News Meyer On Proposed Star Trek Miniseries

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A new news article has been published at TrekToday:

Nick Meyer spoke last night at a Shakespeare and Star Trek event at the UCI School of Humanities, where he explained a...

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[Markonian]

A Trek miniseries? That’s out of the blue. Wonder how it would fit between series. Would it count as the 8th overall series, or would we always count “X series, Y movies, and a miniseries”?

 

[pst]

A Trek miniseries? That’s out of the blue. Wonder how it would fit between series. Would it count as the 8th overall series, or would we always count “X series, Y movies, and a miniseries”?

it's in line with statements he made last year about his project not being a new TV series and also not being a theatrical film.

CBS' attempt to expand the universe is commendable. even if it's dead in the water. for now...

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Maybe something they make will be worth watching.

 

[guyute03]

I welcome mini-series, covering any or all the time periods. Hope it still works out and becomes common for Trek.

 

[KennyB]

Really hope it is nothing centered on Khan.............

 

[DataRules]

I remember that many fans wanted a miniseries on the starship Excelsior back in the 90s - based on the adventures of Captain Sulu.

 

[Valenti]

Maybe a back door pilot to a series more in line with what a lot of fans want just to see if it flies better than Disco. There's a chance it won't be pig slop.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

There's a chance it won't be pig slop.

Not a very big one (seeing what they've made already), but there is the slightest sliver of a chance. Definitely not getting my hopes up again.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Finally, "Captain Worf"!

lol​

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

^ At least we'd get decent looking Klingons once again.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Finally, "Captain Worf"!

^ At least we'd get decent looking Klingons once again.

The only way I want to see Captain Worf is if they reimagine him as a bald, Discovery-style Klingon.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Maybe something they make will be worth watching.

I don't see the point in this series. Everything we needed to know of Singh was beautifully displayed by Ricardo Montalban. This reminds me of the blunder done by The Terminator series when Hollywood made a film about John Connor fighting the machines in the future or a prequel to Star Wars. Our imaginations filled in the gaps of those events and doesn't need to be spelled out for me, because everything they displayed never lived up to my imagination and what was described previously. Creative bankruptcy at it's core.

Why can't CBS and Meyer just leave things be? He's mentioned many times he doesn't come up with ideas but he can hear an idea and do something with it... he called it, "priming the pump", but I think TWOK doesn't require anymore priming, just leave it alone.

 

[Valenti]

Hollywood's business has become to grind metal.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I don't see the point in this series. Everything we needed to know of Singh was beautifully displayed by Ricardo Montalban. This reminds me of the blunder done by The Terminator series when Hollywood made a film about John Connor fighting the machines in the future or a prequel to Star Wars. Our imaginations filled in the gaps of those events and doesn't need to be spelled out for me, because everything they displayed never lived up to my imagination and what was described previously. Creative bankruptcy at it's core.

Why can't CBS and Meyer just leave things be? He's mentioned many times he doesn't come up with ideas but he can hear an idea and do something with it... he called it, "priming the pump", but I think TWOK doesn't require anymore priming, just leave it alone.

The last series I'd want would be a Khan series. I was talking more generally about the PTB actually making a Trek series that was loyal to what had come before, unless they'd be honest this time and say its a reboot.

 

[Qonundrum]

Hollywood's business has become to grind metal.

With what, a damp sponge, like this one below?

 

[Qonundrum]

Really hope it is nothing centered on Khan.............

Seeing Benedict C camp it up with "I... am... Khan" again is the last thing anyone needs to see. Great actor in other shows but was he instructed to do that scene and character like a generic stick figure thug?

I remember that many fans wanted a miniseries on the starship Excelsior back in the 90s - based on the adventures of Captain Sulu.

Got Janeway instead, along with the worst-ever tie-in of "Flashback". Loathed it at the time. VOY would improve in quality and on a technical level the blending in of the 23rd century timeline was rather good overall, but it was ultimately so underwhelming...

The only way I want to see Captain Worf is if they reimagine him as a bald, Discovery-style Klingon.

Ah, a Captain Wharf show. Since we're reimagining, it'd be more fun to go all the way. The premiere can be entitled "Qapla' Day" over the Klingon victory at Starfleet HQ in San Francisco after they time travel back to 1996, as to avoid meeting Captain Kirk there...

"The latest catch of the day: Starfleet Ensign Stu with a side order of freshly prepared Admiral Brine's Chips".

Do it right and the show would be more terrifying than 1983's "V", the only one where they got it all done right...

 

[johnnybear]

A history of the Klingon race would be good! Ignoring the events of DSC (unless stated it's in another universe)
JB

 

[XCV330]

I could do with not seeing another Klingon for the next decade. Throw them in the vault with Borg.

 

[Valenti]

And the Ferengi.