It all starts with the idea and script. Is there a Netflix and Amazon Pilot contest? I can only guess that CBS and or Paramount might want to look at the success or not of similar things in their line up of winners already to gauge what's out there now. For all we know Dennis' Polaris could be reconfigured into the new Star Trek somehow. Fuller is gonna give us a watered down wimpy approach that could in all likely hood be all wrong wwereas the pilots for netflix have already won their respective contests and Polaris is already done as well, so my point being a completed winning virtual idea and screenplay trumps political clout anyday, or at least it should. Does anyone know what Netflix and Amazon are up to and how to enter such a contest that seems to have everyone winning so far.
Is Star Trek "done"
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Yup. Paramount doesn't even have a television division anymore to begin with. They officially quit the TV production business in 2009.
I see it set in the early 25th century, as a selling point of 'new century, new Star Trek' then they can style it the way they want and still have some connection to the past but not have to worry to much about continuity conflicts. I highly doubt they will do kirk and Spock becuse there not going to want to recast them again. In the 80's we had TOS at the theaters and TNG on the tv, I can see something similar happening in the future.
DC are doing wonders with their direct-to-DVD animated features, sometimes based on less-than-universally-acclaimed storylines (e.g. "Under the Red Hood"). I can see something like that for Trek turning a profit.
I'm with others who have said animated is the way to go!
I'm with others who have said animated is the way to go!
I think there will be a new Star Trek series, but right now the future of the franchise rests with JJ Abrams pulling it off with the second Star Trek film (in the JJverse). If it is successful then talks and rumours of a new series will undoubtedly increase. However I don't think JJ Abrams will want to make the next series (he's a movie guy).
I'm just hoping the new Star Trek film will be a little deeper in its content...
I'm just hoping the new Star Trek film will be a little deeper in its content...
ooh. One-shot direct-to-DVD well-written animated Trek movies with quality voice acting.
That actually sounds pretty good.
I don't see that CBS currently has any need to try and produce Trek themselves. They have a huge back catalog they can sell over and over again and are licensing a movie franchise to Paramount with no financial risk.
I think it's highly unlikely that we see anything other than the Abramsverse films over the next five years and then, like Spider-Man, we'll see another creative team come in and reboot it all over again at Paramount.
This is a win-win for CBS.
Indeed, they're able right now update all their Trek TV shows for Blu-ray and resell them for a great deal less than producing a new series of any kind would cost.
Every year that passes, all the Star Trek series -- all of them -- are aging. It's not so bad now but one day it will be. Maybe not in five years but eventually CBS will want more up-to-date episodes. The best time for CBS to take advantage would be to roll off one of the movies (whichever one it is), before they've completely run their course and while the audience still cares.
Star Trek (2009) was a game changer. It should be (carefully) taken advantage of. The state of the franchise in the late-'90s and early-'00s is null and void. For fans, absence has made the heart grow fonder, as they say. For everyone else, ST XI made them interested again. There's more potential interest in a new series than there was 10 years ago.
Star Trek (2009) was a game changer. It should be (carefully) taken advantage of. The state of the franchise in the late-'90s and early-'00s is null and void. For fans, absence has made the heart grow fonder, as they say. For everyone else, ST XI made them interested again. There's more potential interest in a new series than there was 10 years ago.
I have to ask: why not?
Just in my lifetime, there have been at least seven James Bonds, six Supermans, five Batmans, four Hulks, three Spider-Mans, two Phantoms, and God only knows how many Tarzans, Sherlock Holmes, D'Artagnans, Robin Hoods, and Draculas. Heck, we've had three new Snow Whites this year!
Since when has Hollywood been reluctant to recast classic characters?
True. If he tried a TV series, he'd be totally lost.
He could use an alias.
But why limit himself to the Fringe? He's rather be a Person of Interest.
I think the problem with putting Star Trek back on TV is that Tv is different now than it was 10-15 years ago. TV now is either a hell of a lot worse (Keeping up with the Kardashians) or a hell of a lot better (The Wire, Game of Thrones).
Now, im not saying those last two shows are definitely better than a show like TNG, but they were a hell of a lot more consistently better, and thats something trek has never really accomplished. I read an article somewhere online about how boxsets are really squeezing out the average type shows, because people would rather buy something qaulity, and watch it all, or just watch total crap on tv when thats what theyre in the mood for.
Trek had lots of good shows, and quite a few episodes which hit greatness, but there was also a hell of a lot of crap, or just generally below par episodes. If TNG came on the air today I dont think it would survive, because audiences just arent that forgiving anymore.
Now, im not saying those last two shows are definitely better than a show like TNG, but they were a hell of a lot more consistently better, and thats something trek has never really accomplished. I read an article somewhere online about how boxsets are really squeezing out the average type shows, because people would rather buy something qaulity, and watch it all, or just watch total crap on tv when thats what theyre in the mood for.
Trek had lots of good shows, and quite a few episodes which hit greatness, but there was also a hell of a lot of crap, or just generally below par episodes. If TNG came on the air today I dont think it would survive, because audiences just arent that forgiving anymore.
And risk being sent to Alcatraz? That would hardly be felicitious.
It's not audiences we need to worry about, it's the networks and the advertisers. US TV is a vicious circle of people not bothering to watch new shows because they think those shows will be cancelled after the first season, and new shows being cancelled after one or two seasons because no one is watching them. With every 60mins of broadcast time in the US containing about 39mins of actual programming, I can see why people aren't bothering anymore.
Just get rid of the shows and put on nothing but adverts.
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