Guy pitching New Star Trek series, takes place after Voyager, not greenlit yet

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BattleMonkey said:
But then they pan out and it was all in Wesley Crushers mind... but it's not... it's Whil Wheaton backstage at a local convention as it fades out and you hear the crowd booing at his name's announcement.
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Wil's cool, I saw him on The Guild with Felicia Day, I like him on there better than TNG, go figure
 
So if I understand this correctly, some random ST fan who made an incredibly shitty ST "movie" is planning to pitch what is most likely an equally shitty series to the networks? And all this is being reported by a site called GiantFreakingRobots.com?

Yeah this is TOTALLY happening.
 
When I read the title of the OP the first thing of thought is you were talking about this Guy:

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Which makes sense given it's Star Trek.
 
Rex Banner said:
So if I understand this correctly, some random ST fan who made an incredibly shitty ST "movie" is planning to pitch what is most likely an equally shitty series to the networks? And all this is being reported by a site called GiantFreakingRobots.com?

Yeah this is TOTALLY happening.
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I'm planning the premier party right now. Earl Grey Tea and Romulan Ale for everybody!
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
Then the person doesn't watch because what endeared them to the movie is nowhere to be found. Of course this only works if the goal is to hook new people who saw and liked the movie.
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Are you nuts? They are never going to sign all those big stars to do a TV show for 5-7 years. A new series, IF in the alternate universe, is going to be a completely new crew anyway.
 
Guardian Bob said:
Are you nuts? They are never going to sign all those big stars to do a TV show for 5-7 years. A new series, IF in the alternate universe, is going to be a completely new crew anyway.
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Sylar would have been there, and it would have been all that it needed.
 
Hokuten said:
So is the "David Foster" in the article this guy? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287759/ , this guy? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1844375/ .

Or none of the above?
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http://1947entertainment.com/content/david-foster
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1853275/

He's like a glorified fanboy. He was a "script consultant" on the 30 minute "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming". He was on the sets of Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, and some other things I think as nothing official.
 
Guardian Bob said:
Are you nuts? They are never going to sign all those big stars to do a TV show for 5-7 years. A new series, IF in the alternate universe, is going to be a completely new crew anyway.
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I'm not talking about the actors, but the characters.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I'm not talking about the actors, but the characters.
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A TV show should have new characters anyway, as has been mentioned TNG was massive and was for the most part a clean start.
No point trying to have many tie-ins(Maybe a new Dax showing up as a nod to fans)
 
B_Rik_Schitthaus said:
A TV show should have new characters anyway, as has been mentioned TNG was massive and was for the most part a clean start.
No point trying to have many tie-ins(Maybe a new Dax showing up as a nod to fans)
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I'm not endorsing anything. I'm explaining that if they are wanting to ride off the success of the movie they're going to have to tie in somehow.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I'm not endorsing anything. I'm explaining that if they are wanting to ride off the success of the movie they're going to have to tie in somehow.
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Stargate did well with not having the actors and continuing the story. But.. the sequels are going to continue the story.

An alternate time period doesn't really interfere with the new movies and works in Star Trek universe. They had two TV shows going on at one point.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I'm not endorsing anything. I'm explaining that if they are wanting to ride off the success of the movie they're going to have to tie in somehow.
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OK, I just like making predications, the one on this subject is a return to post-NEM Prime.(in live action)
As for what the people in charge will do, at this point a tie-in with 09 is the safe/logical bet
 
I'm not sure how I feel about that. Why would you ignore the movie (and the subsequent movie based in the alternate universe) even as a fan fic. That almost guarantees that your idea will get rejected immediately.
 
Averon said:
Voyager's ending still pisses me off. I literally yelled at the TV "That's it!"
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What should have been a heavy character study on crew finally achieving their goal was reduced to what Voyager had embraced since Scorpion.

