[Skoob]

Looking at this trailer, I was thinking that it's a darned shame that they didn't try harder to cast someone resembling actor Jeffrey Hunter more closely to play the role of Captain Pike, since Hunter defined the character for the Original Series. Thinking that this might be a deliberate decision, part of the agenda spearheaded by Abrams and Kurtzman essentially to snub fans of the original franchise while replacing it with something else, I took to YouTube and found some videos that corroborate my theory. It seems the goal going forward is to go out even further on a limb with some kind of weird hybrid universe where nothing is left from the old, authentic Star Trek, taking the implicit 'F You' message for the old fanbase to a new level. (The return of Patrick Stewart might herald something similar to what we experienced with Mark Hamill in Star Wars.) As an Original Universe loyalist, I feel really bad about what's happening and see the people in charge making decisions that could kill the franchise. Star Trek Discovery is on borrowed time: if the writers don't return to first principles soon, this coming season could be the end.