Star Trek Starfleet Academy... THIS Might Make you Watch it!

Star Trek Starfleet Academy TV Show. Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Strange New Worlds... Paramount has cleared "Starfleet Academy" for launch, with principal photography scheduled to start next year.
"The series will follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they come of age in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy,"
There's no word on the other spinoff show that was also being rumored, the Section 31-focused series, or "Star Trek: The Michelle Yeoh Show," as it was sometimes referred to. If we're being honest, however, it feels like that ship has sailed. But it was First Contact Day last week, so who knows what announcement Paramount might surprise us with.
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[@jimmime]

Terry Matalis is the only way to go with ANY new Trek franchise! Someone who understands what Star Trek is about!

[@aljazhosta9098]

I hope they dont give it tu Kurtzman tu ruin like he did picard season 1 and 2.

[@varcal]

I agree we need Him to do all Star Trek

[@kd6836]

Picard S3 may have saved the franchise. I hope to see Legacy. Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel and DC are dead and buried. There’s still hope for Star Trek, IMO.

[@GopherBaroque61]

I can't get into ANYTHING led by Kurtzman. He doesn't get what Star Trek is supposed to be all about. The Kurtzman problem is NOT about diversity. As mentioned in the video, Star Trek was always been diverse. Star Trek episodes were morality plays. I was young when Star Trek aired in 1966 and I have been a HUGE fan ever since. I learned so much from watching Star Trek. Star Trek back then shined a spotlight on what people in power were trying to hide. Vietnam, racial inequality, etc. The topics were current. NuTrek had not been able to do it in the same way. The writers' and producers' idea is to just include diverse characters in the cast. There's no attachment to the characters or their struggles (if their internal or external struggles are even brought to light). Star Trek has never been about just one character to the practical exclusion of everyone else as in the case of STD. So, I won't be watching anything in which Kurtzman is involved. How he got the reigns to Star Trek is a complete travesty.

[@alanmaxwell5932]

@@GopherBaroque61 Not to mention that their idea of diversity is to have a highly partisan sitting politician represent the president of Earth, the season 1 villain being an evil xenophobic white guy that wants to "make the empire glorious again", and a whole scene that's only purpose was to show a discussion about preferred pronouns.

[@nathanwilkins3039]

The audience score from Rotten Tomatoes for season 4 of Discovery has it at 20% and SNW season 1 is at 80%. Star Trek Picard season 3 is at 89% and the show isn't even finished yet. The execs have to be seeing these numbers. Star Trek Legacy should be a no brainer going forward and not Starfleet academy.

[@dahobbs9]

Rigged ratings as usual. The only talk of Pucard seasons 1 & 2 was just how friggin bad it was along with Star Trek STD and the bestest crew E'vr. Star Trek Pizza Cutter Garbage.

[@snapdragon9300]

​@@dahobbs9 Duh. Terry Matalis ignored largely the shit show of the first two seasons and brought back almost all of the key crew members from The next Generation. 'Surprise!' Instant hit brings back everybody that loved those characters plus some new ones.😁 And ignored all the woke bull and yep, good plot lines.

[@Luckdragon2000]

@@snapdragon9300 , you had to use Republikklan buzz word "woke" and completely lose the real picture. Obvious fascist and baseless comment is obvious and ignorant. Tell me again how you've never actually watched Star Trek. DSC sucked balls, but your comment is as dumb as DSC.

[@atlanta2076]

Thanks for the update. I'm 100% sure I won't go anywhere near this show. Or anything else the old regime is cooking up. For those who like that kind of stuff: have fun. I'll enjoy the conclusion of PS3, and then wait for another miracle :)

[@dahobbs9]

I unfortunately agree, all were gonna get is More Kurtzman Trash Trek 🤮

[@Luthiart]

I've had zero interest in a "Starfleet Academy" show every time it's been proposed over the last 40 years or so. I have even less interest in one connected to the STD time-line. So you can count my interest level in the negative numbers.

[@mccray82]

(Sort of) important point: Uhura’s backstory doesn’t have her ancestors in bondage. She was from the African continent and spoke Swahili natively.

[@Craig-xw9jq]

I hope the 5 Discovery fans are happy about Academy .... Legacy (would) must be the future of Trek

[@johndesalvo3348]

It must be egos of these executives (just like Kathy Kennedy at Disney/Lucas) that arrogantly think they know...even though CLEARLY..and for the first time in years (save the push for snw) fans overwhelmingly and FAR !ORE THAN ACQDAMY OR SECTION 31.(.STILL BETTER THAN FURY.) ARE CRYING OUT FOR THIS LEGACY SHOW. WHAT BWTTER TIMW THAN FOLLOWING NRIGHT OFF THE SUCCESSFUL SEASON 3 RUN... BAFFLING.

[@alanmaxwell5932]

@@johndesalvo3348 The only person that wanted Section 31 was Michelle Yeoh. And the Academy idea could have worked if it was set in the Picard era and focused on adventures rather than teen angst, but we know exactly what this will turn into and nobody wants Riverdale in space. Best bet would be to give us Legacy like we all want, and then have the remaining seasons of Prodigy focus on those characters adventures while attending Starfleet Academy.

[@westower7898]

I know very few fans personally who are really supportive of the 34th century Discovery timeline beyond just as a way to wrap up that show from its complex first 2 season run. A Star Fleet Academy show is an iffy proposition in story telling concept, and setting it in that alternate future Discovery was in for later seasons, is going to be a gamble. The studio would be much better off continuing with the prime time line in the 25 century with a concept like Star Trek Legacy with the G class.

