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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] The problem with Trek is that the people who have been running it have persisted in repeating the same formula with some token variation, and this has caused it to cease being interesting. We need to have something that is distinct from the tired "lone crew on a starship meeting assorted alien species" format. It's boring. TOS originated and showed the merits of the concept, and TNG brought it to its full fruitition. No problem so far, except that TNG ran one or two seasons too many and some laziness began to creep into the storytelling. DS9 was great because it was a completely different kind of show, with a fresh concept and a more unpredictable set of dynamics between the main characters. Then we get this bullshit VGR show that's like a watered-down version of TNG with the ultimately-meaningless window dressing of the Delta Quadrant, Maquis, a female captain, etc. Seven wasted years that just sucked everything out of it all. So what do they do next? ENT: [i]another[/i] show with the same premise and different window dressing. They try to pass it off as an origins story, but they eschew that concept in favor of the inane and not-really-thought-out Temporal Cold War, [i]more[/i] Aliens of the Week<sup>TM</sup>, and insipid post-9/11 rhetoric. By the time they get back to what the show should have been about from the beginning, it's too late. It's already been run six feet into the ground. Meanwhile, the movies have become increasingly Hollywood-ized to the point of losing most of their connection to the source material and turning into formulaic action flicks with cool explosions and comic relief. So, you ask, if this is all so terrible, why [i]not[/i] just wipe the slate clean and start anew? [i]Because[/i], my pretties, it won't help. Regardless of what they come up with to "replace" it, to the average Joe it will still be just another [i]Star Trek[/i] show, and it will only serve to further fragment the extant fanbase as they fall into endless flame wars about which continuity is better and so on. Besides, can't you see that rebooting will only give writers an excuse to repeat the same kind of stories yet [i]again[/i]? There is a better way, and that is to utilize the rich universe and continuity generated by what has come so far as fertilizer for better story-telling. Follow DS9's example (but NOT its premise) by finding some aspect, some corner of the Trek universe that is conducive to new and interesting situations and character dynamics and exploring it in depth. And, for Pete's sake, GET NEW PEOPLE TO PRODUCE IT! Waiting a few years wouldn't hurt, either. They don't have to go back and start all over again. All they have to do is come up with something that's new and different on a deeper level than just what the bridge crew's demographics are or whether the side arms are called "phasers" or "phase pistols." The fallacy is in thinking that, in order to do this, you've got to forget about everything that's already been done. You don't. Instead of thinking of all that history as baggage, think of it as background. Make [i]use[/i] of it--it's the best thing this languishing franchise has going for it. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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