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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Quite possibly incorrect, but I thought I would post it anyway ...
http://www.sfxnetwork.com/news/review.asp?ID=1110

Posted by trekfan2k on :

I think this is very possible. If you check out ST:Communicator magazine's interveiw with Rick Berman, He says that the current timeline for the Series is targeted for Sep/Oct 2001. He goes on to say that the script for the pilot has been writen and Paramont seems to be behind it. I think there's a good chance the article is correct.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

He also said the concept is NOT one that's been discussed on the 'net. . .

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Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

Bleh... I don't much care for any of the propsed / discussed ones on the net anyway. Especially the continuity-bender "Birth of the Federation" concept. I personally don't mind if they stay in the TNG era... Personally, I'd like if they'd go to some new part of space (like Voyager) for exploration, and not have coming back be a big part of the plot (like Voyager). A semi-regular base of operations (unlike Voyager) would be nice, as would some interesting characters (unlike Voyager).

Mark

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I really enjoyed the Covert Ops idea, but with the helmers that Trek has now, and with it's new direction apparently being "younger, hipper and more light-hearted", it would suck if done.

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Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :

I hated those future uniforms. The pants went all the way to the wearer's armpits! I bet some octogenarian invented them. The only cool thing about the uniform was the communicator pin.

I think the 29th century uniforms are actually the coolest uniforms seen so far.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I love that communicator, too. That's why I love LaForge's uniform from "Timeless" - FC uniform, AGT communicator

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

BTW, Berman's flatly denied that the new series takes place prior to TOS.

So...what happens now?

*looks around*

*loads a fresh clip*

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

*adjusts silencer*

Posted by MIB on :

*mumbling to himself* PLEASE god let the covert ops story line for ST5 rumor be true!!!!

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Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :

Covert Ops? Nah, I dunno about getting stuff that's all cloak & daggerey - and certainly NOTHING near that Section 31 stuff. S31 is nice, and would be an interesting villain agency / story arc for a new series, but I doubt it would carry a series.

I thought one of the front runners was a "special ops" thing rather than a "covert ops" one. You know, like the marshalls of the old west (to carry the old analogy) riding around on horseback looing for trouble.

For that one, I envisioned a relatively small core group of elite specialists who go to troubleshoot stuff within the Federation. There'd be the usual Starfleet compliment, probably a civilian (maybe ex-Starfleet) Ambassador (who'd clash with the brash young guy in the CO chair), and some other non SF crew for flavour and moral conflict. Their ship would be Starfleet, somewhere between Voyager and the E-D, with all the usual bells and whistles. Catch being, they'd operate out of a regular starbase or home port, to add a sense of community in the Alpha Quadrant.

Mark

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Sounds a little like Star Trek: SCE (Starfleet Corps of Engineers), the new ebook-only Trek series from Pocket Books.

I look at some of the previously rumored ideas this way:

Starfleet Academy = Star Trek:90210
Section 31 = Star Trek:X-Files or Star Trek:The Prisoner
Time Jumping = Star Trek:Quantum Leap
Universe Jumping = Star Trek:Sliders
BotF = Star Trek:Continuity Nightmare/Historical Documentary
Anthology = Star Trek:Blink and you've missed it.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Another Berman quote mentioned that "Star Trek" might not even feature in the name. . .

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

More BS:

http://www.sfxnetwork.com/News/review.asp?id=1141

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Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :

I think it would be safer to trust Berman's comments about Series V for now. I really hope the new series is Post-TNG and not Pre-TOS. Pre-TOS would be a bit boring for me.

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Posted by trekfan2k on :

I agree. If the Series was pre-TOS, I think it would, the story-line would be boring because of the lost of so much technology which has been developed over the past series.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Well guys and girls. Looks like we'll get to see a new Star Trek series THIS YEAR!
http://www.trektoday.com/news/150201_06.shtml

And guess what:

quote:
SFX Network understands, from our Trek spy sources, that the new series will indeed be set in the early days of the Federation

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Horse puckey.

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Posted by Wes (Member # 212) on :

I hope so, cause the Star Trek Series V staff goes on payroll (for Series V) on Monday, and they don't get paid for nothing.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Star Trek: The Prisoner would be kick ass, by the way, if only due to its lineage.