WOW BORG

SPLOSIONS

NANOPROBES

JERI RYANS BOOBS

BORG SPLOSIONS

There is such gravity and emotions playing through a crew that has spent years trying to get home. And yet its treated casually as if its no real big thing. We get conflicting attitudes from Janeway on her decision to strand the crew, but nothing long term or long lasting.

A mixed crew of freedom fighters and military and they all fall in line after about six episodes. So much to exploit here for storytelling and we get shit.

If we do get another Trek series I hope its more based in telling real stories and characters with space serving as a backdrop. Its what Trek was meant to be. Exploring the human condition and our potential, not Borg and technobabble.
 
Being new to Star Trek (and currently working through Voyager), is the distinction that this potential new series takes place "after Voyager" incredibly meaningful?
 
michaeltraps said:
Being new to Star Trek (and currently working through Voyager), is the distinction that this potential new series takes place "after Voyager" incredibly meaningful?
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just that it would have the benefit of being able to make up its own history as it went along. it wouldn't conflict with any of the other series adventures.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
just that it would have the benefit of being able to make up its own history as it went along. it wouldn't conflict with any of the other series adventures.
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Noooo you will conflict with my Trek EU novels and Star Trek Online!!!!
 
Phoenix said:
I'm not sure how I feel about that. Why would you ignore the movie (and the subsequent movie based in the alternate universe) even as a fan fic. That almost guarantees that your idea will get rejected immediately.
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They could have episodes where people from prime go back in time and across to another dimension, for cross overs but it would be more using sets props from the movies.
 
Phoenix said:
I'm not sure how I feel about that. Why would you ignore the movie (and the subsequent movie based in the alternate universe) even as a fan fic. That almost guarantees that your idea will get rejected immediately.
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Nerds are nerds. News at 11.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
If we do get another Trek series I hope its more based in telling real stories and characters with space serving as a backdrop. Its what Trek was meant to be. Exploring the human condition and our potential, not Borg and technobabble.
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I don't know, a lot of the best Trek episodes are the ones where they run into some wtfcrazy sci-fi thing.
 
Rex Banner said:
My buddy and I have our costumes ready, can't wait!!
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Wait, one of those is you? think the black guy was at the closing of The Star Trek Experience doing some fantastic Sisko impressions.
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
What should have been a heavy character study on crew finally achieving their goal was reduced to what Voyager had embraced since Scorpion.

WOW BORG

SPLOSIONS

NANOPROBES

JERI RYANS BOOBS

BORG SPLOSIONS
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Despite being there for T&A I thought Seven of Nine was a very well developed character throughout her 4 seasons.
 
DrForester said:
Despite being there for T&A I thought Seven of Nine was a very well developed character throughout her 4 seasons.
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I agree. I'm sure most of us would agree that Seven and the Doctor largely carried the show. Janeway may have been the captain but it was these two that actually had character development. That is to say they weren't the same person from episode 1 through the finale.
 
Parallax Scroll said:
Speaking of which, I've been going through TNG on Netflix and recently made it past Best of Both Worlds. Old school Borg is best Borg.
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As soon as the crew could escape with out loosing something the Borg lost a lot of their affect on me, every encounter with them should have been a mile stone.
 
B_Rik_Schitthaus said:
As soon as the crew could escape with out loosing something the Borg lost a lot of their affect on me, every encounter with them should have been a mile stone.
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I almost lost it when Janeway, Torres and Tuvok get assimilated and deassimilated all in the same day. Then they walk away as if it was just pretend. And Janeway goes from running from the Borg to actively HUNTING Borg spheres to steal transwarp coils from.

Sheesh.
 
I'd like a pre-Archer series personally. In other words, Earth the day after Zefram Cochrane's historic warp drive. The pilot can begin with the run up to the launch with characters vaguely referring to 'a couple of strangers' (Picard, Data etc) leading up to the arrival of the Vulcans. That's the pilot. The second episode would then include a brief reference to an anomalous reading on sensors picked by the Vulcan ship (Enterprise E).

