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[QUOTE]Originally posted by brianeyci: [QB] I know that this has been talked about before, but I did a quick search and the last time there was a post on this, it was a year ago. So here it is. Star Trek has always been about a bunch of explorers well... exploring. Now where did Star Trek go wrong? (if it went wrong) No, I am not talking about silly little continuity errors or the like. I am talking about concepts and ideas. I think after the TNG era, Star Trek started involving situations with more and more resources. This was not necessarily a bad thing. After all, having Sisko on a space station near a wormhole, and later having a little ship to fly around in, meant enough plot flexibility to bring the characters into new situations. However, more resources always comes with a price. Having Voyager and Enterprise fly around solo was more in the spirit, but technobabble always seemed to get in the way. How often were problems solved because of the use of some sort of cutting-edge technology, rather than through the character's own actions? One could argue that the character's actions precipitated the technology, for example Torres fixing the warp core, or Seven giving Voyager a new kind of armor. I realize that my idea might fly in the face of years of Trek experience... but why not have a new series that focuses on the actions of a few individuals, rather than the exploits of a crew? Maybe three or four well-thought out characters going through Starfleet Academy. Or maybe a few characters part of some sort of "Hazard Squad". Anything to rejuvenate a series that seems to be rehashing old concepts and relying on eye-candy. And please, no more boob factor... not that having attractive characters is a bad thing, but having them wear different uniforms to stand out and attract a new audience? It wouldn't be bad having another strong female character besides Janeway. Am I the only one that longs for the days when problems were solved through the character and moral choices of James T. Kirk, rather than inventing technobabble X to solve problem Y and showing some cool special effects? And I was born in 1984 for god's sake. Get Star Trek together, or I might end up not watching it anymore. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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