This "concept that doesn't require the name Star Trek" thing has me totally confused, though. What the heck does that mean? A Trek series that isn't a Trek series? Maybe Braga is planning a trip into postmodern metafiction as pioneered in "Far Beyond The Stars." Which, actually, might make for a pretty good series, but I really doubt that's the concept.

I thought it might be a ploy to make the show more appealing to the major networks, if these rumors of NBC or ABC interest are true. Again, it's a pretty big leap, as no reliable source has said anything about those networks being interested. Plus, it seems that in today's wintery TV SF climate, having a brand name would be a good thing, not a bad thing. But who knows?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

My source's mole has told me two things.

Prequel.

Enterprise.

Shhhhhhh...

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Mole:
1. a small destructive pest, often blind, that lives in dirt.
2. an unsightly, precancerous growth on the skin.
3. a source of highly dubious information.
4. a lame survivor-based Tv show.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Hah-hah.

Actually, my source is Dennis Bailey -- you might know of him, he co-wrote Tin Man and First Contact, and almost got hired as a staff writer for TNG (he submitted Tin Man as a spec script with David Bischoff), and did the re-write on First Contact.

Er, First Contact the episode not the film, that is.

I'd lay odds on his "mole" being Mike Okuda, actually.

Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

*tears his hair out*
NOOOOOO!

A prequel is something that should have been done before Voy, or even DS9. Now that there are three, maybe four series' ahead of this "prequel" (if in fact that is what it is), then there are too many boundaries that have been laid down. The future is certain, and though there is alot of space to make good story telling, it isn't enough in my opinion to base a series off of. I think, or perhaps hope, that your "source's source" is just spreading disinformation.

By the way, what is this 'Star Trek: The Prisoner" idea you keep talking about? I haven't heard of any such thing.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I vaguely remember an interview with, eh, someone on the DS9 writing staff who said that they had discussed whether they could take the Star Trek name off of DS9.

I don't think they ever seriously considered it, but they wondered whether to go whole hog for a different audience. The type that, say, don't watch Star Trek, but will watch B5, or Farscape.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Has anyone noticed the amount of hologram episodes... I'm picturing a series featuring a large amount of holograms... sort of how ds9 had the maquis to set up voyager and tng had bajorans to set up ds9...

Robert Picardo could be the lead!?!

Holoship? A la Red Dwarf?

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Technically, an Enterprise B or C series would be a prequel to the TNG era stuff. I've always thought an Ent B series would be great. It could fill in the gaps in Klingon/Federation relations as well as round out some things with some of the TOS era aliens and events. A "C" series would run into problems as we all know how it ends. A "B" or "C" series would also eventually come up against some continuity problems.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I have decided to maintain my aura of complete non-belief until the first screencaps and pics start coming down the pike.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Umm. Let me try my 'mole'. He tends to have things straight up.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

You really should get that seen to.

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I'll wait until I see the pilot premire before believing anything.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Zimmerman's aboard.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Shimerman?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Apparently, Paramount had a little leak. The name currently in consideration for Series V:

Star Trek: Enterprise

Couple this with likely info that this will be a pre-quel show to TOS (not Birth of the Federation like widely reported), and it may be that Kirk's Enterprise was the second Starfleet ship to hold the name.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

You know, I don't think even the current TPTB are ignorant enough to disavow the current numerous references to "such-and-such starship to bear the name".

No, I'll take this as either fanboy internet ruminations, disinformation, or a combination of both.

Once I see the tile screen in fall, then I'll decide what the show's about.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

I heard the name of the new series will not include the name 'Star Trek'. Trektoday reports that this is something they are seriously thinking about. Rumors are this is because the new series is very different compared to previous Star Trek series.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I heard that the new series is going to be set on board a purple hippopotamus wearing a nice basketweave dress.

Everything anyone's heard about anything so far is a rumor, and I hope that, by now, people can distinguish them from fact.

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I think I'm with UM. I'll wait until I see the teaser of the pilot and/or the promos before I find out what the show's about. Any information before that is subject to disinformation.

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