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This may have been covered before, but after reading the Rumors thread, I want to know what you guys think would make a good 5th series. Obviously the creators need some help. So what do you want to see.
I'd love to see an Enterprise B or Excelsior storyline. The TNG Tech Man gives us plenty of room to explore the history of the Ent B.
Also consider this: a series of Trek mini series or TV movies. They could vary in themes covering alot of the areas fans want to see and establish alot of background. But there wouldn't be the pressure of keeping a weekly continuing storyline. Problems here would be the "Get to Know the Crew and Ship and Then They Go Away" thing.
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How about.... a contemporary setting! A remake of sitcom "Dream On", except following people who mentally edit in Trek scenes and quotes as various hilarious things happen in their silly and zany lives.
How about... a quiz show! Who is the Master of Trek Trivia?! A thousand trekkies stolen from around the globe are whittled down to a final winner!
How about..... a nature documentary! Follow the intrepid exploits of an Australian exobiologist as he cautiously edges up to a sleeping Denebian Slime-Devil and whisoers to camera, "I'm gonna stick my thumb in it's butt-hole!"
How about... Trek-Style Challenge! A fashion makeover everyweek for one lucky fan. We also get a regular update from our favourite Cardassian tailor about galactic fashion trends!
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Much as I dislike Wesley Crushing I think an interesting idea would be to explore his adventures with the Traveler. Where has he been, what has he done, conflicts with the Q (W has similar if less power it seems to me) Granted it would never last 7 years! Any comments/ideas pertaining to this?
Also, I would love to see them eventually do a series bases sometime between 2300-2340. I think this is an era with lots of botential and unexplored! (lets see some Ambassadors, and fix the model!
I always wanted an Excelsior/Sulu series, but he is getting to old and most of the original cast wouldn't be able to make apperances. Ent-B is possible... but I just don't see the same possibilities.
One last thought, someone discounted the idea of a TOS remake. Maybe not the Ent, but consider the same time frame, similar stories, with todays film techniques, lots of ideas, but I don't think much potential eigther.
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I still like my joint-crewed, post-Fall of the Romulan Empire idea. I forget what thread that was in.
I did recently realize, however, that there was some resemblance between that idea and the New Frontier stories. As if that should matter.
How did it go?
The economic pressures brought by the heavy losses in the Dominion War becomes too much for an Isolationist Romulan Empire to cope with. It collapses, possibly with some help from without. This leaves a fragmented empire with various factions squabbling for power: Tal'Shiar, Unificationists, Republic-ans, Imperial-wanna-bes, etc. Plus all the previously unseen races in Rom. Space, former subjects and servitors, and whatever adversaries lay on the other sides of Rom Space. (a possible tie in with "Matters of greater urgency caused our absence" from "The Neutral Zone" TNG)
Our heroes' ship is crewed by a joint Klingon/ Federation crew, with Romulan expatriates as guides (probably with their own agenda), a couple new races, what-have-you, and perhaps a holographic bridge person or DATA II. They are acting as explorers of previously forbidden space, as well as peacemakers/keepers when necessary.
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One thing that is nice in principle is a series of TV movies, but they're really a bad idea, IMO. You'd never get to know the characters, the sets and FX would be horrendously expensive for two hours of TV, and figuring in a plot would be hard enough. Would you be happy with "Emissary" or "Encounter at Farpoint" as all you ever got to see...?
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When I say mini series, though, I mean like a 3 or 4 day thing. We'd be talking 8 to 10 hours here like North and South.
I do agree though that problems between creative teams and the seeming lack of interest on the part of the creators to do anything creative would make this concept impossible to implement.
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According to the Trekweb website (http://db.trekweb.com/stories/1999/11/08/942109427.html), Paramount has chosen a story premise by Braga and Berman for the fifth series. Supposedly, it will be very different, would have "close to zero technobabble," and be "very contemporary."
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Everybody duck, but I really like 1/2's idea. That would be an excelent premise for a series. I mean EXCELLENT. Like, having more potential than Voy ever had. Gotta have a human captain, or at least a race that acts exactly like us, but throw a Klingon, a Romulan, and a Cardassian in there and you've got a great series. We just need a new "odd" character, in the grand tradition of Data, Odo, and the doc. Any ideas?
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Um... No technobabble? How the hell do they plan to do that?
officer: "Captain, there's a thingy approaching at a really fast speed!"
captain: "Do that talking-to-them thing."
officer: "They aren't answering... And their weapons are doing that thing where they get ready to shoot at us!"
captain: "Hurry! Fire the doohickeys! Fire the ****ing doohickeys!!!"
------------------ Rimmer: "Holly, put a trace on Paranoia." Holly: "What's a trace?" Rimmer: "It's space jargon. It means 'find him'." Holly: "No it doesn't. You just made it up to sound cool." -Red Dwarf: "Confidence & Paranoia"
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