Already Networking with CBS Over Trek Script New Format

[JohnD]

All of which may go over like Keith Moon's "lead balloon" description of the legendary band Led Zeppelin... but at least I'm giving it all I got to get ideas across that will

• get the science right
• be true to the Roddenberry vision
• be about current social mores and the modern development of characters
• update and modernize otherwise old stereotypical social roles (making a woman the hero that saves the day for example)
• get back to exploring the mysteries of the universe by expanding the realm of Trek to the entire universe
• create the technology to be able to travel to the entire universe
• satisfy existing fans (who allow themselves to be satisfied, that is), to win over new fans, and to make the network and its sponsors lots of money for many years to come from this limitless Star Trek format / vehicle

 

[JohnD]

The idea is to have this amazing cast of characters in the pilot / made for TV movie and a timeline reboot at the end with the new CBS Star Trek TV series format and cast to emerge from the reboot.

Not set in stone are such ideas for cast members:

Michael Weatherly as James T. Kirk (perhaps in a later version of the TOS years)

Pauley Perrette as a rebellious female Spock (a modern spin on the role akin to the Starbuck in the Battlestar Galactica role remake)

Emilie Ullerup as Defiant Captain Janice Rand (35 years of marriage to one taught me never to underestimate / stereotype a sexy blonde woman). I believe it could play very well.

With the expanded realm / technology to reach the entire universe necessitated in the pilot...

 

[JohnD]

Naysayers are a dime a dozen.

I am told on good authority that actual ST authors and folks with ties to CBS and Paramount are here on occasion.

My email address is of record on this BBS. Let's talk. Maybe we can come up with something for the love of Trek and maybe make a little money / notoriety together...

Or we can just miss out on the opportunities and let the naysayers bury them as they usually do.

 

[Shalashaska]

The idea is to have this amazing cast of characters in the pilot / made for TV movie and a timeline reboot at the end with the new CBS Star Trek TV series format and cast to emerge from the reboot.

Not set in stone are such ideas for cast members:

Michael Weatherly as James T. Kirk (perhaps in a later version of the TOS years)

Pauley Perrette as a rebellious female Spock (a modern spin on the role akin to the Starbuck in the Battlestar Galactica role remake)

Emilie Ullerup as Defiant Captain Janice Rand (35 years of marriage to one taught me never to underestimate / stereotype a sexy blonde woman). I believe it could play very well.

With the expanded realm / technology to reach the entire universe necessitated in the pilot...

What do you mean reboot the whole timeline? Move to the JJ verse? Scrap everything from the Prime verse?

I can't say I'm a fan of your ideas, I want to move on from Kirk and Spock, and the press release has told us that they will be doing exactly that.

"The brand-new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966."

Also, if you don't mind me asking (as I'm new here), who are you? You have connections with CBS? Or are you just a fan like the rest of us?

 

[JohnD]

...if you don't mind me asking (as I'm new here), who are you? You have connections with CBS? Or are you just a fan like the rest of us?

But I do mind.

Who was anybody before they were somebody?

I aspire only to have good ideas heard and considered for the love of Star Trek and for many years of new episodes and movies to come.

And if O can be a part of that, how cool is that!

 

[urbandefault]

Alex Kurtzman has been hired as executive producer and the wheels are already turning. If there's an inside connection, why bother to post here looking for support?

This all sounds like just another fan campaigning to lobby CBS.

 

[JohnD]

What do you mean reboot the whole timeline? Move to the JJ verse? Scrap everything from the Prime verse?

No. If you read what I wrote here and the five or six total other entries I have made on this BBS (all in Future of Trek) you will find I am aiming for an amalgamation of all... my emphasis is the pilot made for TV movie opening up multiple options (genre choices) for CBS to pursue in the TV series that follows.

I can't say I'm a fan of your ideas, I want to move on from Kirk and Spock, and the press release has told us that they will be doing exactly that.

Kirk and Spock is only one of the options I suggest for the series after the pilot. In this very thread I suggest a blonde female of Emilie Ullerup's caliber to star in the show. In other threads I suggested a multiple Star Trek era production that rotates in the same time slot every week. Another suggestion was a new TNG version and even a Titan version with Will Riker and Deanna Troi as the leads. The possibilities are endless depending on what sells from pre-Federation Delta starships and the old merchant ships (Star Trek Convoy) to Future Future stuff with the Enterprise J...

"The brand-new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966."

We will see. Berman and Braga (who worked with Roddenberry and took over TNG in arguably its best years) ran into a wall with Star Trek ENT and its new characters. As it turns out, Berman and Braga were brilliant in ENT creation / production... it just took Trek fans a long time to cozy up to the new characters etc.

I am hoping CBS will pay closer attention to things like this rather than doing what NBC and UPN / the WB did putting us in gaps several years long with no new Trek whatsoever.

 

[JohnD]

Sometimes you have to show money makers where the money is, still is, always will be...
It's like Judy Garland taking so long to embrace her signature song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with people. They feel innovative, creative, wanting to put their brand on something... when the public will embrace {some} change but not too much.

 

[JoeZhang]

[*]create the technology to be able to travel to the entire universe

It's made-up, you could call it the quantum dildo drive for all that it matters.

