STAR TREK: a series treatment starring APRIL and COLT

[Solariabsg25]

I couldn't get through the proposal, but the only thing I can think of is this:-

To my knowledge, there have been about 40+ sci-fi comedies.

The only ones that can truly be regarded as a success spanning multiple seasons over several years are Futurama and Red Dwarf.

Would any TV executive dream of greenlighting a comedy that not only has to overcome the anti-sci fi comedy hurdles to match that, but also tears the guts out of a franchise with 500+ hours dedicated to it?

Or to look at it another way, would the showrunners of Law and Order greenlight a police sitcom with the Law and Order name?

We all remember how well the Starsky & Hutch movie went down!

 

[Australis]

Hmm, don't thin anyone's mentioned it, but... the BBC series 'Hyperdrive'. Bringing teh funni to scifi comedy.

Actually, I prefer 'miserable failure that was oddly renewed a couple of times', but what do i know?

Oh,and I checked imdb, i can't find an entry under that name, whereas at least 5 of those who replied i'm pretty sure do have listings there.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

this is a pitch, among many, that is WGA registered...

That and about four dollars will buy you a double tall mocha at Starbucks.

Or a big slice of pizza and a drink at The Big Slice.

 

[Belz...]

A bit of advice I got ages back: Never compare your project to another project. The minute you say "Well my book(show) is like <other popular book/show>", you've already biased them to think you're ripping off someone else.

Coming back to this comment, wasn't Star Trek initially compared by Gene Roddenberry to Horatio Hornblower ?

 

[marksound]

A bit of advice I got ages back: Never compare your project to another project. The minute you say "Well my book(show) is like <other popular book/show>", you've already biased them to think you're ripping off someone else.

Coming back to this comment, wasn't Star Trek initially compared by Gene Roddenberry to Horatio Hornblower ?

Not to mention "Wagon Train to the Stars."

This thread is still around?

 

[Belz...]

Are you kidding ? Any day now we'll have word of the OP's success !

 

[Jiangnan Freak]

I kinda stopped at "comedy", I have to admit.

Space shows are already rare enough. Comedy can be done anywhere.

 

[Belz...]

Yeah but Star Trek comedy doesn't quite seem to fit.

 

[Maurice]

Wow, this dead horse has been beaten to pulp.

 

[Belz...]

Any time, now, Maurice. Just you wait !

 

[DCR]

Wow, this dead horse has been beaten to pulp.

Can we make it into stew?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Poor Tango never stood a chance.

 

[Belz...]

Well, his facebook page does indicate some lobbying. But this is what caught my eye under Work and Education:

Star Trek
showrunning the next television series · Starting in 2014

Chutzpah, thy name is zekkie.

It's been well over a year now, and 2014 is drawing to a close. Can we assume by now that his attempt failed ? He said he'd come back to tell us, of course.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

You would be correct; his work and education page on his Facebook now has no mention of Star Trek.

 

[Melakon]

OP hasn't logged in since the day after first post. How soon they forget.

 

[Maurice]

It may be coming up on the Day of the Dead, but that's no excuse for resurrecting a year+ dead thread.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

Already reported my own post here. Let's lay this to rest, in the spirit of the season.

 

[Dukhat]

Well, his facebook page does indicate some lobbying. But this is what caught my eye under Work and Education:

Star Trek
showrunning the next television series · Starting in 2014

Chutzpah, thy name is zekkie.

It's been well over a year now, and 2014 is drawing to a close. Can we assume by now that his attempt failed ? He said he'd come back to tell us, of course.

Please don't tell me that you were actually following this guy for over a year thinking that this was actually going to happen, were you?

 

[Belz...]

No. I had this thread bookmarked because of the very interesting information in it, and noted that Zekkie never returned.

I wasn't aware that bumping old threads was against the rules.

 

[Melakon]

Generally, if the thread is more than 6 months old, unless you have something of relevance and content to add to it (other than 'hey, look who's not back yet'), it's best to leave it alone.