Star Trek: Picard Movie? Strange New Worlds & Lower Decks Teasers + Mission Chicago Wrap Up

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00:00Hello my lovely friends, here I am, Sean, reporting on this story from Ireland.

00:06Okay, that's not a word against Ireland. You know I love me some Irish and I love being at home,

00:11but where I am not right now is Chicago. I am reporting these wonderful bits of news to you

00:17with a heavy, heavy heart. And by heavy heart, I mean murderous, murderous, jealous rage. But

00:24let's, let's go through the awesome news that has come out of Star Trek Mission Chicago. I'm

00:30Star Trek for Trek culture. Let's do this. By all accounts, it was a wonderful weekend of lots of

00:36fun that has been had by so many wonderful fans, so many creatives both in front of and behind the

00:41camera. So we're going to go through it show by show just to make it a bit easier. We're going to

00:45start with Star Trek Strange New Worlds. Now there was some wonderful kind of props that were on show

00:51and there was a lot of lovely just kind of teasers as to what we can expect. But the first thing

00:56that's been confirmed is the year in which the show is set. 2259, which makes it one year after

01:04Discovery goes through the wormhole and goes into the future. We were like 90% sure it was going to

01:10take place after the events of Discovery. The trailer for Pike confirmed that this locks it down to a

01:15year. So 2259, thanks to some of the artwork that was on show at Mission Chicago. Also what we saw was

01:22a teaser with some seriously cool concept art, kind of graphic art for Strange New Worlds. Now people are

01:30theorizing, is this going to be, are we going to get a different intro every single week in this kind

01:35of style of artwork? But whatever it ends up being, there's a couple of very strange inclusions

01:41in this specifically Strange New Worlds. There's a Borg cube in this artwork. Now the first encounter

01:51with a Borg cube happened in Q-Who in Star Trek The Next Generation. Of course wibbly wobbly timey

01:56wimey, there's ways around everything. It would be interesting to see if they're bringing the Borg in.

02:03I feel, I feel that there's a lot of people who are watching this right now who are just kind of

02:07holding their head in their hands going, do we not have any other villains in Star Trek? No. Can we not

02:12have a look at them as well? Personally, I don't want to see the Borg in Strange New Worlds. I'm going

02:17to hang my hat on it now and if we do, great. Remind me that I said this. They're being used a lot. So

02:23it's only an image, it could mean anything. What's also there is an image of a Starfleet officer in a

02:30TNG era uniform. If these mean anything then potentially we have time travel, we could finally be

02:36getting the Battle of O359 on screen, which I've just thought right this second. Hang on, I take

02:41back exactly what I just said. Giz the Battle of O359, thank you very much. Teased, teased in Best

02:48of Both Worlds and Nemessary. Whatever these end up being, I just have to say they are gorgeous art.

02:52I love the, you know, the kind of avant-garde style that we've got going on here. Everything that we've

02:58seen for Strange New Worlds so far, I am so excited for this show. And just on that, I'm so happy

03:05that I get to say so often how excited I am for a new Star Trek show. It's a bloody good time to be

03:11a Trekkie. Speaking of new Star Trek shows, there was a panel of course on Star Trek Prodigy. There

03:17wasn't an awful lot revealed. One thing I can confirm is that there's 40 episodes that have been

03:22ordered. They are in the pipeline. So that is happening, right? We've had 10 and there's another

03:2710 coming in 2022. There is a confirmed other 20 coming for season 2. Now that might be 2023, 2024,

03:36so probably 2023. So they're happening. There was a teaser of footage shown at Mission Chicago at the

03:44panel that showed a conversation between Admiral Janeway and Captain Chakotay. Now in that teaser,

03:51this is obviously set long before the Protostar gets sent to the Delta Quadrant because Chakotay says,

03:57I'm bringing the Protostar to the Delta Quadrant and Janeway replies with, the only way you'd get me

04:02back there is as a hologram. LOL. But then they share a lovely hug and an embrace because these

04:09two characters, depending on what side of the aisle you come down on. So if you are a JC shipper,

04:15this is exactly everything you've ever been hoping for. If you believe they are just really good and

04:19close friends, this is everything you've been hoping for. This is a win-win. So really,

04:24really excited to see is this from the very next episode, which will be episode 11 of Star Trek

04:29Prodigy. And also, if we're getting her watching, sorry, this is her watching a hologram of this,

04:34if we're getting her watching this, are we going to get a lot more time on the Dauntless now as well?

04:40Remains to be seen. Really, really super excited. It's been such wonderful feedback for Prodigy so far.

