"Only a Sith speaks in absolutes."And yet... you just said 'no' to 'moratoriums'.
In moratorium
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In the words of Nicholas Meyer “Art thrives on restrictions.”
Obstacles that have been put in the way that they have to overcome. Budgetary, logistical, and otherwise.
Gene Roddenberry, with great respect to him, was the asshole who kept saying, "No. No. No." No wonder Rick Berman was his successor.
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Which, of course, is an absolute, Obi-wan...
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time travel
villains instead of antagonists
Badgey, when was the last holodeck malfunction.
Badgey?
What are you doing, Badgey?
Ahhhhhhh ....
Badgey?
What are you doing, Badgey?
Ahhhhhhh ....
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.And yet... you just said 'no' to 'moratoriums'.
Deus ex machina.
I'll cop to having done most of these over the last thirty-plus years. Sometimes more than once.
These "gone to the well too many times" suggestions are of course going to be subjective, but I'm honestly surprised how much this one came up. Personally, I love time travel stories. "Time travel" is probably my favourite genre of fiction, and Star Trek without time travel to me would be like Star Trek without Starfleet. Travel to the past, alternate timelines, save the future... keep them coming!
It doesn't even really bother me that much if the time travel logic doesn't always hold up, and in fact nitpicking the logic can be fun in itself! So I can never see myself being onboard with all of you who want to ban time travel, sorry.This one I can get behind, though, so I'm not totally offside from the rest of you!
I remember I audibly groaned when
they were revealed to be the antagonists of Picard season 3.
But my biggest one, which I haven't seen mentioned yet is resurrections. That's a Star Trek staple going back to TOS, but I'd be happy if we never saw one again. If you want to generate the drama of a main character dying, then have them stay dead and deal with the consequences. Main character death isn't probably something that you should be going to often, but if you do, it should be permanent, just like real life. It just undermines the storytelling if you contrive a way to bring someone back.
I love Brent Spiner, but I wasn't thrilled when
Picard season 3 resurrected Data... after he had already been "resurrected" once for season 1!
The only modern resurrection I'm OK with is Shaxs, because they used that to skewer the concept in general.
Technology Malfunctions (Transporter, Holodeck, new type of Warp Drive, etc.)
Creatives shouldn’t be restricted.
Klingons
Borg
Temporal Mechanics
I want them to bring back the Dominion and modernize the Jem'Hadar.
Borg
Temporal Mechanics
I want them to bring back the Dominion and modernize the Jem'Hadar.
There's something to be said for this.
Who is to say that that new time travelling episode may not be the greatest thing ever written for Trek ?
One of the greatest drummers in rock.
Alongside John Bonham and Keith Moon, the trinity of supreme drumming.
When you’re writing to commission, the commissioner will give you a brief.
You must work within that brief.
If the brief says “no <x>”, that’s the brief in which you must work.
And that’s before you get to practical restrictions such as budget, schedules etc etc.
A true creative thrives within and despite those.
