Poll Which era of Star Trek would you rather see continue?

[Paul755]

Based upon the poll of this thread and it's premise if you were to continue Trek forward from 2005 using that same model how would you do so?

first thing would be to avoid another prequel series unless you were willing to go all in on making it look like what came from before. Enterprise was fine because it was 100 years before TOS. If you are going ten years before TOS or in between TUC and TNG you have to be willing to take some heat on the look.

Then I would copy the template of Enterprise S4 which was a good mix of “arc” stories and bottle episodes. Disco and Picard suffer from trying to DS9 but MORE serialized and in half the time.

I would set it 75 years after Insurrection so you can work with a virtually clean template.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I would set it 75 years after Insurrection so you can work with a virtually clean template.

I'm of a similar sentiment, my head canon for my TV series begins on the start of the 26th century.
<NOTE: ~111 years from the end of (2155 “ST: Enterprise”) & the beginnings of (2266 “Star Trek”)>
<NOTE: ~_71 years from the end of (2293 “ST: Generations”) & the beginnings of (2364 “ST:TNG”)>
<NOTE: ~122 years from the end of (2379 “Star Trek Nemesis”) & the start of the my 26th Century Story Universe>

Trek traditionally has a significant time gap between major eras which allow Trek Novels to write their EU (Expanded Universe) stories in.

 

[The Wormhole]

Trek traditionally has a significant time gap between major eras which allow Trek Novels to write their EU (Expanded Universe) stories in.

Not really, no. The "Expanded Universe" only happen when there are no new TV shows on the air. TOS novels had their own developed continuity in the 80s which ended once TNG premiered. There was a developed continuity in the 24th century beginning in 2001 after Voyager ended and there were no 24th century shows on TV anymore. This has ended due to the premiere of Picard. A developed continuity for Enterprise novels began after that show ended in 2005 and has apparently ended as well in recent years.

While there are novels set in such "lost eras" they tend to be few since there it's somewhat difficult to include recognizable characters and settings into them.

 

[dupersuper]

Star Trek eras:

TOS Era: Short Treks (all except Calypso)

Don't forget Children of Mars.

first thing would be to avoid another prequel series.

How about this: Star Trek: Revolution. It's set in the French Revolution. It's a straight up historical, but touted as a Star Trek prequel as it DID happen before any of the shows. In season 3 a character with the last name Picard shows up and the fans loose their minds.

 

[FederationHistorian]

1966-2005. Mainly because, even though Trek from 2009 on has shaken things up to remain fresh, I tend to rewatch the 1966-2005 era far more than what's been released since 2009..

 

[fireproof78]

Comfort food viewing.

 

[ichab]

Just curious to know where the majority of fandom rests at the moment. After the Kelvin movies, 3 seasons of Discovery, Short Treks, Picard and 2 seasons of Lower Decks do you feel satisfied and glad Star Trek has moved on? Or, after giving Discovery and Picard a chance do you want to go back to the era of episode of the week? Lower budgets but stories that aren't dependent on a mystery box arc?

So if Q showed up and gave you a choice to continue with Star Trek as it was in 2005 or continue this current era which would you choose?

Don't fight over it.

I would prefer to move the story forward from the prime timeline with a new crew of the Enterprise. No more reboots or shoehorning in old characters or old stories. Pick up what happened after Romulas exploded and go from there. Mix it up with episodes of the week or small story arcs. Just make fun and interesting stories again. If they ever do that, I'll start watching again.

 

[Lord Garth]

Pick up what happened after Romulas exploded and go from there.

Star Trek: Picard did exactly what you just said right here.

 

[ichab]

Star Trek: Picard did exactly what you just said right here.

Yes, in the most boring way humanly possible with an old character that passed his expiration date many years ago. Not even close to what I'm asking for.

 

[fireproof78]

Star Trek: Picard did exactly what you just said right here.

Fun, apparently, is subjective.

 

[Trelane_Squire_of_Gothos]

Yes, in the most boring way humanly possible with an old character that passed his expiration date many years ago. Not even close to what I'm asking for.

