Which Trek novel would make the best film and why ?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Federation

Dark Mirror

Fallen Heroes

If they could do the first Vanguard book set in a nuTrek movie, I think that would be cool. In my opinion that capture the feel of the station and how the character feel compared to TOS. Plus there would be cameos from the recent movie, adding to the idea that there is more then just Kirk and his ship in the TOS era.

Assuming Vanguard exists in the Abramsverse, it would be pretty different than in the novels, wouldn't it? A lot of the characters would be, I know that much. Some of them might not even exist.

 

[Sci]

Assuming Vanguard exists in the Abramsverse, it would be pretty different than in the novels, wouldn't it? A lot of the characters would be, I know that much. Some of them might not even exist.

There's no particular reason that Project Vanguard couldn't occur in the Abramsverse so far. The Taurus Meta-Genome isn't due to be discovered until 2265 by the U.S.S. Constellation, though. It's entirely possible that it could happen, or that it could not. It depends on whether or not the Abramsverse Constellation is deployed in the Taurus Reach and happens upon the genome.

 

[William Leisner]

I don't know about a movie, but I'm going to put my bias on full display and say that the Vanguard books would seem to make mighty fine fodder for a series or mini-series.

On HBO.

With Ian McShane running a saloon somewhere.

"Live long and prosper, cocksucker."

 

[Christopher]

There's no particular reason that Project Vanguard couldn't occur in the Abramsverse so far. The Taurus Meta-Genome isn't due to be discovered until 2265 by the U.S.S. Constellation, though. It's entirely possible that it could happen, or that it could not. It depends on whether or not the Abramsverse Constellation is deployed in the Taurus Reach and happens upon the genome.

No reason it has to be the same ship, or occur in the same year. Starfleet history has been different from 2233 onward, with the launch of the Enterprise delayed and its design heavily altered. A lot of other stuff about Starfleet activity and deployments could be different. It stands to reason that some Starfleet ship could eventually survey Ravanar IV and discover the metagenome, but it doesn't have to be the Constellation and it doesn't have to be in 2263 (not '65; remember, the prologue took place two years before the rest of Harbinger).

 

[Sci]

There's no particular reason that Project Vanguard couldn't occur in the Abramsverse so far. The Taurus Meta-Genome isn't due to be discovered until 2265 by the U.S.S. Constellation, though. It's entirely possible that it could happen, or that it could not. It depends on whether or not the Abramsverse Constellation is deployed in the Taurus Reach and happens upon the genome.

No reason it has to be the same ship, or occur in the same year. Starfleet history has been different from 2233 onward, with the launch of the Enterprise delayed and its design heavily altered. A lot of other stuff about Starfleet activity and deployments could be different. It stands to reason that some Starfleet ship could eventually survey Ravanar IV and discover the metagenome, but it doesn't have to be the Constellation and it doesn't have to be in 2263 (not '65; remember, the prologue took place two years before the rest of Harbinger).

Oops!

But, yeah, either way, I'd say that things are wide-open for an Abramsverse Vanguard story to go whatever way a creator might want it to go.

 

[Dayton Ward]

^ I haven't pondered this notion.


At all.

 

[Mysterion]

Although it's already been kind of adapted as a TNG episode, I think Diane Duane's The Wounded Sky would make a seriously cool movie. Especially these days when there is the SFX technology to really bring the things she describes in the book to life on the screen.

 

[Caliburn24]

How Much For Just the Planet? Done by the new cast. It would be awesome. Our introduction to the new Klingons, plus fabulous musical numbers and great humor.

 

[Thrawn]

Vanguard should be a show on HBO. Titan (with, obviously, the necessary changes in intellectual rigor and moral complexity) should be a saturday morning cartoon. The variety of characters would be great.

But if we're talking about things we'd like to see adapted into movies in actual reality? I can't think of any. None of the VOY, DS9, or ENT books lend themselves to film very well, and the casts of TNG and TOS are pretty much past the point of reasonability (moreso for TOS, clearly).

Now, if we're talking total fantasy, 60s-TOS and 90s-TNG crews together in a movie of Federation is a wonderful possibility to contemplate, but it is of course totally impossible.

 

[Captain Robert April]

^ I haven't pondered this notion.


