If There's a New Trek TV Show Then Which Universe Will They Set It In?

[Jonny]

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Michael Dorn confirms he is working on a new "Star Trek" series in which he would star as Captain Worf...

http://screenrant.com/star-trek-captain-worf-tv-show-michael-dorn/

That's from a year or so ago, and I'm pretty sure we've seen evidence that it's not true. Even so, even if not actually confirmed as untrue, the simple fact of confirmation of activity since then, kinda leans towards not happening.

*Unless it's a Fan Project

I think it's just an idea that Dorn and some of his supporters would like to do, but that's about the full extent of it.

Yeah I agree I think it's just an idea that Dorn and some of his fans would like to do. Maybe a fan film or series but other than that I don't see it happening.

 

[bbjeg]

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I certainly don't want a decrepit, wrinkled, lined and flabby Worf leading STAR TREK.

Flabby Dorn ain't. He's as skinny as a bean pole now.

Yeah, in fact, he barley looks like he did during TNG, but nothing Klingon make up can't take care of.

 

[The Doctor]

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I'd watch a 'Captain Worf' series. It wouldn't be good, per-se, but it could be fun.

 

[bbjeg]

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^Especially if you get the DS9/Voyager cast members appearance.

 

[Drone]

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Perhaps there might be some relevance in considering this issue from the standpoint of the calculus any potential show runner might make of what the characteristics that a space based science fiction show needs to possess in order to attract and capture a sufficiently sized viewing audience as that audience is evolving today. In part this speaks to the ever increasing balkanization of platforms and modalities that as consumers of the "television" format we have been experiencing and coming to expect and demand over the last decade or so.


I guess though I am thinking more of how a younger generation of creative decision makers gauges how the insistent change of our technological society drives what a future viewing cohort finds interesting and, hopefully, compelling in the product that they generate. The fact that the conduct of many of the ordinary facets of our daily lives has and will continue to evolve so rapidly would seem to perforce suggest that the perception of how we judge and react to our entertainment is likely to be materially distinct from how those characteristics were expressed even significantly less than a generation ago.


I am not positing that character driven drama that requires longer term attention and perhaps even devotion to flourish, of necessity will increasingly come to have no place in how we seek to find diversion in this realm. Yet, might not the demands that mobility, nimbleness, and adaptive change in all its stripes, noisome buzzwords they may be, integrally make on us today mean that the ratiocinations offered on the future course of small screen Trek, not likely to be happening imminently anyway, are becoming moot? That the relevance of a historic concept such as Trek, cherished and hallowed (or hollowed out depending on one's point of view), will be of little consequence as we rush along, hurriedly re-defining our own future?


A different kind of reset button perhaps.

 

[BigJake]

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Perhaps there might be some relevance in considering this issue from the standpoint of the calculus any potential show runner might make of what the characteristics that a space based science fiction show needs to possess in order to attract and capture a sufficiently sized viewing audience as that audience is evolving today. In part this speaks to the ever increasing balkanization of platforms and modalities that as consumers of the "television" format we have been experiencing and coming to expect and demand over the last decade or so.

One could even say the very premise of balkanization of modalities needs to be interrogated through the lens of the post-postmodern techno-aesthetic whose manifestation is arguably that of a flattening and universalization, an industrial cross-platform attempt at the elision of presentational différance -- a kind of dispersion of up- and downloadable economimetic experience infected, as it were, by the inflections of particularity, in ways that may counteract the seeming heterogenization of media outlets and multiply rather than restrict the potential iterations of future Trek product on the small screen, or as one might perhaps more aptly put it, the adaptable Meta-Screen of varying scales from wristwatch to billboard.

One could say.

 

[Drone]

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Hmm.....mockery or thoughtful elaboration? I think I will have to ponder that. But not for too long....

 

[BigJake]

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The first rule of Bafflegab Club is, you do not interpellate the subject of Bafflegab Club.

But yes, there's an actual serious point buried in there.

 

[Ensign Ro]

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I not happy with J J Abrams universe. And the mirror universe, it is nice to play around with a few shows like they did in DS9. What DS9 did with that, was a nice playful way to show women characters could be lesbian. Like the kiss with Kira and Ezri. But it was the 1990's, and a way to open up the idea of same sex role play. Really, it was very safe and now we find it a little dull. The culture has changed, and now we find it to be like holding hands and being 16 again.

Have to say, JJ and the mirror universe is not going to work. Other then a JJ with Kirk and company, or, a mirror universe other then being a DS9 movie. I just do not see that going to happen.

I think there is still a great deal that can still be done with the accepted universe. The universe is huge, and the time period great. There are other ships, and a huge open space that can be done with. Anyway, most fans stick with the accepted universe if they role play.

So, I have to accept the current universe. True, you can add stuff and play around with same sex characters. I do not have a problem with it, but, I just do not want to see the big reason to watch a movie just to see two girls kissing. Gee, I can see that for free on youtube. If it is done, they have to be smart about it.

