Knight Templar
Commodore
I realize that.
Still, I think that overall I would keep robots, androids, and A.I.s out of Star Trek. Keep them "in universe". Just do not have them appear in any episodes whatsoever.
Things I Do Not Want To See In A New Star Trek Series
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I realize that.
Still, I think that overall I would keep robots, androids, and A.I.s out of Star Trek. Keep them "in universe". Just do not have them appear in any episodes whatsoever.
Just curious: why? What's wrong with having robots and androids on a sci-fi space show? Especially when they've been part of the universe for forty-plus years now? Where's the harm?
Because androids are . . . what? Corny? Unrealistic? Overused? Icky?
I honestly don't see the problem.
Don't know about that, there are certainly enough cable shows with guest stars, which is really what AOTW were. Guess stars on a new Star Trek could still be that weeks victim or villain like on any other cable show, just with a costume or makeup that makes them an alien.
Good observation, CBS would likely want to stick with what works for them in terms of format. Although I could see CBS moving Star Trek onto cable if they thought it was the best way to market it.
Seven of Nine's body was full of them, they were mentioned frequently.
Having a second "Data-like" main character might be a poor idea. But that doesn't mean there should be no artificial beings at all.
They were trying to cram B-4 down our throats at the end of NEM.Having a second "Data-like" main character might be a poor idea. But that doesn't mean there should be no artificial beings at all.
Trying to repeat an android character would just be seen as a cheap knock-off of Data, and unless the character was excellently written and acted then it would be a disaster IMHO.
Ships are essentially run by the computer's AI so it will always be there and should be fully utilised as a tool. VOY did an episode that featured alien robots, so it had been covered from many angles. Acknowledge they exist but leave it at that (unless they came up with a seriously badass episode or arch that included them--but please nothing on their rights).
They should try to think up new and different aliens/beings to crew the next ship. I wouldn't mind seeing something like Ensign Jitercia (from the Stargazer books), something very alien so as to study and understand the human condition (though I doubt that would ever happen due to budgets, special effects and the nature of television).
I already gave my .02, but I'm giving .02 more! Above all else, the one thing I don't want to see in a new Trek series is: technobabble as conflict resolution. Technobabble is fine, outlandish science is fine, made-up anomalies are fine, etc. etc. But there came a point when the crux of the episode depended on some hocus pocus rather than the strength of the characters. The best episodes in Trek were solved through the characters' personalities, or at the very least, if there really was a technobabble solution, it was because of something deep in them (ie, Data's plan of shutting down the Borg Cube only worked because Picard's humanity was resisting Locutus and shut down the defenses that were blocking Data). Characters should come first and be built up accordingly, the science and tech should be secondary. After all, Trek is about the human adventure.
I like Tribbles or Night in Sickbay but good stories like In the Pale Moonlight, Inner Light or City are always serious.
Today it is trendy to go down the postmodern path of eternal self-irony and self-relativization. May Trek stay far away from it.
Things I don't want to see in a new Star Trek series:
1. Reboots of TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager.
2. Any references to the annihilation of Data, janeway's death in the books or the humiliation and destruction of Kes in the crap episodes "Fury" and "The Gift".
3. The doom and gloom scenario we had to stand in NuBSG and Stargate Universe.
4. Screwing up of established Trek history.
5. A series where the looks and lovelife of the characters are more important than telling a good story.
1. Reboots of TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voyager.
2. Any references to the annihilation of Data, janeway's death in the books or the humiliation and destruction of Kes in the crap episodes "Fury" and "The Gift".
3. The doom and gloom scenario we had to stand in NuBSG and Stargate Universe.
4. Screwing up of established Trek history.
5. A series where the looks and lovelife of the characters are more important than telling a good story.
Knight Templar
Commodore
#9- Drop the letter suffix from the Enterprise registry.
For that matter, eliminate the "NCC-1701" numbers entirely. Does anyone really know or care that the current aircraft carrier Enterprise is CVN-65 and that its predecessor was CV-6 (IIRC)?
For that matter, eliminate the "NCC-1701" numbers entirely. Does anyone really know or care that the current aircraft carrier Enterprise is CVN-65 and that its predecessor was CV-6 (IIRC)?
Its not a deux ex machina if they really can do those things, and likely they will be able to, not in a 300 year time span but 30-50. That's how really impactful this technology will be.
And so not what I was talking about. As I said before, no one is suggesting that Trek becomes a comedy or parody, but it definitely needed to remove the stick up its ass. Recent Trek had begun to believe in its own self-importance and was becoming rather insular.
Don't know about that, there are certainly enough cable shows with guest stars, which is really what AOTW were. Guess stars on a new Star Trek could still be that weeks victim or villain like on any other cable show, just with a costume or makeup that makes them an alien.
Good observation, CBS would likely want to stick with what works for them in terms of format. Although I could see CBS moving Star Trek onto cable if they thought it was the best way to market it.
Seven of Nine's body was full of them, they were mentioned frequently.
Having a second "Data-like" main character might be a poor idea. But that doesn't mean there should be no artificial beings at all.
Artifical Intelligence of all kinds should be proliferating, not kept to a minimum. It makes no technological sense whatsoever.
If you don't like any of the elememts you've mentioned (which are pretty much the backbone of Star Trek) maybe, Mr./Miss/Mrs. Knight Templar, you should watch something else. In fact I would suggest you avoid watching any new Star Trek film or TV production since they will most certainly contain the elements you don't like. I mean FFS when you're even getting pissy about the ship registy it's time to walk away and find something else to watch.
Knight Templar
Commodore
I liked old Battlestar: Galactica (aside from the 70s kiddie elements like kids and robots).
I hate the new Battlestar: Galactica.
Funny. I'm the opposite. I never liked the original, even when it was first airing, and thought the new version was better by several orders of magnitude.
Knight Templar
Commodore
Why in the name of heaven would anyone want to see more of Q?
A horrendously bad idea from Encounter At Farpoint onward.
Because he's an engaging, entertaining character who brings a nice, snarky sense of humor to the proceedings and has contributed to several classic episodes: "Q Who?" and "Tapestry" and "All Good Things," most notably.
And enormously popular, too. My "Q Continuum" trilogy are probably still my bestselling books, for which I give all credit to Q and John DeLancie. I'm still getting royalties on those books even after all these years . . .
So, yeah, he seems like a good idea to me!
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