If you could remake any show...

[C.E. Evans]

Space: 1999 is at the top of my list. I'd set it in the year 2199, but I'd keep the Eagle transporters, Moonbase Alpha, props, and even the orange spacesuits unchanged from the original series. Rather than deal with a runaway moon, though, it would be about Earth's first contact with extraterrestrials and the chaos that ensues when the aliens claim that Earth was really theirs millions of years ago and that Humans are a weed that took over while they were away.

I'd also redo SeaQuest, but I'd set it much farther into the future (around 2120). I'd keep a lot of the first season elements, but I'd also keep some second and third season elements like a race of genetically engineered Humans and tensions escalating between newly formed nations.

Knight Rider. I'd keep it simple and deal with a lone crime fighter working for a secret federal agency going up against various bad guys, but I'd feature a kick-butt female lead as Michele Knight and the new KITT would be voiced by LeVar Burton and be something of a smart-ass.

 

[Admiral_Young]

"Mutant X" I'd still like to see in it's original "Adam Zero" concept. I remembering reading early articles regarding the show and Adam's character was referred to as "Adam Zero" who was super intelligent and the first result of the Mutant X program. I think he was also meant to be younger than John Shea's character. I'd reboot the series using that concept.

 

[clint g]

Earth Final Conflict and Andromeda, simply because so much more could have been done with both shows

Babylon 5 because dear lord it could look awesome with modern production values

 

[Admiral2]

Star Trek.

Step 1. Kill J.J. Abrams. Bloodily.

Step 2. The crew of the Enterprise would be completely human.

Step 3. Time travel would be verboten.

Step 4. Molecular transporters would be verboten.

Step 5. Universal translators would be verboten.

Step 6. The writers would be forced to open a science book every once in a while.

Step 7. Starfleet IS a military organization. Deal with it.

Step 8. Somebody upthread mentioned lesbians. I'm down with that.

Step 9. Just read my Star Trek: Other fics. It's that, only on tee-vee.

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/69169/Admiral

 

[stj]

Andromeda. The basic concept of a truly advanced vessel out of the past struggling to rebuild a humane and effective government is interesting. Most of the old series would have to go. Dylan Hunt would be a genuinely civilized human being. The Andromeda AI would not be in love with the Captain (though the robot avatar might be.) Harper would not be comic relief but an escaped slave of sorts with great value as a component in computer control systems. And he would in some ways be equal to the Andromeda AI. Tyr would not be so bad he's sexy but an ideological fanatic who either learns better or his treachery leads him to a sticky end. Rev Bem is the comic relief. Beka Valentine is just an dumb girl with a shortsighted eye on the main chance, and is not needed for the ludicrous slipstream drive. She is in love with Hunt, who is not so tasteless as to return the favor, although he is invariably kind to her. And Trance is just a bimbo, no supernatural or Elder Civilization crap about her. She might be lesbian.

Ruthlessness is not the way to win friends and influence people. Space war is not economically feasible. Andromeda's path to restoration is to regain control of von Neumann probes in particular and nanotech generally. Black hole technology to create antimatter is the great gift Andromeda can bring back and the foundation of its increasing influence.

 

[DarthPipes]

Enterprise...and I don't have any ideas yet. Space Above and Beyond doesn't need to be remade it needs to be concluded. Andromeda and Seaquest DSV would be among my picks.

Enterprise definitely. Don't have any ideas myself.

Andromeda is another one. I always thought all the terrible dialogue in that show doomed it from the start. The idea was a good one but the execution was very poor.

 

[Warped9]

Enterprise.

Clean sheet of paper except perhaps some of the character names.
- Early to mid 22nd century setting.
- Make space wild and remote and dangerous with fewer intelligent humanoid life forms.
- No Klingons.
- No transporter.
- No cloaking tech.
- Distinctly different design for the hero ship while probably leaning towards the ringship concept.
- No Starfleet. Instead the United Space Service, a branch of U.E.S.P.A.
- Completely ignore modern Trek references particularly in regards to First Contact. Certainly no Vulcan nursemaiding Earth's development. No Ferengi. No Cardassians. No Borg.
- Hand weapons are early lasers and projectile guns.
- Establish a style and feel distinctly different from previous Treks.
- Plan it for a five year series, but something more like ten or so years is elapsing continuity wise. A season of 22 episodes would be actually showing us a two to three year period. The final season could be the Romulan War era.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Enterprise.

Clean sheet of paper except perhaps some of the character names.
- Early to mid 22nd century setting.

Warped9 are there any Enterprise literary novels that you liked that would reflect how you feel from the above 2 specifics?

[I haven't read any Trek novels and have only seen Trek TV & movies.]

 

[ebusinesstutor]

Space Above and Beyond.

First alien contact leading to an interstellar war? Heck yeah.

Update the special effects, get some better actors, get some writers who can write military scenarios and characters convincingly. Get a show runner who has a planned out multi-season arc as intricately plotted and planned as Babylon 5. And let the show play out over four or five seasons.

