Is It Too Soon For Another Trek TV Series?

Steelclaw, that idea has a lot of merit! The one thing that troubles me about it is the potential for it to become more of a teen highschool melodrama!
Obviously it wouldn't have to be (and shouldn't be), but... I wouldn't bet on an American studio to make such a series without it falling into such a thing.

Of course... I am not the marketers' ideal audience, so... My opinion matters very little!

This is... not good for Trek. Period.

I won't comment on the other posts, rather, more of the idea itself.

There is already another movie on the way... sometime.

If there is to be more, then a TV show isn't the way to go DURING the span of movies.

However, if after that new movie, they were to stop making them, and they were to GO do a series on TV only, exploring the new timeline, that would be acceptable to me.

I think that if they were to going back to Voyager+ days, and ignore the new movies, it likely would become something stupid like Star Trek (movies), and The REAL Star Trek (TV). Like the cartoon Ghostbusters... I mean, the Real Ghostbusters.

THAT is why it's bad. You don't make new movies, then abandon them in a franchise. You MOVE FORWARD. It happened. Get used to it, and let's get moving on the next step.

I still don't get why people are so upset about Abram's retimelining. You're ok with Spock dying and being reborn on a magical planet, but the timeline being reset isn't cool?

Uh...ok.

<--- Trekkie, raised on all 6 versions of them. Loves DS9 the best.

/Not a Trekker, that's a whole other level of Trek follower, and I'm not worthy of that moniker by a long shot.
//Although I can talk Trek with the best of them, and win trivia contests.
///Photographic memory rules. Heh.

i would love to see a new trek series myself, but i agree with what somebody else said too. no brannon braga or rick berman involvement at all. i think JMS would do a good job with it like B5 was awesome.

I always thought a Star Trek anthology show could be fun. No regular cast, just rotating guest stars, along the lines of Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories, etc. This week, Earth. Next week, Klingon Empire. Week after, some random Orion Pirate getting caught up in some deep space escapade, or whatever. They could explore the Trek Universe from multiple angles, go in-depth with certain parts previously only hinted at and perhaps have an over-arching story tying it all together.

I had an idea for a series, but the movies wiped it out.

For all its claims to multiculturalism, humanity has been the leader of the Federation, the Federation by and large represents human morality. You measure up to our standards, or you don't get in. This has to have caused some friction/simmering resentment, but the advantages of being in the Federation were so overwhelming in terms of safety and commerce, planets accepted the bargain.

The Dominion War broke those advantages. For the first time, the Federation provided no real safety, and may even have made one a target. And it's clear that the big terror was "they may take Earth".

OK, the war was won, but a lot of people dead, a lot of planets damaged. Wouldn't some of those resentments come out? "You let our people die while protecting Earth. Why should we be the buffer protecting Earth from the opponents they provoke?"

So the new series would be about rebuilding the Federation. Building a truly interplanetary Federation. With an interplanetary crew, and yes, I'd have a non-human captain.

So part would be dealing with the assumptions of "human morality is the correct morality", but also the risks of "hey, whatever you want to do, it's good if you think it's good."

I'll give any new Star Trek series a chance. So far I've liked 3.5 of the 5 series (+1 if I count the animated series).

Wasn't there a game where Sulu's ship and crew end up stuck in the Mirror Universe, and they had like fighter ships and stuff? Make a show like that. Obviously it wouldn't be Sulu and the Excelsior in this proposed new series, but a new crew.

They can reuse existing races, planets, and technology, but with a different history. The more hostile atmosphere would lead to more conflict/violence(which sells, of course), and the overall plot could be centered around this Federation ship trying to instill Federation values into a decidedly non-Federation galaxy. Just throw out the prime directive and start building a better society. You could easily set it in just about any time period without worrying about retconning or running into a wall of continuity. And depending on the time period used, you could also end up having guest characters from previous series, albeit a goatee-wearing version in most cases.

No matter what they end up doing though, it'd be nice to have a new, decent Star Trek on TV.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but warp drives being dependent on Dilithium seems like it could be very reminiscent of our struggles with oil supply now. As more and more planets develop warp technology, dilithium could become a scarce resource. Space-faring cultures and civilizations like the Federation would become entangled in wars over these resources, but using up the resource as they go. Eventually, there's not enough, and these civilizations can't keep up with warp travel on a large scale. Civilizations become protectionist, holding onto a few systems at most.

Fast forward a few generations, and the Federation finds a new way to travel at high warp speeds. They go back out into the galaxy to find it drastically changed. The Bajorans, with their solar sail technologies, now rule large portions of the galaxy, while the Romulans, Klingons, Cardassians, etc., are struggling to survive. Other new cultures have taken over whole sectors of space and function much like the Federation once did. How would the Federation handle these new cultures? Would the Federation share their technology with old enemies if it meant protecting themselves against the new? How have technologies advanced outside of the Federation "bubble?"

Sure, you might get into some trouble since you'd still have the Borg around, who can travel in other ways, but if they are in a similar position, they might focus on species who have acquired other means of transportation and assimilate them, or something like that.


But, I figure this would allow for some new ship designs, new cultural interconnections and conflicts, as well as give us a series where the Federation is only a minor player in the galaxy.