I really am getting antsy for a new series.

[Relayer1]

I'm not holding my breath for another Trek series any time soon, so I read Trek books to get my fix. I also come to this site to discuss Trek with others.

Strange - I don't remember writing this...

 

[Jonny]

I feel the same way as the OP I'm getting to the stage where I'm gonna need a Trek series very soon, thankfully there's a movie coming out next year to keep me going for a bit longer.

Not holding my breath as I'm not expecting any announcements until at least the next movie is out on dvd/blu-ray.

 

[Jonny]

Yes, so I write fanfiction.

Wish I was that creative.

I've got my need for a serial targeted on The Clone Wars. The best sci-fi series on TV at the moment. Someday Trek will be back to TV where it belongs, and Star Wars in the cinema where it belongs. But I'm enjoying how things are now. I just wonder if by the time Trek XII does come out, if the coolness factor [aka Joe Six Pack $uccess] will have melted away.

Yes I do kind of worry about the cool factor melting away myself but I'm optimistic that it still will be.

Here's another possible route to a revival, a lot more plausible than fan bake sales: CBS and Netflix may partner to revive Jericho.

That would set a good precedent for Star Trek (assuming the budget works out - still a big if) because Star Trek fits the Netflix profile beautifully - a well known brand name with a fanbase loyal enough that just one show might inspire them to subscribe.

That's Star Trek's big advantage - it has appeal to subscription-based services that few other famous names in TV history can match. The trick is, getting one of them interested. The other candidate is Showtime (part of CBS), but space opera isn't very compatible with their existing lineup, especially a series associated with free TV. Netflix has no problem with the "taint" of free TV, being willing to revive Arrested Development.

Interesting idea.

 

[Kegg]

Well Season 3 is not bad at all, but I really really recommend to watch Season 4. It's in my top 10 favorite Star Trek seasons (from 28 in 7th place is not bad at all for Enterprise ...)

I did eventually go back and watch Enterprise and was surprised to find it'd hit its stride, but that was what... 2006? 2007? Point is I haven't watched a premiere of a Star Trek episode in around ten years.

 

[TerraNovan]

I was in Calgary last weekend along with some 40000 other ST fans. I looked around at the crowds, it was like Aerosmith when Riker came out.

There's a huge market for ST. I really didn't realize

Star trek is huge, the myth that star trek keeps getting canceled because no one cares is such a joke. It's mainstream tv, no matter how popular you are as a television show, your gonna have to adhere to budgets and worry about burning out your audience.

Considering the show ran itself off a cliff with some seriously bad ideas, the shows are still very popular.

The brand still has value, people are more open to sci fi than ever before. The problem is their has to be some evolution to it as their is with any art.

When galaxy quest came out, did star trek evolve, no not at all, it just became a parody of itself.

The star trek brand is huge if the studio's were choking it's brand and they brought in some original talent they'd be a gaurented success.

Csi, lost, and big band theory all prove that geek culture is in. Combine that with the past popularity bsg and sg1, and it can't be ignored, star trek really needs to step up to the plate.

 

[horatio83]

When galaxy quest came out, did star trek evolve, no not at all, it just became a parody of itself.

Galaxy Quest was a parody but Trek isn't. Sure, ENT felt too often like VOY and the fourth season as well as the current movies are stuck too deeply in continuity obsession / TOS homage mode and the future of Trek is anything but sure but I wouldn't go that far as to call all Trek in this century a parody of itself.