[@blissmaster71]

I just watched Picard S3, episode 9, and it’s a ‘10’!!! What I saw (towards the end of the episode) is what i want more of. I’m going to watch Starfleet Academy, but i would have preferred it to take place in the 25th century, with Prof. Broccoli

[@joanlansberry9160]

Still, there's something to be said for having a teacher that was taught in the earlier century bringing what she learned to the later century.

[@dahobbs9]

Kurtzman has an ego to pet and could honestly care less about what the Trekkies want. Paramount's hands are tied and are beholden to this Trek Trasher until his contract up. The fool figured he was the only one whom could make Picard a success. WRONG. We still have a season of the STD Pizza Cutter yet to ensure. 🤮

[@cotton9087]

Broccoli 🥦 😅

[@bbbabrock]

Or O'Brian.

[@staredsky]

Quitted Discovery long time ago: it's not Star Trek, it has only its name. And this new series aimed at teenagers sounds pretty similar: Paramount just does not care and doesn't listen to the larger and older fans base

[@greybeard5123]

I don't have a problem aiming at teenagers. Prodigy is aimed at kids, and it is pretty good. But I hate Discovery, and a Discovery spin off in the 32nd century sounds terrible.

[@braingasim]

I'm gunna pass on a Academy show. I am loving Picard and Discovery was trash. Star Trek is not as simple to expand as Star Wars with their dozen different TV series and movies.

[@gimmeboobes]

Most of those suck, too.

[@billlombard9911]

Discovery is garbage , nothing spun off that steaming garbage will be good

[@nunyabizness6595]

Star Wars is not so simple with idiots in charge. They basically drove Jon Favreau out.😮

[@arongamman9360]

Let's see if any of t 5:28 hese new shows are any good. The only show I plan on following is Strange New Worlds, right now. Not pre-judging, though.

[@jmwoods190]

​@@nunyabizness6595 I hope Terry Matalas doesn't suffer from the same fate!

[@jeffgates407]

Wow I must admit Star Trek Picard season 3 is the best Star Trek I've ever seen. I've been a fan since TOS they are nailing it I've never been so drawn in to Star Trek like this. The season has been absolutely epic. Strange New world has a tough act to follow. We'll be watching.

[@thomasstahlmecke9154]

better than the atmospheric DS9? especially in the later seasons? sry but your niveau cant be very high.

[@tinabetro6937]

@@thomasstahlmecke9154 Rude

[@tharveytucker1]

Picard moved like molasses for nearly all of the series, while suddenly flying through the last episode or two. Beyond that, I enjoyed a lot. But let’s be honest, they were held captive for like five episodes. That was forever in tv time.

[@lemmingt6207]

i've no interest in 32nd century trek at this point. 25th century would be ok

[@sigmacademy]

That's because they need to put it far enough into the future so that they can say it doesn't clash with the subjects we know cadets would need to have currently in the Trek universe (even though multiple shows have given us hints to what those are), plus you could potentially tap into the book universe as well. Which suspiciously sound like they want to dump the actual logical choices for subjects (because they would have no CLUE what to use as the actual curriculum) and go with potentially nonsense. Could also be that they don't want to the research and homework, which is more likely.

[@JohnWinchester3567]

TA! Discovery is a yawn from day 1

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@sigmacademy Academy can't work unless they assemble a team of people to build a curriculum for the academy. I have said that from the day I heard the news.

[@anthonybanks6772]

I love the 32nd century

[@lemmingt6207]

@@anthonybanks6772 glad you like it

[@ThePopcast]

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[@mrhumpty]

I mean, the only way to make me not want a 32nd century show even more is to make Tilly a primary character. I'll have to see people confirm it's good before I'll even dream of watching anything. It's sad, I'm no longer a Star Trek or Wars completionist.

[@Cordelia0704p]

Discovery does not deserve a spin off. I can't believe it got this many seasons! Anything that does not have Terry Matalis at the helm going forward is likely to be awful.

[@Heavy-Metal-Spike]

Nice summary - thank-you! I gave up on Discovery after Season 2, and will never re-watch those OR the remaining seasons. Got turned onto SNW after people I trusted said S01E03 onwards (excepting E08) were good (and they were!), and Picard season 3 is AMAZING and washed the bad taste of Picard S01 & S02 away. I wish Kurtzman would exit stage left - the Trek universe would be way better without his misdirected influence.

[@ThePopcast]

Thanks Heavy!

[@WoodysAR]

I stopped watching discovery in season one after they decapitated the infant and threw it in a big hole... That's not star trek. I think that was season 1 episode 6 I never went back even for 1 second. And of course there will be no rewatching. Just bloody awful. It doesn't matter I have the entire star trek sets as 3-D models, I have AII have the stories from all the novels so I will make new TNG episodes using all of the novels, And I can use AI to recreate their voices perfectly this I did in my Beyond Antares animated TOS episode here on KZbin, on my NextWorldVR channel.

[@sigmacademy]

@@WoodysAR That was because Discovery and Picard seasons 1 and 2 weren't Trek. It took only a single person to get on board in Picard 3 to show the ENTIRE live-action effort what ACTUAL Trek is all about. It probably also helps that the either the new showrunner and/or his writer(s) ACTUALLY watched or know something about Star Trek. The entire season is full of easter eggs that points back to other Trek series and seasons, and it's a joy to watch. Oh, and it's DIVERSE as well, so there's no excuse for how bad the other efforts were.

