Or it could spoil the cake. RTD is getting mixed reviews. RDM might get the same.
Star Trek: Starfleet Scouts in development
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That is possible of course. You never know but at least he has a record of success so I would love to see them give him a chance to make a Trek show in the way he would want to do it. Something tells me, despite being a big Trek fan he would be even willing to finally break away from the Prime timeline and create a new line of continuity. He strikes me as someone who loves the old stuff but also would love to try new stuff as well and mix it together.
My earliest memories are of Scorpion part 2 and A Time to Stand which aired over here when I was 6 years old. A kiddy-friendly Star Trek option would not have appealed to me.IDK - the original series made me a big fan at age 6, so yeah, I don't get what they feel the need to 'aim' for anything.
I was around 10 when TAS premiered on NBC Saturday mornings and compared to live action TOS, I found both its music and a lot of the stories wanting even at that age.
SNW should appeal to kids no problem.
SNW should appeal to kids no problem.
If kids have subscriptions to Paramount+.
Like someone left it out in the rain.
Hah, those are the first episodes of Star Trek that I remember with real vividity, myself. I was nine.
i started watching Trek when TNG was still on the air, in the early 90s. I was 11.
I don't know why they have to make kid specific shows. It was doing a good enough job converting kids already. I love Prodigy but its mainly us 40 plus year olds watching it, not kids
I don't know why they have to make kid specific shows. It was doing a good enough job converting kids already. I love Prodigy but its mainly us 40 plus year olds watching it, not kids
Nothing wrong with making stuff for kids but it is a mistake to assume kids only want to see stuff with kid characters.When I was a kid I was into GiJoe,Scooby Doo,Transformers, Go-Bots,Speed Raceer and later stuff like The A-Team,Alf,Punky Brewster and Dukes of Hazard. Kids like stuff with grown-ups or teenagers and of course aliens and robots in them. I think the only kid character I liked was Punky Brewster and that is because I had a crush on her.
Probably because they see competitors doing it: see Camp Cretaceous for Jurassic Park franchise.
Executives do not have a fan mindset. Fans usually will try something once and keep going. Executives don't assume that's going to be the average viewers experience. They want to create a draw that appeals to multiple demographics, not just hope 40+ year olds or parents are showing their kids older franchises.
People do not want new. They want warm feels and ears tickled.
Why bring in someone new with a vision when we can just keep regurgitating the past?!
Ron Moore has been and still is a good writer and he's done a lot of good work for Star Trek. I think Doctor Who is a cautionary tale, showing how even writers like Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat can run out of ideas, but they're still able to come out with a Wild Blue Yonder or Boom every now and then.
I wouldn't necessarily want the guy to run a Trek show (even if that would be a new thing, he's never done that before), but I think he's got some great one-off Trek stories left in him.
I wouldn't necessarily want the guy to run a Trek show (even if that would be a new thing, he's never done that before), but I think he's got some great one-off Trek stories left in him.
Why bring in someone new with a vision when we can just keep regurgitating the past?!
But he would be someone new with a vision. He has worked on Trek but he has never created a Trek show before or been a showrunner on a Trek show. Also he is a talented and creative person. I am sure he has many good ideas that would feel both fresh and yet also respectful to what has come before.
Their is also just as many pitfalls that come with bringing in people completely unfamiliar with a franchise and that they might not know what appeals to the fans or they end up repeating old stuff without even knowing it because they don't know their ideas have already been done a million times on the older shows.
My theory is talent and vision Trump's everything. Not to mention a health enough creative from the suits of course as well. Doesn't matter if they have worked on something before or are completely new. Moore has the talent and has proven track record of making good stuff. Not just in Trek but outside of it. Why would someone not want someone like that to create a show for them?
Dude, Gene made the show yet repeated "The Changeling" plot for TMP. Nick Meyer knew very little yet made TWOK, the most lauded Trek film.
Because he's worked on Trek in the past and I didn't like all his output then and I'm skeptical of it now.
@Jayson1 You obviously won’t find many supporters here, but I’m with you to a point. Moore or Matalas would be great get-backs. Whether their future work might win over detractors is a question in and of itself, and I’m not confident that it would, but there’s a decent chance it’d satisfy me.
At the end of the day, I always hope for writing and direction that will please us all. But that’s clearly an unlikely scenario. At a certain point, I’ve got to accept that. And, while I’m quite pleased with Strange New Worlds, the only other modern Star Trek that’s had me completely aboard for the ride is Picard’s third season. The rest is all varying degrees of pleased (or, in rare cases - see Picard’s second season for instance - rather displeased).
So, yeah. You aren’t totally devoid of supporters in this thread, ha.
At the end of the day, I always hope for writing and direction that will please us all. But that’s clearly an unlikely scenario. At a certain point, I’ve got to accept that. And, while I’m quite pleased with Strange New Worlds, the only other modern Star Trek that’s had me completely aboard for the ride is Picard’s third season. The rest is all varying degrees of pleased (or, in rare cases - see Picard’s second season for instance - rather displeased).
So, yeah. You aren’t totally devoid of supporters in this thread, ha.
I'm not against the idea of Moore returning In the slightest, but I think that "Starfleet Scouts" would be both an extreme waste of his talents and his time.
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Oh, definitely. To be honest, I fell off entirely from the actual subject of this thread.
Moore or Matalas would be great get-backs, sure but how does that move the franchise forward? Fans don't think outside the box enough.
Fans understand the dimensions of the box and know what's already in there. Fans are well aware that the box is full of tropes and clichés that people have grown sick of. Fans have spent time daydreaming of what could be outside of the box and contemplating what the box means. And fans can hire other writers too.
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