Star Trek cast blames the bosses

[Ranger REG]

You could have a more futuristic ship with a reboot. Just because the original was shot during the 60s doesn't mean you could't reimagine the technology different. It would all be about finding and declaring the essential sacred cows of TOS. The uniforms, the cylindrical pods, the cast roles, and the Star Fleet issue two-fisted punch come to mind.

Hehehe.

Isn't that what Enterprise is about?

I remembered my initial impression when I saw the "Akiraprise" ship for the show. Looks a bit too advanced for something in the 22nd century, like seeing spandex in the Victorian age fashion.

 

[wingsandsword]

Now I might prefer BSG to Enterprise, but BSG has had one 13 episode season and Enterprise put 100 episodes on the air. Before you start the discussion of merit, let's see if BSG lasts as long, which at 13 episodes a season would be unlikely.

13 episodes for first season is pretty typical for new series now, networks like it because it cuts potential losses if it's a bomb, and they can always order more if it's a hit. The second season of New Galactica is a full-sized season.

However, in comparing Enterprise and Galactica, they do have some things in common. They were both met at the launch by hostile fans who saw it as a potential desecration of an old favorite from decades past, and they both ran on relatively minor networks.

Galactica became the biggest ratings hit in Sci-Fi history and won over fans, and establishing itself with enough of a loyal fan base not only to succeed, but prosper. Enterprise started out big on it's name alone, and the ratings began a downward spiral and some fears were confirmed, and the attitudes of the fans were generally ignored by the producers. By the time New BSG came out, it was getting higher ratings than Enterprise, and did in 13 episodes what Enterprise couldn't do in 98 episodes: improve it's ratings above it's debut levels and win over skeptical fans.

 

[Ranger REG]

However, in comparing Enterprise and Galactica, they do have some things in common. They were both met at the launch by hostile fans who saw it as a potential desecration of an old favorite from decades past, and they both ran on relatively minor networks.

I don't recall a large hostility over Enterprise. Some of us actually took a wait-n-see approach, but we have pre-show expectation that it will be about the Birth of the Federation.

Instead, it's all about that damn Temporal Cold War crap.

But if you want hostility, reboot TOS.

 

[James Heard]

But if you want hostility, reboot TOS.

Maybe, but you could only go up from "I hate this show on its premise of rebooting a legend."

 

[Ranger REG]

Maybe, but you could only go up from "I hate this show on its premise of rebooting a legend."

Nah. I would disown my future children and grandchildren if they prefer a reboot TOS.

 

[Arnwyn]

I doubt I'd invest any of my time into watching a 'reboot'.

Yeah, same with me.

Really, I don't begrudge anyone for suggesting/wanting a 'reboot' - but I sure as heck wouldn't watch it.

 

[James Heard]

Really, I don't begrudge anyone for suggesting/wanting a 'reboot' - but I sure as heck wouldn't watch it.

I believe that as much as I believe people don't watch wardrobe malfunctions and train wrecks. All you have to do is do it right, and not BE that train wreck though...

 

[mojo1701]

I doubt we'd want to see anyone else play Kirk.

 

[Arnwyn]

I believe that as much as...

Uh... okay...

 

[takyris]

I'm not sure a reboot of TOS would work -- BSG re-imagined the entire universe, scrapping large sections of canon in order to produce an entirely new show. While the idea of reliving some of the glory days of TOS with better effects has a certain appeal, doing it like BSG did it -- making sweeping changes to the Federation, removing the Romulans entirely, making the Klingons religious zealots, and turning Spock into a blond woman -- would likely cause more harm than good.

I was one of the folks not looking forward to BSG -- not because the original show was sacred, but because the original show was stupid. I was wrong to stay away from the show for as long as I did. It has its problems, but those aren't the problems that the original show had. It's using the names from the old show, and the 10,000-foot view of the show is the same, but that's about it. If you did that with TOS, there'd be rioting in the streets.

I'd love to see a different show-concept in the Star Trek universe -- maybe Homicide: Life on the Trek, a procedural in the universe, or maybe Section 31, a spy-game show in that universe, or maybe Trek Wing, a political show following the work of the UFP President and his staff. Or they give Peter David a lot of money and make his New Frontier into a series.