If JJ Abrams reboots TNG...

[TroiFan4ever]

So there have been the rumors going around that TNG was going to be continued in a new Titan series. Then there were the rumors that started not too long ago that JJ Abrams might be rebooting TNG and I just wanted to add my $0.02.

They should either have a new set of senior crew members and characters or have the same characters played by the same actors.

I do recall reading in blogs that Patrick Stewart lacks the need to play Picard again but when it comes to roles like that, no one else, other than Patrick Stewart, should portray Jean-Luc Picard. The mere thought of someone else playing roles like that make me wanna just look the other way.

And it's not just Picard, no one else should play Data BUT Brent Spiner and the same with the other characters.

Pretty much, to say the least, I think the best way to reboot TNG is to just continue it... by tackling the Titan novels and make it into a series!

I did hear that there actually WAS going to be a Titan series but CBS turned it down or something like that if memory serves. I never read the novels but it would be interesting to see, in the show, Patrick Stewart reprise the Picard role but as Admiral Picard this time.

If someone approached me and asked me if I would rather a.) have a reboot of TNG or b.) have TTN made, my choice would be b, hands down.

What do you guys think?

 

[SeerSGB]

I don't see them rebooting TNG. I think what we're going to get is a TOS reboot every few years--so long as people are willing to pay to see the "original" crew.

As for Titan or a TNG reboot: I'd rather have a Titan series. If the Prime Universe was to ever be brought back, it really needs to jump past the TNG Era and move forward-- even if it's just a couple of decades or so

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The only way TNG would be rebooted/reimagined/rewhatever is if it were recast. Even Brent Spiner admits he's too old to play an ageless android.

If Spock can be successfully recast, any character in existence can be, too. My picks for Picard and Data:

Picard - Wentworth Miller (with an actual French accent, why not get it right this time?)
Data - Alan Tudyk

Those are the only two I've made an effort to think about the recasting for. The others should be much easier. There are tons of brash hunk types to play Riker, for instance...

I don't see them rebooting TNG.

I don't, either. Doesn't seem worth it, like TOS is worth it. Actors like Wentworth Miller and Alan Tudyk would be fun to see in Star Trek, but I'd just as soon they play original characters.

When Trek comes back to TV, it will be with all-new characters. None of the post-TOS series will ever been seen again on small screen or big.

 

[Holdfast]

From a real-world perspetive, TNG was already a reboot of TOS. Sure, sure, continuity applied, but so what really, when the whole real-world point of doing a TNG TV series rather than a new TOS one was because TNG was practically possible, and offered the prospect of doing some things differently to TOS (while keeping much the same and cashing in on the superficial universe familiarity of the TOS movie franchise at the time). Of course, technically, the continuity prevented it a reboot in-universe. But practically, it served the same real-world function.

Therefore, rebooting TNG seems a truly pointless exercise. Might as well reboot TOS again if needed. Or if someone wanted to show some real imagination (and take a major risk), reboot the Star Trek concept without any of the known characters.

 

[TroiFan4ever]

Fair enough but wouldn't think of TNG as a reboot of TOS, just a sequel with different characters and a new ship.

Even Brent Spiner admits he's too old to play an ageless android.

Is that why he blew himself up in Nemesis? (Pun intended - Spiner co-wrote Nemesis, where Data destroys that alien ship with himself still inside which leads me and others to believe that Data's heroic suicide was Spiner's idea.)

Though I really hate the idea of her being recast and because I'm shooting for an acting career and love Trek anyway, I guess I would be up for the role of Deanna Troi if they do decide to reboot TNG. Well, I'm Black but she was my favorite character in all of Trek anyway, hence the avatar.

CBS really needs to give Titan a shot. Titan would be a much better idea as opposed to a 5th TNG movie, a 1 year thing as where Titan would go for 7 years. But I have just a couple of questions:

Was it Jonathan Franks' idea to tackle the Titan novels? Remember the "CBS Turned down Jonathan Frakes' idea of Star Trek" thing?

Why is CBS so unwilling to accept TTN?

 

[davejames]

Yeah the whole point of rebooting TOS was to bring that show's more energetic, swashbuckling spirit back into modern Trek.

TNG, as awesome as it is, kind of represents that more staid Berman style that they were trying to break away from in the first place. There just wouldn't be much point in rebooting it, unless you wanted to make it in that same Trek09 style-- which to me just wouldn't be right for TNG at all.

I'd much rather just see some kind of eventual reunion movie with the existing cast. Much like with the time jump from TOS to TMP, I think it would be awesome to see THESE characters on screen again after a really long break.

