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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4551603" data-attributes="member: 710">It's a risk he chose to take, I agree. I also think people worry to much. I am not sure if I can call myself a Trekkie or Trekker or Tractor or whatever (I just read a lot of Startrek books, watched the shows, got space ship models, but I never costumed myself as a Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan or Starfleet officer, nor did I ever visit a Con), but I think some updates, changes to the continuity, heck maybe even a fully fledged reimagination of Startrek are good for it.Startrek is a great franchise. The messages and ideals it portrayed are worthy of portrayal, and I think particular TNG influenced my view on moral and ethics. But I also think that "technically", it has its flaws. It is riddled with continuity holes and inconsistencies. There have been a lot of stories that have either been told badly or are bad on their own. (Voyager and Enterprise where particularly rife from it). Fixing this by whatever means necessary is acceptable and even commendable. I'd love an entirely new Startrek Show, set after DS9 and Voyager, preferably with a new Enterprise exploring new borders (other Galaxies might be interesting, maybe with an Enterprise full of previously hostile species - Humans, Vulcans, Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, Ferengi), but i'd also love to go back to old places and revisit old characters, and change a few things to make them work better as a whole. "Fix" the timeline inconsistencies, and maybe change entire storylines to make them work better (My pet project Voyager for example would benefit a lot if they emphasized the "lost in space" and "limited resources" aspects stronger - they don't have to go all dark like BSG, but they should show the real struggles of maintaining the Federation ideals - or failing at them. Restore the threat of the Borg.*)*) I'd love to combine these aspect. Imagine the Voyager entering a region of space with various aliens, some of them hostile to each other, others in uneasy alliances, some in an outright war. And then, a Borg Cube threatens them - can the Voyager establish the threat of the Borg? Will they manage to create an alliance of these races, even if they face severe failures? Will Janeway use "shortcuts" that hurt in the long run but will help against the Borg? Will they create a second Federation, or just a dark mockery of it? And how does Janeway and her crew react to faiilures and losses, entire planets destroyed or assimilated by the Borg while they are watching?)</blockquote>

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