Star Trek Discovery. [SPOILERS WITHIN]

There's an interesting idea for some character dynamics.

Klingons not caring if someone engages in same sex activities, because they are being true to who they are, while having Vulcans look down on it for being an example of someone blindly following their emotions.

There's a lesbian Klingon couple in STO during the Iconian War arc, sadly they chose to make one a stereotypical butch who is so concerned for her mate's safety she gets angered at you for changing the mission parameters (meaning more exposure to the enemy in order to safeguard against a devastating chain reaction caused when you blow up their doohickey).

Filming to start next week.

I thought Episode 4 was Blue Harvest?

Finally

Nope, Jedi.
No one knew what Star Wars was when they shot episode 4, so they didn't have to hide it.

Well, if they're shooting, then it's cast, so we ought to have gotten a cast/character list like the other shows since TNG.

Then why did Family Guy start with Blue Harvest?

You'd have to ask Seth.

Probably so he could call the Episode 6 parody "It's a Trap!"

I mean, everyone gets that title.

Also because Blue Harvest, while taking on another meaning in Episode VI, originally referred to the blue milk harvested on Luke's homeworld in Episode IV.

I'm genuinely shocked. I didn't think this thing would get off the ground.

Hopefully it doesn't suck.

It's been a long running joke/theory by Kevin Smith that all of Star Wars is just a story about moisture farming. The best evidence of course is in episode 4 and most recently Rogue One.

James Frain is going to be Sarek.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/389047-james-frain-cast-as-spocks-father-in-star-trek-discovery

Ten years before the original series... does that mean we can see a shouting Spock?

The Dark Lord of the Seth?

Seth should do a Trek parody.

Nah... a very large chunk of "official" Trek already qualifies as parody.

I'm so tired of Klingons.

I'm not sure why so many writers, producers, much less fans can't seem to get enough of them.

Because the Feds have a stick up their butt, and the Klingons are the side of Trek that gets to party.
That's why fans are fascinated by them, but I agree with you, I'm sick of them.
It's a big galaxy, make up a new species.

or they could.........just NOT write the Federation as having a stick up their ass.

That would be more interesting than yet another Klingon honor tale.

Yeah, the Klingons since TNG have been almost the Gungans of Star Trek.

All they do is babble about honour & bang batleths.

It's almost like:

"Meesa honour! Yousa HONOUR? Why yousa no honour like meesa!
My don't like'm no honours. Yousa be gettin'you batleth! Weesa be havin'honour clash!
Yousa must go see Boss Nas, our leader. Yousa go see'm goin'through da planet core!
It be bad bombin'! And berry skerry!" -
ANY randomly picked Klingon from TNG onwards!

No need to create a new "forehead of the week" species, just use the ones already established in Trek lore that have never been properly developed.

Tholians?
Gorn?
Tellerites?

The Andorians were featured at times in Enterprise, but I think there's plenty of room to do more with them.

I'm down for more Andorians, still think it would be interesting to pick up a thread with the Deltans too.

Frain strikes me as damn good casting and I like having a known character appear.

I'd still like an actual cast member for the torch pass.
We had McCoy for TNG, Picard for DS9, Quark for VOY, Cochrane for ENT, they gotta work T'pol in there for this one.

I think Jolene Blalock is far too busy for that.

He was a good bad guy in Gotham.

Definitely give us more Andorrans and give us Romulans damnit.

Oh, right, Galavan! Duh!

Speculation is that the series will alternate from the Federation to the Klingon Empire.