Trek series - or even just an unfilmed
script from the original series - and turned it into Starfleet Academy,
giving them the ability to credit Roddenberry for each and every
episode. That certainly adds *some* gravitas to the series if
Roddenberry had some sort of creative contribution to its genesis - or
at least it *could* for people inclined to think the man is a god of SF
writing and can do no wrong.

That is intriguing. Of course, they might have ignored his notes (if
any) and simply stuck his name on for the same reasons they wanted the
Star Trek name on it.

Roddenberry is just listed by IMDb as creator. That?s standard IMDb policy.

Look at the episode guide for Starfleet Academy. Here's the pilot:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27385510/

See? Roddenberry is listed as a *writer* on every episode. I looked at
the first few episodes of Strange New Worlds and Voyager and it was the
same there: Roddenberry was listed as a writer.

I freely acknowledge that he wrote the first draft of this universe and
have no problem with him being acknowledged; I just don't think of him
as having been a writer on the later shows so that's why I mistakenly
thought they'd built Starfleet Academy on the basis of something
specific he'd written like an unproduced script. I just find it odd that
IMDB would present him as a writer of the episodes. But maybe that's
just me.

Personally, I didn't despise it quite as much as everyone else although
I'm far from delighted with it. I thought Caleb, the bad-boy/rebel, had
the potential to be a very strong character as a guy who thinks outside
the box like Captain Kirk. I don't yet care about any of the rest of the >>> cast and actively loathe that completely cringey young hologram woman
with the hideous hair style.

Yeah, Caleb and the captain are the only ones who interest me. Tilly the
hologram is so widely loathed that she might be written out after the
first season, if they have any sense.

I don't think I'm going to keep watching, since I've found some other
shows I like better, but I could be persuaded to return if the cast were
winnowed down to a reasonable number of decent characters.

--
Rhino

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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2026-01-22 1:23 p.m., anim8rfsk wrote:

The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <10ktjs2$33lr8$1@dont-email.me>, did
no_offline_contact@example.com deliver unto us this message:

This has me wondering if they went through his papers and found some
notes about a possible new Star Trek series - or even just an unfilmed >>>> script from the original series - and turned it into Starfleet Academy, >>>> giving them the ability to credit Roddenberry for each and every
episode. That certainly adds *some* gravitas to the series if
Roddenberry had some sort of creative contribution to its genesis - or >>>> at least it *could* for people inclined to think the man is a god of SF >>>> writing and can do no wrong.

That is intriguing. Of course, they might have ignored his notes (if
any) and simply stuck his name on for the same reasons they wanted the
Star Trek name on it.

Roddenberry is just listed by IMDb as creator. That?s standard IMDb policy. >>

Look at the episode guide for Starfleet Academy. Here's the pilot:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27385510/

See? Roddenberry is listed as a *writer* on every episode.

No, he?s not. He?s under the broad category of ?writer? but if you click
the category title ?writer? it opens up and lists him as ?created by?

I looked at

the first few episodes of Strange New Worlds and Voyager and it was the
same there: Roddenberry was listed as a writer.

I freely acknowledge that he wrote the first draft of this universe and
have no problem with him being acknowledged; I just don't think of him
as having been a writer on the later shows so that's why I mistakenly thought they'd built Starfleet Academy on the basis of something
specific he'd written like an unproduced script. I just find it odd that IMDB would present him as a writer of the episodes. But maybe that's
just me.

Personally, I didn't despise it quite as much as everyone else although >>>> I'm far from delighted with it. I thought Caleb, the bad-boy/rebel, had >>>> the potential to be a very strong character as a guy who thinks outside >>>> the box like Captain Kirk. I don't yet care about any of the rest of the >>>> cast and actively loathe that completely cringey young hologram woman
with the hideous hair style.

Yeah, Caleb and the captain are the only ones who interest me. Tilly the >>> hologram is so widely loathed that she might be written out after the
first season, if they have any sense.

I don't think I'm going to keep watching, since I've found some other
shows I like better, but I could be persuaded to return if the cast were >>> winnowed down to a reasonable number of decent characters.

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