19th century Guinan got to Earth just fine, apparently the El-Aurian traveled about through-out the galaxy.
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I wish I could say I did, but currently I don't. Haven't worked on it for a while either, since this past month has been really rough for me. Just getting back into the swing of things again, so I'm gonna be trying all my current contacts to see if anyone knows someone, or knows someone who knows someone. Otherwise I'll just have to do a load of research to see who I can find, get in contact with, etc.
Sounds like opening a McDougles hamburger joint right down the street from McDonalds but Wendy's did it. You just have to build a better mouse trap. And it has to be distinctly different enough not to be confused with McDonalds either. I know what you're talking about esp. in how south Trek has gone since well TOS. 'Cause not for nothing but I also have a sci fi optimistic space opera similar to Trek with a unique and original concept/premise that I'd like to get out there. I have it copyrighted so I'm open to showing it to just about anybody but you'd think writers would like to see everything but they don't want to see anything for fear of being derivative which it seems is their right. Their defense is great artists think alike and great artists steal.
Yeah, I get what you mean. Even the one producer that I got some answers from said it'd be much harder to get in with something that's essentially been used before. I've already admitted it's probably a crazy longshot, but this is the first project that's actually kept my attention, and I'm determined come hell or highwater to make it a reality, even if it kills me.
I'll get it done and just keep working at it until I have just the right person's attention. Something drives me to keep going and gives me the gut feeling that it'll work, and I've always kicked myself in the rear when I decide not to listen to my gut, because it's never been wrong yet.
Do hope you have success with what you're working on, too!
An alternative would be a cosmopolitan setting, such as appeared in Firefly. Not only were different ethnicities/races represented, but also more than one language, and more than one form of writing.
Pitch Black featured what appeared to be ethnic costumes.
More than one religion could be represented as well, which was shown in Babylon 5.
Willsky7 had an interesting point about casting different ethnic groups.
These suggestions could be regarded as minimal. Establish, or at least imply, a cosmopolitan background in terms of human cultures.
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A craft similar to the Tardis?
I am a sort of agnostic regarding UFO lore. I understand that there is an alternative to the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis-the Interdimensional Hypothesis. The idea is that we are being visited by Interdimensional/Extradimensional beings, rather than extraterrestrials from another solar system.
The Interdimensional Hypothesis is supposed to be indigenous to our Earth.
Something like this has occasionally appeared in science fiction. For example, there was an episode (from the old Outer Limits show, I believe) which featured a two dimensional being which had entered our world. From the front, you could see the thing, but when it turned side ways it disappeared from view.
I can imagine a starship crew investigating such phenomena, if they should appear on planets other than this one.
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I haven't really seen much doctor who, but I thought the tardis traveled through space and time not different dimensions. But I'm proabably wrong.
I thought more of a new kind of ship that could travel to a different universe with a different number of dimensions. For example a four dimensional universe. To three dimensional creatures a four dimensional universe everything would look like it is constantly morphing. This would create many unique alien environments and creatures, we wouldn't just get aliens with a small prosthetic glued to their forehead or nose.
I've been working on similar concepts for original sci-fi for a while. It is not easy to conceive, at least, not for me.
Dr. Who is one of the most versatile shows that I have ever seen.
What would be the most versatile version of Trek, while remaining Trek?
What would be the most versatile version of Trek, while remaining Trek?
The most versatile version of Trek is certainly not going to be called Trek but something else, else the execs will produce it into the shallows where it will run adrift and sink every time. Right now it's owned by a huge corperation and no one in particular who thinks they have the rights to any show set in space. Not true of course which is why the concept has to be turned on it's head and reimagined. Unlocking the mystery code of TOS is not easy but it's also not impossible. It won't be long I dare say before someone breaks it wide open with another franchise which is similar enough even to be called Star Trek one day in the future. A vehicle where space opera can thrive again without some of the same conceits like all aliens speaking English and having stupid prosthetic bumps on their heads.
Reminds me of the street racing episode of futurama, when they get transported to a 2 dimensional universe "I can't picture that, your dumb."
It's hard for us to picture what it would look and be like. But time would be different in a fourth dimensional universe, it wouldn't be linear you could travel back and forth through it at will. That's kinda the beauty of it though, you can let your creativity run wild.
Star Trek was never space opera. It was more like a western. our heroes come into a small town and find out things aren't how they should be, then they solve the mystery or fight their way out of that particular situation. Star Wars, and movies like that, or more about heightened emotions like in a soap opera, that is why they call it space opera.
Well I wasn't aware that people referred to westerns as horse operas. But the focus of Star Trek has always been on the exploring the unknown and using allegories to explore our human culture. Space operas have more generic stories so the focus can be on the interpersonal conflict, Star Wars is the best example, the plot is the typical hero's journey but what keeps the story interesting is the character interactions (and the special effects of course). Now there are times that Star Trek has devolved to this, but that is the exception not the rule.
No, it was a Western "action/adventure" with an optimistic view of humanity's survival in the future, even if things were not perfect.
Star Trek, I believe, is versatile enough to include the precursor of space opera, the planetary romance. In recent years, an example would be John Carter.
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Again, I believe that Star Trek is versatile enough to include encounters with eldrich entities.
Star Trek is a highly versatile story telling plat form by design.
