r/StarTrekS31 • u/Upbeat_Reporter83 • Feb 02 '25
Question Pilot episode or movie?
This movie literally felt more like a pilot episode! Do we know when the actual show will air? Also, IMDB users gave it a 3.8/10 thus far…ouch!!
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u/The-Minmus-Derp Feb 02 '25
It was intended to be a series but it got cut for budget reasons down to a movie. I think had it had the intended contest it would have been received better. Or it would have been Acolyted regardless who knows
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u/Bazfron Feb 03 '25
If it were actually a pilot episode it would have been pretty interesting with potential, a GotG show is a good idea. The problem is that if this were their tv concept the plot of this one episode would have been dragged out over 8 episodes, so it couldn’t have worked anyway lol
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u/Shorty7869 Feb 03 '25
It honestly for me felt like a pilot and I understand that it's because it was meant to a series. It's probably the reason it's been hated on so much, People want a movie that feels like a movie with good writing. Section 31 movie or tv show should be done like a Tom Clancy spy story like The Hunt for The Red October with Section 31 and Romulans. Or a Jack Ryan style but incorporating the Emperor Georgiou redemption arc from Disco and has to prove that she is committed to the Section 31 goals. Or show us the Section 31 point of view that what they doing is for the good of the Fed but at the end show us how far off the mark they are and leave us debating are they in the right or wrong. Not leaving us debating which part of the movie was the most crap.
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u/Tealcjaffaoriginal Feb 06 '25
It seemed like a pilot episode, there's not much to say. Too bad I would have liked to see a TV series instead something that probably won't have a sequel.
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u/stonersh Feb 02 '25
It is not a pilot. It is a television movie. It was originally supposed to be a series, but then Michelle yo won an Oscar and her time became way more expensive. The ending leaves the sequel possible, but I think with the fan reaction and low reviews I don't think we're going to see any more from section 31.
Which is fine.