[@philipgreger6541]

I don't know why they're trying to do it in the future. Something set in 90's Trek (or even in the 25th century) would be perfect! Discovery has been, by a wide margin, the worst of new Star Trek. Why they would try to continue that is insane. A Starfleet Academy show is something people have wanted for YEARS. They are on track to ruining it. Some of the people running the show right now just don't understand what people want. 😢

[@WoodysAR]

Wait what? Yeah I'm not watch anything that stupidly advanced. 32nd century will be Interesting to 29 through 31st century people. 32nd century is completely irrelevant,. They don't get it.

[@BigCowProductions]

Right. I would give it a chance if it was set around the TNG era, or in the 25th century. I mean, they'll need to get more people trained after the thinning of the herd that is happening in Picard S3 lol

[@Rob774]

Discovery was the worst... for insecure people. Without the success of Disco, you don't get all the other shows.

[@scoutiii8893]

@@Rob774 LOL You can try to rewrite history all you want but Discovery s1 got fan backlash. Kurtzman got Patrick Stewart for Picard to win the fans back... It failed. Discovery s2 happened and was also met with backlash... Strange New Worlds was ordered because Kurtzman thought that's what fans wanted... S2 of Picard happened and was almost worse than s1- this was more failure: Fans stopped watching NuTrek... SNW debuted and lost viewers as it went. The show is "ok" but still misses the mark. Everyone wanted that show but no one I know stayed with it. Now s3 of PIC was a good send off for the the TNG characters... If Legacy happens, Trek fans will return. Everything since 2019 has been trying to right the wrongs (and lost audience) of Star Trek Discovery. And remember that after the network saw what s5 of Discovery was, they canceled it! Star Trek Discovery IS the problem.

[@jholeify]

They know damn well what we want but could care less since they don't want it themselves.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

Star Trek academy in the 32nd Century is giving Beverly Hills 92010 vibes set in space. This show will flame🔥 out.

[@NathanaelBray]

90210

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@NathanaelBray thanks✌️

[@Uzarran]

Radio personalities John Boy and Billy once had a Trek skit for a show called "Deep Space 90210", and your comment just reminded me of it.

[@KatharineOsborne]

Paramount is trying to rope in an audience who wouldn’t necessarily be already watching Trek. Academy might be able to capture it while turning off other Trek audiences, and it could still have a several season run if it props up streaming numbers. Star Trek is a well-proven and recognisable IP so it makes some sense they’d try this with it (or at least more sense than trying to make a teen version of Yellowstone or something).

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

@@KatharineOsborne I don't see it happening. What's next?? Star Trek-Saved by the Bell🤣

[@eric-rounds]

Excellent video and commentary… I agree with everything you said… I have watched all other Trek series and most of them multiple times. I will watch Academy. Picard Season 3 is seriously what we all want from Trek… great writing… excellent story, excellent acting… canon-references… What you said about diversity is so on-point; Diversity does not need to be explained… just be and do… no need to over explain… My favorite Discovery was Season 2, and then season 3 "Terra Firma" were excellent. "The Burn" explanation was pathetic… chasing after that and only to have it barely explained in 2 lines of dialog… not good. Season 4 was interesting… but still just more of the same. I would prefer Starfleet Academy be in the Picard or Lower Decks era… or hell even Strange New Worlds era would be preferred over Discovery era.

[@tbs100]

I won't watch anything that has Kurtzman/Secret Hideout in charge of it. By his own admission and demonstration, he does not understand or appreciate the franchise, and only begrudgingly ever considers the feedback from the fanbase (a fanbase that has supported the franchise since before he was born BTW). I firmly believe that Strange New Worlds was only as good as it was because Kurtzman took a backseat and let someone else drive. And, one look at Picard S3 demonstrates what Star Trek *could* be -- and even what it can recover from -- if it is placed in the hands of someone who knows, understands, and, above all, *respects* the material. Show Kurtzman the door, and let him take his dour, sour, faux-gritty, Abrams-esque NuTrek with him. Let him go back to making Transformers movies and other such classics as 'The Mummy' and 'Clarise'. Wipe his fingerprints off of Star Trek, and hand the reins over to Matalas, already!

[@DavidKnowles0]

Landau past projects seem to suggest she not one to care about the history of a series. I want to see them to put in the work make it feel like a academy. I want it to feel like these people got lessons to go to, that they are learning new stuff and are there to learn, not to shag the first person that take their fancy. An please no galaxy ending crisis.

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

The best thing to come out of Discovery was Captain Pike and Spock and Number One. Discovery itself has had very mixed reviews from good to bad to mediocre (depending on which side the fans stood) with plots that were a bit contrived at times in my opinion, full of political social commentary, and lots of dragged out plot in season long stories (with filler episodes that don't always advance the plot). Not so on Strange New Worlds!

[@Mademoiselle_Katie]

I only want a Terry Trek show. No more Kurtzman/Chabon/Beyer.

[@TammyBeth1015]

If it's firing off that Tilly ep in S4, I REALLY want that Orion kid out front. Dude had by far the best story and most charisma of the bunch. Also, it would be a waste not to find a rational for the Cronenberg character to be around regularly. Beyond that, I need more info. Although I think if you're going to have drama it shouldn't be all "CW" style relationship drama, but Ds9 style character development and complex interesting stories to build drama.

