New Star Trek TV Series In Development
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Starman
Adventurer
Don't forget Ensign Gorn!
Orius
Unrepentant DM Supremacist
That would be good.
I think though the Cardassians would no longer be the major players that they were. Their forces took a beating during the Dominion War, and then at the very end, Cardassia Prime itself got some massive orbital bombardments from the Dominion fleet. They'll be spending time rebuilding, though there's good political potential to be had there. The Klingons probably need to rebuild as well, but tension with them doesn't seem likely with Martok running things and Worf as the ambassador to the Federation. That leaves the always interesting relationship between the Federation and the Romulans.
This is true. Trek often ignores the novels. There have been times when they've used ideas that seemed to come from the various books, but most of the time, they're ignored. I stopped reading them because the books would sometimes make up something that was good, but then a TV episode would throw it out completely and replace it with something lame.
Steel_Wind
Legend
ST: The Next, Next Generation!
It's been SEVENTEEN YEARS since TNG ended. By the time this comes on (if it does), it will be nineteen years between the series. The same time gap between TNG and TOS, as it so happens.
We don't need some damn ST:Academy or ST:Voyager or ST
S9. We need another Enterprise, another Captain -- another main continuity line in the Federation. Stop trying to reinvent the damned wheel. The original concept was always the best.
It's time for the Enterprise F. No god damned Suliban. We need Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans (some doubtless survived) and the Borg. Add a new enemy in as needed but don't go ALL IN on some new villainous race until it is apparent that viewers like them. Play it a little cautiously in that regard. You'd think the Kazon would have taught them this lesson -- but Enterprise and the lame Suliban doubled down on that bravado -- unwisely.
And keep Vulcan destroyed. Roll with it and use that to explain why to accept (or ignore) any particular aspect of Trek canon they find to be inconvenient on a go-forward basis. The Vulcans would have retrenched and done their damndest to breed like rabbits in the intervening centuries. They are nothing if not practical.
Along with the Borg, the Klingons remain the greatest villains in the history of Star Trek. Making them all nice-nice was ultimately a mistake.
I don't mind bad guy Ferengi, but it is not possible to make them the central villains of the series -- anymore than it was possible in TNG. They SUCKED in the initial Farpoint. The Ferengi only got interesting later in the series and on DS9 when they were, well, comic relief.
The Borg are VERY scary; Klingons are scary; Romulans are scary. Cardassians could be very vile (there are FOUR lights!); The Dominion could ROCK when it needed to... but Ferengi?
Fun characters from time to time, but not villainous enough. You just can't take them seriously.
While I agree that B&B need to go away and STAY away -- I'd be happy with Ronald D Moore at the helm. Not unrelentingly DARK R.D. Moore - but a little grunge amidst all that Humanism and boundless optimism would be just fine with me. RD Moore's take on the Klingons and their civil war was the best thing about the show, save for Best of Both Worlds.
Do away with LCARS tech design motif, too. TN, NG would need a new look. Set it in the 25th Century. Double down on TNG and go with it.
Risky but possible: The Borg Queen showed Data how to graft human skin on to his structure. I thought they were going to go with this after First Contact to explain Spiner's obvious aging, but for some odd reason -- they chose not to go down that path. They could to this to Data and have an older Brent Spiner playing an older Data who ... ages.. in the series... but who is alive in the 25th Century. It's not as if his career is jumping; they can afford him easily. So they could have a version of Data on the show, as a regular or recurring cast member if they needed him.
Security Officer? I want to see a bad-ass Angosian Subidar in that role! (a la Roga Danar from The Hunted).
It's been SEVENTEEN YEARS since TNG ended. By the time this comes on (if it does), it will be nineteen years between the series. The same time gap between TNG and TOS, as it so happens.
We don't need some damn ST:Academy or ST:Voyager or ST
S9. We need another Enterprise, another Captain -- another main continuity line in the Federation. Stop trying to reinvent the damned wheel. The original concept was always the best.It's time for the Enterprise F. No god damned Suliban. We need Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans (some doubtless survived) and the Borg. Add a new enemy in as needed but don't go ALL IN on some new villainous race until it is apparent that viewers like them. Play it a little cautiously in that regard. You'd think the Kazon would have taught them this lesson -- but Enterprise and the lame Suliban doubled down on that bravado -- unwisely.
And keep Vulcan destroyed. Roll with it and use that to explain why to accept (or ignore) any particular aspect of Trek canon they find to be inconvenient on a go-forward basis. The Vulcans would have retrenched and done their damndest to breed like rabbits in the intervening centuries. They are nothing if not practical.
Along with the Borg, the Klingons remain the greatest villains in the history of Star Trek. Making them all nice-nice was ultimately a mistake.
I don't mind bad guy Ferengi, but it is not possible to make them the central villains of the series -- anymore than it was possible in TNG. They SUCKED in the initial Farpoint. The Ferengi only got interesting later in the series and on DS9 when they were, well, comic relief.
The Borg are VERY scary; Klingons are scary; Romulans are scary. Cardassians could be very vile (there are FOUR lights!); The Dominion could ROCK when it needed to... but Ferengi?
Fun characters from time to time, but not villainous enough. You just can't take them seriously.
While I agree that B&B need to go away and STAY away -- I'd be happy with Ronald D Moore at the helm. Not unrelentingly DARK R.D. Moore - but a little grunge amidst all that Humanism and boundless optimism would be just fine with me. RD Moore's take on the Klingons and their civil war was the best thing about the show, save for Best of Both Worlds.
Do away with LCARS tech design motif, too. TN, NG would need a new look. Set it in the 25th Century. Double down on TNG and go with it.
Risky but possible: The Borg Queen showed Data how to graft human skin on to his structure. I thought they were going to go with this after First Contact to explain Spiner's obvious aging, but for some odd reason -- they chose not to go down that path. They could to this to Data and have an older Brent Spiner playing an older Data who ... ages.. in the series... but who is alive in the 25th Century. It's not as if his career is jumping; they can afford him easily. So they could have a version of Data on the show, as a regular or recurring cast member if they needed him.
Security Officer? I want to see a bad-ass Angosian Subidar in that role! (a la Roga Danar from The Hunted).
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Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
They develop a drug that increases their libido, putting them in heat every seven months, a condition called the Pon Nearr?
Dire Bare
Legend
I dunno, it could be fun if they went in the other direction. A generation ship sent out to another galaxy perhaps, with a large cities worth of Starfleet personnel, their families, and even more civilians. And starfighters!
Ahnehnois
First Post
I worry that network execs think this is what young people want. I hope no one here thinks this is actually what young people want.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
You know, I just cannot muster any enthusiasm for another Star Trek show. I'd rather see another 2 Abrams Star Trek movies first.
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