New Star Trek Series: What would you use?

[mos6507]

Everything about them is alternate, as such has no impact on Prime Trek, so it can be easily ignored

JJ Trek starts with one big act of prime-continuity vandalism, the destruction of Romulus.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

By a supernova that threatened the galaxy

 

[C.E. Evans]

By a supernova that threatened the galaxy

Spock might have just used the term "supernova" for the sake of brevity in his story to Kirk. One of the things I noticed about Spock as a science officer in TOS is that he tended to simplify things so they could be quickly or easily understood by others.

Someone like Data probably would have described the threat to the Galaxy in much further and more specific detail with several lines of technobabble, IMO.

 

[slappy]

I would not use any character templates or "homages" to iconic characters/character relationships from the old shows. Stuff like that was one of the nails in the coffin of old Trek if you ask me. A new series should be bold and original, not constantly look to the past.

I agree! I think Netflix would be a perfect home for Trek. And they should be unafraid to try new things. You've got the big money-making vehicle in theaters, you can do wild stuff on TV.

Suggestions:

1. With Netflix: Vary the length of the shows. 45 minutes sometimes, 90 minutes others. 10 episode season, 5 one week. 5 more two weeks later.

2. Be bold. Set the second 5 episodes 5 years later. Something like that.

3. If you have villains, explore the villains just as much as the heroes. No black and white simplicity.

4. Leave the characters changed by the end of the first season.

5. Set it mainly in the prime universe. That way you can do bold things with a basically defunct timeline. Maybe even have an event that weakens the borders between realities. That way you can include two very different versions of the same character.

 

[mos6507]

By a supernova that threatened the galaxy

You make it sound like it was a real force of nature. It was an act of the writer's pen. JJ's team chose to destroy Romulus in the Prime timeline before shifting off to the alternate timeline. They did not leave the prime continuity perfectly intact. The only thing that compares is the Praxis explosion, which was meant to be symbolic of Cernobyl, but it still did not take out one of the core race's actual homeworlds, and we all know by virtue of TNG that the Klingon Empire flourished after it buried the hatchet with the Federation.

 

[BillJ]

By a supernova that threatened the galaxy

Been almost six years, might be time to let it go and move on.

You make it sound like it was a real force of nature. It was an act of the writer's pen. JJ's team chose to destroy Romulus in the Prime timeline before shifting off to the alternate timeline.

The creation of Romulus was also done by the act of a writers pen. It is a fictional construct and its purpose is to serve the story. Its destruction served the story for Star Trek (2009).

 

[fireproof78]

By a supernova that threatened the galaxy

You make it sound like it was a real force of nature. It was an act of the writer's pen. JJ's team chose to destroy Romulus in the Prime timeline before shifting off to the alternate timeline. They did not leave the prime continuity perfectly intact. The only thing that compares is the Praxis explosion, which was meant to be symbolic of Cernobyl, but it still did not take out one of the core race's actual homeworlds, and we all know by virtue of TNG that the Klingon Empire flourished after it buried the hatchet with the Federation.

And then promptly unburied it after the war with the Cardassians in DS9.

Could the destruction of Romulus actually provide a nice change in the politics of the region, and take it in a similar direction of the Federation offering aid to the Romulans. You could possibly have a Founder still hiding out on Romulus who insights an expansionist movement to consolidate their territory.

Or, new worlds are ceded to the Federation and the Klingons as the Romulans discover a new homeworld and rebuild their empire.

 

[eyeresist]

3. If you have villains, explore the villains just as much as the heroes.

That's a good idea.

 

[Tiger Devil Dog]

X-posted from elsewhere online...

I'd like to see a show centered on a smallish research vessel, the type they send to investigate interesting planets found by other ships. Preferably in the Beta quadrant, which we really haven't seen much of yet. Set it in the 27th century to eliminate the opportunity for cameo appearances by Trek stars from other shows, that's getting old already... This would also present the opportunity for some completely unforeseen disaster to have struck the Federation or even the entire Alpha quadrant in the intervening centuries, so that it would no longer be the absolute power it had been previously.

As for diversity, maybe it's time for an alien captain? Maybe even a Romulan one, assuming the Romulans joined the Federation at some point. Or perhaps Andorian? At any rate, the crew, including bridge officers, should be 2/3 non-human.

Another idea would be a transgendered human captain. I'm assuming an advancement in transporter/replicator technology by the 27th century, it would be possible to rebuild an entire human being simply by changing the person's DNA. Going from male to female would be relatively easy, the system would simly eliminate each Y-chromosome and replace it with a duplicate X. Going from female to male would involve the deletion of one X-chromosome in each cell and the addition of a close male relative's (brother, father or nephew) Y-chromosome. Of course, it would not be quite this simple, because men and women are built differently and have different amounts of cells of various types, but the system would have quite advanced software to take this into account. For sure, the process would take at the very least a few hours, but sooner or later, the person would emerge with his or her memories intact, just with a different body. A fully working, fertile body of the gender they always felt they were.

I would also like to have a Vulcan science officer paired with a human assistant somewhere on the autistic spectrum. Perhaps the Federation will learn to eliminate autism, but I rather hope they'll learn to adapt to it, at least to those with a less severe disorder, so that they'll be able to make a contribution to society. I've always felt that the Vulcans would get along famously with people who have Asperger's, for example.

2/3's Non human crew? Transgendered Captain?

Do you want the show to fail before it gets to episode 3? Only an extremely small portion of America would find that appealing and middle American moms aren't going to let their children watch a show whose hero is a transgender.

I like the idea of an autistic genius in the cast though. RainMan in space.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Part of me would love a series set just prior to the 24th century piece of ST Eleven. When we get to the nova of "Hobus" and the destruction of Romulas ... nothing, it doesn't happen because the whole thing was in a alternate universe to start with.

Just to watch certain fan's heads explode.

I think the fans you're thinking of would just roll with.