New ST to be pitched to CBS set in post STNG era/timeline

[RAMA]

http://www.slashfilm.com/david-foster-preparing-pitch-star-trek-series/

The Praxis idea is ODD to say the least, but its interesting to me that the post STNG timeline was chosen.

RAMA

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

http://www.slashfilm.com/david-foster-preparing-pitch-star-trek-series/

The Praxis idea is ODD to say the least, but its interesting to me that the post STNG timeline was chosen.

RAMA

IMAO, setting a new series in the previous "timeline/canon/whatever" would be commercial suicide as it would come with all the baggage that eventually choked ModTrek. It wouldn't be seen as fresh no matter the talent involved.

But reading through the talent involved, I'm not sure how viable this pitch will be. For example, writer Harris Dvores's samples of his TNG scripts (obviously never made) aren't particularly well-written and the dialogue is ... well amateurish.

 

[Doug Otte]

Is this the David Foster who produces House? I searched for him on IMDB, but wasn't sure. If he's a real producer, then this sounds like a real pitch. Otherwise, who knows?

And, his description of it involving the usual races w/ their usual conflicts (Klingons = itchy; Ferengi = greedy etc.) doesn't sound fresh at all.

If his intent is to return to "Roddenberry's original vision," then is would be a lone starship more-or-less on its own, exploring new things, not the same old races.

Doug

 

[RAMA]

The story made "The Feed" segment on Attack of the Show.

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54920/the-daily-feed-with-sara-underwood-82411/?quality=hd

RAMA

 

[BillJ]

Wake me when someone makes a pitch that has a chance of getting made.

 

[Christopher]

Lots of people have made Star Trek pitches to CBS/Paramount over the past few years and gotten nowhere. This guy apparently hasn't even gotten in the door yet, and is looking for an executive producer to "help" him present it to CBS. In which case it's very strange to be talking about it publicly. I would think the standard way to go about it would be to keep it confidential until it was actually bought or rejected.

And it seems like this fellow is confused about the chronology. It's after Voyager, but the Klingons are still reacting to the Praxis explosion, an event that took place 84 years before Voyager ended?

Is this the David Foster who produces House? I searched for him on IMDB, but wasn't sure. If he's a real producer, then this sounds like a real pitch. Otherwise, who knows?

No, it's apparently David G. Foster, whose only credits on IMDb are fairly low-ranking posts on two short films, one of which was Richard Hatch's fake trailer/pitch for a Galactica revival back in 1999. His production company, 1947 Entertainment, has exactly one IMDb credit, the more recent of those two short films. So this is not someone with a significant amount of experience or clout in Hollywood. We're not talking Bryan Singer or J. Michael Straczynski here.

 

[Vanyel]

http://www.slashfilm.com/david-foster-preparing-pitch-star-trek-series/

The Praxis idea is ODD to say the least, but its interesting to me that the post STNG timeline was chosen.

RAMA

IMAO, setting a new series in the previous "timeline/canon/whatever" would be commercial suicide as it would come with all the baggage that eventually choked ModTrek. It wouldn't be seen as fresh no matter the talent involved.

I don't think setting a series in the TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY timeline would be choked at all. Voyager suffered from poor character development, but otherwise the seeds of a very good series were there. Canon violations are a result of poor fact checking. Star Trek canon is huge and complicated, no doubt, but it can be adhered to as well as any other series. People also refer to stories being told before, well after what 80 some odd years of television all stories have been told. The trick is looking at them from different angles and using characters that normally wouldn't involved in such a story. It's all about creativity, not canon violations or reused stories, it's about looking at those stories in a new way.

 

[GeorgeKirk]

The thread title is a little misleading here, since this David Foster yahoo is definitely not going to be pitching a Star Trek series to CBS. If/when CBS does another Star Trek TV series, it's going to be an internal decision, and then they'll tap somebody they know and trust to develop it.

Just because the jackhole that produced Richard Hatch's old-BSG-revival fan trailer has an idea, and has gotten some Internet publicity from that idea, doesn't mean that CBS is obligated to listen to him.

David Foster does not have a "pitch" for a new Star Trek series. He has fan fiction.