 

[urbandefault]

[*]create the technology to be able to travel to the entire universe

It's made-up, you could call it the quantum dildo drive for all that it matters.

I think the Spartacus series might have used that already.

 

[JWPlatt]

Already Networking with CBS Over Trek Script New Format

Is this topic title misleading and opaque on purpose?

 

[Takeru]

Naysayers are a dime a dozen.

I am told on good authority that actual ST authors and folks with ties to CBS and Paramount are here on occasion.

My email address is of record on this BBS. Let's talk. Maybe we can come up with something for the love of Trek and maybe make a little money / notoriety together...

Or we can just miss out on the opportunities and let the naysayers bury them as they usually do.

If you think anyone from the production or with ties to it will contact you and talk about the new series or your expectations you are delusional.

[*]get the science right

The made-up fantasy science?

[*]be true to the Roddenberry vision

Which one?

[*]be about current social mores and the modern development of characters

That's a given, no one's going to make a series that's intentionally unmodern and not current.

[*]update and modernize otherwise old stereotypical social roles (making a woman the hero that saves the day for example)

Same point as above, there's no way they will not do that.

[*]get back to exploring the mysteries of the universe by expanding the realm of Trek to the entire universe
[*]create the technology to be able to travel to the entire universe

I think you lack an understanding of the size of the universe, our galaxy alone offers more possibilities and more unexplored regions that they will ever be able to explore on Star Trek. 200 million stars, countless planets ...
And if they expanded it to the entire universe nothing would change, "Set course as to the Takeru system, warp 8!" becomes "Take us to the Takeru galaxy, hyperwarp 8!", that's all, it won't affect the stories they want to tell.

[*]satisfy existing fans (who allow themselves to be satisfied, that is), to win over new fans, and to make the network and its sponsors lots of money for many years to come from this limitless Star Trek format / vehicle

No! You should never actively try to satisfy existing fans, that's a recipe for failure. "The fans" are an eclectic (and relatively small) group of people with a shitload of opinions. Trying to please them or at least the majority would most likely lead to a mess of ideas and references to the past that nobody outside of the fandom cares about.
The fans will watch no matter what, some will like it, some won't. What they should aim for is the general audience and that means not pandering to fans.

 

[JoeZhang]

Which one?

Why hyper-sexed three breasted women who live in a society where nobody argues and everyone listens carefully to their love instructor.

 

[T'Girl]

get the science right

As stated the core of Star Trek "science" is made-up fantasy. That said, there nothing wrong with being accurate to existing science as long as it doesn't get in the way of a story set centuries in the future.

Two hundred years from now, whole blocks of our current scientific thought will likely be viewed with amusement.

create the technology to be able to travel to the entire universe

TPTB could set the entire series within a few hundred light years of Earth and still have a vast area to explore and have conflict within.

If we're going into what we'd like to see.

With the exception of Humans, jettison the majority of established alien species and create entirely new ones, the old ones won't completely "disappear," just not be front and center. This would include traditional enemies/villains.

The new alien officers (and enlisted) will bring differing philosophies and viewpoints to "the job." All of Starfleet won't have the same bland mind set.

I'd like to see a smaller ship as the hero ship (definitely not a megaship). A crew of say 80 to 100 people, a tighter onboard community. Why have a crew of 1000 if we're only going to see a fraction of them?

A deliberate effort to step back from the near magical technology seen in TNG/DS9/VOY. The show should focus on the characters solving the episode difficulties and problems, tech should be in the background.

While not suggesting "soap opera," pay some attention to the social fabric of the characters lives off duty. Off duty they should have lifes.

 

[Brainsucker]

yes, this title is miss leading. I thought OP know about what the Kurtzman's 2017 Star Trek will be, but actually it just his personal wishlist.

 

[Amasov]

I'm not sure I understand this thread.

Is it me?

 

[Wulff359]

So, you are HOPING that someone officially involved with the production is actually considering your opinion important enough, to get in contact with you and discuss the new show? I must say, that is quite bold. IMHO, the PTB are right now working on a concept. And knowing a little about the general production process, they are working on several takes, which will be presented to the guys with the money. Whatever they like most (based on revenue calculations) will be produced. And if Kurzman and his creative team are not completely disconnected with reality, they are aware of the Prime/JJ/Restart Universe discussions, that are taking place all over the internet and on conventions. They might even have received some physical mail about that (you know, like in the old times - letters on paper stuck in envelopes). Whatever they decide will be based on how much it costs and how much success it will have in terms of profit. I find it highly unlikely that they will contact ONE fan, to get his opinion. But I wish you the best of luck, if you don't try...

 

[Mudd]

I think you should crowd fund this. Try to create the first professional independent Trek movie, with a cast of Hollywood actors. Pay everyone - especially yourself - shoot to raise over a million dollars and assume that it will be okay with CBS.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[JoeZhang]

I'm not sure I understand this thread.

Is it me?

Basically ever six months, someone turns up and thinks that the process of getting a star Trek show on the air is:

1) Having an idea - any idea
2) bugging CBS with it.

They generally are from people who have never worked in the industry, have no track record and have no idea why this will never happen.

 

[Kor]

Roddenberry's "vision" was some self-important philosophical stuff that he promoted on the convention scene years after the fact in the '70s and '80s, but was never part of the original Trek.

Kor