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Jonathan Frakes Returning To Direct For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3

Jonathan Frakes Returning To Direct For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3

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he directed the lower decks crossover episode?? give him a whole movie
- He's directed two already, well, two Trek movies. First Contact and Insurrection.
  He's had episodes as director in every live action Trek property except Enterprise. He even directed two episodes of The Orville.
  
  Nothing on TOS either.
  
  Wow I had no idea! Riker is really awesome.
- Oh boy do I have news for you
  
  At least he’s not responsible for nemesis
- Let's give him some more feature films. I'd be more excited to see a new Frakes Sar Trek movie then Abrams.
  
  There's like 80 years between Enterprise and Disco, and another 80 between TOS and TNG. Since they (probably) won't fill up all of this with more and more series, there's plenty of scope to mine them for content, especially with one-off films.
- That’s what I’m thinking. 👍
- And that, "Rrrriker!" line getting on the saddle was ad-libbed right in front of him.
- I’d love a Lower Decks live action movie!
  
  Not all the voice actors look like their characters. Tendi and Rutherford have this problem I believe.
  Buuut, longer form lower decks could work quite well I think. Those characters work in a more serious setting, and their ability to insert levity into those settings works really well. An animated lower decks movie could rock!

So, what I'm hearing is, we're in for some really awesome / utterly mindfuck episodes.
- I think you mean ghost fuck episode.
  
  Look, the man also directed First Contact (the movie, not the episode) and Those Old Scientists, which are generally well received. I think we can begrudge him one ghost-fuckin' episode.
  
  I forgot he even directed that one. I was more thinking of Frame of Mind.

One Take Frakes returns, you love to see it

You honestly just know when it's a Frakes directed episode. Things just feel quality.

Let's keep moving people! Need my SNW before the end of next year!

It's real.

It's cornflakes frakes at the helm

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