@LpcWarrior: This way, they can do a trilogy without overlapping any numbers. 8, 9, 10. Plus 8 is great for an all female cast since it kind of has an hourglass shape. And if you put it on its side, it looks like boobies.
1: New ship looks like they glued a saucer to one of those old Klingon battle cruisers. One hopes that maybe there's a good narrative reason for this, perhaps as a joint Federation-Klingon endeavor, set after the Klingons join The Federation, or a Federation ship based on Klingon tech with a cloaking device for the war. One is prepared to be disappointed.
2: Voyager was generally terrible, with the exception of a handful of episodes that focused just on the holographic doctor. It was easily the weakest Trek series, and yes, that includes the cartoon.
3: Anything would be better than more of the Abrams-verse. Let's hope 'Discovery' lives up to its name and focuses more on actually exploring the final frontier.
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