[@royvillanueva4412]

Great point... we don't need to be hammered with the diversity of Trek. Just tell good stories, and show a diverse group dealing with the situation in a Star Fleet manner. This k Strange New Worlds season 1. And Picard season 3.

[@gregrogers6886]

Instead of pouring money into another obvious flop, more Strange New Worlds would be the ticket. SNW was great.

[@patrickstoute4085]

Starfleet ( discovery) is based on another kind of audience. Picard,tng,original,ds9 and such are based on those who have been there from the start, that's the big difference.This story arc is what pulled it forward each time and its more based on Gene his legacy. If Star trek legacy will come true,then it should be based on the setting how Terry did Picard. 😉

[@Macktruckturner]

I predict that there will be two different factions of Star Trek going forward… one faction will be for the purists and the other for the “nu trek” crowd that came onboard primarily due to Discovery… not necessarily a bad thing per se but I think that they must make separate content that will cater to each group specifically as the interests are different

[@migalorsdarwin1930]

I can imagine the majority of the new crowd people will grown out of it-

[@Bland-79]

The young target audience of Discovery only watched STD because it was full of political activism. They could care less about Star Trek. Those sci-fi fans in the younger generation that truly care about Star Trek stopped watch STD a long time ago seeing it was nothing more than a liberal propaganda piece masquerading as Star Trek. Best plan would be to create a new Star Trek based on TNG or TOS like Star Trek Prodigy but not animated.

[@DavidChilson]

I'd give the series a try if it's set in the Picard Season 3 or the Janeway/Prodigy era and they focus on average Cadets instead of Red Squad or the Stunt Flying team (Nova Squadron). Even though I consider Discovery Season 4 a definite improvement over their first 3 seasons, I have little interest in the rather isolated 32nd Century era.

[@AndreDeLimburger]

I'll watch, no doubt about that. In previous series, we've seen Nova Squadron and Red Squad, so I would say, interesting things might happen. Will Elementary Temporal Mechanics be taught in a future when time travel is banned? Will Tilly be a teacher?

[@carolbriscoe9337]

I would love to see Tilly in Academy. Loved the character and missed her last season. Plus, it's her idea right?

[@dinoallbaugh2050]

I have been a fan of Star Trek since the first original episode in the '60s i am still waiting for season 3 of Picard to be released to my local Library here in Eugene Oregon

[@anthony0358]

I won’t give this show a chance. I’ll spend my time watching some great KZbin content. I think Gene Roddenberry wanted to do this show in 1976 but after Star Wars came out it became the first movie with a new plot

[@JanMichalSzulew]

"Can it be good?" The Betteridge's law of headlines (and captain Shaw, for that matter) says: "No."

[@Yagu83]

I'm still gonna pretend it's an alternate future or Kelvin Universe

[@shaney7346]

For me now you have 3 time line universe's Prime - Roddenberry\Berman\Matalas Kelvin - Kurtzman - Time (Disco and SNW)

[@adrianvanleeuwen]

Star Trek Academy sounds a bit like 90210 for the future academy school. But I would give it a chance to see what they do with it. The lesson Kurtzman needs to learn, is to hire writers who actually know what Trek is about, and are not just soap opera melodrama writers to appeal to the youth, but with more writers that appeal to all ages.

[@UntetheredLive]

"What would Star Trek Academy show need to do to gain my approval?"... Morph immediately into Star Trek Legacy... mic drop...

[@Animalwon]

DISCOVERY - A fan favorite? What Koolade have you been drinking? ST only started regaining audience viewers when the writers went back to self-contained episodes and minimized season long story arks. In other words, ST became a success when ST started Listening to its fans! Take that Alex Kurtzman!

[@greybeard5123]

Can we go back to setting all the Trek shows in the universe's "present"? Picard, Prodigy, and Lower Decks are all in roughly the same time period, and they are a logical chronological follow on to TNG, DS9, and Voyager, which timewise were a logical follow on to TOS. All of these shows were set in "the present" for the Trek universe at the time they originally aired. Prequels generally don't work, because we know too much about how they have to end. And doing stuff in the 32nd Century turns Picard, Prodigy, Lower Decks, and Legacy into prequels. (SNW works despite this because not only do we know how it ends, so does the Captain. And he has shared that knowledge with some of the crew. Se we can all settle back and focus on the episodic trip to get there. Plus it has good writing.) (Short arc prequels can also work to show us how we got somewhere. I'd love a movie or mini series about the Enterprise E.) Discovery was terrible, and I really don't want an Academy spin off set in the 32nd century. It will have a new showrunner, but will probably keep at least some of the Discovery writers. I also don't want the Section 31 spin off set in SNW's time. (And cannon requires Georgiou to be in SNWs time or die.)

