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There have been a lot of threads about possible new series for star trek, unfortunately i think enterprise has shown that theres not really enough ground for a long running series to cover.
What i would propose is a series of mini series, roughly the same as the battlestar galactica remake mini series.
Each series gives us a fresh ship and crew and mission, which can be battle or exploration or science based, gives us a while to get to know the characters and see how they interact, see the mission resolved and then leave with the feeling that its another ship thats in the star trek universe just like the enterprise.
Another advantage of this is that it can be set whenever you like, it can be kirk picard, or archer eras.
The final major advantage of this is that people have proposed several ideas for a new series in other threads like the popular (or so it seemed to me) colonisation one, i dont feel something that is limited like that can provide enough of a background to an entire series, but i would be happy to watch a 5 part TV movie of hour long shows on it.
Just wanted to throw that out there and see what you guys thought.
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This general concept has been proposed before. By me among others. Now all we need is for one of us to get hired by Paramount and quickly rise to a position where we can make those kinds of decisions.
You're right that a mini-series format would offer alot of advantages. You'd still have to have solid ideas and solid writing to make it work. I remember mini-series such as "The North and the South" and "The Thornbirds". You get quite a bit of story in what amounts to a few days of short movies. You'd also be faced with the problem of getting a network to devote an entire week to a single proposition or a couple nights in two consecutive weeks.
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I have often dreamed of a series made up of individual episodes or arcs dealing with various different areas within the Trek universe, in a format similar to that of The Twilight Zone, where each week we meet a different set of characters facing a self-contained plot. One week the show could be set on a starbase, the next on a border patrol ship during the Cardassian conflicts, the next on a remote colony or outpost, etc. In addition to varied settings, different time periods and alien cultures could be explored. We could be at Starfleet Academy one week and on a Klingon battlefield the next. There are scores (if not hundreds) of plot threads and background tidbits that could be picked up from all the previous shows. The possibilities are nearly endless.
Of course, a series like this will never be made, the main reason being that you'd have to create a large number of one-off sets/props/costumes/FX and this would likely be prohibitively expensive. But then again, you also wouldn't have to deal with a regular cast of "stars" who would constantly be posturing for better-negotiated contracts, either.
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Actually, many of the props already exist. PADDs, Phasers, communicators, etc, for the main time periods are already made. Sets would be a problem, as new bridges, corridors, quarters and planetside locations would have to be created for every epsiode.
Custom FX would be needed, but that's not so different from episodes now. And again, many of the ship models already exist in some form.
But you're right, the plots possibilities are wide open. Anything from new stuff to a "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" type treament where we see new characters running in and out of already covered events.
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There's a section at TrekBBS called "The Future of Trek," where everyone and his brother posts their own ideas for what and how the next Trek series should be. It's totally useless reading. As Aban said, no one's ideas amount to a hill of beans unless you work for Paramount.
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As long as you stayed in the same era, sets could represent a number of ships. How many ships were the TMP corridors used to represent? How many different bridges did we get out of the Battle Bridge? It would really be more an issue of creatively redressing a small number of sets rather than constantly building new ones.
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Right. But doing that for every episode to the extent that it would disguise the sameness would still cost some serious coin. But, I suppose they could build some standing sets for the various time periods and work on redresses for one time period while they rotated through episodes covering others.
quote:Originally posted by Dukhat: There's a section at TrekBBS called "The Future of Trek," where everyone and his brother posts their own ideas for what and how the next Trek series should be. It's totally useless reading. As Aban said, no one's ideas amount to a hill of beans unless you work for Paramount.
You know what - I don't want to see another Trek on screen until there NEEDS to be another Trek on screen.
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I think a Trek focusing on Q's idea of a "ship of the Valkyries" has merit... The uniform's would have to be a little skimpier... but I could handle that.
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Star Trek: Andromeda
A starfleet crew on a diplomatic mission to the Kelvan empire arrives to find the entire race has disappeared. Their ship's engines become damaged beyond repair leaving it incapable of traveling outside the main solar system of the Kelvans empire and its 19 planets. The crew is forced to build new lives on new worlds and discover the worlds left by the apparently now extinct Kelvans.
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Interesting.... Well, there was a reason why the Kelvans were leaving the Andromeda galaxy... Leave it to our Starfllet heroes to find out just what that reason was!
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quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: Star Trek: Andromeda
A starfleet crew on a diplomatic mission to the Kelvan empire arrives to find the entire race has disappeared. Their ship's engines become damaged beyond repair leaving it incapable of traveling outside the main solar system of the Kelvans empire and its 19 planets. The crew is forced to build new lives on new worlds and discover the worlds left by the apparently now extinct Kelvans.
What's the point of going all the way to the Andromeda Galaxy when that story line could take place anywhere in the Milkyway Galaxy. The DS9 episode "Sanctuary" had those people crash-landed off the normal starship routes for quite a number of years. Of course that dampening field didn't help any rescue efforts.
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