[Thor Laserpunch]

Yeah Les is exactly the guy you want at the wheel of a richly high-concept sci-fi series. The man’s main claim to fame is directing CBS’s mission to be a network palatable only to grammies and grampies who think watching attractive middle-aged folks interecting with quirky millennials in banal procedural crime dramas is a good time.

Trek has had a little bit of an upswing in the past few years, but I reserve the right to remain skeptical that it’s still a franchise that can have succesful toy tie-in lines. Particularly with Playmates being the producer of said toys. I can’t really think of anything they’ve produced in the past 20+ years that didn’t seem like a passionless obligation to keep the lights on.