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NY Comic Con Videos contain spoilers obviously Picard final season (aka 3) trailerStar Trek: Picard returns to Paramount+ one final time starting February 16, 2023. Generally TNG isn't really my thing, but Lore and Moriatti = will check it out Discovery season 5 trailerStar Trek Discovery will return to Paramount+ sometime in 2023. Prodigy season 1 - 2nd half trailerStar Trek: Prodigy returns to Paramount+ October 27.
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Wow. This is fun! Would have loved an episode on how Starfleet is going to deal with the crew of the first Enterprise in the future. Actually, I think it'd be simple. Transport them to holding cells, wiped computer data, wiped the crews' memory, leave the bridge crew memory intact since they have to operate the bridge and send them home. 😁
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Jan 22, 2023 17:41:50 GMT
The folks of Axanar just released a size comparizon chart Accurate size chart Well done too. Absolutely needed for the CGI they have done already. Still ouch. Though I am glad it is still alive. I am glad I have never given CBS a cent. That is right I don't stream. I have my star trek DVD's -before the merger when Paramount still meant something. Still the reductions make it plain why they are switching to LED's from fluorescent bulbs: Go STAR TREK Axanar!
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Post by KrrKs on Jan 23, 2023 19:04:13 GMT
Since paramount plus is finally available in Germany (since a month ago or so), i started watching SNW. I'm three episodes in, and i don't yet know whether i like it or not. Its far better than i feared, but nowhere near as good as i heard some people make it sound Surprisingly to me, my biggest issue so far isn't even the absurd late or even post 24th century magic technology (that pilot episode magic dna sample beaming directly into Spock's eyes seems way too advanced for a time period, where evil transporter clones where the least of the transporter's problems. Bones was right not to trust those things back then! And DNA altering mimicry wasn't even attempted in Voyager) Buuuut what is up with nurse Chapel? She seems more like a character from Lower Decks than an attempt at the TOS Christine I guess SNW and that whole DiscoVerse is yet another Univers(s) entirely than the prime timeline. >_> Also: Uhura looks weird without long hair, i kinda hope they change that later on For the good parts: I love the beauty-shots of the Enterprise - (even though i'm not a fan of that conny redesign ) Pike seems pretty spot on. A bit more chilled out than the previous versions, but that suits the character, imo. Now if they can improve on the not-all-up there pacing (usual for most series) and get a couple decent episode, It could finally be another life action star trek i actually like! But please tone down the 'Starfleet tech is magic except for when the plot calls for stupid' Finally some words on Paramount plus over here: Wow is that a crap show They start almost a year late, have only credit card for payment (come on, really?, everyone else does have at least the usual three most used payment methods), but their actual service right now is also severely lacking The amount of series and movies on there just a fraction of what they have in the US. And they are streaming that stuff with ( at most) full hd and stereo sound Sorry, that got kind of 'ranty', but i wanted to post something in here again
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Since paramount plus is finally available in Germany (since a month ago or so), i started watching SNW. I'm three episodes in, and i don't yet know whether i like it or not. Its far better than i feared, but nowhere near as good as i heard some people make it sound Surprisingly to me, my biggest issue so far isn't even the absurd late or even post 24th century magic technology (that pilot episode magic dna sample beaming directly into Spock's eyes seems way too advanced for a time period, where evil transporter clones where the least of the transporter's problems. Bones was right not to trust those things back then! And DNA altering mimicry wasn't even attempted in Voyager) Buuuut what is up with nurse Chapel? She seems more like a character from Lower Decks than an attempt at the TOS Christine I guess SNW and that whole DiscoVerse is yet another Univers(s) entirely than the prime timeline. >_> Also: Uhura looks weird without long hair, i kinda hope they change that later on For the good parts: I love the beauty-shots of the Enterprise - (even though i'm not a fan of that conny redesign ) Pike seems pretty spot on. A bit more chilled out than the previous versions, but that suits the character, imo. Now if they can improve on the not-all-up there pacing (usual for most series) and get a couple decent episode, It could finally be another life action star trek i actually like! But please tone down the 'Starfleet tech is magic except for when the plot calls for stupid' Finally some words on Paramount plus over here: Wow is that a crap show They start almost a year late, have only credit card for payment (come on, really?, everyone else does have at least the usual three most used payment methods), but their actual service right now is also severely lacking The amount of series and movies on there just a fraction of what they have in the US. And they are streaming that stuff with ( at most) full hd and stereo sound Sorry, that got kind of 'ranty', but i wanted to post something in here again Ah well, if SNW aired as the first new Trek show since ENT, I'd probably agree with you. But since 4 seasons of Disco already thoroughly established the new magic super tech 23rd century anyway, I didn't have much of a problem with it at this point.
