It’s sounding more and more like the original starship USS Enterprise – NCC-1701 has indeed been redesigned for Star Trek (11).
First came a report from IESB a month ago stating that the ship will have a new design in the movie. Now TrekWeb points us to a post over at the Star Trek New Voyages forum where James Cawley claims that he has seen the new starship Enterprise NCC-1701. Cawley is producer of the New Voyages fan-made Star Trek series and plays Captain Kirk as well.
He was not pleased with the new look of the iconic NCC-1701.
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On the forum, Cawley makes clear that he wants the film to succeed:
“I understand the reboot thing, it is simply business and a way to hopefully sell many more new action figures and toys based on new designs, it always comes down to the money to be made. I just don’t agree with changing such iconic designs that are so ingrained in pop culture, it is really needless.”
“I would be a hypocrite if I did not believe in recasting these iconic roles, I do in fact support it. I just don’t want the production design radically changed. I see Matt Jeffries’ designs as ‘TIMELESS’ and as ‘Pure Science Fiction’, I feel the Big E as designed by Matt deserves it’s day on the big screen.”
There’s no doubt that Cawley is a huge Star Trek fan as evidenced by the fact that he has put together enough money, people and resources to have created multiple “webisodes” of a series with very impressive sets and production values (they even had George Takei guest star in one episode). There’s no doubt that’s pretty hard core, but I think from his statements that he’s at least open to the concept of rebooting the series, even if he’s not totally in favor of it.
As to his specific thoughts on the redesigned Enterprise:
“Yes, I have seen the New REBOOTED Enterprise… at any rate, I don’t like it. It is supposed to be NCC-1701, no bloody A,B,C,D or E! and it sure does not look like the 1701 I grew up with!”
“I have seen what was purported to be the final design of the New Enterprise, and I don’t like the changes. Period.”
And what does it look like, exactly?
“…all I will say is that the ship design seems to borrow heavily from ‘Contemporary Trek.’”
From his comments it sounds like the ship will retain it’s overall saucer, main hull and twin nacelle configuration but within the confines of those elements you can still have a design that is very different from the original.
For reference purposes, here is a history of the design of the USS Enterprise on TV and in the movies:
This was the first Enterprise designed for the screen. The image above is from the newly remastered version of The Original Series and is a new CGI model. Notice how they avoided the temptation to “upgrade” it in any way. It’s completely faithful to the original.
This was the upgraded version used in the six films starring the original cast.
This ship was highlighted briefly in the awful Star Trek: Generations. It was on it’s inaugural journey and was the ship on which Captain Kirk was supposedly killed.
This ship was highlighted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Yesterday’s Enterprise where it traveled through time to the future to meet Captain Picard and crew. You can see that it has more in common with the original ship and the 1701-A than it does with the 1701-B. That’s because it was designed in 1990 while the 1701-B was designed in 1994.
This is the ship that came about 100 years after Kirk’s era. It is monstrously huge and I was always torn regarding the look of it – from some angles it looks great but from others I always thought it look very ungainly.
This is the version that followed the destruction of the 1701-D. In my opinion it’s ugly as sin and I believe that it is supposed to be even larger than the already huge “D.”
Finally, here is the prime example of a new take on what is supposed to be a ship built 100 years before the NCC-1701:
Long time Trek fans went nuts when they first saw this design for the TV show Star Trek: Enterprise. It was obviously based on a flipped over version of an Akira-class ship from the Next Generation era of Star Trek, therefore looking much more advanced than the original Enterprise. This, despite the fact that it was supposed to have been built and designed 100 years before the NCC-1701.
Now granted, there is a brand new production team working on the new film. As far as I know no one associated with the old production is on this including any of the art/design team that defined the look of Star Trek for so long. Still, I think they may go a little bit overboard on the Enterprise redesign in order to make it more suitable for the big screen. I would have been ok with them using the same ship as the frame but adding a bit more detail to the exterior, but I get the feeling that they’re going to fiddle with the core look of the ship.
