I believe TNG had the best formula for a series. It just needs to be improved upon.
I just finished watching "The Pegasus" (s7.e264) - the episode where they were trying to recover the technology that provided a cloak and would allow ships to phase and go through matter. The end of the episode Picard consoles Riker and said you made a mistake 12 years ago. yadda yadda.
2 points out of that
a) The technology is cool let us use it.
b) All Star Trek series had a lack of backbone.
Point B is the only thing that bothers me about any Star Trek series (a little less from TNG) is the fact that they really don't have backbones. They negotiate to death. They attack after half their ship has been destroyed (extreme's but you get my point).
We need to see some grit. We want to see victories and defeats.
Recommendations on future Star Trek series:
A new enterprise. Throw on 500 years into the future. How does the universe look for earth, the federation, other species in the alpha quadrant and beyond. better technology. and Data would have made several android children at that point to continue on in the newer Enterprise possibly one of the other rug rats would be a captain on another ship.
-Add more GRIT
. I would recommend the entire first season would be dedicated to some type of war (and cool weapons, smart ship tactics, some ship battles - its 2011 lets get some solid CGI). First episode will need to explain how we got there. In that is the dissolution of the treaty and we would have cloaked ships that could pass through matter (i.e Pegasus). Federation would have to grow a pair. Easily resolved with a hot shot new Captain. Takes a lot of risks. Isn't scared of a battle. decorated by the federation. smart in battle.
-Continue in the style of TNG. Plan your character developments well. Look for quality actors. Cover the theme's which people can/may encounter in normal day to day life. TNG had the human touch with a sci fi look.
-Include a few time travelling episodes
-Include an encounter with a supreme being
-New species discoveries
-Throw in another villain or two
-Cook for 20 mins
/rant
I just finished watching "The Pegasus" (s7.e264) - the episode where they were trying to recover the technology that provided a cloak and would allow ships to phase and go through matter. The end of the episode Picard consoles Riker and said you made a mistake 12 years ago. yadda yadda.
2 points out of that
a) The technology is cool let us use it.
b) All Star Trek series had a lack of backbone.
Point B is the only thing that bothers me about any Star Trek series (a little less from TNG) is the fact that they really don't have backbones. They negotiate to death. They attack after half their ship has been destroyed (extreme's but you get my point).
We need to see some grit. We want to see victories and defeats.
Recommendations on future Star Trek series:A new enterprise. Throw on 500 years into the future. How does the universe look for earth, the federation, other species in the alpha quadrant and beyond. better technology. and Data would have made several android children at that point to continue on in the newer Enterprise possibly one of the other rug rats would be a captain on another ship.
-Add more GRIT
. I would recommend the entire first season would be dedicated to some type of war (and cool weapons, smart ship tactics, some ship battles - its 2011 lets get some solid CGI). First episode will need to explain how we got there. In that is the dissolution of the treaty and we would have cloaked ships that could pass through matter (i.e Pegasus). Federation would have to grow a pair. Easily resolved with a hot shot new Captain. Takes a lot of risks. Isn't scared of a battle. decorated by the federation. smart in battle.-Continue in the style of TNG. Plan your character developments well. Look for quality actors. Cover the theme's which people can/may encounter in normal day to day life. TNG had the human touch with a sci fi look.
-Include a few time travelling episodes
-Include an encounter with a supreme being
-New species discoveries
-Throw in another villain or two
-Cook for 20 mins
/rant
