Comment on ‘Section 31’ Movie Director Says It’s A “Different” Star Trek + New Character Details Revealed

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• Ramin_HAL9001@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Deep Space Nine made it absolutely clear that Section 31 is an illegal black-ops org with garb somewhat reminiscient of Nazi storm troopers.

  Yeoh has described it as “Mission: Impossible in space,” and likened the tone to the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

  Mission: Impossible, the longest-running, pro-CIA anti-communist propaganda series in US history making illegal black-ops Nazis look cool.

  Fuck these fucking producers. I want my gay space communism back.

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  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Illegal?” DS9’s S31 was protected by Starfleet Command. They were completely untouchable.

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    • Ramin_HAL9001@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Illegal?” DS9’s S31 was protected by Starfleet Command. They were completely untouchable.

      They can be both protected and illegal. Sisko noted that the organization was completely antithetical to the laws of Starfleet, but their existence was neither denied nor acknowledged by Starfleet. This is part of the reason why he asked Bashir to act as a double-agent.

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      • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If they’re nominally illegal, and those responsible for upholding the law are working with them, they’re not really illegal at all, are they?

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  • TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    S31 was right though, the Founders should’ve been exterminated

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• wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d personally prefer that to the tone Discovery took

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  • theinspectorst@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That was my thought, I'm quite up for this. I enjoyed The Voyage Home, I enjoyed The Trouble with Tribbles - I wouldn't want all Trek to be like that but there is absolutely a place in the franchise for light-hearted takes on Trek.

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    • melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have nothing wrong with lighthearted takes on Trek, but choosing to make the movie about “fascist space emperor joins the CIA” lighthearted seems like a dubious choice. I guess we’ll see how they portray it but given how Trek has handled S31 so far, I don’t want to get my hopes up.

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