It will be interesting to finally see what they come up with, but personally I’m nervous about it. Star Trek is almost as much about the Enterprise as it is about it’s crew.
[UPDATE: Here it is, the brand new USS Enterprise]
Oh, and finally… here is one fan’s interpretation of what a redesigned NCC-1701 should look like (I think I would have preferred this over what they came up with):
Source: Star Trek New Voyages forum (registration required) and images from Memory Alpha
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Vic,
I’m on a Star Trek movie kick, and watching re-runs of TNG, since the 20 anniversary two or so months ago. I hope this re-launch is great.
Heath
As I’ve said before, I’m hopeful but scared. I’m not against a fresh take on the franchise. I actually looked forward to “Star Trek: Enterprise” but they took what was a promising concept and completely murdered it.
Vic
They should use the Enterprise that’s been CGI enhanced in TOS remasters.
It looks great and unchanged from the original model from the 60’s.
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I can think of another Ship that was changed from its original incarnation for a film reboot “Jupiter2″.
Lost in Space.
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Any Lost in Space fans out there like that new ship?? Or the reboot?
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Changing the ship design is a clear indication that Star Trek Cannon will be tweaked for that new audience there hoping to attract at the expense of the long-time Trek fans.
I see the same mistakes here that happened with “Enterprise”.
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I personnally don’t see this “key to success” working for this film. The opening weekend will be hard-core fans and trekkers. And if they piss them off the word of mouth and the other films also launched in Dec 08 will destroy Trek11.
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December 08 “The Hobbit” comes out ready to steal all those “new fans”. Not to mention “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Pretty big compatition December 08. I don’t think they fully thought this through. »»
I *hated* the Jupiter 2 redesign. They threw a bone to the fans with the outer “shell” during liftoff that looked like an update of the original one, and when I first saw that I was stoked because I thought it was a cool update of the original.
But then came that hideous organic monstrosity…
I know that generally filmmakers like to add more detail to a large model for showing on a big movie screen. They did make changes to the Enterprise-D for the Generations. I wouldn’t mind the addition of SOME detail to the exterior, but a wholesale change to the design bugs me.
BTW, I’m 99% sure that “The Hobbit” does not come out in December ‘08. Maybe ‘09…
And I don’t see “Day the Earth Stood Still” being either a big audience movie or competition for Trek.
Vic
i will judge it when i see it .
I’m a fan of Star Trek, but not so religious to the changes of the Enterprise. In fact, I somewhat welcome a little change to the orginal NCC-1701 just not so much the Reborn look. But, I also like Star Trek:TNG, Star Trek: Voyager, and Deep Space 9.:P
The point I made in another Trek thread is that if you really want to make changes, create something completely NEW instead of messing about with the original.
I don’t mind a few minor “enhancements” but I for one don’t want to see a wholesale redesign. Then again, as Gary said… I’ll just wait to see what they come up with.
Vic
Personally,I like the original ship and the NCC-1701-A best.
I’m not AS familiar with this stuff as some of ya’ll,but I prefer the original TV show and the fisrt 3 films (especially 2)out of the 6 film franchise,FYI.
I personally am excited about the new take on the franchise,I like the cast except for Simon Pegg (who’s brittish) as Scotty (who’s,ya know,scottish),who might turn out to be a good choice after all,as left field as it sounds. I hope the ship is similar to the versions I mentioned above,cuz when they add TOO much detail,it looks crappy,IMO,less sleek if ya know what I mean.
Bring on the new flick!
The reason I liked the original was the lack of frilly bits. The NCC-1701-D looked like some kid got into the glitter and spilled it all over the designs and no one figured it out until they built all the models.
I like the NX-01 design because it looks like a bunch of Navy boilermakers welded it together. Which fits the navy theme. In the next hundred years material technology advanced sufficiently that aesthetics once again took over, so by the TOS era they were experts at hiding seams and sensors. Heck, they even took pride in it.