And yeah, Chapel certainly is a very new reinterpretation of the character but I do like her much better than the old one, so I am ok with that as well.
With all the new Trek, you gotta see it as a bit of a reinterpretation of the old formula. There simply is no going back from that. Once you make your peace with that, it's way easier to enjoy the stories for what they are (and I do think SNW tells some great stories in its first season).
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Jan 23, 2023 22:20:03 GMT
Since paramount plus is finally available in Germany (since a month ago or so), i started watching SNW. I'm three episodes in, and i don't yet know whether i like it or not. Its far better than i feared, but nowhere near as good as i heard some people make it sound Surprisingly to me, my biggest issue so far isn't even the absurd late or even post 24th century magic technology (that pilot episode magic dna sample beaming directly into Spock's eyes seems way too advanced for a time period, where evil transporter clones where the least of the transporter's problems. Bones was right not to trust those things back then! And DNA altering mimicry wasn't even attempted in Voyager) Buuuut what is up with nurse Chapel? She seems more like a character from Lower Decks than an attempt at the TOS Christine I guess SNW and that whole DiscoVerse is yet another Univers(s) entirely than the prime timeline. >_> Also: Uhura looks weird without long hair, i kinda hope they change that later on For the good parts: I love the beauty-shots of the Enterprise - (even though i'm not a fan of that conny redesign ) Pike seems pretty spot on. A bit more chilled out than the previous versions, but that suits the character, imo. Now if they can improve on the not-all-up there pacing (usual for most series) and get a couple decent episode, It could finally be another life action star trek i actually like! But please tone down the 'Starfleet tech is magic except for when the plot calls for stupid' Finally some words on Paramount plus over here: Wow is that a crap show They start almost a year late, have only credit card for payment (come on, really?, everyone else does have at least the usual three most used payment methods), but their actual service right now is also severely lacking The amount of series and movies on there just a fraction of what they have in the US. And they are streaming that stuff with ( at most) full hd and stereo sound Sorry, that got kind of 'ranty', but i wanted to post something in here again Not enough ranty if you ask me. Nurse Chapple in this new Rekk looks more like a Miley Cyrus rip off than Nurse Chapple. The eyes, the hair and the height don't match. Maybe that is being too picky but I don't care not anyone in these recarns matches lore. Except Q but he caused the JJ timeline in the first place in my opinion. As to Pike... As I recall he was never admonishing towards the Federation.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Jan 23, 2023 22:22:24 GMT
Since paramount plus is finally available in Germany (since a month ago or so), i started watching SNW. I'm three episodes in, and i don't yet know whether i like it or not. Its far better than i feared, but nowhere near as good as i heard some people make it sound Surprisingly to me, my biggest issue so far isn't even the absurd late or even post 24th century magic technology (that pilot episode magic dna sample beaming directly into Spock's eyes seems way too advanced for a time period, where evil transporter clones where the least of the transporter's problems. Bones was right not to trust those things back then! And DNA altering mimicry wasn't even attempted in Voyager) Buuuut what is up with nurse Chapel? She seems more like a character from Lower Decks than