 

[T'Cal]

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A Worf-based series works for me. Worf has one of the richest backgrounds of all Trek characters and has worked under some of the best leaders we've seen: Picard, Riker, Sisko, and Martok. He's had several different roles in peace time and during wartime. He's been a Starfleet Officer, Klingon Officer, ambassador, family man, etc. What I imagine is a more seasoned character who no longer wears his Klingon baldric or his heart on his sleeve. He takes the best of what he learned from his mentors and incorporates them into his strong leadership style. He was the first Klingon in Starfleet and now he is the first Starfleet captain. He is respected by his crew and has a great sense of humor. He's mature and experienced.

 

[bbjeg]

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A Worf-based series works for me. Worf has one of the richest backgrounds of all Trek characters and has worked under some of the best leaders we've seen: Picard, Riker, Sisko, and Martok. He's had several different roles in peace time and during wartime. He's been a Starfleet Officer, Klingon Officer, ambassador, family man, etc. What I imagine is a more seasoned character who no longer wears his Klingon baldric or his heart on his sleeve. He takes the best of what he learned from his mentors and incorporates them into his strong leadership style. He was the first Klingon in Starfleet and now he is the first Starfleet captain. He is respected by his crew and has a great sense of humor. He's mature and experienced.

I always thought the same about O'brien.

 

[Lynx]

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I would like to see it in the Prime Universe, 24 th century.

The only thing which can make me watch a NuTrek series is if Yoda and Chewbacca are in it.

 

[ngc7293]

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If I had a choice, there would be no parallel universe or nuUniverse. It would be a complete rewrite. That way the writers couldn't bring in old actors or actors from the films. The show would have to stand on its own without help from old actors.

 

[mendelin]

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May be I'm too naive, but... Stop. I said "may be"? No, I'm very naive and I have really naive dreams about next Star Trek series.
Berman's Trek is not dead. At least, not completely. The next Star Trek TV-show can benefit from it.

So, my silly thoughts:
When? Voyager was completed in 2001. So, 13-15 years after Voyager's return.
Why 13-15 years? It's simple, to keep continuity. 15 years is not so much for possible advanced technology problems, there is no need to develop unreal, God-like technologies. It's quite easy to catch the ambiance of previous Trek and develop something new on this basis.
Where? It can be a combination of research Laboratory on Earth (or the other planet) and research starship, which makes some scientific voyages.
Who? New and perspective characters. Here should be at least one character like Spock-Data-Odo. It's possible (but not necessary) to use at least one familiar character from previous series. It would be nice to use previous characters as recurring or as guest stars. Familiar faces can attract an old audience. It's also possible to finish some old stories (like the fate of B4 or the Great Link recovery).

I wish something like Fringe in Star Trek skin. A strong background story, some SciFi, some intrigue, some mistery, some good relation (like friendship, love) development.

Silly and naive? Yep.
Practically impossible? Indeed.
I have no hope, just dreaming

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

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The Next Generation had the right approach. TOS had been off the air for well over 10 years. They didn't set out to massively change the format of Trek - they kept it simple because they had to.

The next Trek series would ideally, in my mind, use the "ship on crew have space adventures" format. KISS. The next series I feel has to feel like the continuation of the core Star Trek idea (Trek Movies, TNG, Abrams) rather than a spinoff (DS9, VOY, ENT) because it would be rebooting Trek for the small screen regardless of what the "continuity" is.

Maybe it's because I'm more of a Doylist than a Watsonian, but I consider that a truer, purer continuation than trudging up old plotlines from shows that have been out of the public consciousness for over a decade.

 

[BrownShatner]

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For 99% of Star Trek, the timeline simply does not matter. Apologies if you've heard me saying this before. Almost all of the plots do not depend on which universe they are set in. Most of the continuity differences could be resolved with minor script changes.

What some people really want is a sequel to DS9. But that's not just Not Going To Happen. Even if they bring back the prime universe for some unfathomable reason, they aren't going there.

 

[BigJake]

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What some people really want is a sequel to DS9. But that's not just Not Going To Happen. Even if they bring back the prime universe for some unfathomable reason, they aren't going there.

Particularly so because DS9 just doesn't need a sequel or a reboot or a feature film. It would be redundant. They told the story they needed to tell, they did it in the format it was suited to, they wrapped it up in satisfactory fashion, they even got to make "movies" in the form of multiple feature-length episodes and multi-parters as by far the most prominent element of the format of any Trek series. There's just no realistic scenario on the near horizon that improves on that.

 

[F. King Daniel]

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They left enough threads dangling to support dozens of continuation novels. Bajor was never made part of the Federation, Cardassia was left in ruins and there was a massive war aftermath to explore (not that I'd like to see a new TV show do any of that - it should have all been in the last season, ending the war early)

 

[Mudd]

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If they're going to do this again for TV, I'd just as soon they throw out all previous versions of the continuity and start over once again with something tailored for modern television. Do Kirk and Spock and McCoy and the Enterprise, with the same freedom of interpretation that Moore and his people brought to the modern "Battlestar Galactica."

 

[David]

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I wish something like Fringe in Star Trek skin. A strong background story, some SciFi, some intrigue, some mistery, some good relation (like friendship, love) development.

Now I'd pay to see that.