Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy General Discussion Thread

[Wouter]

Gwyn did have a bit of "Sith Lord's apprentice" thing going on, with the cape but also with her sword (not too mention, following her father's orders). Though she was also shown having a very caring side right from the start, and had joined the good guys already by episode 5.

And the series did start on a slave/mining colony. But that wasn't a bad thing, they were drawing the contrast between their starting situation and where they were going (the Federation). It's this setup that is one of the reasons Prodigy's story arc work so well (along with the more complex villains and background situation).

A significant difference with most Star Wars shows is that the solution in Prodigy usually didn't come from fighting, but rather from working together or from convincing the opponent.

 

[Lakenheath 72]

I am reading that Netflix will not renew Prodigy for a third season. TBH, I am not surprised by this news. Shows rarely get past one season on this streaming service nowadays. I wonder how long Prodigy will continue to be available on Netflix before it disappears.

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[Christopher]

TBH, I am not surprised by this news. Shows rarely get past one season on this streaming service nowadays.

It has always been more likely for a new show to be cancelled than renewed, since the earliest days of commercial television. I find it so strange that people today seem to think it's the unique invention of Netflix. When I was young, most of the shows I liked got cancelled in a season or less -- often yanked from the schedule midseason with episodes left unaired. At least on streaming, you're guaranteed to see every episode they made, which was never the case on commercial network television. (It was true of first-run syndication, since local stations were contractually required to air full seasons; but they could move underperforming syndicated shows to an obscure late-night time slot, so you'd have to pay attention to the listings and set your VCR in order to catch them.)

The problem is that we remember the minority of long-running, successful shows more than we remember the many flash-in-the-pan shows that died quickly, so it creates the false impression that success is the norm rather than the exception.

 

[raneclowd]

I just finshed up watcing ST Prodigy. Damn that was some great Star Trek, best I’ve seen in a while. And the Janeway characterization was fantastic. Both of them, hologram and Vice-Admiral. Moooooorrrrreeee please.

 

[Tuskin38]

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[Firebird]

I love the use of the score from Back to the Future, Part III as the temp track. I'm also digging the anime-adjacent styling used for Dal's early design there as well.

 

[trekfan_1]

I wonder if Netflix has already decided not to commission a 3rd season and are holding off announcing it as a small favor to not put out any negativity as Season 2 is released on Blu-ray. I predict we'll know one way or another officially by end of January.

 

[trekfan_1]

My Prodigy S2 bluray arrived today. Already bought it on Itunes in Canada. But now I have a guarenteed permanent copy and it's in the original format. Itunes has it in its TV broadcast format with shortened opening sequence and 1 hour 2 parters being split into separate parts.

Canada can now finally (more easily) see Season 2. Especially for those who do not have the ability or inclination to get on Apple.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

I wonder if Netflix has already decided not to commission a 3rd season and are holding off announcing it as a small favor to not put out any negativity as Season 2 is released on Blu-ray. I predict we'll know one way or another officially by end of January.

I hope it's not cancelled.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I wonder if there will be a soundtrack release.

 

[Lord Garth]

I finally got around to binging Season 2 of Prodigy. I'm mid-way through the 17th episode of it. Pretty good! More thoughts when I get to the end of it; in whichever thread that fits.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It really is an amazing production, but I sadly don't hold out much hope for a continuation. At least, not anytime soon until the dust from the whole Paramount/Warner/Whatever kerfuffle settles. They seem to be circling the wagons, putting early-production projects on pause and chopping existing series that have the lowest-perceived ratings.

 

[cooleddie74]

PRO is my second favorite Trek show of the streaming era after SNW. It's just a solid story that always delivers.

 

[Firebird]

I honestly think Prodigy has managed to do the best serialized storytelling in the entirety of the Star Trek franchise. Never once over the course of forty episodes did I feel the same kind of narrative drag that kept dogging Discovery and Picard nearly every season.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Maybe it’s just me, but I really feel that the animated shows never seemed to get much of a fair shake, going all the way back to TAS.

 

[Lord Garth]

Finished with all 20 episodes of the season. It's also 5:00 AM my time, as of this typing. That's right. I haven't been to sleep all night. But not just because of this.

Good crew dynamics with the kids, the VOY cast slipped back into their roles seamlessly and I'd know since I finished a VOY Re-Watch not too long ago, and they managed to tie this into Picard. I could go from VOY to PRO to PIC with no problem. The real highlight is Wesley. We finally get to see him in action as the Traveller and how that connects to the Watchers.

I like the Voyager-A. It looks and feels like a natural outgrowth of the original Voyager.

The primary audience for this show is kids but I never felt like it wrote down to them. And, most important, if you're showing this to a kid as their first Star Trek series, it's a good introduction, and I'm sure it would make them want to watch the other series.

The CGI animation, it reminds me of Beast Wars and Reboot from the '90s but taken into the 2020s. Probably other more recent CGI animation too, but that's the stuff from my time. Well, slightly after my time but let's not split any hairs.

I binged the season. Somehow, I went from Episode 4 to Episode 17 in one night and finished the rest of the series this past night, but it's something I'll re-watch in the future. Not as a binge next time.

I would've loved this show when I was 11. At 14, I would've secretly liked it while pretending I didn't. And at 45, I definitely like it. Some of it, I know I'm not the target audience, but they're always on the ball with what they want to do. There's a sense of adventure. And there more than a few twists in there I didn't expect. Always a good thing.

 

[Lord Garth]

It really is an amazing production, but I sadly don't hold out much hope for a continuation. At least, not anytime soon until the dust from the whole Paramount/Warner/Whatever kerfuffle settles. They seem to be circling the wagons, putting early-production projects on pause and chopping existing series that have the lowest-perceived ratings.

I hope there's a Season 3 but, as it is, I feel like I could go straight from "Ouroboros" to "Children of Mars" and the only real difference my brain will register (besides a different cast) will be, "It's live-action now!"

"Children of Mars" retroactively acts as a nice bridge between Prodigy and Picard since it focuses on two kids, before transitioning back to adults in "Remembrance".

 

[trekfan_1]

The potential silver lining of a long delay is that unlike live action shows, animation can survive an extended break more in tact without the need of much retool. Voice actors who are already adults don't see much difference in their voice even in 10 years. They could also be more easily recast. There's no sets to reassemble or reconstruct and the showrunnerss IMO left a strong enough template that I could see others potentially take over the reigns.

Animation has done it before. The Jetsons had a 20 year gap between seasons IIRC.. Obviously not hoping that it would take that long, but I do hope this isn't the END period either

 

[gweeps]

Finally catching up with Season 2. Still a delightful series!

 

[Victoria]

I'm away from home at the minute, staying somewhere that has streaming services so I'm (finally!) getting to see Prodigy series 2.

Prodigy has turned out to be my favourite of the "new" Trek. I don't find that I'm labouring to find "good" points, and I care about the characters in a way that I haven't for any of the other recent Treks.

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