[@boba6890]

Star Trek Picard Season 3 is the best Star Trek I've seen since Voyager. I'd definitely watch Star Trek Legacy but won't watch Starfleet Academy. Vapid preachy shows for teens aren’t new; when I was 12, 16, 18 there were tons of them. I didn’t watch them then, I won't watch now. When I was 12 I watched reruns of shows like Star Trek where everyone was much older and different than me. They had great stories and characters and that's all that mattered. I watched all of S1 and S2 of Discovery but couldn't get through S3 because the real problem with Discovery is that it hates you. As a teen I'd happily watch good adult dramas and today I'll gladly watch good teen dramas. It's why I watched and enjoyed Wednesday and The Magicians. Discovery deliberately sets out to be the opposite of all Star Trek from TOS to Voyager, (and Wednesday and The Magicians as well), which are shows anyone can watch. Discovery has terrible stories yet the real problem is that it's like a high school hazing by the cool kids. The fact that the cool kids are now "cool misfits" instead of "cool jocks" doesn't change how mean-spirited it is. Why would anyone think Starfleet Academy will be different? (Contrast this with Wednesday, which is also about teen misfits going to school but is great fun). It speaks volumes that Discovery isn't truly interested in "Diversity". The Discovery showrunners and writers, overwhelmingly in their 50’s and 60’s, created proxies in their 20’s or 30’s who show contempt for people who aren't in their in-group and who never stop telling everyone how different and superior they are. All those voices in Discovery aren't actually young; they're the voices of a bunch of mean-spirited old men.

[@jumbowhiffy6511]

I'd like to think there will be more quality like Picard S3 but I won't hold my breath. All good things... Star Trek Academy aka Crying in corridors while doing exams.

[@adamvangesen9166]

I’ll be there with bells if you detach those nacelles…sarcasm 😝 😂 I’m definitely not the target demo on this one but I wasn’t for Prodigy and I liked it a lot. Fingers crossed 🤞. Great video guys. 🖖✌️

[@ThePopcast]

Thanks Adam!

[@iam.ruthroman]

Thank you for this video and the content. This is the best advice I hope they follow.

[@kevinb.7206]

I'd rather be done with the discovery timeline and watch a starfleet academy show set in the 25th century. There would be so many more interesting things to see that could cater to the young people and those who enjoyed/familiar with the Berman era Trek.

[@michaelpapp5518]

10:58 Gene may not have advertised his diverse cast, but he did think, “I’m going to make the cast diverse.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t have. He’d make everyone white and male just like all the other shows.

[@ThePopcast]

Michael, no he obviously did, but what we are saying is that he didn't do it for the sake of being diverse. He did it because that's what he believed that was the future . So he treated it like it was normal. That's what Star Trek needs to do today. Have diverse characters, but then forget they are different. If that makes sense.

[@michaelpapp5518]

@@ThePopcast I feel comfortable saying Gene likely did add diversity to the show for the sake of being diverse. Something that was severely lacking then. There was little meaningful diversity on TV in 60’s. The only difference I see between Gene’s efforts to promote diversity and what Trek is doing today? Not making a big deal out of it. Back then, a diverse crew might’ve even turned viewers off. I’ve never understood why people have issues with advertised diversity. I’m thrilled Trek has never been more progressive. It warms my heart being diverse in casting is considered a selling point of pride. Think about the sociological implications. If creators are boasting about diversity, that means more and more of the public are not only accepting, but want it. Good! That’s excellent. A far cry from Gene’s day, and I couldn’t be happier about it. I mean, some networks refused to even air Kirk and Uhura being forced to kiss! What a wonderful turnaround. However, all the diversity in the universe can’t save a show if it’s not written the best. Diversity being the best thing about the show? That is no bueno. While I do like DSC and PIC, they hadn’t been what I’d been looking for from Trek. Many of the critical complaints are valid. The pacing, the characterizations, the stories themselves, needed a shot in the arm like what Terry brought. This past year has been the absolute best Trek’s ever had. 50 weeks of Trek. My god, I never dreamed I’d be eating this well. All really good too. Well, after PIC season 2. That was merely okay. Lower Decks, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds though? Chef’s kiss. New Trek has officially grown the proverbial Riker beard. We’ll see if Academy shaves it off. I hope not.

[@sigmacademy]

