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[–] match@pawb.social 55 points 11 months ago (6 children)

he directed the lower decks crossover episode?? give him a whole movie

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He's directed two already, well, two Trek movies. First Contact and Insurrection.

He's had episodes as director in every live action Trek property except Enterprise. He even directed two episodes of The Orville.

[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

He directed The City on the Edge of Forever he just couldn't take credit to preserve the timeline.

EDIT: And if you look carefully the Guardian of Forever construct is obviously Jeffrey Combs, though his voice was dubbed over.

[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

I'm glad I'm here, you learn something new every day! The next thing you'll be telling me is that he also gave Rodenberry the idea for the series, therefore guaranteeing himself a role for 7 years.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until time travels is invented. Soon he already will have done

[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

That'll be exciting! We'll all have to put our heads together and give him a list of episodes to adjust a bit, and maybe we'll have five or six seasons of TOS.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow I had no idea! Riker is really awesome.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Riker is awesome. Dunno why people keep talking about this Frakes guy.

[–] BB69@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy do I have news for you

[–] darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At least he’s not responsible for nemesis

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Once you go Frakes, you really should not go back.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

I'm fully convinced that Frakes directing is the only thing that prevented First Contact and Insurrection from being the dumpster fire that Nemesis was.

[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 10 points 11 months ago

That’s what I’m thinking. 👍

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let's give him some more feature films. I'd be more excited to see a new Frakes Sar Trek movie then Abrams.

[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's like 80 years between Enterprise and Disco, and another 80 between TOS and TNG. Since they (probably) won't fill up all of this with more and more series, there's plenty of scope to mine them for content, especially with one-off films.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'd like an effort that far forwards fifty or sixty generations. You could keep all the foundational storylines and back story, but there would be a tapestry of technological advancement potential and new universes to explore.

Excuse me is this is already happening somewhere, I did original, tng, ds9 and Voyager and pretty much trapped out

[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago

And that, "Rrrriker!" line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’d love a Lower Decks live action movie!

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not all the voice actors look like their characters. Tendi and Rutherford have this problem I believe.

Buuut, longer form lower decks could work quite well I think. Those characters work in a more serious setting, and their ability to insert levity into those settings works really well. An animated lower decks movie could rock!

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Tendi irl is not green at all.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She was at Comic-Con at one point, and I thought she looked like he would be able to pass off as her character with little effort.

[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I was a bit sad they didn't get her to at least play Tendi's grandmother in the crossover episode, I thought that would have been a nice little nod.

And yes, that is the worst complaint I have about that episode, that's how good it was...

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So, what I'm hearing is, we're in for some really awesome / utterly mindfuck episodes.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think you mean ghost fuck episode.

[–] eva_sieve@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Look, the man also directed First Contact (the movie, not the episode) and Those Old Scientists, which are generally well received. I think we can begrudge him one ghost-fuckin' episode.

[–] ReplicatedSoda@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

... or more than one.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

If you gave me the option of watching “First Contact” or “Sub Rosa”, I would choose planet Scotland ten times out of ten.

Personally I think “Sub Rosa” is a banger with a story that would not be at all out of place in TOS.

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I forgot he even directed that one. I was more thinking of Frame of Mind.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

One Take Frakes returns, you love to see it

[–] Electricorchestra@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

You honestly just know when it's a Frakes directed episode. Things just feel quality.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Let's keep moving people! Need my SNW before the end of next year!

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago
[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

It's cornflakes frakes at the helm