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Lord Garth
Guest
Star Trek (cast from "The Cage")
The God Thing
Planet of the Titans
Phase 2
Starfleet Academy ("6th" movie)
Starfleet Academy ("Series V")
Black Ops ("Series V")
Romular War ("11th" movie)
Do any of these projects seem like they would've been interesting or do you think they ended up where they should've?
My take:
Star Trek (cast from "The Cage") -- The more I think about it, the more I think WNMHGB must've been written with William Shatner in mind or at least someone other than Jeffrey Hunter.
Likewise, the first season of TOS was written with a captain in mind who definitely didn't seem to be like what Jeffrey Hunter portrayed as Pike. Pike comes off as much more serious and is actually seasoned. Instead of showing what it takes to be a Captain at such a "young" age, he comes across as someone who feels burned out and that the incident on Rigel VII was the straw that broke the camel's back.
I believe the "Captain Character" itself was changed once it was clear that Jeffrey Hunter would no longer be involved. Since it would be a different actor with a different name altogether, Gene Roddenberry and others would be able to work out what they liked and didn't like about the character and change it early.
Most of the stories would've remained the same but they would be written differently and acted competely different. It wouldn't have felt like the same series at all.
Also, the series probably wouldn't have lasted beyond the first season because this cast didn't really have a chemistry.
The God Thing -- There's no doubt this would've been a bold movie to make, it might've even been interesting, but not as a movie that's a tie-in to a TV series. If it had nothing to do with Star Trek and stood completely on its own, that would've been better.
Planet of the Titans -- The concept of the Cygnians and Kirk spending three years lost is intriguing but the story itself was hard to care about. When I first read the description 13 years ago my thoughts were, "So what?"
Phase 2 -- This is a series that I wish was made. I prefer the script for "In Thy Image" over "The Motion Picture" as well as the 70's version of "The Child" over its TNG counterpart. As interested as I used to be in the Klingons, "Khitumba" would've made them so much moreso. The Klingon Empire of Phase 2 makes a greater amount of sense.
What most likely would've happened to this series is that it would've suffered the same fate as Battlestar Galactica. PTS (Paramount Television Service) -- the proto-UPN -- would've cancelled the series due to its expense and the fact that it likely wouldn't be making enough off of its other shows.
Starfleet Academy (TV or movie) -- This concept never bothered me the way it does so many others. My only question, in the case of the series, would be: what do TPTB or the characters do after they graduate?
Black Ops -- Sounds more like an Intergalactic James Bond than Star Trek but at least James Bond has the real world to play off of. I don't think this series could've sustained itself. The chance of confusing an uninitiated audience would've been high, moreso than with any other Star Trek concept.
The Romulan War -- The only thing that had me interested was having a Band of Brothers scribe on the project. Otherwise, this movie seemed more concerned with filling in a "history" gap than telling a story that most people would care about. The difference between this movie and the upcoming movie is that the attachment to and interest in the characters will now already exist.
The God Thing
Planet of the Titans
Phase 2
Starfleet Academy ("6th" movie)
Starfleet Academy ("Series V")
Black Ops ("Series V")
Romular War ("11th" movie)
Do any of these projects seem like they would've been interesting or do you think they ended up where they should've?
My take:
Star Trek (cast from "The Cage") -- The more I think about it, the more I think WNMHGB must've been written with William Shatner in mind or at least someone other than Jeffrey Hunter.
Likewise, the first season of TOS was written with a captain in mind who definitely didn't seem to be like what Jeffrey Hunter portrayed as Pike. Pike comes off as much more serious and is actually seasoned. Instead of showing what it takes to be a Captain at such a "young" age, he comes across as someone who feels burned out and that the incident on Rigel VII was the straw that broke the camel's back.
I believe the "Captain Character" itself was changed once it was clear that Jeffrey Hunter would no longer be involved. Since it would be a different actor with a different name altogether, Gene Roddenberry and others would be able to work out what they liked and didn't like about the character and change it early.
Most of the stories would've remained the same but they would be written differently and acted competely different. It wouldn't have felt like the same series at all.
Also, the series probably wouldn't have lasted beyond the first season because this cast didn't really have a chemistry.
The God Thing -- There's no doubt this would've been a bold movie to make, it might've even been interesting, but not as a movie that's a tie-in to a TV series. If it had nothing to do with Star Trek and stood completely on its own, that would've been better.
Planet of the Titans -- The concept of the Cygnians and Kirk spending three years lost is intriguing but the story itself was hard to care about. When I first read the description 13 years ago my thoughts were, "So what?"
Phase 2 -- This is a series that I wish was made. I prefer the script for "In Thy Image" over "The Motion Picture" as well as the 70's version of "The Child" over its TNG counterpart. As interested as I used to be in the Klingons, "Khitumba" would've made them so much moreso. The Klingon Empire of Phase 2 makes a greater amount of sense.
What most likely would've happened to this series is that it would've suffered the same fate as Battlestar Galactica. PTS (Paramount Television Service) -- the proto-UPN -- would've cancelled the series due to its expense and the fact that it likely wouldn't be making enough off of its other shows.
Starfleet Academy (TV or movie) -- This concept never bothered me the way it does so many others. My only question, in the case of the series, would be: what do TPTB or the characters do after they graduate?
Black Ops -- Sounds more like an Intergalactic James Bond than Star Trek but at least James Bond has the real world to play off of. I don't think this series could've sustained itself. The chance of confusing an uninitiated audience would've been high, moreso than with any other Star Trek concept.
The Romulan War -- The only thing that had me interested was having a Band of Brothers scribe on the project. Otherwise, this movie seemed more concerned with filling in a "history" gap than telling a story that most people would care about. The difference between this movie and the upcoming movie is that the attachment to and interest in the characters will now already exist.