For or Against?
 
Meus Renaissance said:
I'd like a pre-Archer series personally. In other words, Earth the day after Zefram Cochrane's historic warp drive. The pilot can begin with the run up to the launch with characters vaguely referring to 'a couple of strangers' (Picard, Data etc) leading up to the arrival of the Vulcans. That's the pilot. The second episode would then include a brief reference to an anomalous reading on sensors picked by the Vulcan ship (Enterprise E).

For or Against?
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I'm not sure where the Star in Star Trek is in this scenario. They're stuck on earth, right? The most advanced piece of technology they own is a juke box.

I'm all for technobabble in Star trek as long as it serves to flavor the story instead of being the story.
 
Meus Renaissance said:
I'd like a pre-Archer series personally. In other words, Earth the day after Zefram Cochrane's historic warp drive. The pilot can begin with the run up to the launch with characters vaguely referring to 'a couple of strangers' (Picard, Data etc) leading up to the arrival of the Vulcans. That's the pilot. The second episode would then include a brief reference to an anomalous reading on sensors picked by the Vulcan ship (Enterprise E).

For or Against?
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There doesn't sound to be much Star or Trek involved in that scenario
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I'm not sure where the Star in Star Trek is in this scenario. They're stuck on earth, right? The most advanced piece of technology they own is a juke box.

I'm all for technobabble in Star trek as long as it serves to flavor the story instead of being the story.
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yeah what the heck would they do on the show?

Is every episode gonna be like "hey bob, you remember when that crazy spaceship shit happened a while back?" "yup, sure do."
 
Teh Hamburglar said:
I'm not sure where the Star in Star Trek is in this scenario. They're stuck on earth, right? The most advanced piece of technology they own is a juke box.

I'm all for technobabble in Star trek as long as it serves to flavor the story instead of being the story.
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Parallax Scroll said:
yeah what the heck would they do on the show?
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Ok. I figured it out. Let's divide the first season into actually into different generations.

Episode 1 - 2 (1990-2030). We're introduced to Zefram's father as a young man. He's a dreamer, he's into UFO's and that sort of stuff.

Episode 2- 4 (2030-2080) Lead up to first contact

Episode 5 - 7 (Archer era). We're introduced to the crew of the Columbia, references to a new Chief Engineer are made.

Episode 8 - 14 (We go 60 yrs forward)

Episodes 15 - 20 (We go forward another few generations)

Each story arc involves characters that are related to a previous story arc. For example, we are introduced to Captain Paris and his young son Tom.

For or Against?
 
There was once a CGI version of TOS in the works. IIRC it was by the same group that made the Starship Troopers cartoons. There are demos of CG Kirk and Spock floating around on YouTube.

Maybe the concept can be revived for the 'XIverse' TOS crew (with soundalikes for the licensed movie likenesses, of course).
 
Meus Renaissance said:
Ok. I figured it out. Let's divide the first season into actually into different generations.

Episode 1 - 2 (1990-2030). We're introduced to Zefram's father as a young man. He's a dreamer, he's into UFO's and that sort of stuff.

Episode 2- 4 (2030-2080) Lead up to first contact

Episode 5 - 7 (Archer era). We're introduced to the crew of the Columbia, references to a new Chief Engineer are made.

Episode 8 - 14 (We go 60 yrs forward)

Episodes 15 - 20 (We go forward another few generations)

Each story arc involves characters that are related to a previous story arc. For example, we are introduced to Captain Paris and his young son Tom.

For or Against?
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So we get a new show every 2 episodes? haha.
 
I'm against any show not involving a starship named Enterprise. This next show, whenever it does happen, needs to be about the big leagues, not another farm team.

Ideally, it would be the further adventures of Kirk/Spock/Bones and crew.
 
Topher said:
Would be nice if it were set a few centuries later, just to see the Enterprise J in action:

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Because everyone wants a show about future space people flying a pizza cutter in their pajamas.
 
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