What does Star Trek Starfleet Academy need to be good? 1) The curriculum and syllabi per specialization field (Command, Engineering, Medical, Science, Communications/Languages, Security, etc.- in essence, all the colored shirts) is important. This means there needs to be some consistency in what was mentioned before in other Trek shows about Starfleet Academy and the subjects and topics and skills that ALL cadets would need to know across the board (stuff like piloting, zero-G walks, survival skills when they have no access to technological tools, the ability to use their sidearms like phasers and/or heavier firepower so that they at least know the basics about its usage and applications (like heating rocks for warmth, for example), self defense (able to fight off any attackers or intruders), to name but a few. Then, if you want to set up different characters in different fields (as mentioned above), there needs to be at least some indication of progress in more advanced subjects they are introduced to over the course of the show (one can watch the episode where Geordi and Leah Brahms - both the hologram and real person version talks shop regarding engineering topics, for example). There would also need to have subjects like Galactic History (or at least Alpha Quadrant history), Diplomacy/Etiquette, First Contact Protocol and Cultural Appreciation (things you would normally see in greetings in other languages, do's and don'ts in certain cultures (Federation and peoples the Federation have encountered and interacted with on their missions), how to show respect to other Federation cultures, etc. - in other words, everything you always see and hear the Starship Captains always say when they deal with new species and races during First Contact). There can also be sub-specialization fields, like Archaeology (in the Science field), Teaching, Geology (in the Science field), History of specific Federation peoples, Psychology (in the Medical Field), etc. In other words, check out the episode synopsis/summary for any Trek episode, and use any specialist they call upon as a template for a subject or topic at the Academy. Also, instructors would be specialists in their field, like Admirals or Captains (we know this, because Starfleet captains/admirals in the past instructed students on specific things relevant to their unique experiences in the field). 2) You would need to have a mixture of academics and sci-fi. That means you need to have the introduction of things we are all familiar with in high school/college/university - the studying of textbooks to pick up knowledge, the presentation of research papers at symposiums to share and disseminate research for the benefit of everyone present, timetables, socialization of the students at peer hubs like pubs or clubs, study groups, etc. There's a LOT one can add to this, and any college or university based comedy can serve as blueprint for any of that (just add a Trek flavor/sci-fi twist to it). 3) Research for all of this need to be done - this means that who ever is going to work on it MUST at least be familiar with Trek in general, and have done research on the Academy itself (the very minimum required is AT least having read the wiki). That means knowing how the structure of the Academy works, what activities they are involved in, and what students are taught and how they are prepared for their "practicals" upon actual Starfleet ships, and what the instructor and student culture is like. They need to know HOW students are admitted into the Academy and why those students in particular are chosen. This means looking at the Starfleet Academy game, any book series written about it and any episodes featuring any cadets across any of the Trek series. There's not a lot of them, so checking out the live-action ones shouldn't take that long. There are a couple of mentions of Academy days by characters outside of cadet episodes (Red Squad episodes, for example), but it should be easy to track those because Trek fans RECORD and DISSEMINATE every piece of information ever shared in-universe - in that regard, they are only matched by Star Wars fans in taking note of any and all details of a fictional universe. You can also show students being "placed" at different locations like specific starship task forces like Neutral Zone patrol or mercy missions, locations like planetary bases or starbases (or research bases), depending on what they were being taught at the Academy. You could also show some of the students being placed at places like Starfleet Command, Starfleet Medical, Starfleet Security, Starfleet Intelligence, Federation Council, Federation News Service, etc.) The possibilities for it is limitless, for anyone familiar enough with source material. Heck, you can even have crossover time travel episodes - where Discovery jumps over to Academies and different places from previous decades (as learning experiences) even a potential Mirror Universe Academy, since they have the almost impossible task of having to restart the Academy in the future, without actually having the administrative knowhow of how to actually do that, but will need to get by the Temporal Prime Directive, somehow. Remember, Discovery's crew was TAUGHT by the Academy, they are not Academy trainers themselves. They can only reconstruct what they know based on what they were taught. That means for them restarting the Academy is very much a trial and error affair - some things they might do well and benefit from that, and they will have to learn from their failures in others, in very much how EVERY leader learns. You can EVEN work in a Section 31 storyline in there. Showing how radical students are recruited by Section 31, or how Section 31 has one or more agents working within the Academy to spot students with "recruitment potential" - there even exists a parallel in real-life for something like that; or looking to spy on any new ideas that students create for acquisition by Section 31 for use in their operations. Not saying what I've listed above is the only things that needs to be done, but if they have THAT as their foundation, they will ALREADY have done 50-75% of things right. They can then add some of their own creativity on top of that in the stories they want to tell. They already have the blueprint, all they need to do is use it.

[@sigmacademy]

And by textbooks, I mean PADDS. Also, students would need to be graded based on their test scores, assignments and practical projects they need to complete as part of their training (which will include various scenarios in holodeck training). Also, Starfleet Corps of Engineers being introduced would be nice as well, not to mention the merchant fleet of the Federation.

[@susanscott8653]

​@@sigmacademy finally! Someone who has thought it through and is actually positive. 🖖

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

If writers want to get this right., They need to talk to fans of the series, some of the authors who have published successful military science fiction in terms of character development, as well as graduates of current military academy's that are actual science fiction fans who can actually tell them how academy actually work so that they can have a factual basis to start with and work out from there and don't forget the history/ traditions of the academy itself., Something that they sometimes skip over depending on the needs of the episode, in terms of plot, when it could be a focal point

[@brutusmaximus5380]

Star fleet isn’t military. It operates like a military branch but it is primarily a exploration and science organization in a socialist society. You can say it’s almost fascist like the brown fascism of a modern corporation that operates with the fundamentals of the law of the sea or commercial law otherwise known as law merchant in ancient parlance. That’s why Picard was able to converse with ferengi pirates so eloquently. If you think about it, it’s like being on one of those sea faring scientology vessels.

[@bbbl67]

I've been watching all of the Star Treks since the TOS era. I don't mind Discovery-offshoot shows. I'll watch Picard-offshoot shows. My favourite of all right now is Lower Decks.

[@MrDeathpilot]

Star Trek Discovery gave us an unfamiliar ship, an unfamiliar crew, unfamiliar technology and then they sent us into an unfamiliar century. They literally took away everything appealing about StarTrek. This is not how you win over the fans.

[@omgthedonny]

the show nobody asked for great!.... Nah we want more Season 3 Picard, that's the Trek we want!!!

[@RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards]

I've been a huge Trekkie since watching the Original Star Trek series in syndication in the early 70's. Since then I"ve watched & enjoyed each new series. I don't understand the hate towards the Discovery series, I found it powerful, with a refreshing seriousness that is sometimes lacking when some other shows get too comical for my tastes. I'd also love to see a Legacy series as well.

[@raeteggart2007]

Forget all about the Discovery timeline. Give Us Legacy!! More Captain Seven of Nine!

[@thecarolinahoosier3596]

I agree with your assessment for Trek's future. The overt diversity thing is being way over done on TV today - on many shows. CW is a prime example, but I'll give Academy 2 episodes to prove it's a good show.

[@rcartekmecanica]

We want Star Trek Legacy with Terry Matalas as showrunner!