 

[Christopher]

^In fact, Foster didn't even produce Hatch's fan trailer; IMDb lists him as the script consultant.

 

[Alrik]

Sounds like I'd have about as much of a shot at getting through the front door as this guy will.

 

[Nightdiamond]

Something is already off... The show's timeline happens in the post Voyager era, but revolves around the Praxis incident?

Maybe it's a typo, but no wonder fans get suspicious when 'outsiders' attempt to write or produce Trek.

The 'much younger' cast thing is also a reason to be suspicious-- we might end up with a bunch of super model characters without any personalities--that's a typical Hollywood casting cliche.

I have to find out what time period this takes place in, before I can even give a premature verdict.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

When they mention Praxis, it seems like they're indicating the Klingons have grown tired of being "nice guys" due to the peace treaty that sort of began with the Praxis incident.

 

[Christopher]

When they mention Praxis, it seems like they're indicating the Klingons have grown tired of being "nice guys" due to the peace treaty that sort of began with the Praxis incident.

Which doesn't make a lot of sense considering that, much more recently, they broke the Khitomer Alliance (or rather accused the Federation of doing so) and went to war with the UFP. And according to "Yesterday's Enterprise," the UFP/Klingon peace didn't really become solid until after 2344 and the Enterprise-C's sacrifice. And "tired of having to rely on the Federation for support?" There was never any indication that the Klingons of the TNG/DS9/VGR era were dependent on UFP handouts.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

When they mention Praxis, it seems like they're indicating the Klingons have grown tired of being "nice guys" due to the peace treaty that sort of began with the Praxis incident.

Which doesn't make a lot of sense considering that, much more recently, they broke the Khitomer Alliance (or rather accused the Federation of doing so) and went to war with the UFP. And according to "Yesterday's Enterprise," the UFP/Klingon peace didn't really become solid until after 2344 and the Enterprise-C's sacrifice. And "tired of having to rely on the Federation for support?" There was never any indication that the Klingons of the TNG/DS9/VGR era were dependent on UFP handouts.

I never said it made sense, but that was just my take on the Praxis statement. Though the writing of the Klingons in general was pretty uneven.

How else could anything related to Praxis have any bearing post-Nemesis I wonder?

 

[YARN]

Anything is possible...

but my preference would be for a TOS/TMP era show.

 

[Athena28]

I always wanted a new show to be in the Voyager era or after it. I'd welcome this.

 

[AviTrek]

When they mention Praxis, it seems like they're indicating the Klingons have grown tired of being "nice guys" due to the peace treaty that sort of began with the Praxis incident.

Which doesn't make a lot of sense considering that, much more recently, they broke the Khitomer Alliance (or rather accused the Federation of doing so) and went to war with the UFP. And according to "Yesterday's Enterprise," the UFP/Klingon peace didn't really become solid until after 2344 and the Enterprise-C's sacrifice. And "tired of having to rely on the Federation for support?" There was never any indication that the Klingons of the TNG/DS9/VGR era were dependent on UFP handouts.

I never said it made sense, but that was just my take on the Praxis statement. Though the writing of the Klingons in general was pretty uneven.

How else could anything related to Praxis have any bearing post-Nemesis I wonder?

It sounds like this was created by someone who knows TOS(+movies), TNG, and is aware that Voyager was the latest show, but has no concept of anything that occurred post TNG. So he will simultaneously piss off the fans who are obsessed with canon and turn off the casual viewers who don't know what Praxis is. And will there be anyone left to watch to somehow convince CBS to green light the show?

 

[RAMA]

Wake me when someone makes a pitch that has a chance of getting made.

I simply find it interesting because of what they are pitching. JJ Abrams entertained the idea of a new tv show for the first time in an interview, and THAT prob has a much greater chance of being made.

 

[Oso Blanco]

I always wanted a new show to be in the Voyager era or after it. I'd welcome this.

Mee too. Although the Praxis comment is a little odd. Wouldn't it make more sense to follow up on the destruction of Romulus instead?

 

[Qew]

A lot of the story in Star Trek Online could make for a very good new ST TV show.