Later on, in what some would call the Dark Ages of Roddenberrian aesthetics, the Romulans would point out some minor clauses in the Federation/Romulan treaty which not only forced the Federation not to pursue cloaking technology but to make sure that they had as many blinking lights and reflective surfaces as possible.
J Jona Abrhams sould have come out day one and said “I will not change the look of the Enterprise”. He would have won over alot of old schoolers…and new fans.
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But I see the pre-buzz on this film weighing it down in the coming months.
I agree that some things just shouldn’t be messed with, but I reserve judgement until I see it on the big screen. After all, it’s a big budget movie. Everything’s going to have to look updated, even though it’s an era just prior to TOS, or it’ll be laughable. Let’s just hope it isn’t laughable because it’s *too* updated.
For some reason I’m really giving these guys the benefit of the doubt instead of unleashing my usual scorching cynicism.
Of course if they screw it up…
Vic
Slight error – the Enterprise-B seen in Generations was actually the Excelsior miniature from Star Trek III, designed in 1983-84, well before anything from The Next Generation.
That said, I would hope the new production team shows due respect to the original designs–we should be able to recognize the classic Enterprise as the classic Enterprise, regardless of any increased detail or minor modifications–but the production design doesn’t need to be slavish in its mimicry. I mean, kudos to James Cawley for his detailed recreation of the original sets in the New Voyages, but a lot of that stuff just doesn’t look realistic now. I’m not expecting to see papier mâché rocks either.
Kyle,
Damn… missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Don’t you think that makes the design of the “C” even a bit more confusing?
Thanks,
Vic
I don’t like the sound of this. This seems to me like this movie may well go the way of the Transformers movie. As a fan of both franchises I have to say that would not be a good thing. Suddenly I’m having horrifying images of the Enterprise as a skeleton of itself with cutlery welded to the outer hull intended to be phaser banks and photon torpedo launchers.
I don’t seriously expect them to go that route, but what I’m hearing doesn’t sound like it will be much better.
I have been a Trekker since 1966. As far as I am concerned Star Trek has a history. That history, to me, is as valid as the 1966 Mustang. If you make a movie about the 60’s you can’t redesign the cars that were there without looking foolish.
Everyone knows what the original Enterprise looks like. To change it beyond cosmetic changes would render the Star Trek Movie not about Star Trek.
If they wanted to change things they should have gone to the Enterprise-F.
I really hate to say this but if they change the Big E too much, I will not even bother to see the new movie. Star Trek was created and made by Gene Roddenberry. That is what Star Trek is. If you want to change it into something else have the decency to call it something else.
sarpok, your concerns are not uncommon, at least in my experience. Most of the old-time fans I know do not even like the remastered Star Trek, and that was determined to remain faithful to the original.
Given that they’re talking about redesigning the original Enterprise, not updating it, and the fact that Sci-Fi Wire recently referred to this movie as a reboot, I can imagine most of the long time fans, especially those from the early days of Star Trek, are going to feel the same way you do.
Personally I’m a big fan of the remastered TOS. I think they took the most conservative approach possible, not changing or enhancing the look of the ship in any way. I own the “regular” version on DVD, and although even that has been cleaned up so much that you can see where Spock’s ears attach, the exterior ship scenes incredibly deteriorated.
Vic
Vic you can see from these posts that alot of readers want the Enterprise concept left alone.
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Were all going to wait to see the finished product to fully judge, but its safe to say the older Trek fans won’t like the changes if they occur drasticly.
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And the other thing is this new crowd , I just don’t see them making a difference on this film. Its the old-schoolers and their kids that Abhrams needs to capture to make this a success.
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I’m glad there’s a core group out there that respects the awesomness of the NCC 1701 Enterprise.
Hey man, I’m one of those long time fans, and although I’d love to see something like the remastered version of the NCC-1701 on the big screen I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect that.
