Poll Star Trek 4 - Your Story Preferences?

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by M-Red, Jan 6, 2017.

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What are your preferences for the plot of Stark Trek 4?

  1. Time Travel w/ Kirk's dad

    19.2%
  2. Time Tavel w/out Kirk's dad

    6.8%
  3. Klingons

    17.8%
  4. Borg

    8.2%
  5. Romulans

    2.7%
  6. Other reimagined TOS or ST plot device (Doomsday Machine, Charlie X, etc.) Explain!

    13.7%
  7. Something completely new - never been done before

    57.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. ralph

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  2. Yanks

    Yanks Commodore Commodore

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    I'm in the "I could care less as long as it's new" camp.

    I think we'll get that also with this group.
     
  3. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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  4. Laura Cynthia Chambers

    Laura Cynthia Chambers Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    He won't initiate any more new reboots of things, but current ongoing projects/serieses will continue.
     
  5. ralph

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    That's what I thought.
     
  6. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    But not what you wrote. :shrug:
     
  7. ralph

    ralph Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I was only asking.
    I wanted your personal view on it. Sorry.
     
  8. David Brown

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    Give us some kind of grand finale involving time travel or a time shift of some sort. I'd love to see Captain Picard and the Enterprise-E working alongside the Kelvin universe crew. They save the day, both ships flying alongside each other and then a grand send-off for Picard and his crew which they never got. That is probably pie in the sky, never gonna happen(just do it better than Generations did it).
    Other things I'd like to see: introduce Saavik or Arex from the animated series.

    More than anything, give us something smart. Not a dumbed-down shoot-em up action flick where they face some villain bent on destroying the planet and/or galaxy.
     
  9. The Wormhole

    The Wormhole Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Sure they did, it's called All Good Things and is all kinds of awesome. What happened afterwards is not AGT's fault, nor does it cancel out or override AGT in any way.
    Contrary to popular belief, Star Trek has never really been "smart."
     
  10. Balok's Decoy

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    Star Trek Into Brain and Brain What Is Brain.

    Seriously though, I'm kinda hoping for a Mirror Universe story. That could be fun. But as long as it's written and acted and directed well, I don't care what it is.
     
  11. Kor

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    Time travel to the ancient past would be interesting. Our heroes end up remembered as legendary figures of some kind. And the Klingons are involved too.

    :techman:

    Kor
     
  12. Ovation

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    If they are consistent with the rules of the "nu" universe, they'll never make it home. They'll simply create a new alternate time line.
     
  13. fireproof78

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    Even though that's kind of what Star Trek was based off of?

    And please, no more Picard.
    Both of these things, all at once.
     
  14. LtChange

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    Well I have some explaining to do :)
    I have chosen "re-imagined plot device" because ever since I have heard that they might bring back Kirk's dad, I thought the best to go by would be a mirror universe story set in the Kelvin 'verse. I'm not to fond to see a time travel story so mirror mirror would be way better.
     
  15. Nyotarules

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    You mean instead of a returned computer about to destroy Earth or a returned probe about to destroy Earth or a revengeful clone about to destroy Earth?
     
  16. Smellmet

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    A mirror universe within an alternate reality? That's got box office bomb written all over it. It's the general audience we need to attract, and I think they'd see that as typical inaccessible Star Trek mumbo-jumbo, my fiance, who has seen all three reboot films multiple times with me, said during the point in Beyond where nuSpock sees the picture of Prime Spock with the words 'deceased' she asked me if that was his dad, and that was on second viewing. It's a big ask to expect your average cinema goer to swallow a mirror universe within an alternate reality.

    It just needs to be a compelling story that people will want to watch on the big screen. Keep it simple.
     
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  17. F. King Daniel

    F. King Daniel Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I think everyone can comprehend "evil twin universe", it's as simple as "Trek mumbo jumbo" gets.

    It's only the superfans online here and in Facebook groups that'll worry about how this mirror universe fits in with the mirror universe of the original series and the AU premise of the reboot.
     
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  18. Mr. Laser Beam

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    There's an infinite number of "good" universes, so there must also be an infinite number of evil (mirror) ones. Problem solved. :techman:
     
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  19. Eric Cheung

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    I'll say what I usually say about what I'd like in a Star Trek movie:

    * No Earth, and preferably no Federation contact. So far, the only film to come close to this was Insurrection. Beyond had Yorktown as sort of a stand-in for Earth in terms of the stakes.
    * Perhaps more of a look at either civilian life or an alien civilization. The teasers for the past two movies actually seemed like better premises for stories than their respective films. I'd love to see a movie about Nibiru, or a movie about Kirk learning diplomacy on the job and a more direct look at the consequences
    * No villain, though an antagonist that eventually meets the crew halfway
    * No death and little to no destruction, I think this would be a challenge to the writers to see if they can solve the puzzle of the story without resorting to death
    * A lower budget, definitely under $100 million. I wish they wouldn't chase the summer tentpole audience, but instead chase the fall hard sci-fi audience.
    * An ensemble feel, I think Beyond was a step in the right direction, though TVH was probably the pinnacle of that kind of storytelling
    * A focus on problem-solving, again Beyond was a step in the right direction, while TVH was the pinnacle
    * An anthology format, I tend to think this is an ideal format for adapting any TV show honestly (I think that if they make another Simpsons movie they should do something like 22 Short Films About Springfield), Judgment Rites, A Final Unity, and Master and Commander are models to look at for this style of storytelling
    * The writers should look to the following films for an influence on tone: Close Encounters, ET, The Abyss, Tremors, Contact, Master and Commander, Gravity, Interstellar, The Martian, Arrival
     
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  20. Smellmet

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    I think it's completely OTT and a step too far considering we're in another timeline already. These kind of stories only appeal to hardcore Trek/Sci-fi fans, not your average popcorn muncher, who's dollars we are chasing here don't forget. :hugegrin: