Should the next Star Trek series have a major war?

Discussion in 'Future of Trek' started by The Overlord, Mar 8, 2014.

  1. Kelthaz

    Kelthaz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2005
    Location:
    Toronto, Ontario
    If a war storyline develops naturally from the events in the series over multiple seasons, then sure.
     
  2. Ensign Ro

    Ensign Ro Ensign Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2014
    Location:
    America
    DS9 did the same, and I really cannot find it any place with re-runs. True, I really do love to watch DS9. Still, with re-runs the shows come on Monday till Friday with nothing on the weekends. So, if you miss a day or a few you miss a great deal the background going into the building of a war.

    I just do not see natural will work. It is fine going the 7 years the series runs as the show comes on once a week.
     
  3. Shaka Zulu

    Shaka Zulu Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2013
    Location:
    Bulawayo Military Krral
    Yawn. :rolleyes:

    Are we always going to be hearing the same old whine about the Abramsverse all of the time? Or, are we going to accept the fact that this had to happen, and CBS/Paramount had to do this?
     
  4. feek61

    feek61 Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2011
    Location:
    In the Sunshine!
    In a word "NO"
     
  5. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 24, 2013
    Location:
    Right here buddy.
    I like NuTrek and all but leave that flashiness and lens flare for the movies. I want a series with a story. Something that builds a history instead of redoing old stories.
     
  6. Bry_Sinclair

    Bry_Sinclair Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2009
    Location:
    Scotland
    Yup. I paid good money to watch it, so I want to make sure it was worth it--by voicing my dismay at NuTrek.

    Also I'm not sure it had to happen. It could have been rebooted fresh, that I would've preferred (so long as it wasn't by JJ).
     
  7. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    It has been five years. At what point is it time to let go?
     
  8. Bry_Sinclair

    Bry_Sinclair Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2009
    Location:
    Scotland
    NEVER! :lol:
     
  9. BigJake

    BigJake Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 27, 2013
    Location:
    No matter where you go, there you are.
    You can probably count on people having Opinions That Are Not Yours about NuTrek -- and no doubt many other things -- pretty much in perpetuity, and talking about them whenever they please. Just as they have them about every other element of Trek. Guess you just have to decide for yourself if you're always going to be unable to cope with that.
     
  10. 2takesfrakes

    2takesfrakes Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 13, 2013
    Location:
    California, USA
    There is a lot about NuTREK that I would've done differently - surely! But what's equally certain is that the audiences in theatre for both films were very well-pleased with the experience. And despite the elements that I did not care for being contained within both of them, these movies have been imparted with a genuine desire to entertain. Not to be believable. Not to be consistant with logic, even its own. But just to be ... entertaining. So far, it's been 2-for-2 on that score. They both succeed wildly. And it wasn't all so bad. The acting alone, is far superior to anything we ever saw in The Original Series. They have their charm and despite my reservations about them both, I have to tell you - it's even better than the "real" thing ...
     
  11. iPadCary

    iPadCary Ensign Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2013
    Location:
    New York City
    It could be about both, obviously.
    Just as TNG, DS9, VOY & ENT are.
    However, enough already with the
    "It's a threat to the very existance of the Federation itself!©" plot device.
     
  12. Serveaux

    Serveaux Fleet Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2013
    Location:
    Among the sellers.
    I don't ever want to see Star Trek serialized to any greater degree than, oh, Moore's Battlestar Galactica or Doctor Who. If they can't tell me a story that's worth watching and that has a beginning, a middle and and end in an hour or so then I'm not going to invest week after week in the damned thing.

    OldTrek is dead and gone. Future versions of the thing will borrow from nuTrek and oldTrek and probably go on to do some third and fourth and fifth versions of it.
     
  13. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    +1
     
  14. Hober Mallow

    Hober Mallow Commodore Commodore

    I think you can have a well-written series in a serialized format just as you can have a well-written series in an episodic format. For me the format is secondary. I just want well-written imaginative stories.
     
  15. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    I've never been a fan of serialized TV. Too little payoff for too much investment of time.
     
  16. iPadCary

    iPadCary Ensign Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2013
    Location:
    New York City
    Αu Contraire!

    I could not respectfully disagree more.
    I'll make this quick so as to not stray to far off from the OP.

    Conventions, now, command and get face-value $1000 tickets.
    In fact, I'm led to understand that those are always the first group of tickets to sell-out cosistantly each & every year.
    And not sold-out to ticket scal-- um .... ticket brokers, either,
    but to fans who are gonna attend.
    Would this be going on if, as you say, "oldTrek is dead and gone"?

    "OldTrek", as you call it, is, if anything, stronger than ever.
    And IMHO, I think a lot of this has to do with the fan backlash to this "nuTrek" garbage.
    "Star Wars" fans have much to worry about ....

    Or maybe you mean "oldTrek is dead and gone"
    as far as a new TV show is concerned. lol
     
    Last edited: Apr 12, 2014
  17. BillJ

    BillJ The King of Kings Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2001
    Location:
    America, Fuck Yeah!!!
    Re: Αu Contraire!

    As far as TV/movies go, the Prime timeline is gone. It continues on in the novels by Pocket books.
     
  18. BigJake

    BigJake Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 27, 2013
    Location:
    No matter where you go, there you are.
    Re: Αu Contraire!

    Oh, I don't know about that. Star Wars is close to JJ's heart, Trek was done on assignment. Look at that shuttle chase in STID: it's like he was practicing to do Millennium Falcon scenes. If anything, SW fans are fit to benefit from half-a-decade of prep work.
     
  19. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 24, 2013
    Location:
    Right here buddy.
    ^Also, Star Wars won't be an alternate reality.
     
  20. Serveaux

    Serveaux Fleet Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2013
    Location:
    Among the sellers.
    Re: Αu Contraire!

    The money that a few promoters make with conventions is a pittance compared to what the studio is making from nuTrek. They know what returns they were seeing from oldTrek in its final decade, and that's why J.J. Abrams is making Star Trek movies now.