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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6224127" data-attributes="member: 92305">I think that the Trek universe tackled the &quot;humanoid-alien&quot; thing in a TNG episode.&nbsp; Evidently, human stock was used to seed this galaxy.&nbsp; Thus, you get very few real looking aliens and many more humanoid aliens.As far as tech, I agree.&nbsp; The new show needs to be set in the other timeline or in the future from what we've already seen.&nbsp; We need to see upgraded, futuristic technology.&nbsp; I'm guessing that the helman will be using holographic, reconfigurable controls.I also think that the stories need to return to the wonderment of science fiction.&nbsp; I think one of the reasons Enterprise failed is becuase there weren't enough stories that said &quot;what if&quot;.&nbsp; It was too much of an action series, runnin-an-gunnin.TOS, TNG, and DS9 had a majority of their shows centered around moral issues or what-if issues, wrapped in a sci-fi wrapper.&nbsp; Kirk came across an alien being that was the Roman god Apollo.&nbsp; Remember the astonishment of Devil in the Dark when it was revealed that the Horta was the last of her race, and the eggs were her babies!Or, how about TNG's episode, The Measure of a Man, when Picard had to prove that Data was sentient.Or, that amazing DS9 episode that showed a writer in 1940's earth writing a science fiction tale about a space station called Deep Space Nine.&nbsp; What he wrote was reality for the DS9 crewmembers.THOSE types of episodes are Trek episodes.THAT TYPE OF STUFF is what a new series will need.Sure, the running and gunning is cool.&nbsp; We need some space battles and some fist fights.&nbsp; But, we also need that other stuff--something that the last series, Enterprise, lacked (there were a few episodes that qualify, but not many).And, we need NEW ideas.&nbsp; We don't need to see the Borg again.&nbsp; We don't need to visit the Mirror Universe again.We need new ideas, new stories, new Trek.Don't tell me it's hard to pull off.&nbsp; Anything that is &quot;good&quot; is hard to pull off.&nbsp; But, I know it can be done.&nbsp; I've read too many good Trek novels, short stories, comics and newspaper strips that are fantastic.It can be done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6224127, member: 92305"] I think that the Trek universe tackled the "humanoid-alien" thing in a TNG episode. Evidently, human stock was used to seed this galaxy. Thus, you get very few real looking aliens and many more humanoid aliens. As far as tech, I agree. The new show needs to be set in the other timeline or in the future from what we've already seen. We need to see upgraded, futuristic technology. I'm guessing that the helman will be using holographic, reconfigurable controls. I also think that the stories need to return to the wonderment of science fiction. I think one of the reasons Enterprise failed is becuase there weren't enough stories that said "what if". It was too much of an action series, runnin-an-gunnin. TOS, TNG, and DS9 had a majority of their shows centered around moral issues or what-if issues, wrapped in a sci-fi wrapper. Kirk came across an alien being that was the Roman god Apollo. Remember the astonishment of Devil in the Dark when it was revealed that the Horta was the last of her race, and the eggs were her babies! Or, how about TNG's episode, The Measure of a Man, when Picard had to prove that Data was sentient. Or, that amazing DS9 episode that showed a writer in 1940's earth writing a science fiction tale about a space station called Deep Space Nine. What he wrote was reality for the DS9 crewmembers. THOSE types of episodes are Trek episodes. THAT TYPE OF STUFF is what a new series will need. Sure, the running and gunning is cool. We need some space battles and some fist fights. But, we also need that other stuff--something that the last series, Enterprise, lacked (there were a few episodes that qualify, but not many). And, we need NEW ideas. We don't need to see the Borg again. We don't need to visit the Mirror Universe again. We need new ideas, new stories, new Trek. Don't tell me it's hard to pull off. Anything that is "good" is hard to pull off. But, I know it can be done. I've read too many good Trek novels, short stories, comics and newspaper strips that are fantastic. It can be done. [/QUOTE]

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