Remake a Series

[c0rnedfr0g]

If you could choose any Trek television series to be remade (to your exacty specifications and every whim), which one would it be? How many seasons would it be? Who would you cast (or recast)? How true to the 'original' would it be, in spirit or in storylines?

 

[Biggshow]

I think the basic idea of ENT was fine but got biffed in the execution. I would have had more emphasis on Federation-building and made the Dr. human (though I would probably keep Mr. Billingsley). I would redesign the ship to make it look more like a precursor to the Daedelus line. I would have set it three or four years later and also have it lead into the Romulan Wars. The series would end with the end of the wars and the birth of the Federation.

Oh, and the Vulcans wouldn't have been as dickish. More like over-protective parents.

Just off the top of my head.

 

[Geckothan]

I'd remake Voyager because it had a good premise and failed to live upto expectations. A darker Voyager that sticks to the premise, has long arcs and doesn't do the whole "ok we're stranded so lets waste time and resources with pointless endeavours that will undoutedly end with reset-buttons" thing. Also, in later seasons they'd have constant struggles for resources and the ship would've accumulated so much damage that it'd barely function. Oh, and there'd be no holodeck.

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

Also, in later seasons they'd have constant struggles for resources and the ship would've accumulated so much damage that it'd barely function.

And, whatever shortcut they take to get back to Earth in the final season ends up destroying the ship (but everyone is ok). Not like "exploding" but just making it so that it cannot be saved or barely even recognizable as the ship it started out as.

 

[Biggshow]

^^^That would be cool, too.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Voyager, yo.

At the very least, I'd change the way Janeway was written. She needed consistency and regualrity. Metaphorical fiber, if you will.

At the most... everything.

 

[clint g]

I'd rather just make a new series

 

[captcalhoun]

i'd rather make an all-new series. at most i'd like to go back and correct a few problems in old shows... like giving TOS the budget for decent new ship models; giving TNG more budget so they didn't need to keep reusing that damn Excelsior rendezvous footage from EatF and put a few Ambassadors and Soveriegns into DS9's battles (and redo the FX on WYLB). on VGR, it needs a major overhaul. more continuity of damage for one thing...

 

[ChristopherPike]

None of them. I'd just pickup where Enterprise's penultimate episode left off and plough straight into the Romulan War, completely overwriting that god awful finale eventually...

 

[darkwing_duck1]

It was a tossup for me but I finally voted ENT.

My remake would keep the "bad guy" Vulcans, because I liked the "growing pains" type story arc they had. As for changes, I'd 1) make sure BnB NEVER got anywhere near the show. 2) put Manny and the Reeves-Stevenses in charge from Season 1, Episode 1.

The show would have opened with the launch of the Enterprise, and ended with the signing of the Federation Treaty after the Earth/Romulan War.

 

[MrPointy]

Voyager.

Enterprise got good in the last 2 seasons.

 

[SFRabid]

Enterprise - I would keep the cast and most of the writers from the last two seasons.

Season 5 - Formation of the Federation. Romulans posing as Vulcans damage the Vulcan standing in the sector and the Federation. The problems are never traced back to Romulans. Not knowing that Romulans are from Vulcan the Vulcans believe it is their own people causing problems in a move to isolate Vulcan and keep it pure.

Season 6 - Romulan war. Vulcans go through a McCarthy type period trying to remove troublemakers never knowing it is actually Romulans. Romulans bring the Orions into the war promising them greater freedom of trade without the Federation around. Enterprise takes proof to the Xindi that Orions are trading in Xindi slaves. The Xindi retaliate against the Orions, knock them out of the war and destroy their fleet so that they are no longer relavant in the sector.

Season 7 - The war is over. Vulcan looses standing in the Federation and Earth takes the position as leader. Vulcan pulls back to mend the wounds to their society that the war and Romulans caused. Romulans regroup. Klingons now consider the Federation and Earth a threat.

 

[borgfan8of5]

Although a remake of enterprise tempts me, I don't see the point to going back and re doing a series whose concept was a failure, even if the last 2 seasons were good. IMHO the best descision would be to create an all new series based either in the NUtrek timeline so that we could better explore what this new timeline is like, or a series based post Nem in the regular trek universe.

 

[borgfan8of5]

Enterprise - I would keep the cast and most of the writers from the last two seasons.

Season 5 - Formation of the Federation. Romulans posing as Vulcans damage the Vulcan standing in the sector and the Federation. The problems are never traced back to Romulans. Not knowing that Romulans are from Vulcan the Vulcans believe it is their own people causing problems in a move to isolate Vulcan and keep it pure.

Season 6 - Romulan war. Vulcans go through a McCarthy type period trying to remove troublemakers never knowing it is actually Romulans. Romulans bring the Orions into the war promising them greater freedom of trade without the Federation around. Enterprise takes proof to the Xindi that Orions are trading in Xindi slaves. The Xindi retaliate against the Orions, knock them out of the war and destroy their fleet so that they are no longer relavant in the sector.

Season 7 - The war is over. Vulcan looses standing in the Federation and Earth takes the position as leader. Vulcan pulls back to mend the wounds to their society that the war and Romulans caused. Romulans regroup. Klingons now consider the Federation and Earth a threat.

Although this sounds like a great idea, I just don't think that it would work, maybe starting a new series based on a new ship.

 

[miraclefan]

I would remake VOYAGER. Make it more REAL and GRITTY.

 

[Balthier the Great]

Ok I'm redoing TAS. Live Action, using the recast crew. I mean we have CGI now people. Perhaps as a follow up to the movie -- dealing with a now nomadic Vulcan people, Spock's dead mother, and his other self. Also there is a lot of distrust of Romulans who are suspected of having sent Nero. I'd probably have the distruction of Vulcan be the Federation's emotional 9/11 if you like. It makes people scared and tempts people into making the wrong decisions saber rattling. So there might be a moment where Kirk is ordered to destroy a planet or something, but he knows it's wrong.

