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Burnham overload.
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Ok, so I know we make plenty of Janeway jokes because of how often she shows up, but she has nothing on Burnham.
We have a whopping 12 episodes of STD so far and 4 Burnham's already. AN appearance rate of 1 per 3 episodes.
That is just far to many, I have to suspect that DB is getting paid to promote STD or something.
Look at some of the other main characters:
Worf: 277 episodes and 4 movies: 10 Worf's so roughly 1 per 28 appearances.
Janeway: 170 episodes: 11 Janeways so one ever 15.5 or so.
Harry Kim: 176 episodes: 5 Kims one for every 35 episodes.
We have a number of main characters with fewer versions than of a brand new character without even a full season yet. Please no new Burnhams till at least season 2 (if then even)
We have a whopping 12 episodes of STD so far and 4 Burnham's already. AN appearance rate of 1 per 3 episodes.
That is just far to many, I have to suspect that DB is getting paid to promote STD or something.
Look at some of the other main characters:
Worf: 277 episodes and 4 movies: 10 Worf's so roughly 1 per 28 appearances.
Janeway: 170 episodes: 11 Janeways so one ever 15.5 or so.
Harry Kim: 176 episodes: 5 Kims one for every 35 episodes.
We have a number of main characters with fewer versions than of a brand new character without even a full season yet. Please no new Burnhams till at least season 2 (if then even)
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I mean, she's the main character of a new, ongoing show.
I totally get that, but the vast majority of the characters of the game are from some rather memorable moments or because of some drastic change (like the barkley this week). At this rate we will have to get 'standing on the bridge Burnham', 'Looking inquisitive Burnham', and 'Poor Decision Burnham' because of so little source material.
DB payed so they can feature STD! Which from a business point of view makes sense. While the other series are still very much alive for us fans, in general they are dead and gone. While STD is "fresh meat" and Burnham the main character of the show. So it is normal that they focus on her...
I don't expect the 1 variant per 3 episodes to continue through a 5+ season run.
After they make a Mirror Burnham (and perhaps a random 3* Burnham), she's probably stuck well behind Janeway till next season. There's seven seasons of Voyager to let Janeway strengthen her lead.
Lets look at a supporting character like Barclay. He has been in about the same number of episodes and he has two legendary cards and a super rare.
To claim that the main character of the currently active series is appearing too frequently when she has the same number of cards per episode as a bit character seems a bit odd
Yeah I get that, and it does bother me a bit how someone like Quark only has four characters but one season wonder Ezri has four (I feel the same way about her having too many as you do with Burnham, and I loved Ezri). I doubt Burnham will have almost a dozen versions before the next season of Discovery starts-- although I won't be surprised if we get a Mirror one soon -- but they definitely want to milk her to an extent since it'd be in the best interest of the company. As far as whether they're being paid to promote it or if they think it's a good idea to capitalize on a new show, then I can't answer that. I'm thinking it's more the latter, though, with newcomers who just watched Discovery and etc.
At least she has a decent variety and isn't all 5*s (and her 5* wasn't exactly easy to get, as a lot of people complained about back then).
Don't forget about "Ganglia-Munching Cannibal Burnham", followed by "I-Threw-Up-A-Little-Bit-In-My-Throat Burnham".
That's adorable. I'm sure that DB would be very happy if that was the case.
At most they get a discount.
... you might want to look up the definition of "cannibal"
Isn't cannibalism the eating of your own species? So eating an alien would not qualify you!
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So, what we really need are more Chars from Discovery. I do not want an ugly Barclay (no Money from me this week) - I want
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On the versions: "Tactical Burnham" felt like a bit of a stretch, but the others have all made sense to me and been reasonably well-executed, although with some "power creep." I fully expect we will eventually get EV Suit Burnham and Mirror Burnham in the near future. And frankly, I look forward to it.
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Once the season is over, I'm looking forward to Offseason Burnham, Relaxing Burnham, Eating Burnham, 22nd Century Holodeck Burnham, Mirror Burnham, Age of Sail Burnham and the much anticipated 1701 Burnham.
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I think DB has been doing pretty well balancing new show with legacy so far, their glaring omissions are ones they had prior to the new show.
What I'm hoping however, is that not all Megas are geared completely towards new works. Though the Mirror was Terran Empire, it really was just a comic tie in to the new work. Not that that is a bad thing, but Discovery and then it --- makes me wonder if all megas will have some new show, comic, book or some new work tie in. I think that would be a mistake.
Not that I think there should not be tie ins to new works, I just think it should not be done so exclusively.
Yes well said Pallidyne. I agree.
‘Bad Decision Burnham’ could be a character from literally every episode of Discovery released to date.
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Lol that makes me think of Jason Ritters new show, about Kevin who might save the world...
No matter if you like it or not, it WILL happen. For obvious reasons. And as a sidenote, the fanbase of DSC is growing with every new episode.
It is definitely interesting to see someone use ratios for this analysis, but as others have mentioned already, there will DEFINITELY be more episodes featuring Burnham which will undoubtedly reduce this ratio.
Furthermore, if you are choosing to use the card/appearance ratio as an indicator of prominence, then you are forgetting to consider all the STT cards that are from single episode/movie appearances. For example, just in this current event alone, there is Dr. Gillian: 1 movie/1 card...... that is a whopping 1 to 1 ratio! But.....overall still only 1 card so that's not bad at all. 4 Burnham is not overkill at the moment....11 Burnhams like Janeway, then maybe?
Are there Nielson or other numbers of the type for streaming?