 

[AviTrek]

So there have been the rumors going around that TNG was going to be continued in a new Titan series. Then there were the rumors that started not too long ago that JJ Abrams might be rebooting TNG and I just wanted to add my $0.02.

They should either have a new set of senior crew members and characters or have the same characters played by the same actors.

I do recall reading in blogs that Patrick Stewart lacks the need to play Picard again but when it comes to roles like that, no one else, other than Patrick Stewart, should portray Jean-Luc Picard. The mere thought of someone else playing roles like that make me wanna just look the other way.

And it's not just Picard, no one else should play Data BUT Brent Spiner and the same with the other characters.

Pretty much, to say the least, I think the best way to reboot TNG is to just continue it... by tackling the Titan novels and make it into a series!

I did hear that there actually WAS going to be a Titan series but CBS turned it down or something like that if memory serves. I never read the novels but it would be interesting to see, in the show, Patrick Stewart reprise the Picard role but as Admiral Picard this time.

If someone approached me and asked me if I would rather a.) have a reboot of TNG or b.) have TTN made, my choice would be b, hands down.

What do you guys think?

There never were credible rumors of any of this. The closet to credible rumors have been producers saying they would be interested in making a TV show. Beyond that anything you've read has been wishful fan thinking.

And in terms of rebooting TNG, people said the same thing about recasting Kirk/Spock/McCoy until it was done. If someone can convince CBS to reboot TNG then they will recast the TNG characters too.

 

[You_Will_Fail]

JJ Abrams has absolutely zero intention of rebooting TNG, that isn't even a rumor so this thread is pointless.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

If it ever happens, which I doubt, expect Riker to have even worse daddy issues.

 

[CaptainMatt]

Again, I say there is no need to reboot TNG or any of the other Star Trek spinoff series. A reboot would only wrosen an already crowded situation.

 

[JB2005]

Source for these rumours?

 

[StalwartUK]

Give it another 10-20 years or whenever everyone gets bored of Kirk and Spock.

 

[Methos]

i'd rather see a "prequel" series to the first movie...

give a series focusing on Pike's adventures as Captain while Kirk was in the Academy... think that would be far more interesting for the new universe

M

 

[You_Will_Fail]

I'd rather JJ Abrams stick to franchises he's actually interested in.

 

[{ Emilia }]

At the very least they could add some lens flares to the remastered TNG bluray release.

 

[Dr. Crusher]

Whether a valid rumor or not, I think that it is way too soon to "reboot" any of the 24th century Trek series, TNG included. Technically, TNG only "ended" about 10 years ago with Nemesis, and the interval between the end of the TOS movies and the TOS reboot was almost double that.

One of the problems with casting memorable actors in unique roles is that replacing them with equally talented counterparts is very difficult. The TOS reboot in the films I think took a different, but not better, approach to the TOS characters. It would really take some thought to effectively reboot many of the TNG characters, Picard particularly.

I think that if they were to feature a new Trek series on TV, it would probably be something entirely new rather than a series that incorporates older characters. TNG did very well rating-wise, but many feel the films did not live up to the TV series, and neither DS9 or VOY, both of which were on TV many years after TNG, never did quite as well. Given that, I think most consider the 24th century chapter of the Trek world closed for the time being.

 

[davejames]

Yeah I can see rebooting TNG in another 10-20 years, or when the original cast is in their 70s, but right now it just seems way too early. As awesome as the show was, it hasn't achieved nearly the same iconic status yet as TOS, and characters like Kirk, Spock or Scotty.

I mean, I can't imagine anyone getting really excited over a new guy playing Riker or Geordi, for instance. It would just seem odd more than anything.

 

[The Dominion]

If JJ is still involved in Trek in ten years, and the reboot movies are dying down, he could do a Titan series with different characters. But I hope he isn't, and doesn't. I also don't think they would try directly rebooting TNG right after rebooting TOS.

 

[Alrik]

JJ Abrams has absolutely zero intention of rebooting TNG,

I didn't know you were so tight with JJ. Could you talk to him and see if you can get me a set visit?

...that isn't even a rumor so this thread is pointless.

The OP seem to think so, therefore the thread is valid. Besides, the OP seems to be more focused on the possibility of a TNG reboot, more than who would be doing it.

 

[Kelso]

Picard - Wentworth Miller
Data - Alan Tudyk

Tudyk is good, but Wentworth Miller?? I don't see it.

I'd prefer someone like Jason Isaacs or Ralph Fiennes for Picard.