Agree about the way the story was told. It didn't feel like familiar Trek, had sub par writing, and some bizarre characters.

 

[fireproof78]

Star Trek has had all of those things. Definitely didn't see bizarre in Picard.

 

[Takeru]

Yes, in the most boring way humanly possible with an old character that passed his expiration date many years ago. Not even close to what I'm asking for.

What's with the ageism?

Anyway, this post is the perfect example why no franchise should ever try to please its fans. It won't work so they shouldn't bother.

 

[Trelane_Squire_of_Gothos]

What's with the ageism?

Anyway, this post is the perfect example why no franchise should ever try to please its fans. It won't work so they shouldn't bother.

I don't believe they have tried to please the fan base with what they have put out. They definitely took your advice.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

99% of fans are people who would watch regardless of whether it pleases them. Any reduction team should be aiming a bit wider than that.

 

[Lord Garth]

I don't believe they have tried to please the fan base with what they have put out. They definitely took your advice.

Interesting. I've been a fan for 31 years and I'm pleased with Discovery and Picard.

Not so much Lower Decks, which I've stopped watching.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Interesting. I've been a fan for 31 years and I'm pleased with Discovery and Picard.

Not so much Lower Decks, which I've stopped watching.

I've been a fan for over 30 years as well and I'm watching Lower Decks, Discovery, Picard, and will watch Prodigy when it comes out.

That being said, Lower Decks is my favorite so far of the Kurtzman Era, followed by Picard, then Discovery.

 

[Phoenix219]

If it was really all up to me, because I had the power of the Q..... oh, this is a good one. I know its not exactly what the topic was asking, but I can't help myself. After all, the premise does including having the power of the Q to alter past continuity. So.....

In chronological order, I am now rewriting the timeline.

-I would have Enterprise continue in the mid 2000s with Season 5-7 and do the Romulan War.
-I would also have let Star Trek Continues get licensed and given a big budget, and let them fill in the rest of the 5YM, then move on to the post TMP 5 year mission, culminating in a massive story involving the Klingons, that leads to the Enterprise' retirement and Kirk getting benched, and a militarization of Star Fleet.
-The next big show, in the early 2010s, would be set post TUC, and be completely wide open. Maybe could cameo Takei, to shut him up.
-Next (but in the 90s), I would completely change the entire structure of the movie Generations (I've talked about it elsewhere, and can elaborate in a future post.) It would end with Kirk in the 24th century, and the ensuing set of movies would have been a combined franchise, with literally any of the show's characters able to meshed and paired and used as needed. Kirk, Spock, Scotty, the TNG crew, the DS9 crew, or the Voyager crew after it returns.
-This concept could have been continued as TV movies or mini-series, with the biggest name combinations getting the theater releases. This would eventually taper off for a few years, until the streaming era.

Time trying to realign itself, we are in the streaming era.
-Discovery comes out, but begins in the late 25th or early 26th century.
-I actually don't mind Lower Decks, and would let that start a post TNG set of stories, possibly with a more serious animated spinoff with Riker on the Titan.
-Picard..... would have been something completely different. Not sure what, but not that.
-Strange New Worlds would be their gift to old school fans, while moving forward with both the animated and live action post TNG series. It would be filmed using the STC sets, but with the current set of actors.

 

[Takeru]

I don't believe they have tried to please the fan base with what they have put out. They definitely took your advice.

I agree, that's why the shows are successful.

And of course not trying to please the fanbase doesn't they won't please parts of the fanbase. The point is they should make a product they themselves can be proud of and not pander to an eclectic group of people who all want something else.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

I can't say I've been a fan for 30 years. I've been a fan of the movies (I-VI) for probably that long, but I didn't come into contact with wider Trek properly until around 2005. I've seen all of it since then and I think Discovery is great, I like Lower Decks and... yeah, alright, I found Picard a little boring.

Someone is always going to be displeased with something. As a Doctor Who fan, this whole 'the best Trek is the one I grew up with and now ALL the new stuff is badly written woke trash' thing is depressingly familiar. :-(