The newest addition to the Star Trek franchise – Strange New Worlds is all set to satisfy the needs and wishes of star trek fans as well as sci-fi fans in general. It will reunite the U.S.S Enterprise crew of captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romijn). All of them were introduced in Season 2 of Discovery for their own set of adventures.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Plot Details!
In the increasingly dark world of Discovery, Pike’s arrival in Season 2 feels like a breath of fresh air – a handsome, charming, and utterly dedicated believer in the larger Starfleet mission. As a character, he feels like he stepped straight off a recruitment poster. From his first moments onscreen, he’s everything a Starfleet captain should both be and do, and encouragement to everyone around him to be their best selves. The promise of Strange New Worlds carries a similar feeling, to be honest – a reminder of why we fell in love with this franchise in the first place, and why we continue to look to it to show us the best possibilities of our future.
On Discovery, Captain Pike is a perfect blend of classic nostalgia with modern sensibilities. Mount plays him with a golden retriever’s charm, the sort of relentlessly good and likable figure that, in the era of Peak TV, we are all trained to hate instantly. He’s not an anti-hero. He’s not particularly conflicted or questioning his inner understanding of right and wrong. He doesn’t have a dark past. (Though, technically, he has a dark future that hasn’t arrived yet.)
Strange New Worlds represents a return to the first principles of Star Trek. It is a reminder that even as the franchise explores darker, more mature themes in shows like Picard, Discovery, and that Section 31 spinoff, there’s still a necessary and important place for stories about hope and goodness.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Release Date and Trailer!
Although there is no official trailers out yet, check out the announcement here:
Strange new worlds will get its release in Spring 2022 on the streaming service Paramount+.
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