No training missions to Mars without any cadre instructors around.

No bouncing around between being fighter pilots and ground pounders.

And do not be afraid to have some heavy exposition to explain the technology and tactics being used in the various battles. Actually explain how FTL works. This of course implies that there is a well thought out series Bible in place from the get-go.

I second this.

Loved the concept and liked the show but it was beyond all stretches of the imagination that everyone was fully trained and functioning as both fighter pilots and ground troops.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

"Jericho" (2006) (TV Series)

A lot less government conspiracy and more of society just dealing with new life. I was hoping for more of a feel of
The Postman (1997) movie in the Post-apocalyptic America. Sure there were many parallels but the almost cowboy Western episodes were a little enjoyable even though they seemed in the wrong show and could have had plots lifted from 1950s-60s TV Westerns.

ratings aside. This show could have worked for a few seasons.
I wonder how dark it would have gone thematically if it were on HBO as an original series or on AMC. TNT or Starz ?
I'm sure things would get more violent.

Also give the visual effects budget a significant bump than what Junction Entertainment & CBS Paramount Network Television gave it.

 

[Jetfire]

"Mutant X" I'd still like to see in it's original "Adam Zero" concept. I remembering reading early articles regarding the show and Adam's character was referred to as "Adam Zero" who was super intelligent and the first result of the Mutant X program. I think he was also meant to be younger than John Shea's character. I'd reboot the series using that concept.

Agreed.

 

[DarKush]

Since others have picked Enterprise, Voyager, and Andromeda, I'll go with B5: Legend of the Rangers.

I know it wasn't a show, but it was a pilot. Anyway, here's my changes:
-Set the show 20 plus years after B5
-Made the main character David Sheridan.
-Replaced G'Kar's cameo with Delenn.
-Replaced the Hand with the Thirdspace aliens. I heard they might be related, but I never really got that from the pilot and the Hand seemed like watered down Shadows to me.
-Removed the virtual reality fighting scene.
-Kept the crew pretty much the same though.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I should also add that the "Mutant X" original concept was developed after it was established that the show wouldn't be an adaption of the alternate universe Marvel Comic which I believe is what caused the law suit between 20th Century Fox and Marvel Comics because they were in breech of development contract regarding the X-Men property. I still haven't been able to find those original casting articles but I'm glad someone else remembers them. Thanks Jetfire!

 

[Jetfire]

^
I was looking for the same thing and couldn't find anything.

I still think on a actual network & with a decent budget the show would work well.

 

[Warped9]

Enterprise.

Clean sheet of paper except perhaps some of the character names.
- Early to mid 22nd century setting.

Warped9 are there any Enterprise literary novels that you liked that would reflect how you feel from the above 2 specifics?

[I haven't read any Trek novels and have only seen Trek TV & movies.]

I can't say because I've never read any of the ENT novels. But I would like the show to have a genuine SF feel to it and not so much soap opera. I'd like a mix of characters that we like and don't like, but they're good at their job. I would try to make the Vulcans seem mysterious again since the idea would be that Humans and Vulcans have had contact for only a few decades. Andorians and Orions would be the only other familiar races I'd include until getting to the Romulans. I'd try to avoid time travel--certainly no Temporal War. And I'd avoid trying to connect to previous Trek series and films.

 

[Warped9]

Crusade is another show I'd like to see done justice. I'd give J.M. Straczynski more creative room and keep the network from breathing done his neck.

 

[darthraidr]

LOST. keeping most of season 1 intact but drop the hatch and all the lameness it brought. it would be a bunch of people who crashed onto the Lost World. Smoke Monster could instead be a dinosaur. the primary focus is the people trying to survive.

there is no getting off the island, only to feel compelled to return...

no half ass scouting around the island, finding a map that fails to note a lighthouse, 2 villages, a radio tower, a temple, 2 docks, 1 boat and 1 sub, a giant statue and an extra island not too far off the coast.

no buttons to press, no dharma group, no time travel, no lame "everyone's connected."

just people trying to survive a plane crash on an island that still has prehistoric creatures...

 

[Jetfire]

^
Jurassic Park the series? I would watch.

 

[The Master of Tarquin Hill]

Space Above and Beyond.

First alien contact leading to an interstellar war? Heck yeah.

Update the special effects, get some better actors, get some writers who can write military scenarios and characters convincingly. Get a show runner who has a planned out multi-season arc as intricately plotted and planned as Babylon 5. And let the show play out over four or five seasons.

No training missions to Mars without any cadre instructors around.

No bouncing around between being fighter pilots and ground pounders.

And do not be afraid to have some heavy exposition to explain the technology and tactics being used in the various battles. Actually explain how FTL works. This of course implies that there is a well thought out series Bible in place from the get-go.

I will second this. That show had so much potential.

I think it was just fine the way it was.

It had two things going against it.

It was on Fox.

It had a big budget.

 

[Nowhere Man]

Quantum Leap, I would continue it though.