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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Middy Seafort: [QB] Recently, there seems to be two camps of thought on series VI going about fandom, both based on the recent rumors. Among those rumors are Shatner's possible ideas in regards to a Trek revival and Harve Bennet's recent interview on what Trek needs to do to reinvent itself. One is a Starfleet Academy-like series with late-teen Kirk and Spock coming together for a Young Sherlock Holmes/Smallville adventure. The other is a complete reboot of the original series. In order for a young Kirk and Spock series to succeed, however, it needs to be focused not on their academy years (SA 90210?) but rather their early, post-academy years, adventures. An "Early Voyages," if you will that shows how the two men evolved into the men we met in WNMHB. There is no reference, that I know of, that negates the possibility that Kirk and Spock knew each other before TOS. In WNMHB, there seems to be some-kind of rapport, albiet a slightly antagonistic one. It would be more daring if the "Early Voyages" idea would show Kirk and Spock's lives seperate from one another and only intersecting for brief periods. A reboot, ala the constant revisions to such pop heros as Superman and Batman, is one a great deal of fans seem to be against. It is, however, bound to happen. Even in 1979, after TMP was made it was predicted that a day would come (in the Making of TMP book by Susan Suckett and Gene Roddenberry) when Kirk and Spock would be portrayed by actors other than Shatner and Nimoy. I would suggest, rather than rebooth the old show that a new series be constructed around the original 13 page series treatment that Roddenberry wrote in 1963/4. It can be found here [URL=http://www.trek5.com/lowerdecks/genepitch.html]Star Trek Pitch[/URL]. Instead of a new Kirk, there'd be Robert April with a slightly different version of the Spock we know at his side. There'd also be a strong female first officer who'd be the perfect counterpoint to the overly burdened commanding officer. It could be used as a jumping point with a few alterations to bring the idea a little more up-to-date. In any case, a new Trek series needs to abandon the sci-fi cliches that burden current Trek for more daring personal drama and hard sf concepts. M. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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