If Marvel bought Star Trek, would you like it..?

[Oso Blanco]

Expanding to what exactly? Just more copies of TNG, DS9, VOY material with the names changed?

Anything would be better than rebooting/recasting TOS yet again. They got away with it this time, by having a good explanation (alternate timeline). What are they going to tell us next time? People will care less and less about Star Trek if it's going to be rebooted every few years.

 

[drt]

It seems to work for other properties.

The original series characters have become more iconic, my guess is in the future Star Trek will always be at least Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise. And it's really going to start making people freak out when future productions start adding characters like Data or Worf into that mix. I've said in other threads that Worf's character, of a Klingon child raised by human parents to become a Starfleet officer, is arguably more interesting to explore in Kirk's "cold war with the Klingons" time than Picard's. Since this is the "Marvel" thread, it should be pointed out that comics and comic book movies mix and match characters from their own history all the time.

 

[BillJ]

I've said in other threads that Worf's character, of a Klingon child raised by human parents to become a Starfleet officer, is arguably more interesting to explore in Kirk's "cold war with the Klingons" time than Picard's.

DC Comics first-run had a peace loving Klingon defector named Konom who served aboard Excelsior/Enterprise-A with Kirk (before the Richard Arnold purge) and ends up marrying a human woman (Nancy Bryce). I actually found that character more interesting than Worf over the long haul.

His adopted offspring, Ambassador Kobry ends up in the TNG novel "Strike Zone" by Peter David.

 

[The Lensman]

Expanding to what exactly? Just more copies of TNG, DS9, VOY material with the names changed?

Anything would be better than rebooting/recasting TOS yet again. They got away with it this time, by having a good explanation (alternate timeline). What are they going to tell us next time? People will care less and less about Star Trek if it's going to be rebooted every few years.

They're not going to "tell you" anything. No moreso than any of the various Sherlock Holmes adaptations \ updates have "told you" anything when a new version comes along. Or Tarzan, or Flash Gordon, etc. In addition, it's not like they need to reboot so much as recast. You may not like that, but let me remind you again: No one gave a shit about an expanded Star Trek universe when it was on t.v. weekly and FREE.

I've said in other threads that Worf's character, of a Klingon child raised by human parents to become a Starfleet officer, is arguably more interesting to explore in Kirk's "cold war with the Klingons" time than Picard's.

DC Comics first-run had a peace loving Klingon defector named Konom who served aboard Excelsior/Enterprise-A with Kirk (before the Richard Arnold purge) and ends up marrying a human woman (Nancy Bryce). I actually found that character more interesting than Worf over the long haul.

His adopted offspring, Ambassador Kobry ends up in the TNG novel "Strike Zone" by Peter David.

KONOM!!! Holy shit, I'd forgotten about him! Yes, he predated Worf by years and he was more interesting (certainly had a better name)

 

[BillJ]

I guess as I'm getting older and there is less time in the day for leisure pursuits, I'm now really only interested in the core of Star Trek. That core is Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise. I've been a fan since 1975 and have never tired of those characters. Whether watching the original series for the hundredth time or watching and rewatching Star Trek Into Darkness (which is actually playing in the background right now) or picking up the latest Greg Cox TOS novel, "Foul Deeds Will Rise".

There is a fun and swagger to these characters that the rest of the shows have simply never been able to duplicate. These characters are modern American mythology.

 

[Paul Weaver]

I guess as I'm getting older and there is less time in the day for leisure pursuits, I'm now really only interested in the core of Star Trek. That core is Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise. I've been a fan since 1975 and have never tired of those characters. Whether watching the original series for the hundredth time or watching and rewatching Star Trek Into Darkness (which is actually playing in the background right now) or picking up the latest Greg Cox TOS novel, "Foul Deeds Will Rise".

There is a fun and swagger to these characters that the rest of the shows have simply never been able to duplicate. These characters are modern American mythology.

Perhaps your generation is concerned with Kirk and Spock, but for me Picard and Wesley are the definitive trek. TNG hit the screens when I was about 8, DS9 4 years later. TOS is an afterthought.

For Wrath of Khan, U.S. box office was 80% of the total. For the poor remake last year it was 49%. American mythology just doesn't necessarily appeal as much to a global audience, especially in the context of the fall of the U.S.

While I'm currently reading another Greg Cox novel (Eugenics Wars), which has some boring Kirk/McCoy bits in between some more expansive stuff. I'm far more of a fan of the post-nemesis continuity than yet another snorefest novel of Kirk and Spock.

 

[BillJ]

For Wrath of Khan, U.S. box office was 80% of the total. For the poor remake last year it was 49%. American mythology just doesn't necessarily appeal as much to a global audience, especially in the context of the fall of the U.S.

I don't think those numbers say what you think they say. Star Trek Into Darkness was the highest grossing Trek movie ever with foreign audiences. So I'd say that mythology does interest global audiences to some degree.

 

[fireproof78]

Kirk and Spock are still a cultural icon, and are fairly recognizable as such.

I think they carry with them a broader appeal, in terms of recognition, but that could just be me. But, I think movie going audiences would prefer a fun movie, with a good story and interesting characters, regardless of Kirk and Spock or Picard and Data.

I honestly think that if a film centered on space exploration with compelling characters, I think that people would enjoy that too.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wesley????

 

[nonbelligerency]

I am probably in the 1% on here who isn't into Marvel or superheros. Just never became my thing.

I never got into Magic: The Gathering either.