A show full of creepy baby people!
Another Space Station or Starbase Show
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Nah, I meant, for example, if the Feds fought the "Xupogons", made peace, and then established a colony in Xupogon space.
With a root beer fountain.
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is at odds with this as TNG had two non human characters out of the main cast, and TOS one alien. Both are considered the greatest Trek shows, yet they primarily center on the humans responding to the alien situations.
It still needed that grounding element.
True enough.
I think TNG did great, although in future shows, I wish they did more with alien crewmembers.
DS9 had five aliens in its main cast and a ton more as reoccurring.
Future shows meaning, ones not yet made.
Star Trek is owned by a corporation and as such it has to dance to that corporation's tune.
The shows do have a budget and it's cheaper to have human characters as there's no prosthetics or makeup to make them look alien.
Became one of the most popular Trek shows ever made, and as a result has become the template of what the higher-ups want Star Trek to be. And even then, TNG got lucky it was allowed to continue to the point where it gained popularity.
I have to assume the fact that nobody has brought up the obvious Starbase 80 backdoor pilot Lower Decks ended with is the idea is so good it doesnt even need to be stated.
They should use their podcast show idea to make stuff more niche like a Klingon series
Humans are the baseline. Start with/center around them and everybody's basically familiar with human biology and culture; you can develop the alien cultures a little at a time. Start with the new interesting alien cultures and you have to introduce a lot of lore (or at least it seems that way).
I've had this issue forever. My hot take: Trek bit off more than it could chew when it made the Federation one united interplanetary government instead of a looser UN style alliance, where Starfleet would just be based on Earth
To answer the OP, I'd definitely like another Trek set on a space station or even a planet
I have had a lingering concept in my head for a show featuring a planetary base or colony, which either became isolated through the Burn, or if in a different time period, was the result of a ship crashing or being forced to land (maybe even a voluntary stranding for the greater good) and then never recovering interstellar capability.
It could be taking elements of Mr Sahil from Discovery, and those episodes (Children of Time, E2 and Twilight) that have components of an isolated or stranded crew. The series could story arc from the original stranding through to a reconnection event with Starfleet and potential conflict and reluctance of either an original crew, several years on, (allowing for our long between-season gaps), or their descendants, being suddenly compelled to reintegrate into Starfleet.
Other series like Terra Nova, the 4400 and similar could be influences, creating an anthology of quite different seasons, but keeping the same crew and environment or sets. We would see the colony growing and new cast arriving.
I also like the idea of the planet initially being thought to be Minshara class but with no sentient population, (perhaps that influencing why it is selected), only to at some stage find there is in fact a native intelligent life form (Prime Directive issues).
As the show progresses, the colony transitions into a planetary base - we follow the population and leadership's struggles with than, and the series develops into a more "outstation DS9" feel.
It could be taking elements of Mr Sahil from Discovery, and those episodes (Children of Time, E2 and Twilight) that have components of an isolated or stranded crew. The series could story arc from the original stranding through to a reconnection event with Starfleet and potential conflict and reluctance of either an original crew, several years on, (allowing for our long between-season gaps), or their descendants, being suddenly compelled to reintegrate into Starfleet.
Other series like Terra Nova, the 4400 and similar could be influences, creating an anthology of quite different seasons, but keeping the same crew and environment or sets. We would see the colony growing and new cast arriving.
I also like the idea of the planet initially being thought to be Minshara class but with no sentient population, (perhaps that influencing why it is selected), only to at some stage find there is in fact a native intelligent life form (Prime Directive issues).
As the show progresses, the colony transitions into a planetary base - we follow the population and leadership's struggles with than, and the series develops into a more "outstation DS9" feel.
i think there should be more space stations shows
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