MOVIES that never were...

[RobertScorpio]

There have been several TREK movie ideas over the years that were either rumors, or actually nearly made. Can you think of some of the better one? Planet of the Titans, oft discussed here, is one of them for sure...but what are some of the other ones?

Rob
Scorpio

 

[trevanian]

There have been several TREK movie ideas over the years that were either rumors, or actually nearly made. Can you think of some of the better one? Planet of the Titans, oft discussed here, is one of them for sure...but what are some of the other ones?

Rob
Scorpio

Recently, and I don't remember if I saw it here or elsewhere, somebody mentioned De pitched a movie idea to Meyer post TUC, a reprise of the outstanding Richard Brooks western THE PROFESSIONALS w/ Kirk & co rushing off to rescue a kidnapped Uhura. I had never heard of that, so that is of nearly as much interest to me as TITANS.

 

[RobertScorpio]

There have been several TREK movie ideas over the years that were either rumors, or actually nearly made. Can you think of some of the better one? Planet of the Titans, oft discussed here, is one of them for sure...but what are some of the other ones?

Rob
Scorpio

Recently, and I don't remember if I saw it here or elsewhere, somebody mentioned De pitched a movie idea to Meyer post TUC, a reprise of the outstanding Richard Brooks western THE PROFESSIONALS w/ Kirk & co rushing off to rescue a kidnapped Uhura. I had never heard of that, so that is of nearly as much interest to me as TITANS.

Totally agree. They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set. I could see this..Kirk/company, even spock, risking their 'all' to rescue Uhura...love the idea!!!

Rob

 

[Hartzilla2007]

Well there was that Starfleet Academy movie Idea they bonced around that has concept art on Memory Alpha.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_First_Adventure

 

[Hambone]

Roddenberry's recurring favorite: for some reason, the Enterprise crew travels back in time to prevent the assassination of JFK; naturally, in order for the timeline to remain uncontaminated, they end up having to cause his death instead. The script at one point features Spock on the grassy knoll, firing the magic bullet.

Roddenbery pitched this idea several times.

 

[JarodRussell]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

 

[trevanian]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

 

[RobertScorpio]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

is there something wrong with having cute sexy girls in a star trek movie? I hope not. Because, as it turns out, Star Trek-fans are not known for their ability to even talk with the opposite sex, or heck even the same sex, with out coming off as, well, dorky.

Oh well...you can't lead a horse to water...

Rob

 

[trevanian]

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

is there something wrong with having cute sexy girls in a star trek movie?

Naah, I think the other poster was just thinking LCD mindset, and I was suggesting a framework to support it.

The girl WOULD be a good idea for a TOS in the early 90s, since we could have had Kirk dealing with her the way BondWannabe Roger Moore dealt with Lyn Holly-Johnson in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. "put your clothes back on, darling, and I'll buy you an ice cream cone ... "

 

[Hartzilla2007]

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

is there something wrong with having cute sexy girls in a star trek movie?

Naah, I think the other poster was just thinking LCD mindset, and I was suggesting a framework to support it.

The girl WOULD be a good idea for a TOS in the early 90s, since we could have had Kirk dealing with her the way BondWannabe Roger Moore dealt with Lyn Holly-Johnson in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. "put your clothes back on, darling, and I'll buy you an ice cream cone ... "

Meh I like Moore Bond more he used the gadgets more.

 

[trevanian]

is there something wrong with having cute sexy girls in a star trek movie?

Naah, I think the other poster was just thinking LCD mindset, and I was suggesting a framework to support it.

The girl WOULD be a good idea for a TOS in the early 90s, since we could have had Kirk dealing with her the way BondWannabe Roger Moore dealt with Lyn Holly-Johnson in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. "put your clothes back on, darling, and I'll buy you an ice cream cone ... "

Meh I like Moore Bond more he used the gadgets more.

His Bond needed them.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

That concept Enterprise has a slightly NX-01 feel to it.

 

[ClayinCA]

Meh I like Moore Bond more he used the gadgets more.

His Bond needed them.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

That concept Enterprise has a slightly NX-01 feel to it.

You know if they had actually go through with that movie and still did Enterprise there would probably have been a fan theory that the Enterprise in the Starfleet academy was a massively refited NX-01 Enterprise.

 

[Nerys Myk]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Lalely? Hollywoods been about the young sexy girl since the silents. Probably been after the teen set since then too.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

And that just shows how dumb the unwashed masses really are!

 

[Therin of Andor]

And that just shows how dumb the unwashed masses really are!

In that case, I'm very proud to be both dumb and unwashed.

I was also told I was dumb for loving ST:TMP in 1980, many times, by people who'd been TOS fans since the beginning.

 

[JarodRussell]

They could have added Uhura's very young AND sexy niece so as to attract the teen set.

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Lalely? Hollywoods been about the young sexy girl since the silents. Probably been after the teen set since then too.

Yeah, Hollywood, but not the audience/fans.

 

[ncc-1017-e]

And that just shows how dumb the unwashed masses really are!

In that case, I'm very proud to be both dumb and unwashed.

I was also told I was dumb for loving ST:TMP in 1980, many times, by people who'd been TOS fans since the beginning.

I love TMP! It is a great film!

 

[Rackon]

Why is everyone thinking in those stoopid business ways lately?

Probably because of all those folks in the abrams forum who now define the word 'good' by citing 375 million gross or whatever the hell it is.

is there something wrong with having cute sexy girls in a star trek movie? I hope not. Because, as it turns out, Star Trek-fans are not known for their ability to even talk with the opposite sex, or heck even the same sex, with out coming off as, well, dorky.

Oh well...you can't lead a horse to water...

Rob

I just had a very nice conversation, in fact several, with members of the opposite sex today

Maybe some others here can "lead a horse to water but can't make it drink".

Or was your misquoting this old adage an ironic and deliberate jest?