Step one of course would be WATCHING TAS.

 

[Michael]

I don't see the point of remaking one of the series. I like each of them as they are. Could they be improved? Of course they could! But what series couldn't? I'd really love to see something new.

 

[Cakes488]

Ok I'm redoing TAS. Live Action, using the recast crew. I mean we have CGI now people. Perhaps as a follow up to the movie -- dealing with a now nomadic Vulcan people, Spock's dead mother, and his other self. Also there is a lot of distrust of Romulans who are suspected of having sent Nero. I'd probably have the distruction of Vulcan be the Federation's emotional 9/11 if you like. It makes people scared and tempts people into making the wrong decisions saber rattling. So there might be a moment where Kirk is ordered to destroy a planet or something, but he knows it's wrong.

Step one of course would be WATCHING TAS.

I'm all for updating TAS but I see NO REASON to use other voiceovers....

 

[USS Triumphant]

Instead of Voyager, or after it:

Star Trek: Afterglow

The year is 2538. The Federation has made peace with the major powers of the galaxy, but a network of rogue elements still fights to disrupt that peace and regain local power, and Starfleet's main mission has become peacekeeping operations. Additionally, the Andorians have mysteriously isolated themselves from the rest of the galaxy, and have withdrawn from participation in the Federation Council.

Despite the shift in the major focus of the Starfleet mission, exciting new exploratory and scientific efforts are afoot, including the recent commissioning of the first three Farships, massive colonization and exploration vessels designed to travel to other galaxies, and the Timefleet historical retrieval project.

Opening voice-over from Captain Rimando, exec of our hero ship:

"Our ship is the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-170100, Commodore Sara Chandler, commanding. One of the fleets many flagships - and the first ship to be built with an experimental, and highly dangerous, starship-scale Sidewarp Drive. When our orders are cut, sometimes they have us running recon on Kazon terrorists, the next may have us carrying supplies to the Fornax Dwarf galaxy, and then, if we're lucky, we might get to go look at something no one has ever seen before. But whatever we're ordered to do, we boldly go. And we get it done."

Cast:

Commodore Sara Chandler, Human, Captain - Anne Hathaway
Captain Carlos Rimando, Human, Executive Officer and Flag Captain - Antonio Banderas
Captain Franklin Ridgemont, Human, Flight Commander - Dennis Haysbert
Commander Velat, Cardassian, Chief Engineer - Tony Hale
Lt. Cmdr Chel Ambaer, Andorian, CMO - Poppy Montgomery
Lt. Cmdr Robert McPherson, Human, Chief Science Officer - Craig Ferguson
Lt. Cmdr Shawanna Osbourne, Human, Chief Security Officer - Leven Rambin
Lt. Cmdr Torg, Klingon, Helmsman - Lee Thompson Young
Lt. Talga, Caitian, Weapons Officer - Stephanie Jacobsen
Lt. Tonya Barnes, Human, Chief of Transporter Operations - Jewel Staite
Lt. Caithlin Pel, Romulan, Ship's Counselor - Smith Cho
Peshtin, Swuu*, Ship's Chaplain - Richard T. Jones
Miscellaneous bit parts for crew and pilots

*New Race, can explain if desired.

 

[Mr. Scott]

I would make a new series a lot on the line of the movie, and in the same time frame. it would be a cross between TOS, ST 11, and DS9.

What I liked about the new movie was it was more realistic, and being in the Kelvin was really like being in a military ship. A problem that I had with the series including TOS was that all the main players were like this extended family to each other. Kirk and Spock were brothers, Picard was a surrogate father to his crew who all loved him. DS9 got away from that a bit, crew members there had disagreements with each other did not get along with each other.

My show would have a lot of DS9 elements, as it would take place on an orbiting station and on a ship. I would also introduce a Federation Marine Corps that went into hot zones where it would be unsafe for a Captain/First Officer to go to.

I would also introduce a lot of the alien races that were introduced post TNG. I'd bring back the Ferengi, the Cardassian, the Breen. Bring on the Tellerites, Andorreans. Introduce a storyline including the Bajorans and the building of Terek Nor (DS) station. Maybe introduce a story of how Odo left The Great Link and entered the Alpha Quandrant.

I would not intorduce the Borg (because they were dumb) and no holodeck. NO HOLODECK.

Then of course, there is the Klingons, must have Klingons. Since I would be working with a clean slate in an alternate Universe, I would discount or write away that ignorant augment mutation story from Enterprise and simply explain that the smooth headed ones were just from another part of the Klingon home world (Northern Klingons, southern Klingons) I would have both, the Northern with the turtle ridges, and the Southern ones with more hair and smaller ridges. The two factions somewhat dislike each other, much like different races on Earth.

Section 31 would be in it too, as spies, mercenaries and whatnot, similiar to the CIA in the United States. Regular crew officers would dislike these people, much as police loathe Internal Affair Division (IAD) cops getting into their business.

Space is a dangerous place with a lot of hostile enemies.

I would also make the people "less than perfect". This has always been a problem with me, especially in the newer series, that most Starfleet people were perfect people who were not racists, had emotional problems, drank to excess, have divorces, did drugs, or anything of that nature.

Why not a rogue officer who sells secrets and moves illegal product in the quadrant? or an alien like Garak who can float freely picking up information and intrgue.

I would create a monetary system of some sort. There would be replicators, but the replicators can only make limited things, (although I wouls say it made gold perfectly which crashed the Universal Gold Markets which turned to latinum as a substitute.)

A lot of cool stuff can be introduced to a new series. Just random thoughts.