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Film Discussion | Star Trek: Section 31 (startrek.website)

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Written by: Craig Sweeny

Story by: Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt

Directed by: Olatunde Osunsanmi

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Some random thoughts:

I like that this current era of Star Trek tries out new styles instead of simply copying the "7-ish crew members stand around on the bridge of a Starfleet ship and go on weekly adventures" formula. Some of those new styles work, others don't. Section 31 unfortunately didn't work. But this TV Movie format could be a neat way to try out new things.
As a lifelong Star Trek fan I liked the species they've brought back (Deltans! Cherons!) and giving the tricorders the TNG sound effect was neat too. Also, I'll have a closer look on the Federation map. I always love those canon tidbits.
Speaking of canon tidbits, at the end of the movie they go on a mission on Turkana IV. That's Tasha Yar's home planet on which the government breaks down sometime in the 2330s. And judging by Rachel Garret being a Lieutenant Commander she's probably still a decade or so away from commanding the Enterprise-C, so the Section 31 movie is set in 2330s. That means that Section 31 could have a hand in Turkana IV's government collapse (either causing it or trying to prevent it).
The characters in this movie behave just as nonsensical as the DISCO characters. They condemn Georgiou for being Literally Space Hitler but in the end they all hug and become best friends. WTF?
Other than that, this is a generic sci-fi action movie. If it weren't for the couple of species and namedrops, this wouldn't have any connection to Star Trek.
If I had a bar of gold-pressed latinum everytime they produce Star Trek movie featuring Section 31, and that movie then became the worst Star Trek movie at the time, then I had two bars of gold-pressed latinum. Which isn't a lot but it's still weird that they made that mistake twice.