I wonder what the JJ Abrams version of the Borg would look like!

[The Rock]

If this is a new universe that is a completely new canon, would you mind if JJ Abrams put the Borg in the next Star Trek movie after this one?

I imagine he would do a pretty good job with them. And I can imagine he would make them look even more terrifying than anything we've ever seen before.

I mean if this is a new timeline, who says the Borg and Kirk couldn't meet?

 

[TOSTNGDS9VOYENT]

Lets wait about twenty years and ask this question again!

 

[Dane_Whitman]

If this is a new universe that is a completely new canon, would you mind if JJ Abrams put the Borg in the next Star Trek movie after this one?

Canon or no, the Borg have been done to death, as most fans will agree upon.

Even so, whenever I watch First Contact, I still observe that the Borg got a nice upgrade for that film.

 

[Captain_Amasov]

If this is a new universe that is a completely new canon, would you mind if JJ Abrams put the Borg in the next Star Trek movie after this one?

Canon or no, the Borg have been done to death, as most fans will agree upon.

Even so, whenever I watch First Contact, I still observe that the Borg got a nice upgrade for that film.

Time to bring back the Doomsday machine!

 

[Samurai8472]

The sequel will have Kirk tormented by his encounter with the borg. Later on Pine will use all his theater experience to act the best part

"I WILL MAKE THEM PAY! FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE"

then he'll smash the NX01 ship

 

[Siwilliams]

If this is a new universe that is a completely new canon, would you mind if JJ Abrams put the Borg in the next Star Trek movie after this one?

Canon or no, the Borg have been done to death, as most fans will agree upon.

Would have like the Borg in Star Trek Nemesis

 

[Mordock]

It would be fine with me if the Borg lay fallow for a while longer. I think I'd prefer new villains we've never seen before.

If all bets are off, though, it flags up quite a few interesting issues. Do the Borg "belong" with the TNG characters? Does that era necessarily even exist in the new timeline in a way we would recognize? Is it even worthwhile bringing that era back? What would be the result of conflating the various eras and having Kirk's crew and Picard's crew active at the same time? And so on.

 

[Michael]

I wonder what the JJ Abrams version of the Borg would look like!

I don't. The Borg have been done to death. At least in my opinion.

 

[The Rock]

You guys are right, the Borg have been done to death.

But I bet you that JJ's take on the Borg would look quite different than anything we've seen before. His version of the Romulans looks awesome. And I heard his version of the Klingons will be somewhat different that what we have seen. So I bet his version of the Borg would probably not just show assimilated humanoids, but all types of alien species.

 

[Sheridan]

If JJ does another Trek movie and somehow it involves the Borg I hope he makes them absolutely terrifying. When I look upon the borg from TNG, FC, and VOY it's almost laughable how ridiculous they look. They give me no sense of angst when I see their portrayal. Another thing is that the Borg lost their mysteriousness by Voyager exploring every single detail behind the Borg. Now when I look upon the Borg they remind me of the goofy 1970's Cylons. The Borg was a great concept but its' implementation was weakly executed.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Assuming the Borg would show up, not that I would want them to:

I think the drones would look very emaciated and gruesome, not bulked up, but actually thinned down. And there would be far more non-humanoid races. Have a creepy sorrowful look and make the Borg communicate minimally, simply the "Resistance sucks, get assimilated" speech and that's it.

The Borg ships would certainly be more active, we'd see the interior constantly shifting, and they'd absorb the wreckage of other ships to bulk up... basically make them back into the unstoppable force of nature they once were, while giving them a menacing new redesign.

To add to the horrific impression we get of them, I'd put in assimilation scenes that make Saw look like a trip to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (Hyperbole, yes, but at least more gruesome than FC)

Oh and get rid of the Queen. She's too much of a "face". The Borg were far more intimidating when they were impersonal.

 

[Michael]

^ That's a nice drawing there, Herkimer Jitty. Who did this in what context?

 

[The Rock]

Assuming the Borg would show up, not that I would want them to:

I think the drones would look very emaciated and gruesome, not bulked up, but actually thinned down. And there would be far more non-humanoid races. Have a creepy sorrowful look and make the Borg communicate minimally, simply the "Resistance sucks, get assimilated" speech and that's it.

The Borg ships would certainly be more active, we'd see the interior constantly shifting, and they'd absorb the wreckage of other ships to bulk up... basically make them back into the unstoppable force of nature they once were, while giving them a menacing new redesign.

To add to the horrific impression we get of them, I'd put in assimilation scenes that make Saw look like a trip to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (Hyperbole, yes, but at least more gruesome than FC)

Oh and get rid of the Queen. She's too much of a "face". The Borg were far more intimidating when they were impersonal.

I love that drawing and your description. Oh man do I love it. I get chills just thinking about your description. Are you a writer? You should be.

 

[RAMA]

Assuming the Borg would show up, not that I would want them to:

I think the drones would look very emaciated and gruesome, not bulked up, but actually thinned down. And there would be far more non-humanoid races. Have a creepy sorrowful look and make the Borg communicate minimally, simply the "Resistance sucks, get assimilated" speech and that's it.

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Sorry but emaciated walking corpses from an African drought just aren't scary.

RAMA

 

[M'Sharak]

If this is a new universe that is a completely new canon, would you mind if JJ Abrams put the Borg in the next Star Trek movie after this one?

I imagine he would do a pretty good job with them. And I can imagine he would make them look even more terrifying than anything we've ever seen before.

I mean if this is a new timeline, who says the Borg and Kirk couldn't meet?

As others have said above, even if bringing the Borg in for a future installment is a good idea to begin with -- and I'm not convinced it is -- the movie following this one would be far too soon, IMO.

It's also, by the way, more of a topic for Future of Trek than for this forum, which is for discussion of the movie currently in production and opening in May, so I'll just close this here.