A TNG Animated Series
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I can just imagine all those 6 year old children watching the cartoon version of Darmok or The Drumhead. 
If there is one series that is completely unsuitable for cartoons it is TNG.
If there is one series that is completely unsuitable for cartoons it is TNG.
I can just imagine all those 6 year old children watching the cartoon version of Darmok or The Drumhead.
If there is one series that is completely unsuitable for cartoons it is TNG.
Bull. Cartoons are not a genre, they're a medium. They can support storytelling at any level, just as live-action can, just as prose can, just as live theater can. Yes, there are some cartoons aimed at 6-year-olds, but there are others aimed at older children, at teens, at college students, at adults. (Perhaps you've heard of a little show called The Simpsons? If you believe that show is either a) meant for 6-year-olds or b) live-action, then you're seriously in need of a reality check.) Many animated series have been acclaimed for their intelligence and depth and have loyal adult followings, including Batman: The Animated Series, Gargoyles, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I can just imagine all those 6 year old children watching the cartoon version of Darmok or The Drumhead.
If there is one series that is completely unsuitable for cartoons it is TNG.
Bull. Cartoons are not a genre, they're a medium. They can support storytelling at any level, just as live-action can, just as prose can, just as live theater can. Yes, there are some cartoons aimed at 6-year-olds, but there are others aimed at older children, at teens, at college students, at adults. (Perhaps you've heard of a little show called The Simpsons? If you believe that show is either a) meant for 6-year-olds or b) live-action, then you're seriously in need of a reality check.) Many animated series have been acclaimed for their intelligence and depth and have loyal adult followings, including Batman: The Animated Series, Gargoyles, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I stand corrected. I apologise.
This is great, I wish it had got some traction. I think any kind of post-TNG property is a great idea, be it this, Titan, or the STO continuity. They're all expressions of the same basic concept. So, y'know, pitch those too!
Look, I'll make this simple for you: I'm not going to pitch anything. It's not as simple to arrange that as you seem to think, and I'm certainly not the person who would be able to pull it off. I don't live or work in Hollywood (I've been there once and would rather not go near the place again), I'm not a screenwriter, and I don't have any contacts in the industry who currently work for CBS. You might as well be asking your mail carrier to pitch the idea.
Besides, if CBS were in a position where they were considering a new ST television series -- which I think is something they're holding off until after the next movie or two anyway -- they certainly aren't going to take the suggestion of some obscure prose author from the Midwest. They would initiate the project in-house, they would turn to proven, veteran showrunners, and they would work with them to develop a suitable idea. Someone who has an established record as a showrunner with an ST background, like Bryan Fuller (who's on record as saying he'd like to run a new Trek series, and who has my vote), is in the sort of position where it might be credible for him to pitch an unsolicited series premise and get it listened to, but only if and when CBS were ready to consider such an idea seriously. Otherwise, even a pitch from a veteran showrunner (like Straczynski's proposal from a few years ago) wouldn't have a chance.
Not to mention that there's one thing I learned when I did pitch a few story ideas to DS9 and VGR back in the '90s: I'm a terrible pitcher. When it comes to making a novel or story pitch to an editor in writing, that's something I can do; but the style of concise, verbal pitching that's used in Hollywood is just not something I'm any good at. So I'm probably the last person you'd want pitching anything to CBS, even if there were any way I could even get my foot in the door.
So no matter how many times you tell me to "pitch it," there's simply no chance of that happening.
Besides, if CBS were in a position where they were considering a new ST television series -- which I think is something they're holding off until after the next movie or two anyway -- they certainly aren't going to take the suggestion of some obscure prose author from the Midwest. They would initiate the project in-house, they would turn to proven, veteran showrunners, and they would work with them to develop a suitable idea. Someone who has an established record as a showrunner with an ST background, like Bryan Fuller (who's on record as saying he'd like to run a new Trek series, and who has my vote), is in the sort of position where it might be credible for him to pitch an unsolicited series premise and get it listened to, but only if and when CBS were ready to consider such an idea seriously. Otherwise, even a pitch from a veteran showrunner (like Straczynski's proposal from a few years ago) wouldn't have a chance.
Not to mention that there's one thing I learned when I did pitch a few story ideas to DS9 and VGR back in the '90s: I'm a terrible pitcher. When it comes to making a novel or story pitch to an editor in writing, that's something I can do; but the style of concise, verbal pitching that's used in Hollywood is just not something I'm any good at. So I'm probably the last person you'd want pitching anything to CBS, even if there were any way I could even get my foot in the door.
So no matter how many times you tell me to "pitch it," there's simply no chance of that happening.
Titan would be great and probably much cheaper to do as animation rather than live action, due to the inordinate number of aliens aboard Titan. Obviously I'd prefer the original actors voicing their characters (mainly Frakes and Sirtis, who both have come out and said they'd love to do more TNG), but I could deal with different actors.
Aw... c'mon.
A little necromancy to let everyone know we've just posted the final run of storyboards for the Final Frontier pilot. In total, there are now 422 images illustrating the pilot story. If you click through the gallery really fast, it's almost like we really animated it. In crude black and white.
If you want to throw mud at our Enterprise design, I am happy to throw some back here or on the site itself.
http://zeroroom.squarespace.com/
If you want to throw mud at our Enterprise design, I am happy to throw some back here or on the site itself.
http://zeroroom.squarespace.com/