I have a post coming later in the week talking about it.
Vic
I know it’s not realistic to expect them to leave the original design alone. After all, the first time the original Enterprise made the transition from TV to movie theaters they redesigned it. Still, I feel there’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed.
I have no problems with them updating the original design. Making it more detailed and fixing up the design to look better on a larger screen is fine. Completely redesigning it, however, will probably backfire on them.
Quoting a hack that makes embarrassing work of the characters that Shatner, Nimoy and Kelley perfected is shameful.
Cawley wouldn’t know a good reboot design if it came and gave him a vulcan neck pinch.
I do not Know what the new enterprise should look like! But the new enterprise should look the same bit more detail on the whole ship fitting for a movie. nothing drastic like the motion picture.
Sergio,
Ideally, I agree with you. I don’t know if they’ll have the self-control to stick to that design concept though!
Vic
I wonder if they ever considered leaving the exterior alone and focusing on making updates to the interfaces of the interior. The exterior is smooth and sleek but the computers and screens inside look dated. Replacing thick monitors and big buttons with sleek interfaces without buttons and traditional screens (holographic and motion sensing systems perhaps) would feel more updated. You could still keep the general design though.
I’m pretty sure the interior electronics are all going to be upgraded…. IMO thell prob make the bridge design the same with a few small upgrades.
Same with the outer look of the Enterprise. (Let’s hope the don’t forget all the neat sound effects that identify the show, energising and red alert) all better sound the same..
One thing the messed up in STTMP.
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It will IMO be upgraded the same with a few less rounded angles. I could see the nacelles looking more high tech and the saucer section as well.
But the overall look will be the same (big and off white). (IMO).
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Let me be the first to predict that if they violate the basic look of the ship and the uniforms this film will fail…..big time in a comedic way that will prob damage the show permantly.
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Abrhams and partners have to make the perfect Star Trek movie at this point….there’s no altering course…
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So many critics are waiting to tear this film a new aft photon torpedo tube its not even funny.
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I wonder if jj knew it was going to be this fine of a line to trek down.
If basic cannon laws are shelved then its over.
Zac Quinto better
hope Sylar lives on a few more seasons on Heroes. Because if this bombs that will be the only place he will have a fan base. The Star Trek fans would rag on him for light years…
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The writers strike.
elections or another bush war.
Star Trek hit or miss,
Speedracer,Dark Knight and Ironman to say a few…..
The next 12 months are going to be epic even in real life……………………..=€
Sean, I disagree however with holographic bridge controls.
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That’s too far ahead of what we call Star Trek cannon.
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Let’s face it, they have a 150 million dollar budget. I’m all for the reboot concept, I’ll bet the enterprise will look as similar to the original as the new actors will look like the original cast…similar but a new take, a new portrayal. As long as the spin a great yarn it will be cool.
I, like all of you am a Star Trek fan (except DS9 which just didn’t do it for me) I can really understand where all of you are comming from in regards to the new design, however I also know that I absolutly love the new design for the Enterprise. I just think its’ her time to be modernised.
It has already been pointed out that you were wrong in a few places… With that said, I think the Enterprise-E is the most beautiful ship ever created, in any sci-fi universe. My heart started to bleed when I saw it getting hurt in the horrible movie “Star Trek: Nemesis”.
Well keep in mind that this article was written almost 2 1/2 months ago long before any image or info was available. As it turns out it seems the top two images in this post describe what the new ship will look like most accurately.
Vic
I’m a big fan and the old series helped me during the earlie years of my parents ramp of the 60’s/70s. Then the movies took off and the rest is history. We need to remember the fact that James Kirk was “NOT” the first captain of the NCC-1701 Enterprise. Christopher Pike was the man in the seat and the ship was the same on the out side as when James T. Kirk took command. So they should bring back the old ship and leave it at that. William Shatner said it best, “Why don’t you people get a live”. LOL! You got to love that guy. Reality checks are needed often.