an attempt at the TOS Christine I guess SNW and that whole DiscoVerse is yet another Univers(s) entirely than the prime timeline. >_> Also: Uhura looks weird without long hair, i kinda hope they change that later on For the good parts: I love the beauty-shots of the Enterprise - (even though i'm not a fan of that conny redesign ) Pike seems pretty spot on. A bit more chilled out than the previous versions, but that suits the character, imo. Now if they can improve on the not-all-up there pacing (usual for most series) and get a couple decent episode, It could finally be another life action star trek i actually like! But please tone down the 'Starfleet tech is magic except for when the plot calls for stupid' Finally some words on Paramount plus over here: Wow is that a crap show They start almost a year late, have only credit card for payment (come on, really?, everyone else does have at least the usual three most used payment methods), but their actual service right now is also severely lacking The amount of series and movies on there just a fraction of what they have in the US. And they are streaming that stuff with ( at most) full hd and stereo sound Sorry, that got kind of 'ranty', but i wanted to post something in here again Ah well, if SNW aired as the first new Trek show since ENT, I'd probably agree with you. But since 4 seasons of Disco already thoroughly established the new magic super tech 23rd century anyway, I didn't have much of a problem with it at this point.
And yeah, Chapel certainly is a very new reinterpretation of the character but I do like her much better than the old one, so I am ok with that as well.
With all the new Trek, you gotta see it as a bit of a reinterpretation of the old formula. There simply is no going back from that. Once you make your peace with that, it's way easier to enjoy the stories for what they are (and I do think SNW tells some great stories in its first season).
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 21, 2023 7:48:01 GMT
Alright, I finished season 3 of Picard. Well, I will say this, this was by far the best season. Why? Because it finally felt somewhat like Trek again. That said, the writers of Picard still don't get a medal from me. The plot was quite ridiculous in a few instances and it was way too cramped with easter eggs, cameos and references, so that it actually felt like fan fiction quite often. But that said ... dam, they did get me, boy did they get me. When they step on board the old bridge of the D again in Ep 9. I mean, it's cheap and it's quite corny and they amount of plot gymnastics required to get us to this point is insane but when Majel Barrett's voice acknowledged that Picard was in command of the ship, I am not ashamed to admit, I hat a tear or two running down my cheek. That series, that ship and those characters are just too entangled with my youth that they wouldn't get me with this one. The finale was actually then quite well done. I particularly enjoyed that all characters got some form of epilogue. The meeting between Seven and the real Tuvok was certainly a nice touch as well. And the fact that they ended it with a Picard quoting Shakespeare and a poker game was certainly the right way to go. All in all, season 3 as a whole gets 8.5 out of 10 Aparture Science ... uh, sorry, I meant Daystrom institute Portal Devices from me. But at least 2 points out of those are nostalgia bonus. So what comes next? As for the mid-credits scene goes, it basically almost implies a new series. Honestly, while I think the writers for live action Trek need to step up their game a bit, I also do think that an Enterprise G series with Seven as Captain and Rafi, Jack, Sidney and company as crew does have potential. I certainly wouldn't be opposed if they gave it a shot.