[@samantharylinnicolecaber2283]

I love disco! And I'm so exyted for the academy series. Love to see more of Tily and how she teaches starfleet cadets.

[@knorrissirronk8665]

11:05-11:30: Thank goodness SOMEONE said this. (OPINION ONLY - Not stating as "fact".) No need to "divide" people/audiences. It's SIMPLE: If people wait 25 years for STEAK, and you give them PORKCHOPS, they're not "Pork-Phobic", or intolerant. They're saying that what they've waited for WASN'T DELIVERED. If YOU want to make a "NEW TAKE", or "FRESH LOOK", at anything, THEN DO THAT. Don't co-opt someone else's vision and audience, and then wonder why they don't accept it. DO THE WORK. CREATE. Make a NEW LEGACY that's YOURS with your own world/universe building. There's ROOM FOR EVERYONE, but it doesn't mean that you need to STEAL someone else's fan-base and legacy to do it. Make your own. If you have something of quality, then it will stand on its own. Anyone who says that it CAN'T be done, 2 words: SETH MACFARLANE. Space ships, "human condition" commentary, Interpersonal & personal growth and development, just like Star Trek, but he did it IN HIS UNIVERSE, not Roddenberry's.

[@unclestinkyflips1130]

Here is a good idea for star trek, if they want to get a hold of me by all means. A rag tag team of Starfleet year 3 and 4 cadets get in trouble and are facing expulsion in the midst of a huge invasion of Starfleet on earth by some unknown alien force and they steal a state of the art spaceship to battle the new threat, not known to them they steal an extremely experimental classified time ship that is 3 classes above the Defiant, has blade of armour shielding and a cloaking device that is illegal in the federation. in the battle they accidently get thrown through time with the time machine's engines malfunctioning as it's not completed and they land in the past, effect Starfleets future and have to jump back and forth through time to fix what they destroyed. now obviously Wesley Crusher and his team of travelers gets involved at some point to steer their time traveling adventures in the right direction. It could be called Star Trek Time Shift or Star Trek Legacy

[@Stefan-]

0:57 I definately want more culture like that !

[@MikeyBoi1984]

Past present future, when on ends another begins not spending more means more than right now so when Picard ends another will take it's place, 3 time periods for 3 demographic fans.

[@Nitroburner01]

I just hope the class rooms are well lit

[@sigmacademy]

I just hope the curriculum will line up with what other characters in the Trek universe has told us about their Academy days. NuTrek isn't exactly known for their internal consistency... or memory (when they contradict their own previous stories).

[@HOOAHDUDE]

When you watch Discovery in the 32nd century and you see the ships from that Era, you get a lowsy blue non-scientific control panel along with unexplained perpultion and overall technology.. Star Trek is a progession of thoughts and ideas from the passage of time as we grow. We had a jump to the 32nd century and without the natural Star Trek progression. The 25th century is a progession of time after thoughts and ideas from the centuries before. I dare to ask what the 32nd century would have been like if the show was able to progress naturally instead of jumping? I want the 25th century, and I want it now.

[@wolf1701A]

Picard S3 was incredible

[@nicholasgendreau1297]

Very well said

[@7JANEWAY]

Another KZbin channel host made the point that he wasn’t going to watch Starfleet Academy because Kurtzman is a show runner. I couldn’t agree more. Alex Kurtzman is the absolute worst thing that has ever happened to Trek (yes, I know about missteps like Star Trek V, but that wasn’t continuous, like Kurtzman’s travesties). WHY do they keep him, when his track record is so abysmal???!!! Case in point: STD, which was so bad they had to move it to the 32nd century. They couldn’t even keep it in the Trek prime universe!!! Besides-haven’t they learned from the third season of Picard, which has been the best, most real Star Trek in over 20 years, for ONE reason: KURTZMAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!! (he may be listed as executive producer, but he’s NOT the show runner) Because Kurtzman has his grimy fingers in this project, I don’t have a lot of hope for this show, certainly from a quality aspect. It will probably be dark and gloomy, like all the other Kurtzman series are. He refuses to learn that good Star Trek is positive. So I keep hoping to continue to see Star Trek boldly going where no Kurtzman has gone before!!!

[@brentsvideojournal6161]

I'm looking forward to everything

[@botz77]

They've been trying to make a Starfleet Academy show for decades. Duke Nukem Forever took less time to finish.

[@chrissschwehr5911]

Getting rid of Discovery was a no brainer after seeing what has happened with both Strange New Worlds operating out of the Berman'verse (minus Berman thank God!) and how ST: Picard has been received by both old and new fans. Hopefully ST: Starfleet Academy will not suffer the wokeness overload of ST: D that ultimately killed it off (now that Berman is no longer an influence in Star Trek lore)....If ST: SFC is written ultimately as a correction of the 32nt century timeline, I'll watch. If it's a rehash of ST: D then NO, I'll not watch at all and Lt. Tilley can wander off into obscurity.

[@andreasalvi2007]

I like discover it was my first contact White star trek and has mad me wacht the old ones

[@BigCowProductions]

I would be fine trying out an Academy show. But if/since it has ANY connections to discovery, I'm outies.

[@davidponseigo8811]

I always have and always will give any new Star Trek a chance.

[@JordanElliottMcClure]

I’m going to watch it all!

[@t.stephen5086]

Loved Picard S3, but I have accepted that is a one off & going forward it will be Kurtzman Trek. Even Legacy if it's in Kurtzmans hands, he will ruin it.