Personally, I’m not even eager to see this Star Trek 11. I probably won’t even go. I’ve been a fan of Trek for over 25 years and I stopped watching it when Voyager ended. I was even getting sick of it during Voyager because it was so predictable and insulting. I didn’t watch ENTERPRISE, still haven’t seen a single episode of it because I knew they’d screw that up and they did. As long as they use the same idiots like Rick Berman and whatever no-talent-director they can nab for the week, Star Trek will never be anything more but repedative mundane puke. When they started veering away from Roddenberry’s view, they killed it. Even Gene knew it would happen because too many executives hounded him day after day to spice things up to compete with other television shows. He held his guns and the show lasted with a core fan base for over 20 years. Now we have this guy who’s only intrest in Star Trek is the profit margine not the integrity of the concept. That’s why I know this new movie will fall short with fans. I won’t have to see it to know. Just as I didn’t need to see ENTERPRISE to know it would bomb too.
If they want to bring Star Trek back from the dead, go to the fans who know it well. Take a look at some of the novelizations of Star Trek that are out there. You’re going to find a lot of untapped talent that Paramount simply won’t acknowledge because it’s not cannon. These outside writers and fans are what will bring Trek back to life.
Jeff,
Berman and Braga are not involved in making the new movie at ALL, bro. Completely new group of folks brought in to work on this… COMPLETELY.
Vic
Speaking in issue #117 of Dreamwatch magazine, Berman confirms for the first time that he is now developing a STAR TREK feature film project: “I am involved in the very early stages of what could be the next STAR TREK movie,” reveals Berman, in an excerpt provided by Dreamwatch. “It’s something I will be producing with two other producers.”
This was a direct quote from Dreamwatch magazine, Vic. So how “new” can this new group be?
21 April 2006 (StudioBriefing)
The hopes of millions of aging Trekkies that their revered movie/TV franchise would be revived got a boost today (Friday) when Daily Variety reported that Paramount has signed J.J. Abrams (Mission Impossible III) to produce and direct an 11th Star Trek feature. The trade paper said that the screenplay, to be written by MI3’s Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, will concern the first meeting of James Kirk and Mr. Spock at the Starfleet Academy and their first mission. In effect, it revives a project called Star Trek: Beginnings that produced a script by Erik Jendresen. It was unclear what, if any, role longtime Star Trek executive producer Rick Berman would play in the new project.
This quote was from IMDB web site. Again it indicates Berman has his hands in this prequal movie.
I’d pay $20 a ticket if it insured that Rick Berman was allowed nowhere near the Trek franchise again.
Nevertheless, with the approach of the end of the fourth season of Enterprise, Paramount and UPN announced its cancellation and the apparent end of Rick Berman’s tenure as the overseer of Star Trek productions. With the end of Enterprise, word came from Berman and Paramount than an eleventh feature was in the works, with Berman partnering with screenwriter Erik Jendresen on what was tentatively titled Star Trek: The Beginning. However, by April 2006, new leadership at Paramount suggested that Berman’s involvement in Star Trek had ended and the producer had moved on to other projects.
Speaking with Star Trek Monthly, Berman described his departure:
“Without sounding clichéd I’m not going to say never, but I assume that I have produced my last Star Trek, especially with the interest that Paramount has gotten from J.J. Abrams to do another movie, which, if successful, could lead to other television shows… I have nothing to be ashamed about. We created 624 hours of television and four feature films and I think we did a hell of a job. I’m amazed that we managed to get 18 years of the kind of work that everyone involved managed to contribute, and it’s certainly more than anyone could have asked for.”
Ok, I found this quote from ‘memory alpha’ web site that indicates that Berman started on Star Trek 11 but left Paramount because his contract ended in Dec. of 06′ So I stand corrected. Berman apparently is no longer involved with the new movie.
Yup, that’s what I said.
