"I want another TNG or 24th Movie!"

[Herald]

Yes, by all means, let's have more episodes of boring metrosexuals wandering through the cosmos in their over-sized casino hotels. Maybe in the 25th century the captain can have 2 surrogate mommies flanking him on the bridge.

Is this the only solution? If you try to extrapolate further into the future, Man's behavior and motivations might be so alien as to be unwatchable. People might have no common ground to make the characters interesting.

As for a technological boost, I think that a dead end too. Kirk's era offers ample opportunities to deal with new tech.
Distant future tech would become more magic-like as the underlying science would be more and more vague. This would lead to a pandemic of "technobabble" solutions.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I don't think they qualified as metrosexuals...
Somehow, I just can't see Worf getting a manicure, and he detested getting haircuts and bathing...

 

[Herald]

Peach Wookiee said:
I don't think they qualified as metrosexuals...
Somehow, I just can't see Worf getting a manicure, and he detested getting haircuts and bathing...

Good grief!! I hope Klingons don't have sweat glands.

 

[Anwar]

Herald said:
Yes, by all means, let's have more episodes of boring metrosexuals wandering through the cosmos in their over-sized casino hotels. Maybe in the 25th century the captain can have 2 surrogate mommies flanking him on the bridge.

Is this the only solution? If you try to extrapolate further into the future, Man's behavior and motivations might be so alien as to be unwatchable. People might have no common ground to make the characters interesting.

As for a technological boost, I think that a dead end too. Kirk's era offers ample opportunities to deal with new tech.
Distant future tech would become more magic-like as the underlying science would be more and more vague. This would lead to a pandemic of "technobabble" solutions.

Oh yes, it makes so much more sense that with all that future tech the main point would be "everything is exactly the same in the future as it is now. Look, they even have their own space version of the soviets and the cold war and chernobyl!"

And just because the 24th people decided that war was a bad thing and it's better to try and solve problems non-violently before resorting to violence they must be "metrosexual".

So Star Wars can get away with having super-powerful tech and such, yet you think that if Trek tech ever got that powerful it would make the show unwatchable. Double standards much?

 

[Keith1701]

Number6 said:
Indeed.

I still like the idea of a TNG, DS9, and VOY cast movie. This could be a great movie if it was well written and acted by ALL. I would love to see Enterprise-E in one last action adventure. :thumbsup:

 

[DarthPipes]

I wouldn't mind another TNG movie but that time has past. They squandered TNG on the big screen and that's a shame. Picard and Data were rightly the main focus but the rest of the crew usually got ignored. Then they followed up their best film (First Contact) with absolute garbage. I never understood why they followed up First Contact with Insurrection. With First Contact, they delivered an exciting, dark, grand, action-packed story that got good reviews and did good box office. Then all of a sudden, they thought they should do the opposite. Make it a light, silly, story that was better suited for the TV series. It was like they were embarrassed by the success of First Contact.

 

[Anwar]

Michael Piller wrote a darker story about Picard's rebellion, and even had him killing Data to stop him at the start of the film.

But Paramount wanted a lighter film to follow FC, and so did Stewart who thought too much darkness was going overboard.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Herald said:

Peach Wookiee said:
I don't think they qualified as metrosexuals...
Somehow, I just can't see Worf getting a manicure, and he detested getting haircuts and bathing...

Good grief!! I hope Klingons don't have sweat glands.

According to Miles Edward O'Brien and Julian Subatoi Bashir, Worf smells like peat with just a hint of lilac...

 

[DarthPipes]

Anwar said:
Michael Piller wrote a darker story about Picard's rebellion, and even had him killing Data to stop him at the start of the film.

But Paramount wanted a lighter film to follow FC, and so did Stewart who thought too much darkness was going overboard.

Once again, another bad example of Paramount's interference. They should have went with the darker film. Considering First Contact was there first major Trek film hit since The Voyage Home, I don't know why they didn't.

 

[Noname Given]

DarthPipes said:

Anwar said:
Michael Piller wrote a darker story about Picard's rebellion, and even had him killing Data to stop him at the start of the film.

But Paramount wanted a lighter film to follow FC, and so did Stewart who thought too much darkness was going overboard.

Once again, another bad example of Paramount's interference. They should have went with the darker film. Considering First Contact was there first major Trek film hit since The Voyage Home, I don't know why they didn't.

Well, in truth, Paramount didn't start backing the 'make it a lighter film' scenario until Stewart balked and said 'That's too dark for me - and it's a dis-service to the Picard character.'

I've said it before and I'll say it again. when you have the actors involved in the story development process, it really gets screwed up. Of course the other problem is the studio who basically wants a 'paint by numbers film' (ie Klingons, check, Anomoly of some type, check, etc.); instead of just letting the writers come of with a good overall story/film that they like.

 

[DarthPipes]

I agree. Giving an actor two much power is usually never a good thing.