[@BigCowProductions]

11:42 LOL

[@raymondcanessa7208]

Starfleet Academy only if is different characters from different eras. Starfleet heros when they were cadets.

[@toycarsushiwriter3573]

Star Trek Picard Season 03 is good, but I'm on the fence. I don't know how to feel. If that makes sense.

[@robertanthony5010]

Have a Star trek Academy take place in the 25th century timeliness on bord the Enterprise D class Now a training Star Ship for cadets. Make it So.

[@NemedPhoenixMagic]

i cannot describe how little i care about academy or the 32nd century. Somebody lock Kurtzman in his office and give the keys to Matalis.

[@stevearts85]

Being set in the 32nd century automatically ruins it. No one wants JJ/KurtzMan's Replacement Universe, which was just created so the New Companies could milk the IP & Create their own merch.

[@johnfielder2064]

oh my word, yes some one who actually understands the how diversity works in the the star trek universe

[@emmw7794]

Academy will bomb, they will put Legacy on a fast track to release. Ultimately, the Executives will step in and override Kurtzman's plans when it bombs. Lower Decks, SNW and prodigy are doing good though

[@Consequator]

This looks like 'yes', we might have to be a little worried about what's coming to trek.

[@yippeekaiyaymofo]

I read that diversity thing like it’s the 32nd century- there’s more aliens from strange new worlds and more cultures and civilizations that could boldly be in the Federation/Starfleet. IDIC.

[@blaircrocker9845]

Wouldn't touch it with a 39 and half foot pole!!!! See even the Grinch won't watch it.

[@nitetimejohnson]

I would watch it.

[@MvsEverybody]

When will the studios take a queue from the fans?

[@ThePopcast]

Excellent question. We used to think when it hurt their pockets, but that hasn't stopped them yet.

[@seahorsecorral]

@@ThePopcast The studios are influenced by something stronger than financial rewards. It's like a mind virus, or they have fried their brains. An even older but similar question is; What is in their water?

[@MrjD-sy3jd]

Why dont they make a series on how they make peace with all the empire

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

Why “Starfleet Academy”? Why “Section 31”? Why “The Last Generation”? Why not ASK THE CUSTOMER WHAT HE OR SHE WANTS? (I don’t need Paramount streaming when I already have Netflix).

[@KiloWhiskeyMike1592]

Didn't realize discovery actually had fans

[@christopherharris6145]

I'll give it one episode and decide then whether it's worth watching again.

[@colonelquack]

When Discovery launched it's first two episodes for free, I watched in horror. At the time, I decided to opt out and just wait until years later when a box set dropped. The only reason I've watched everything now is because of Lower Decks. Watched Discovery only because I already had a subscription. Prodigy has been great. SNW is the most average Trek ever, but with good writing. (Average is good.) Season 1 of Picard is unwatchable, season 2 is decent if you're under the influence, and season 3 is awesome. There's got to be a balance between trying something new and giving fans what they want. I'm not interested in Starfleet Academy or Section 31. But, I'll give them a chance and form my own opinion.

[@trapperjohn6089]

10:40 AMEN! 🖖🏻 LLAP

[@RJ420NL]

Step one in recovering Star Trek is to do away with Kurtzchild et al. Septic Hideout is the worst thing that's ever happened in Star Trek.

[@Arational]

Kurtzman has not demonstrated an ability to tell a story that rhymes with Roddenberry's vision for Star Trek.

[@morockapdx7174]

I am very doubtful a Disco spin off academy show is going to work well. If they really can knuckle down and work on the stories and characters, while moving their tone into better harmony with the Star Trek spirit then, just maybe. But, there are so many things I feel like writers and producers either don't get or reject about Star Trek. The social dynamics, the economy, etc. And it is understandable, as they are mostly kryptonite to drama. But, that is the challenge of playing in the ST sandbox. You want the toys, but don't want to play by the rules, don't be surprised when the fandom turns. Not to say Star Trek is perfect, but if you want to change the rules, you have to be compelling. I think Secret Hideout overestimated the effect of their special FX, and assumed they could write to the average viewer. That just isn't going to fly. Didn't work for Bad Robot with the Kelvin Trek (though it kinda did for a minute), and it didn't work with Star Wars (though, again, it kinda of did for a minute).

[@jpasan]

I didn't watch the video, but I'll give my opinion. It needs a miracle to reach watchable level

[@ablaze1989]

None of the details about this show excite or interest me, all I see happening is the worst elements of disco getting distilled down and what little trek bits are removed, no hero ship, no exploration no epic conflicts and battles, instead that's replaced with studying for tests and omg did you hear they slept together style drama. I watched the magicians its a pretty okay magic show but it is just more of the same CW drama shows. it's nihilistic, everyone has trauma and emotions run rampant type of show.

[@davidblank420]

I was hoping the Academy show would follow Rikers daughter and Elnor.

[@chrissschwehr5911]

The tone will have to be set from the first episode that it is no longer a child of the Berman'verse. If it succeeds in doing this, it may last more than a few episodes...If not? It'll last as long as the CW's Tom Swift....I didn't even finish the first episode, it was that BAD!

[@slyder109]

wish they would make this show based in Legacies time line and not make a such a new fresh officer all the sudden the academy go to because she is passionate.

[@380loop]

I just want star trek to pick up where they lifted off,start with enterprise E, then F .