Is It Too Soon For Another Trek TV Series?

Talks of a new series being pitched have me wondering if I'm ready. From the late 80's to 2005, there was always a Star Trek series on air. Then we got kind of burned out and things seemed finished.

Honestly, I'm not sure it's time for a new one or not. But I'll watch it regardless.

Actually! I think it could be awesome if they do a giant leap forward style series.

Star Trek crew set in TNG/Voyager Time Frame, young crew, setting out on it's voyage, when something happens and they're hurdled into the future, which turns out to be a sort of post apocalyptic type scenerio but in SPACE!

Add in some small space fighter craft (as I really do think this is what's needed to make Star Trek as profitable as Star Trek), include some modern age music, as I'm tired of everyone in the future listening to classical or jazz (Hearing Kirk listen to Beastie Boys was one thing I thought the movie did right).

Maybe add some sort of space age zombie virus that's spread through the quadrant, and they're fighting to survive as they come into small desolate locations, fighting to cure it, or possibly fighting to make it back home so they can stop it.

Or ignore the Zombies, but give it a feel of somehow the future becomes like the old west!

If the writing/characters are good, there's no Branon/Braga involvement, and they don't to an Enterprise-esque leap backward, then I'd watch it.

I was going to suggest a series that showed what happened while Voyager was in the Delta Quadrant.....

....turns out, I didn't know as much about Star Trek as I thought.

While Voyager was in the Delta Quadrant, the Dominion War was going on, so Voyager knew nothing about the war until it had been over for some time.

All depends if it sucks or not. If not, then no.

I default to the brand name needing fresh blood. If you saw pictures from this past Convention, the *popular* actors are old....in some cases, very old.

Though I am not a Trekkie, I have always enjoyed the shows and would say it is never too early to continue the Star Trek trek.

Star Trek was never burned out before. Enterprise failed and is looked back negatively on because #1 it never got to finish it's overarching story and it was a series that planned for a several year run and then got told you got 3 halfway through the 3rd season and #2 it was moved around so much that it could never get an audience, either noone could find or when they could it was on repeats or it was moving again the following week.

There are 3 places that I think could really make another Star Trek a great show...
#1. 31st century. Instead of focusing all the writing on one cast and crew and ship and time with this the writers could get a small main cast which would keep costs down and then they could travel to other time periods in the star Trek Timeline which would allow them to go back to any of the previous show's time periods and ships.

#2. The point where Humans are exploring alternate dimensions... this would let them trek through new stars and meet new species which is really cool

#3. Humans vs Q in the distant future it is always assumed that humans will reach Q level along with several other races Q messing with humans seems an attempt to mess with this future. This would a hard thing to write well but it would be fun ^.^

Another interesting take would be if instead of the future they told stories about the galactic power that ruled from the last generation of space fairing species.

I have actually been thinking about a new Star Trek series ever since Enterpirse bit the dust (in a VERY bad way, I might add...)

If I were in charge of pitching an idea to studio execs I would go in a rather different direction than what has been suggested in the link.

I think we should pull the series back to the beginning. Not the "back-in-time" beginning but the beginning of ANY Federation hopefull's career. I want to see a show centered around the Federation Academy.

You could bring back older characters like Jean-Luc Piccard, Data, Janeway, etc as visiting guest speakers or Professor's emeritus. The series would have a young core cast with a whole group of varying races all intermingling with each other for practically the first time, so all those prejudices and pre-conceptions would be in full force.

We would FINALLY be able to explore the Star Trek Universe from the perspective of planet EARTH. How does society function without capitalism? How well have humans REALLY managed to expunge war and conflict from their nature? What form of government exists in terran earth? How does the average human feel about the Federation?

I would also like to see some avenues explored that haven't before. One of the primary character ideas I had (and would LOVE to see implemented) is the concept of a half-Vulcan, half-Klingon. Said child was not "born" in the classic sense but was created in a genetics lab; possibly with some links to Khan and his experiments/creation. A Federation Starship found the lab and the child that was cryo-incubated within. The parentless child, not wanted by either the Klingon culture (who view it as an abomination) or the Vulcans (who have deep concerns about its ability to master emotions that would most certainly turn out to be incredibly volatile); the child ends up in the care of humans. This hybrid would be female and her emotional maturation/development would be key to a great many episodes.

If we really wanted to make things interesting we could introduce a Betazoid as the Kling-Vulc's best friend or possible love interest. Imagine being able to read the emotional state of THAT kind of being?

Other characters, like a disenfranchised Borg, an Andorian and others would join the cast to give it a bit of flavor and depth.

The school itself would be a main character, with hidden nooks and cranies, historically important relics and recordings, tests, subjects and odd professors would abound. I would LOVE to bring back John Billingsley as Doctor Phlox from Enterprise to reprise his role as head of the Medical Education department.

Anyway... as you can tell I've put some thought into it... but that is generally what I would love to see Star Trek put on television. If not for the next series; at least sometime in my life time.

Too soon??
We haven't had one since 1994!

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Originally Posted by Zikar Y'know what I'd like, a Star Trek series without a gimmick. Just set it after Voyager. By a little or by a lot. And just continue the saga, boldy going where no man has gone before, on board an Enterprise. Let strong characters and stories be the draw, not gimmicks.

Whoa... what a great idea!
Sadly... That is obviously not an option.

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Originally Posted by BrandX ...infact I had the idea of Barclay being the cheif engineer on the ship (because I just loved Barclay )

*loves Barclay too*

The only complications in making a new, good Star Trek are: cast and characters (always huge and THE most important thing), actual good writing and stories that jive with the compositional values of what Star Trek was always supposed to be about (As Roddenberry got sick and then died, these aspects fell short many times, even within ST:TNG), battling idiotic notions that today is different and requires certain aspects and elements of coolness to appeal to audiences.
Rite Gud Stuff!!!!!!>Gimmick


On a more philosophical level... Star Trek is a tougher sell because it was always about ideals and advancement of technology and society... aspects of human civilization that are becoming less and less valued and believed in... But anyway... What that civilization needs now is more art and entertainment to reinforce those ideals... not more of such that mirrors people's loss of it.

On a more humorous level... we need more aliens with funny stuff on their foreheads.