Clear as mud, where the timeline thing is concerned.

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    Especially in a SF context where they’re not being clear if “timeline” means “somewhere else on the established timeline” or “a new alternate one”.

    Unfortunately, I think that ship hath sailed. The word is used to mean both things fairly interchangeably, by fans and professionals alike.

    In this context, I’m pretty comfortable assuming that they’re looking at a new era within the regular ol’ Prime Universe.

    Bookmark this now so you can make fun of me later!

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      Actually I completely agree with your assumption. It’s just the way they can’t seem to express themselves clearly about it that’s getting under my skin. And if they just would do that, it might slow down the billion clickbait “Paramount is rebooting Star Trek” stories out there.

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        I do wonder if they’re dancing around NDAs and junk like that, too - writers really don’t like to talk about stuff in the early stages.

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          Could be. Maybe they should just, I don’t know, stop talking about it then. 😂

          Remember kids, the easiest way to not violate an NDA is to say nothing.