The Official Teaser Trailer for Star Trek: Section 31 Is Here
The original movie will premiere early 2025!
I fundamentally disagree with how Section 31 has been handled by most writers post-DS9. It should be a conspiracy of like-minded individuals that exists parasitically within Starfleet, not an official (or an "unofficial official" agency). Starfleet already has an intelligence agency, which everyone seemingly forgets about. Section 31 is not an operation being run by them. Section 31 should be treated less like "Starfleet's CIA", and more like Bohemian Grove as it exists in the mind of Alex Jones. The only post-DS9 Section 31 stuff that really clicked was, surprising, the ENT subplot of Malcolm being a Section 31 asset, because it understood that it was the kind of conspiracy that embedded itself deep within Starfleet personnel and didn't flash its ass at the universe.
This trailer does not give me confidence that the treatment of Section 31 as CIA action heroes is turning around.
It should be a conspiracy of like-minded individuals that exists parasitically within Starfleet, not an official (or an “unofficial official” agency).
I agree. When 31 was first introduced, and Sloan explained that Section 31 was sanctioned by Starfleet under Article 14, Section 31 of the Starfleet Charter, the implication was that they were people who misinterpreted or construed a (probably minor) part of the Starfleet Charter and used it to justify damn near anything.
Personally, I hate how Section 31 has been changed to be misunderstood, cool good guy/anti-hero types who are doing the wrong things for the right reason. DS9 had it right with portraying them as the villains within who should be snuffed out because the ends don't justify the means.
It should be a conspiracy of like-minded individuals that exists parasitically within Starfleet, not an official (or an unofficial official agency).
In fairness, Sloan said they were a branch of Starfleet Intelligence with an official designation in his very first appearance on DS9, and nothing that came after that really contradicted him (other than his obvious lies in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges").
Whatever liberties have been taken since then, that wasn't one of them.
I realize I'm not adding much value by saying this, but... I still wanted to support this with a comment and not just an upvote.
This, it seems like they forgot the original intention as shown in DS9, it's not an official organization nor anything approaching it, it's basically just a long standing group carving hiding in Starfleet justifying doing what they want by pointing to a paragraph in the Constitution... Sovereign Citizens with phasers and photon torpedoes anyone?
You are very correct in everything you wrote. That said... it's got Sam Richardson so I'm probably going to watch it.
Yes. I hate Section 31. Feels like a justification for the CIA. It’s really sickening.
Look, I'll watch Michelle Yeoh in almost anything, including this, but I can't get past the fact that they're using "genocidal tyrant" as shorthand for "lovable badass" to characterise Georgiou. It was a glaring problem in Disco, and it continues to be so here.
"But, but... She redeemed herself!" Nope, you don't get to pull that card for a character who "murdered her own people by the millions". There is just no coming back from that.
From the trailer, I don't get the impression that they're trying to come back from it - rather, they're leaning in to it.
I literally cannot imagine a less appealing Star Trek than this.
This is kinda what people said about the kelvin movies. If it were not for them I might never have got into trek. Now, I’ve seen everything trek most of it more than once.
Well I still need to watch prod season 2, but it’s not officially available where I live at the moment.
The mirror universe section 31 stuff was THE reason I stopped watching Discovery. I disliked it in season 1 but thought it was wrapped up well enough at the end of the season. Then Georgiou showed back up in season 2 and I just completely gave up on the show.
This is either going to be amazing and bring in a bunch of new fans orrrr it could be Star Trek Renegades II
Also is that the guy from VEEP?
It is indeed.
neat!
Rachel Garrett? Good
Young Rachel Garrett origin story? Great!
Rachel Garrett without red hair? Hmmmmm
Please, everybody knows Garrett's natural hair colour is blue.
looks like Star Trek: Suicide Squad.
And what's with Trek suddenly being like "Yeah, Rachael Garrett...lets really bring her into the fold" it's like show runners at paramount FINALLY noticed that Yesterday's Enterprise is a lot of fans favorite Trek episode of all time....with the alternate timeline...focused on military and action...ah shit yeah it all makes sense now.
That is a cool dress.
The Marvelization of Star Trek is complete, or just beginning
Say what you will, but I can see the appeal of showing the dirty, shady side of the trek universe. We always see a Starfleet crew of perfectly moral Starfleet officers who go around moralizing through the galaxy and claiming that human society has moved past capitalism and selfishness. I call bullshit on that. Sure you can tell me that earth and the federation planters are now a Utopia and Starfleet is clean and perfect. But I wanna know about the poor humans in society who are still getting fucked and the criminals and underworld that Starfleet ignores.
Anyways, you can't tell me that there aren't gangsters and this kinda stuff in the trek universe.
As long as strange new worlds keeps its star trek tone, I don't see why another show can't have a different tone and feel.
I get the impression that this will take place almost entirely in the mirror universe.
I’m guessing section 31 does something to block or hold back the mirror universe people from going into the prime universe or something like that.