Not even the Okudas, who’ve done much of the visual FX design for so long in Trek are involved.
Clean. Slate.
Will it be any good? That we won’t know until we see it.
Vic
(Hey sports fans)
Rick Berman is off the radar for now.
Personally I love Rick Bermans work. He produced some great Star Trek.
Manny Cotto and Brannon Braga are both writting episodes of season 7 of, 24.
I know that the Okudas still do some work for Paramount and sometimes are hired for their data and research skills.
Paramount used them to cronicle all the props that went up in the Christys Auction a couple years back.
I’ve heard that the Auction Guide is rare and very cool.
Had lots of pictures of all the props.
(See know how stupid Paramount is, they could have published that as a book and made even more money). Duh if I can think of this. Wtf??
Ok, I have to jump in and give my 2 cents. I see some people in here sort of bashing Star Trek: The Motion Picture and even comparing that movie to whats being done with Star Trek 11.
First off, there is no comparison. Let me explain. The story of Star Trek: TMP took place in 2271, a few years after the ship completed it’s fourth five year mission. The first one under Robert April, the second and third under Captain Pike and the fourth under Captain Kirk. So the ship already had a history under it’s belt, just as Gene Roddenberry wanted it to have. So you figure the ship at the end of this time needed a major overhaul before striking out on another extended voyage. That’s why the Enterprise looked so different in ST:TMP. Gene wasn’t trying to retread old ground like they’re doing with Star Trek 11. He was simply holding true to how technology and things had advanced in the 23rd century.
Secondly, as Star Trek films go, The Motion Picture was probably closer to Gene’s vision of Star Trek than any other Trek film made afterward. I know this is going to tick off a few of you Wrath of Khan fans, but let me ask you this; what part of Wrath of Khan involved seeking out new life and new civilizations? Wrath of Khan was nothing more than an action/drama that simply focused on revisiting an old character from the original series and how he intended to get revenge. Big deal! Oh and I forgot, just to spice up the movie interest a little, they killed off a major character, whom later came back. At least in Star Trek:TMP, we were treated with the human condition and the concept of evolution. We saw familiar characters change and grow and saw an ending filled with possibility not finality. That to me is what defines Star Trek. Sure it may sound unrealistic and too flowery for some of todays sci-fi fans, but it is the concept of what Gene created and what has made it endure. Why turn our backs on it just for a cheap sci-fi thriller? The best sci-fi ever created makes us all ask ourselves questions and look at where we’re going as a race. Sometimes it can scare the hell out of us because it hits so close to home. To me Star Trek:TMP was widely criticized because at the time, everyone was all pumped up on Star Wars action. People wanted to see the Enterprise blow up a fleet of ships while Kirk and Spock got into hand to hand combat with a bunch of red clad warriors. People had forgotten what Star Trek was—so did Paramount. But Gene, held to his convictions and delivered his vision, without catering to the influences that be.
So I think people, when they get tired of the spoon fed action sci-fi stories, need to sit down and give Star Trek: The Motion Picture another chance.
How can you possibly think the Enterprise-E Is ugly as sin. The ugliest ship is the NX Enterprise, it looks like an aluminum can with two tooth picks!
I hate that ship.
The NX-O1 is a Akira Class attack ship turned upside down.
One of Rick Bermans low points.
Not much creativity went into the NX-01 Enterprise. As someone pointed out, it’s just an upside down version of the Akira class vessel first seen in Star Trek: First Contact. Many fans were surprised to say the least that Berman had gone that route with the Enterprise, since many fans assumed the Enterprise would have looked more like a DAEDALUS class vessel. If you look at the Star Trek Chronology published by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda, the DAEDALUS class vessels existed around the same time period as the era of Star Trek: Enterprise, and yet none were ever seen. So there was some continuity issues here.
