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Heh. Sounds like CBS has a shortage of content to air. Similar to the strategy of CBS airing an edited version of Dexter back during the 2007-8 writer's strike.

If I had come across Twilight Zone (or Outer Limits) reruns when I was really young or a teenager, I probably would have also found it interesting and thought provoking. When I was a young adult, I was reading too much lousy philosophy and some stuff from Phillip K Dick. (At one point I even...

This can also work in a converse manner. A case of now "classic" tv shows which I largely dismissed as crap or boring back in the day. Fast forward to today, I still end up holding the same shows in low regard, especially if I haven't seen them in decades. Whether favorable or unfavorable...

As an example of self-ordained continuity canon lawyering. ;) Wonder how this passage from The Tholian Web episode from ST:TOS can be reconciled: (Around 5-6 minutes into the episode). Chekov asks whether there is any record of mutiny on a Federation starship. Spock replies: "Absolutely...

Wonder if anyone has actually a written a legitimate PHD thesis on Star Trek and actually passed. ;)

Interesting. I didn't know that was Yeoh's natural accent. (Going completely offtopic). I have a local acquaintance who speaks in the same accent, though I never asked her where she was from. So I'm guessing this accent is from the singapore/malaysia region.

A bottle filler?

Currently I'm not willing to present something like ST: Discovery to any of my young nieces/nephews. They'll have to find Discovery on their own independently.

Wonder why this wasn't done back in the TNG era. In those days, it was already being done in highly rated primetime tv shows like Dynasty. (ie. The Steven Carrington character).

(As a more general aside). I get the impression a lot of this older episodic "style" of scifi/fantasy/genre was done to exhaustion over the 1990s and into the 2000s. For example stuff like Stargate, Andromeda, X-Files, Farscape, Xena, etc ... in addition to the 1990s/2000s era Star Trek...

My way or the highway. Heh

Les Moonves? :P

(With all that being said). At this point, the only way we'll get this type of information is if a hacker breaks into CBS' computer network and steals tons of documents which end up being posted to a web site like wikileaks. (ie. Something similar to the Sony hack several years ago).

The only way we'll know for sure, is if a CBS insider spills the beans and reveals actual hard numbers. If CBS is not selling any advertising time on All Access to third parties, then they're largely immune to any information disclosed by Nielsen (ie. ratings, etc ...). ie. CBS is not...

The third episode seemed rather slow. I guess they're dragging out the serialization, and not doing the planet/monster/badguy of the week thing.

(On a tangent). As a hypothetical example, let's imagine something like The Jetsons being made into a current live-action drama tv show. (ie. Not a cartoon). At minimum, would this mean replicating the exaggerated "Googie" style architecture ?

(As an aside). The only fictional movie/show I would consider as a potential "documentary", would be Idiocracy. :)

(As an aside). Sounds like the "confirmation bias" on full throttle. ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Wonder if the french versions of the episodes, dubbed over the klingon speech in french.

(More generally, going offtopic). This is to be expected. :) This is "standard operating procedure" in just about any niche which is attractive to individuals with a "detail oriented" mindset. Especially when things can be precisely defined and/or categorized. The "gatekeepers" don't want...

(More wild speculation). If CBS/Paramount were to "throw a bone" to hardcore fans that is Star Trek Discovery related, the least problematic dvd/bluray/4Kbluray release would be something which has the first two episodes. It could be either the two original broadcast versions unabridged, or a...

(At the risk of going offtopic). If Star Trek Discovery wasn't on at all, I don't think I would be watching much of anything on tv this fall. Hardly any of the upcoming new fall shows have caught my attention. I suppose I'll record The Orville for now, but it isn't a huge must-see priority...

What would be amusing is if Star Trek Discovery ends up becoming the most pirated tv show in history. :)

Nowadays they can't really eliminate nerdrage at all. At best, all they can do is minimize or "defang" it.

To induce even more "nerdrage", such a (hypothetical) 4Kbluray exclusive release of Star Trek Discovery could be done as "kickstarter" campaigns for each season. ;)

(Some wild silly speculation). What would be really amusing is if the AACS + bluray consortium attempt to bribe CBS (with a huge infusion of cash) into making Star Trek Discovery into a 4Kbluray exclusive for several years. If something really silly like this ever happens (however remote), it...

To minimize "nerdrage" from taking over twitter, facebook, message boards, reddit, etc ..... ? :)

If Netflix is indeed willing to pay $6 million per episode (out of the $8 million total per episode), then I'm guessing Netflix considers Star Trek to be something of a "holy grail" in the flat-rate streaming business.

(I don't think this will happen, though I'll mention it anyways). At this point I would be more inclined to read "novelizations" of the ST Discovery episodes, than watching the actual real episodes. I did this for the first two rebooted Star Trek movies, where I thought they were better...

For the folks who aren't into watercooler chatter and are willing to "hold their noses", I wouldn't be surprised if some end up subscribing when all the current season's episodes are all available. Basically subscribe for a month just to see the ST Discovery episodes, and unsubscribe when the...