Is it time to put Star Trek to rest?

[fireproof78]

As for the ship, I prefer the Connie III over the Galaxy

Same.

 

[HotRod]

As for the ship, I prefer the Connie III over the Galaxy.

The Connie III would be perfectly fine... in 2295.

 

[Firebird]

The Connie III is a reworking of a fan design (Shangri-La Class) that is seemingly inspired by another fan design (Belknap Class), which is inspired by a refit of the original Enterprise.

Which is emblematic of a big problem with a lot of recent Trek and much of pop-culture these days - it's all photocopies of photocopies.

 

[Farscape One]

Replicative fading.

Dr. Kate Pulaski let us know in 1989 the dangers of copying...

 

[Lord Garth]

I like the G, but I prefer the D, even though my favorite is the A.

The only ones I don't like are the F and the J.

Enough letters for you?

 

[Lord Garth]

They can't put Star Trek to rest until they make Star Trek: The Lost Years, the first Trek series made just for me, about the years 2293-2363, exactly 70 years of monster maroons, Excelsiors, Mirandas, the Tomed Incident and the last of the Romulans until 2344, the Cardassian War, young Picard on the Stargazer, young Miles O'Brien working a transporter for the first time, Noonien Soong building Data and Lore and then the USS Tripoli finding Data later and influencing him to join Starfleet, the Enterprise-C at Narendra III, the USS Intrepid rescuing young Worf, the Setlik III massacre (whatever date it takes place in), young Sisko and Curzon Dax on the USS Livingston, the construction of Terok Nor, the Pegasus mutiny, the USS Olympia launching to the Beta Quadrant, and most of all, the switch from the monster maroons to the TNG season 1 jumpsuits, because I desperately need a date for that. Screw Star Trek: Legacy. Nobody gives a shit about nepo babies on an Enterprise that looks wildly anchronistic. Gimme a show with the same exact production values as the TMP films and TNG "Tapestry." This fan will not want anything less.

Even though I want Legacy, I'll take your version of The Lost Years too!

I'd do it For All Mankind style and have every season in a different decade. Cover the whole thing, from the 2290s to the 2350s. That way, anyone who wants it closer to TUC and anyone who wants it closer to TNG can get something.

 

[korblborp]

I haven't called you the Terrance Howard of Pseudo-intellectuals, so kindly don't refer to me as Elon Musk.

And yes, restoring Earth has to be the goal. But if a comet hits, you're fucked. Ultimately manufacturing and even farming can be moved off-world, and if that were to happen, some would want to move with that. Some would just want to move because they want to. This would permit parts of Earth go back to an undomesticated state in many areas. The two goals are copacetic.

i hate this thing where a longstanding, hopeful, idea for the future and it's believers are suddenly garbage for no reason other than musk touched it. especially when many of the people saying so, at least the public-facing ones, were either avid supporters of the idea, or of musk's involvement (or in general), or both, for years.