It certainly didn't look like it was 100 years before TOS, either. But again, we are going to agree to disagree on this.
It certainly didn't look like it was 100 years before TOS, either. But again, we are going to agree to disagree on this.
Perhaps. But it did look like it could be NASA 150 years in the future.
I guess my bias is that the same production designers from VOY were on ENT. I never really felt that, visually, the show was all that different from Voyager. It certainly did not give me the impression that anyone took any cues from TOS when designing the show, other than the NX-01's nacelles. It was almost as if the producers wanted to make a prequel to TNG and VOY rather than TOS.
The blinky multicolored indicator lights were on display on the NX-01, but they were more pastel in hue and restrained until they made them more plentiful and brighter in color in Seasons 3 and 4. The shuttlepods and ship also had TOS font on the hulls.
id still probley want a star trek reboot tv series set in a brand new star trek universe
I will certainly check out any new Trek (show or movie) that comes along but I already know I won’t get what “I want” (which is totally fine—not my place to dictate).
If I could get what “I want”, I would want one or more of the following (in no particular order):
If I could get what “I want”, I would want one or more of the following (in no particular order):
- SNW renewed
- Year One
- TOS adjacent (stories in between the TOS episodes and between Turnabout and TMP)
- Post TMP-pre TWOK
- Another Kelvinverse movie or two
- A series set in the Kelvinverse
Never gonna happen, but I’d love a series about a human “internal exchange” Starfleet officer serving on a Ni’Varian starship — exploring new worlds for primarily scientific and survey reasons, but with a somewhat different attitude (or attitudes, since you’ve of course got culturally Vulcan, Romulan and “mixed” Ni’Varians) than we’re used to from the old days. Yes, another not-the-Captain show; and this protagonist would stay not the Captain, but would gradually rise after (let’s say) four seasons to First Officership, becoming the ship’s “Spock”. And it would definitely be a mostly-unserialized, planet-of-the-week show, btw. One possible thread might be the contrast between the old and still nominally revered Vulcan IDIC philosophy, and how it’s often been “more honored in the breach than in the observance” over the centuries.
EDIT: I mean, sure I’d like to see a post-TMP Enterprise show too, but I expect nobody beyond my (old-person) generation cares much about that anymore, understandably enough. I think show ideas about “that missing era I’ve always wanted to see” are even less likely to happen than anything else.
EDIT: I mean, sure I’d like to see a post-TMP Enterprise show too, but I expect nobody beyond my (old-person) generation cares much about that anymore, understandably enough. I think show ideas about “that missing era I’ve always wanted to see” are even less likely to happen than anything else.
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That is "no Trek." It's caving to fannish obsessions with continuity instead of innovating and making the best show you can dream up.
Any pitch that starts with the premise that the era is that important is looking out the wrong end of the telescope.
Among other things, there are no essential differences between historical eras in Star Trek. It's always about people in a Space Navy flitting around in FTL starships, shooting things with ray-guns and teleporting from place to place except when it's inconvenient to the plot.
Looking at the whole history of Trek, the studio's stated plans and the current entertainment climate, I expect that SNW will remain the franchise high point for a long time to come. So I don't care whether they do more or not.
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I agree, which is why I’d be in favor of a simple adventure series where you tune in each week to see where the ship goes and what unfolds with maybe a longer season-long arc.
Like you said, it’s all just space navy so era doesn’t matter to me.
Exactly so. There's simply no need to continue Star Trek if it's only purpose is fan service.
Years later, I still thing Young Picard is the best of the suggested bunch.
I still wonder what the Short Trek with young Picard and old Uhura would've been like, even down to the uniform he would be wearing in it.
was it a bright red jumper under the maroon jackets for a cadet?
There was a different cadet uniform they had a bizarrely bald tom hardy wear I think.
So, the red turtleneck under the Maroon jacket indicated cadet. Same red color was in the jumpsuit that enlisted personnel also wore, using black turtlenecks to indicate NCO.
ETA: This website breaks it down better than my brief description:
The Complete Guide to Starfleet Style: The TOS Movies Crewman Jumpsuit
Let's start the style guide with a piece that became synonymous with Enterprise crewmen – the maroon jumpsuit. Starting with Star ...
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I dont even think they got to that stage before Picard became an option for them.
EDIT: I see what you mean now.
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Has anyone considered an LD prequel set in the TOS era? (i.e. prequel in the sense of same style of humor, not full of LD characters' ancestors) So like "Redshirts" "Enlisted", etc.
Rather have original characters than LD ancestors.
If I'm not getting Assignment: Earth, then the next best thing would be a DTI series featuring Christina Chong.
@Nerys Myk Hence the "not". I was clarifying that it would be a thematic prequel (taking place earlier in time, but with the same craziness), not characters.
I'm not sure simply copying a show to an earlier part of the timeline would honestly work. Part of what made the show worked was the vast catalog of Trek it had to pull from. Putting it before the vast majority of Trek takes place would handicap it from the getgo.
