Uh, they did. The Abramsverse was the result. I don't see anybody lining up to continue the Abramsverse, but we did get a whole series exploring the fallout from the incident that provided an in-universe basis for the reboot.
Could Star Trek be Re-rebooted?
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The obvious answer is yes, of course. It's all made up anyway. Strange New Worlds is already another reboot for all intents and purposes, they can pretend all day long that it's a prequel, it's not really one, it will never line up perfectly with TOS and that's okay.
Any one who tries to reboot Star Trek "correctly ", is going to have a major uphill fight on their hands. To do it '"correctly "', will require major data mining. This is the point. You can't go with only one matter/antimatter reactor... You have to dot your i's and cross your t's.
Do not think that this will be simple.
I don't think anyone involved with a potential Star Trek reboot is going to care. How many posting in this thread even care?
I don't.
I don't.
It's not important to get the tech details "right" i n order to reboot Trek well - there's no such thing as "correct" in this regard.
Doing it well is always about the narrative first.
Cornerstones of Trek science and technology were known to be in conflict with the science of the 1960s. Ultimately it didn't matter then and doesn't now.
Doing it well is always about the narrative first.
Cornerstones of Trek science and technology were known to be in conflict with the science of the 1960s. Ultimately it didn't matter then and doesn't now.
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General audiences don’t care about that stuff, they care about the drama.
Reboots are lazy and lacking in imagination. Prequels have potential but too likely to lead to inconsistencies and retcons. Best to jump forward 80-100 years if not more to leave people to have their imagination with continued adventures with their favorite characters while being able to shake things up that could be explained as they go.
Of course it can, according to the ISIC-philosophy. (Infinite Similarities in Infinite Clones.)
Disco works MUCH better if it's in the 26th or 27th century. I honestly didn't mind the re-envisioning of the Klingons as much (having went through that already from TOS to movies to TNG - The Klingons in TOS and the movies don't have a shred of honor for example so while TNG had less of a makeup jump than TOS to movies, it was overall even larger). I could envision the Disco Klinks as a different continent or world or culture instead of monolithic but they also work as a new 26th century threat, too.
It loses the unnecessary Spock connection, too or if they must keep it, perhaps Spock's adopted child or something like that.
That arguably STILL works better if they do something like Batman Beyond..
Wait, DS9 is now the MOST popular series? When did that happen? I liked it from season 1, but I usually felt like a tiny minority and as far as most people were concerned liking DS9 was something I should only mention in confessional, not in polite company.
They will use anti-matter in what ever way they want. It's a cool science buzzword they can drop into all sorts of stories. Which is why it has so many variations when used in Trek. No one mapped out how and where to use anti-matter in advance. They make up this stuff as they go along. They "teched the tech" and dropped anti-matter in there. Or someone read something about IRL anti-matter and ran with it They will continue to do the same in any reboot for any "science" real or made up. There's no ego involved. It's just business as usual and it is rather simple. Now as real world understanding of anti-matter increases, you might very well see that drift into Star Trek and it may run afoul of the "canon." But I'd rather ditch canon for up to date science any day of the week.
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You meant to say, then, that DS9 is the show you see Trek fans talking about most online. That's different from "most popular."
If you want to reboot, then reboot without any ego involved. Hence '"correctly"'.
Any thing less and the criticism will be valid. This is what has already happened. Enterprise, later Star Trek: Enterprise. Too many people critiqued Enterprise to death. Very few had a valid point. It was just their opinion.
My point is taking another look at the original series and realizing that it wasn't done, yet. Why? Because they were geniuses.
Just not perfect geniuses
Human.
Any thing less and the criticism will be valid. This is what has already happened. Enterprise, later Star Trek: Enterprise. Too many people critiqued Enterprise to death. Very few had a valid point. It was just their opinion.
My point is taking another look at the original series and realizing that it wasn't done, yet. Why? Because they were geniuses.
Just not perfect geniuses
Human.
Ego is involved in everything humans do. The rest is gibberish.
Yeah. still not getting the ego thing. The rest is just another jumble of of half baked thoughts. The attempts at profundity border on comical.
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