04:45Also, the makers behind this show are legends. Also, Dal rocked up to the panel. And that is just

04:52impressive cosplay. The show that we have basically no news about is season 5 of Star Trek Discovery,

04:59because it hasn't started filming yet. Some people have said that potentially, because of the way that

05:04ships it down, that the season 3 of Star Trek Picard might take the slot that would have gone to

05:09season 5 of Discovery, remains to be seen. Discovery, out of all of the shows, has, in this week at

05:16least, it's been wrapped up in a little bit of unpleasant controversy. And that is because of

05:22NFTs. NFTs have been compared to Ponzi schemes. So Star Trek's involvement in this is super

05:29disappointing. So Nico Martin-Green, who is an executive producer on Star Trek Discovery, and Anthony

05:35Rap, both tweeted out their excitement for Star Trek's partnership with NFTs. Now, before we descend

05:42en masse, there is no way that they have not seen the discourse online about fans' serious aversion to

05:50NFTs. There has to be a contractual agreement that was behind those tweets. So before anyone starts

05:59piling on anyone, that is not what the purpose of this is about. NFTs, they're not good. All right,

06:05I say I'm hanging my hat on that. They're not good. Anyone who's involved in the franchise who has to

06:09tweet out in support of them, I have to say that this is, again, there is a contractual agreement. So

06:17take that with a pinch of salt. There was a stand at Mission Chicago, you know, for this new

06:23partnership, several images showed fans not really supporting it. That's how I will describe it. That's

06:31how I'll leave it at that. Unfortunately, I don't have any other news to put in for starting

06:36Discovery there. So we'll have to, we'll have to come to that. Now, much more positive news. Star Trek

06:41Picard. So we knew before Mission Chicago that season three was coming and that we had basically the

06:46entire main cast of the next generation is returning. There, it seems that we're not getting

06:51Will Wheaton back. I do hope that that is a red herring. I'd love to see Wesley Crusher back.

06:56Frankly, he deserves better. I'd love to see, I'd love to see everyone back, but we know at least

07:01that we're getting Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Gates

07:05McFadden and Marina Circus. They're all confirmed for season three, which probably led to the rumour.

07:11The rumour was that a Star Trek Picard movie is on the way and, you know, it's going to wrap up

07:17everything that has already been shot down by showrunner Terry Mattelis. He said, no, it's not

07:22happening. Probably is that people have taken the news that the entire cast is back and they've

07:29assigned that to, oh, well, surely there must be a movie happening. So no, there's no movie coming

07:34according to Terry Mattelis. So let's just, we're just looking forward to now the enjoyment that will

07:41be Star Trek Picard season three. It does seem like the show itself is ending there, but we don't know

07:48yet what's going to happen with the crew of La Serena or anything like that. Could there be a

07:52spin-off? Stargazer spin-off? Yes, please. We'll have to see. But yes, as it stands, we're, I'm sort

07:58of confirming the no news, which is no, there is not a movie coming. If they do surprise us with a

08:03movie, I know someone's going to share a clip of this. And if that is the case, you are beautiful and

08:07thank you for paying attention. Last but certainly not least, the absolute crack that was lower decks

08:16this weekend. Jerry O'Connell, Noelle Wells, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid along with Mike McMahon were

08:23present and they were walking around the convention and the actors were in full costume. Jack Quaid was

08:31even rocking a life action Boimler hairstyle as well. I, I, I have never felt so much FOMO as I did

08:38seeing the pure fun that was some of the photos coming out from these guys as well. Now just

08:44really quickly about the show, a teaser has been released for season three. It looks like they're

08:48going to be stealing the Cerritos, which still doesn't have its whole panels from the end of season

08:52two, to go and rescue Captain Freeman. And the space lock where they're stealing it from is very

08:58like the one that we last saw in Nemesis. And of course, seeing the Cerritos, absolutely. We're

09:02talking, um, search for Spock and stealing the Enterprise was actually referenced in season two

09:08of lower decks as well. So that is really, really fun. Not much in terms of information, just okay,

09:12cool. They're going off on a, on a mission like that. Oh my God, folks, the, the pure fun and chaos

09:17that seem to be the panels coming from, from lower decks. Also, Jack Quaid did the Boimler pose.

09:26That tells me many things. One, Jack Quaid is absolute good crack. And also two, Jack Quaid

09:32knows how to stretch. That's impressive. That's, that, that's impressive. I once attempted the

09:38Boimler pose. Um, it took me about 45 minutes to stretch like that. So Jack, well done. My

09:44favorite image to come out of Star Trek Mission Chicago was the actors in costume taking a photo

09:50with some epic cosplayers. One of whom was dressed as Jennifer the Andorian and Tony

09:56Newsom just shoving her out of the way. Get out of here, Jennifer. I just so much fun. That is

10:03everything for now. There's some cool props coming up. That looks like there's some nice

10:06new, uh, replica dolls coming up as well. More information on that as it comes. But for now,

10:11if you have any fun stories, if you were at Mission Chicago, please reply to this video with

10:15some of your favorite stories from the weekend. I may not have been able to be there, but I'm

10:20enjoying your enjoyment. Okay. I'm, I'm basically stealing your enjoyment and I need more. Thank

10:25you so much. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe everybody. You can catch us on Twitter

10:29at Trek Culture. You can catch myself at Sean Ferry on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, where

10:33I post daily behind the scenes and tidbit videos about Star Trek. So check those out. You're

10:38all awesome. Live long and prosper. Have a great day. Make it so.

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