At all.

Nor should you. You might pull something.

 

[craig keith]

Assuming Vanguard exists in the Abramsverse, it would be pretty different than in the novels, wouldn't it? A lot of the characters would be, I know that much. Some of them might not even exist.

There's no particular reason that Project Vanguard couldn't occur in the Abramsverse so far. The Taurus Meta-Genome isn't due to be discovered until 2265 by the U.S.S. Constellation, though. It's entirely possible that it could happen, or that it could not. It depends on whether or not the Abramsverse Constellation is deployed in the Taurus Reach and happens upon the genome.

My only concern would be that they would proberly rightly change the design of the station and ships featured in the novels... I like Vanguard the way it is !

 

[Christopher]

Titan (with, obviously, the necessary changes in intellectual rigor and moral complexity) should be a saturday morning cartoon. The variety of characters would be great.

Except that Titan has one of the most sexually active crews in all Trek Lit. Maybe a primetime cable animated series?

Besides, there aren't a lot of cartoons on Saturday morning TV anymore.

 

[Dayton Ward]

Nor should you. You might pull something.

Don't you worry about little ol' me. My mind, being open, is surprisingly limber. The risk of injury is fairly low.

 

[Paris]

Gotta be Vanguard and gotta be on a premium cable network like HBO, Showtime, or even F/X. Other than that, I agree with an above poster (a mod I think) that said David Mack's A Time To... duology.

 

[RookieBatman]

No reason it has to be the same ship, or occur in the same year. Starfleet history has been different from 2233 onward, with the launch of the Enterprise delayed and its design heavily altered. A lot of other stuff about Starfleet activity and deployments could be different. It stands to reason that some Starfleet ship could eventually survey Ravanar IV and discover the metagenome, but it doesn't have to be the Constellation and it doesn't have to be in 2263 (not '65; remember, the prologue took place two years before the rest of Harbinger).

I hope I'm not opening a can of worms here (having been gone for a while, I wouldn't know if this is one of those "dead horse" topics), but can we say for certain that Starfleet history wasn't already different before 2233? We know that history changed when Nero came back in time, but isn't it theoretically possible that, the multiverse being what it is, he came back to a timeline that was already somewhat different from the "prime" universe? Am I reaching here, or could that be fairly possible?

 

[craig keith]

^ As i understand it no beacuase he went back in time , he didnt go to an alternate or a mirror universe. The timeline only started to change when the USS Kelvin was destroyed so it would not have been different before 2233. This also explains whys the Enterprise also looks different as starfleet obviously thought that the kelvin ( an advnaced ship at the time and the prelude to the original enterprise) was just not good enough and they went back to the drawing board with the enterprise.

Thats how i see it .. i may be wrong tho ...

 

[BrotherBenny]

I think that Articles of the Federation would make for a good movie...which is the pilot for a TV series...

 

[Christopher]

I hope I'm not opening a can of worms here (having been gone for a while, I wouldn't know if this is one of those "dead horse" topics), but can we say for certain that Starfleet history wasn't already different before 2233? We know that history changed when Nero came back in time, but isn't it theoretically possible that, the multiverse being what it is, he came back to a timeline that was already somewhat different from the "prime" universe? Am I reaching here, or could that be fairly possible?

I think that is rather a "dead horse" topic, and it has nothing to do with the subject of this thread. If the producers of the movies wanted to base a film on Vanguard, they'd do so and adapt it as necessary. The minutiae of temporal theory wouldn't be relevant, since such things are only addressed insofar as they support the story, and now that the new timeline's been established, it's unlikely that any future films will go into temporal physics or timeline differences at all. And if they did, their theory is that the timeline diverged in 2233, so that's what they'd go with.

I could respond further to the question, but this thread isn't the place for it, I think.

 

[craig keith]

^ I also dont think JJ and the team will go to deep into temporal theory as the new film has brought a lot of fans into the fold and a lot of them would just get confused and bord with the temporal theory. It happened .... so that should be it

 

[RonG]

The minute I saw the thread title, the first thing that came into my mind was an abridged/condensed 3-hour cinematic version of the Destiny trilogy.

No other Trek story comes even *remotely* close in ragards to scope, all out action, atmosphere and overall OMG moments...