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Post by colfoley on Apr 21, 2023 10:54:08 GMT
Alright, I finished season 3 of Picard. Well, I will say this, this was by far the best season. Why? Because it finally felt somewhat like Trek again. That said, the writers of Picard still don't get a medal from me. The plot was quite ridiculous in a few instances and it was way too cramped with easter eggs, cameos and references, so that it actually felt like fan fiction quite often. But that said ... dam, they did get me, boy did they get me. When they step on board the old bridge of the D again in Ep 9. I mean, it's cheap and it's quite corny and they amount of plot gymnastics required to get us to this point is insane but when Majel Barrett's voice acknowledged that Picard was in command of the ship, I am not ashamed to admit, I hat a tear or two running down my cheek. That series, that ship and those characters are just too entangled with my youth that they wouldn't get me with this one. The finale was actually then quite well done. I particularly enjoyed that all characters got some form of epilogue. The meeting between Seven and the real Tuvok was certainly a nice touch as well. And the fact that they ended it with a Picard quoting Shakespeare and a poker game was certainly the right way to go. All in all, season 3 as a whole gets 8.5 out of 10 Aparture Science ... uh, sorry, I meant Daystrom institute Portal Devices from me. But at least 2 points out of those are nostalgia bonus. So what comes next? As for the mid-credits scene goes, it basically almost implies a new series. Honestly, while I think the writers for live action Trek need to step up their game a bit, I also do think that an Enterprise G series with Seven as Captain and Rafi, Jack, Sidney and company as crew does have potential. I certainly wouldn't be opposed if they gave it a shot. I'm still catching up lets see on what is it...the Bounty? Anyways though I have managed to quite thoroughly spoil myself on all these things...
And as someone who isn't a big TNG fan, nor a Picard fan, and the D is my least favorite ship in Trek probably I am quite chagrinned by all this. But I have already comitted to it and I am actually quite curious to see how well they will make this work and whether or not the plot actually holds up at least somewhat.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Apr 22, 2023 22:00:17 GMT
Alright, I finished season 3 of Picard. Well, I will say this, this was by far the best season. Why? Because it finally felt somewhat like Trek again. That said, the writers of Picard still don't get a medal from me. The plot was quite ridiculous in a few instances and it was way too cramped with easter eggs, cameos and references, so that it actually felt like fan fiction quite often. But that said ... dam, they did get me, boy did they get me. When they step on board the old bridge of the D again in Ep 9. I mean, it's cheap and it's quite corny and they amount of plot gymnastics required to get us to this point is insane but when Majel Barrett's voice acknowledged that Picard was in command of the ship, I am not ashamed to admit, I hat a tear or two running down my cheek. That series, that ship and those characters are just too entangled with my youth that they wouldn't get me with this one. The finale was actually then quite well done. I particularly enjoyed that all characters got some form of epilogue. The meeting between Seven and the real Tuvok was certainly a nice touch as well. And the fact that they ended it with a Picard quoting Shakespeare and a poker game was certainly the right way to go. All in all, season 3 as a whole gets 8.5 out of 10 Aparture Science ... uh, sorry, I meant Daystrom institute Portal Devices from me. But at least 2 points out of those are nostalgia bonus. So what comes next? As for the mid-credits scene goes, it basically almost implies a new series. Honestly, while I think the writers for live action Trek need to step up their game a bit, I also do think that an Enterprise G series with Seven as Captain and Rafi, Jack, Sidney and company as crew does have potential. I certainly wouldn't be opposed if they gave it a shot. I thought Star Trek would be dead... I will give it to Terry Matalas that without Alan Krutzman's head over his shoulder at least he can make decent Trek. Though the fan-service is a bit too much shoe-horned in it seems from what I have seen though Data outsmarting Lore one last time is fine. It can be seen coming a mile away when the Sherlock hat is scene happens. If you ask how I can say this when I don't watch anything Kurtzman helms... its simple: With enough looking you can piece the entire season together from YT videos -reading synopsis of the episodes doesn't hurt.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Apr 22, 2023 22:10:42 GMT
As side from the trailers' horrible music -who picked Owl City or someone close to them in sound for science fiction? Aside that I always nit pick the heights of actors portraying characters already established. One glaring fact that just annoys me is that "this" Spock is taller than Pike. The TOS Menagerie episodes shows that Spock is either slightly shorter or the same height as Pike. Rant aside... I do have one relevant question: Who is the showrunner this season? Mr. Kurtzman? If so I think I am going to pass. I will see relevant info later on -on YT and other websites.
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Post by colfoley on Apr 22, 2023 23:16:10 GMT
I think kurtzman gets the same bad rap as JJ or Kathleen Kennedy and its...mostly...unearned. both Star Wars and Trek runs the gambit from terrific to decent. Though I will say I am much more interested in keeping up with Star Wars then Trek. Will watch Strange New Worlds but only got interested in Picard in season 3 because of its strong first episode and...well what looked to be the main villain. But other then that? Will catch up when there is time.
