New Singer / Fuller Series?
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I think Breaking Bad does a good job with moral dilema's as well as CSI, BSG had good drama. There's plenty examples of recent shows that handle drama and moral delima's well. I dont think audiences can't handle Star Trek.
What I'd like to see is a continuance of the prime-verse. Say 50-100 years after Nemesis. I want Kirk and Picard to be distant memories. I want them to be like Washington and Lincoln, the average Joe knows who they are, but they don't know much about them personally. We don't need 100 references to them, just a simple statue at Starfleet Academy or something.
I don't want to see therapy Trek either, let people get pissed at each other, argue like Bones and Spock, hell, even duke it out a little. Also, I want to see more color. No more greys and dark colors. I think there's a real opportunity to continue Trek in the prime universe without being beholden to continuity and there's an opprotunity to make it cool and bright looking without it being cartoonish. They can make it light hearted and also dramatic without it being boring and having too much Treknobable.
I like the JJ. Verse, but I love the prime-verse more and I think there's still a lot to be told and it just takes some imagination to figure out a way to bring a successful series to TV.
Lastly, I think an animated series would be great for the JJ. Verse, but still, I would defiantly like to see alive series as well. I think animated has a good place in Trek, but live action is Trek.
What I'd like to see is a continuance of the prime-verse. Say 50-100 years after Nemesis. I want Kirk and Picard to be distant memories. I want them to be like Washington and Lincoln, the average Joe knows who they are, but they don't know much about them personally. We don't need 100 references to them, just a simple statue at Starfleet Academy or something.
I don't want to see therapy Trek either, let people get pissed at each other, argue like Bones and Spock, hell, even duke it out a little. Also, I want to see more color. No more greys and dark colors. I think there's a real opportunity to continue Trek in the prime universe without being beholden to continuity and there's an opprotunity to make it cool and bright looking without it being cartoonish. They can make it light hearted and also dramatic without it being boring and having too much Treknobable.
I like the JJ. Verse, but I love the prime-verse more and I think there's still a lot to be told and it just takes some imagination to figure out a way to bring a successful series to TV.
Lastly, I think an animated series would be great for the JJ. Verse, but still, I would defiantly like to see alive series as well. I think animated has a good place in Trek, but live action is Trek.
If what came to pass? I click the link for the full article and instead of seeing an article about Star Trek I get sent to an article about a rebooted Munsters. Is there an actual functioning link or is this the Star Trek equivalent of a Rick Roll?
Click the "full article is here" link. There's not much detail but it is mentioned.
It's noteworthy mostly because Fuller has already mentioned being interested and apparently he's not giving up. Maybe if Mockingbird Lane is a hit, he'll have more of a case for another oddball series based on a famous brand dating from the 60s...
It's noteworthy mostly because Fuller has already mentioned being interested and apparently he's not giving up. Maybe if Mockingbird Lane is a hit, he'll have more of a case for another oddball series based on a famous brand dating from the 60s...
D'oh! I guess that's what I get for being lazy and not reading the full title of the AICN article. But yeah, not a whole lot of information at all. Absolutely nothing about the time period or the premise. Personally I was hoping for something a bit more substantive than just hearing that two people who'd previously expressed interest in bringing Star Trek back to tv had decided to team up.
Well, there's really nothing more to say. Singer & Fuller aren't actually working on a Trek project; they've got their Munsters reboot to occupy them right now. They just told a reporter that they'd like to work together on a Trek reboot at some future time, maybe, if they get the chance, and that they've discussed the possibility with each other. That's the only "story" there is.
This is how the news media work. They need to generate content even if there's nothing to talk about, so they'll grab onto any tiny thread and make a big deal out of it. Which is why it's important to read/watch the news defensively and read between the headlines.
I think the nerd media are more to blame for blowing these non-stories completely out of proportion. Seth MacFarlane casually joking that no one would ever let him make a Star Trek series, suddenly becomes:
"Seth MacFarlane Prepping Star Trek Reboot!"
That didn't happen in the news media. That happened here.
Definitely. I'd be very interested to see what Singer & Fuller could do with Star Trek. It would certainly be fresh and unexpected, and probably quite classy and well-done. I'd certainly trust them with the franchise more than JMS & Bryce Zabel, say.
But it still underlines the importance of defensive reading and critical thinking. It's just as important to question assumptions whether they come from reporters or from inside ourselves.
And that's how you know it's legitimate and not fanwank. If a new show is going to be made, the producers will get a sign off from CBS before announcing anything. In fact, you probably won't get that much detail until the pilot is screened.
Real producers understand the person they are pitching to is the network suit greenlighting the project. Only fans think that the way to create a new show is to go on the internet and get into the nitty gritty details about the timeline or what aliens will be involved.
The fact is Singer and Fuller have the resume to schedule a meeting with CBS. They've said their interested and would love to work together on a show. So far that's the only news. If they make any progress the next new story will be from Deadline/EW announcing a script or pilot being ordered. Anything between now and then won't get leaked if it's a real project.
We'd probably hear about a new show about a year before it's due to air (most likely in the fall.) The news will break first someplace like Deadline or THRFeed, maybe around Sept, and at that point, it won't even be at the point of CBS ordering a pilot, which will happen Jan-Feb.
A few shows pop up at the pilot ordering phase without any advance notice, but they're the exception.
A few shows pop up at the pilot ordering phase without any advance notice, but they're the exception.
Nope.
I dunno where to put this and it probably doesn't merit its own thread, but here's an interview with the president of CBS Studios...
But I'm skeptical this guy is really committed to risk-taking - Westerns are part of the trend in TV development now (and they were last season, too.) Developing a Western at this point would just be going along with the herd.
That's interesting - CBS doesn't have any basic-cable outlets currently.
Psst, if you want to be a groundbreaker with genres that are "not on TV," there's a big one I can think of right now: space opera.
But I'm skeptical this guy is really committed to risk-taking - Westerns are part of the trend in TV development now (and they were last season, too.) Developing a Western at this point would just be going along with the herd.
^Err, that's a non sequitur. AviTrek's point wasn't about quality, simply about what's a valid strategy for trying to sell a show and what isn't.
Plus, all TV is far from being crap. How did Breaking Bad get made? How did Justified get made? They went through the same meat-grinder process that everything does. If the evil suits can greenlight good stuff, then you can't blame "the process" for everything.
Well I disagree, I think people like a mixture of shows. Some were you can switch off and enjoy others that are more dramtic, thought provoking etc..
I could try and argue that shows like B5 & DSN were shown just a couple of years earler when more serailised shows where what the audiance was after. Whilst VOY which started a few years later with an episodic format when people were after serialised shows.
The nautre and viewing habits of audiance change over time. I have no doubt that ST will rfeturn to the small screen at some point in the future.
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