Khaaaan!

[sir_guinglain]

It says something about our times that Nicholas Meyer is reportedly developing a new Star Trek series based around the adventures of Khan and his merry band of eugenics supporters following the events of Space Seed.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

..... why would anyone want to watch that?

[sir_guinglain]

It's planned as a limited-run series. There's definitely something at the moment about fetishizing autocracy.

[tree_and_leaf]

And grimdarkness. I suppose, in that light, it's an appealing, or at least marketable, combination.

[sir_guinglain]

I have no sense of a long-term strategy for Star Trek beyond CBS finding whatever aspects can be monetised quickly.

[sally_maria]

I saw that, where Khan was described as an anti-hero, and thought that was a very odd way of describing him. A tragic villain, fair enough, but while he's a compelling character, that doesn't make him someone I can root for.

[sir_guinglain]

No, he's not a hero, and turning him into anything close to one causes ruptures through the wider narrative.

[theandrewhickey]

Makes sense, sadly. Geekmedia has increasingly focused on unpleasant or actively evil people for at least the last decade or two :-/

[sir_guinglain]

It reminds me of the smug anti-intellectualism I've encountered for three decades among some of the loudest male gamers and genre fans, and are a lot of what put me off gaming.

[brewsternorth]

Disgusted. That sounds like "Confederate" in spaaace. It will probably be catnip to one of the networks trying to be Hip and Edgy. :/

[sir_guinglain]

I'd not heard of Confederate. I have now. What a distasteful way to handle an open historical wound. A play, yes; but I'm not sure about an entire series.