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Post by Atemporal Vanguardian-Debugger on Apr 24, 2023 0:37:27 GMT
I think kurtzman gets the same bad rap as JJ or Kathleen Kennedy and its...mostly...unearned. both Star Wars and Trek runs the gambit from terrific to decent. Though I will say I am much more interested in keeping up with Star Wars then Trek. Will watch Strange New Worlds but only got interested in Picard in season 3 because of its strong first episode and...well what looked to be the main villain. But other then that? Will catch up when there is time. Yes. One of them doesn't deserve the flack they get and granted he is a fan of Star Wars but should NEVER have tried to make Puke Trek. The other two however deserve FAR more than they have gotten in my opinion -as little as its worth. RANT TIME #1 If you don't think Kathleen Kennedy deserves the heat she has gotten... Now has she released good movies and shows in the past? Sure -except none of those movies was in the last decade. Not to mention when she took over at Lucas Film there was literally a span of about 3-4 years where she was not executive producer on ANYTHING. Everything after that where she has been executive producer on has been horrible in terms of plot holes if not downright disturbing if you think about what it actually means. Also ANYONE who has such disrespect for a franchise to use a tag line that an ethereal force that should choose indiscriminately those who can wield its power can only be applied to one gender disserves FAR more heat than she already has. RANT TIME #2 The last good thing Alex Kurtzman put out that he was executive producer on was the Watchman movie. He followed that up with the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie and it just degrades from there. He seems like he is out of genuine ideas. So just rips off ideas from other franchises. He even ripped off Mass Effect to a degree in STAR TREK Picard Season 1 and 2(?) ---> not sure about that (2) but I know about the alien AI's they spliced in 1 for sure. Again he has no original ideas of his own anymore -even for as great as it could have been he still ripped off Watchman comic but that is to be expect being a comic. Still on the bright side at least he wasn't the show runner on Picard Season 3 -Thank heavens that was given to Terry. Am I despised yet?
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 24, 2023 16:17:26 GMT
Hm, my take on New Trek is that it's rather variable in quality. I think Discovery has too much pathos, quite a few characters who seem to be more plot devices than actual characters and it really messed with Trek continuity in the first two seasons. That said, it had it's moments even in the first two seasons and it did get better in the seasons 3 and 4. Still got the same problems but not quite as much anymore. All in all, not a great Rrek show but mkay, I'd say, nothing I need to despise. Picard had an equally rocky first season, I thought the overall premise was ok but the execution was a roller coaster. A couple of nice individual scenes here and there but also a lot of plot holes, small issues and a few really weird creative decisions that dragged it down. Season 2 started raather well but from episode 5 forward (IIRC) it became a disaster. I still don't quite know what the point of it all was to be honest and I also did not understand the "resolution" (if there was one. Season 3 was overall ok as a nostalgia fest IMO (see above). So all in all, Picard wasn't that great, which is a real shame IMO because TNG is my favorite series and Picard my favorite fictional character of all time. Strange New Worlds is new Trek how it should have been IMO. Start with a fairly new crew, with just some loose ties to the old stuff and then make something really new with them. The episodic format did very well IMO. All in all, I'd say it's easily the best new live action Trek and I am very much looking forward to the second season. If they go on to make an Enterprise G series, I hope they'll do something similar, just in the 25th century. Now, funnily enough, some of the best Trek that came out of "this generation" so far is in the animated series. Maybe it's because I didn't go in with very high exceptions into either of them but both of them were very much a positive surprise to me. Lower Decks can sometimes be a bit shrill but if you can get over that, you'll find a series that is just made from fans for fans. All the easter eggs and in-jokes are so lovingly created (especially the visual ones), I cannot help but have a huge grin on my face whenever I watch it. Sure, not every single punchline will hit for everyone but overall, I got a lot of good (and good natured) Trekkie laughs out of it. And to it's credit, if you actually