We could barely kind of hang out outside of set, so we got to know ourselves and our characters. MELISSA NAVIA: So “Star Trek” became our world essentially, and it was we all got to know each other on set. I mean, it’s funny - like, I look at “Discovery” now, and then I look at what we’re doing … it feels like we were like in the stone age back then, but that’s where the technology was. TREKCORE: We’ve seen five episodes of the season, and I feel like your team is getting more nuanced with it, even compared to “Discovery”. We would never have been able to do that practically at the level that we’re able to do it now without the AR wall. It would have been very different - because the AR wall just opened the door to us, especially for a show like “Strange New Worlds” where the expectation is you’re going to be on one every week. TREKCORE: Do you think it would have been possible to produce the show in these conditions without the AR wall that you guys implemented up in Toronto? How do you get everybody back into it in a way that’s safe? And I have to say CBS was unbelievable just in terms of the 3000-page document that they put together and changing out of air filters in every building, and a huge retrofit to make sure that people were at the safest and the protocols are very specific.Īnd then, part of the job is to forget about all of that - and try and go there and have fun, and make a show where you can’t tell that ANY of that was happening while you’re watching it.
TREKCORE: What was it like spinning up a production like this in the middle of the pandemic, with all the concerns that you talked about - I’m sure some of you haven’t?ĪLEX KURTZMAN: I mean, obviously the number one concern is always safety. Erica Ortegas) to describe the challenges of producing television during the height of the pandemic - especially during the extreme restrictions in place in 2021-era Toronto, where the show is filmed - and how the new AR wall technology allowed the show to thrive despite that situation. I haven't had to pull out a dictionary yet even when encountering new words because the context and illustrations provide the definitions clearly enough.Ast weekend’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiere in New York City was a gold-carpet celebration held with the full cast and creative leadership team in attendance - along with a number of lucky fans from the area - and today we’ve got a few additional interviews from the event to share!įirst up, we asked franchise boss Alex Kurtzman and Strange New Worlds’ Melissa Navia (Lt. The text is repetitive to aid in remembering and the illustrations are great for aiding understanding. The vocabulary and grammar slowly builds as you move up in level. These boxed sets of slim volumes look like gorgeously illustrated children's books, but they are written in normal Japanese and are geared towards foreign language learners.
(And you may also be aware that children's books are not appropriate for serious study because the language in them is so different from adult language and the grammar is too complex.) If you've tried to learn to read Japanese you know that there are very few books available that are simple enough for a beginning reader to read, but that are not children's books.