I know this is way of the topic, but has anyone heard of a possible stat trek tv show? They also need to finish the TNG movie series, they can’t possibly end it with Nemesis. I heard that Jonathan frakes had a great script for a movie, and they put them to sleep. Just who the hell is running the Star Trek franchise anyway?
Alexander, for the foreseeable future Trek on TV is dead. This new Trek movie is an indication that the God-awful ‘Nemesis’ is indeed the tombstone for the the TNG series.
Vic
As far as I’m concerned, they need to give ‘Trek’ a rest. For 20+ years there have been non stop Star Trek episodes (Next Generation, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise) and I think they’ve worn it out, and it showed on the last 2 series they had going and the recent movies. They should have stopped it after DS9. I for one am willing to wait 10 years before getting into another version of Star Trek.
“As far as I’m concerned, they need to give ‘Trek’ a rest. For 20+ years there have been non stop Star Trek episodes and I think they’ve worn it out…..I for one am willing to wait 10 years before getting into another version of Star Trek.”
Jeff, I absolutely agree with this. I don’t know whether it was the creative team running out of ideas, or the fans getting overloaded, something else entirely, or any combination of the above, but I believe Star Trek has been worn out. To varying degrees, I’ve enjoyed all the series and movies to date, though Enterprise nearly lost me , especially with its third season.
It’s only been three years since Enterprise was canceled. Paramount needs to give the series a rest for a few more years. Give fans time to really get hungry for it again, give the creative end of things time to get some new ideas, and give the real world a chance to give Star Trek something new to talk about. Until those things happen, I believe any new Star Trek project will probably just be a rehash of what it’s done before, and that’s not what the series needs.
You know, if you look back at what’s been done, there is very little left that Star Trek can really come up with that is fresh, unless they did a Star Trek comedy series (Just joking here). There isn’t one topic that humanity isn’t dealing with today that hasn’t already been addressed in some episode. I think because of that fact, many episodes seemed to be remakes of prior episodes. I think it was this issue that brought down the franchise.
George Lucas was smart with his Star Wars franchise. He didn’t overplay it and he let demand for it build when there was nothing but books to feed his fans. Then he released his second trilogy. But with his franchise, he can go in any direction he wants with it because those fans are more interested in the Star Wars galaxy than with a certain group of characters. The fans want to know all aspects of the world of Star Wars, from the Empire to the Rebellion to the world of the Ewoks to the Bounty Hunters to the events that took place 1000 years before to the Jedi and sith. I mean there is so much to look at and feed on. But with prior Star Trek episodes, we’re limited to where the ship went each week and many things were left unfinished.
I think if Star Trek were to continue, it’s going to have to treat fans to a much larger concept of the future. They want to see more than just the Federation. And by doing so they will have to maintain a strick level of continuity that has been poorly followed in the past. You can still see the human side of things in a series about klingons. I think Trek fans are ready for the series that is about Vulcan in the past or the story of how the Romulans came to be.
So this is what I think they should do. Make a Star Trek series that is about the future. One episode about the Romulans, another on Vulcan, another on Ferenginar, another on Kronos, another on Earth…etc. each episode will focus on a group of the people native to that world and the issue they happen to be dealing with. This way we get to see so many new faces. We can be treated to some new insight into a world we didn’t know existed. Some episodes could be 2 parters or 3, however long it takes to tell a story properly. You could even entertwine episodes where the actions on one planet effects what happens on another the following week. This makes the Star Trek universe much more intricate and interesting. Also, this would be good for actors who would like to have time doing other things and not get tied down on a weekly basis doing a series. They could come in for a few episodes and still have time to do something else in their career. It would also boost their recognition. But there would have to be new writers and the door to new ideas open from other writers and fans. Let it be an open market where the concerns and needs of fans are actually listened to.
Jeff you claim Star Trek is done and can only become a comedy. Then you go and spark off a bunch of ideas that they could do?
Witch is it bro?
Are they done or just not writing your favorite storys?
(Lucas was smart he didn’t overplay it) you have got to be kidding me.
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