stick with it, you may find that underneath all the jokes and satire, it does tell a lot of Star Trek stories and that the characters will very much grow on you just like the "real" ones do. And that is a huge achievement in my book. An absolute joy ot watch. The real winner last year though was Prodigy. I wasn't sure I would even watch it because an animated series for kids didn't seem very appealing even if it was Trek. Now, the first half of the season was already better than what I expected, fantastic visuals, some good character moments and of course the return of Janeway was a huge part of what kept me going. Then I saw the second half and that's where it really gets spectacular and is - t me - probably the best of the new Trek stories they've written. By the end of it, I was blown away as to how well they actually pulled off a true Star Trek story, that works for both younger and older audiences. So there you have it. I'd conclude that the Kurtzman era of Trek so far has been a bumpy ride, yes, but not the absolute disaster that some will make it out to be (and I bet most of those people have not watched everything in it's entirety). And even though I am a huge fan of 90s Trek and it was what I grew up with, even I have to admit, there were bumps in the road there as well. The first season of TNG (again, my favorite of them all) was abysmal, there is no denying that and the second was still rather bumpy as well. DS9 also dragged on quite a bit until the Dominion arc started and Voyager also certainly had it's share of awful episodes. Enterprise as a whole was regarded as an absolute failure at the time and only got a more positive reputation much later on (though IMO, especially the first season in particular still is hard to watch, I really only started enjoying it with the Xindi arc). The main difference between 90s Trek and now as far as I can see is that back then, you had a few spread out episodes that sucked. Now - in part of course due ot the fact that streaming mostly demands these continuous story-lines per season - it's more condensed and judgements are more made on a season/series basis, which leads to much broader opinions. Anyway, I guess my upshot is: While Kurtzman-Trek is certainly far from perfect, I don't think it's overall bad either. And frankly, I am glad that we do get as much new Trek as we do. Ideally, I think it's great and entertaining to watch but even if I am not a fan of everything, at the very least it gives us something to talk about.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 29, 2023 5:56:44 GMT
Dam, this is amazing:
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Post by colfoley on May 2, 2023 1:26:16 GMT
So its occured to me that something ironic is going on with my tv watching. I am almost done rewatching Enterprise. Almost done watching the third season of Picard. So I was thinking of watching the next season of the Bad Batch.
But I am quite sure that by the time I finish Picard that Strange New Worlds will be just around the corner...and I am quite sure that will get priority over Bad Batch.
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Post by AnDromedary on May 8, 2023 22:00:52 GMT
Think of Picard season 3 what you will (and my thoughts on it are very conflicted, see above) but the ship porn was awesome. Here is a video going through all the ships we've seen. Obvious spoiler warning is obvious!
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Post by saandrig on May 9, 2023 10:01:47 GMT
We need more Lower Decks. Just did a rewatch and it's still funny. And more Peanut Hamper please.
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Post by AnDromedary on May 17, 2023 15:50:34 GMT
Haha, so I am really curious how this is gonna go down.
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Post by hoku on May 18, 2023 20:59:41 GMT
My hunch: they change from animation to live action or/and the other way around while beaming, becuase lightning-strike-temporal-space-anomaly-technobable--whatever-happens They are easily my favore shows from the streaming era. Can't wait.
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Post by AnDromedary on May 18, 2023 21:12:54 GMT
My hunch: they change from animation to live action or/and the other way around while beaming, becuase lightning-strike-temporal-space-anomaly-technobable--whatever-happens They are easily my favore shows from the streaming era. Can't wait. My guess is they won't have animation at all in the crossover. Since it's gonna be a SNW episode, I think live action Mariner and Boimler will just show up due to time travel or whatever kind of shenanigans they come up with.
But yeah, it will be interesting to see how they do it for sure.
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