In the 90s & 00s, premises for new Trek shows had been bold ideas like "it's a new crew", "it's a station, not a ship", "it's a ship, but lost" and "it's a prequel".
Certainly not the most radical of concepts.
But even back then, there had been a ton of horrible, bad, no good, twist ideas for epic new Trek shows, usually spewed out on internet boards and magazine comments by people without a clue, that would never, ever work in real Trek.
Looking back at the Kurtzman/Abrams era now, it is quite amusing that it went like a checklist through every single one of the most controversial premises:
What if we recast Kirk & Spock? Twice. What if we do Fall of the Federation? What if we go a thousand years into the future? What if we do a reboot? What if we do an alternate timeline? Both at the same time. Twice. What if the Dominion & Borg team up against the Federation? What if we do a Section 31 show, with a bunch of baddies as main characters? What if we do Academy - twice - but instead of an academy, we make it Top Gun (movie), or 90210 with horny teenagers (series)? What if we bring Data back? Twice. What if we do a full season set on Earth, in present day? What if we do a TNG reunion, but make it exactly like the TOS movies?
It's almost ridiculous. It feels like there is no bad idea to go to anymore, because we went through all of them already.
I think the only ones on the 90s/00s BBS bullshit bingo board we're still missing is What if we go to another galaxy? And What if we do a time travel show? Did I miss any?
