A show in the 26, 27, or 28th Centuries, would you watch a Star Trek in those Time Periods?
Star Trek in the 26, 27 or 28th Centuries?
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No - or more to the point, who cares what century they say it is?
The 23rd century, ala Abrams, is fine.
The 23rd century, ala Abrams, is fine.
In a real way, it truthfully doesn't matter what era, universe, whatever a Trek series is in since the final say will be TPTB and they'll do it whatever the way they want...
...and Trek fans will find fault with it regardless.
...and Trek fans will find fault with it regardless.
Yep.
A show in the 26, 27, or 28th Centuries, would you watch a Star Trek in those Time Periods?
For the first four months of TOS, we DID watch Star Trek set in the early 28th Century. Then Space Seed came out...
A show in the 26, 27, or 28th Centuries, would you watch a Star Trek in those Time Periods?
For the first four months of TOS, we DID watch Star Trek set in the early 28th Century. Then Space Seed came out...
CANON VIOLATION!
It doesn't matter what century the show is set. It matters whether it has compelling characters and interesting storylines. Having said that, the more futuristic the show is, the more likely it is to become reliant on technology and the more likely it is that the heroes will have technological ways of avoiding peril. Which won't make for great drama.
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I'd be interested in a series set during the 26th-28th Centuries but I don't think it would happen unless they went back to the Prime Universe.
The only way I see them going back to the Prime Universe is this as follows: in 10-15 years, people my age (30) will have risen to dominant positions in the industry en masse. Overall, Generation X will have completely replaced almost all of the Baby Boomers in the senior most positions. In that type of show business, there's going to be at least someone who misses the TNG/DS9/VOY era of Star Trek, who grew up with it, and they'll want to revive it and see what has happened since those series took place. Not to say it will happen, but this is the most likely way it would if it did.
Short of that, the producers of the next series will want to make Star Trek their own, so this is what I predict:
If they want to use TOS characters in the sixth series, it'll be another reboot.
If they don't want to use TOS characters, it'll probably be the Abrams 24th Century.
The only way I see them going back to the Prime Universe is this as follows: in 10-15 years, people my age (30) will have risen to dominant positions in the industry en masse. Overall, Generation X will have completely replaced almost all of the Baby Boomers in the senior most positions. In that type of show business, there's going to be at least someone who misses the TNG/DS9/VOY era of Star Trek, who grew up with it, and they'll want to revive it and see what has happened since those series took place. Not to say it will happen, but this is the most likely way it would if it did.
Short of that, the producers of the next series will want to make Star Trek their own, so this is what I predict:
If they want to use TOS characters in the sixth series, it'll be another reboot.
If they don't want to use TOS characters, it'll probably be the Abrams 24th Century.
I would set it in Abramsverse, but early 25th century, maybe late 24th century, so that for funs sake we could present from time to time characters from TNG, DS9 or VOY, or maybe put in some of the characters as regulars to the series. And the major point: it should be fun and serialized. I think JJ can pen great TV shows, so I would trust him with this, and maybe the showrunners woul be Fuller and Coto.
The newer techs and one-shot episode techs in, say, Voyager, got to wordy and self involved, and covered in technobable, there's just no way around that if you fling everything an average fan knows about Trek now, 300 years later in technilogical innovations, to avoid consuming a show with it. Plus, what's the real reason for such a plot device, other than to show off futuristic ships and tech?
At this point, I'd just like to see unresolved stories resolved, like a peach accord with the Romulans, so they too, like the Klingons, are no longer the enemy (heck, even have the first Romulan starfleet officer -- maybe one under suspicion by members of the crew), the cost and recovery after the Dominion War, so forth.
At this point, I'd just like to see unresolved stories resolved, like a peach accord with the Romulans, so they too, like the Klingons, are no longer the enemy (heck, even have the first Romulan starfleet officer -- maybe one under suspicion by members of the crew), the cost and recovery after the Dominion War, so forth.
Rather inconvinient for plot device times. Imagine getting everywhere you need to be, in a split second. Plus, byt then -- if we go by current Trek science:
Space would be warped to the point where it can't be traveled in anymore by warp, and secondly: you think by then they'd have a far, far, far different means of space travel.
You want to talk about TOS being dated in tech? Imagine trying to create tech for a series 300 years or more from our own time, based on or ideas of technology, limitations, and current scientific know how; the series, by then (assuming humanity still exists) would be a larger joke than TOS has ever been on that front. By about a 1,000 times.
Space would be warped to the point where it can't be traveled in anymore by warp, and secondly: you think by then they'd have a far, far, far different means of space travel.
You want to talk about TOS being dated in tech? Imagine trying to create tech for a series 300 years or more from our own time, based on or ideas of technology, limitations, and current scientific know how; the series, by then (assuming humanity still exists) would be a larger joke than TOS has ever been on that front. By about a 1,000 times.
The problem with that scenario is that the further you go in time with the Abramsverse, the more different things will be. The characters in TNG, DS9, and Voyager simply will not exist, or if they do exist, they'll be vastly different than their Prime universe counterparts.
We got all of that with the various Trek incarnations already produced.
Assuming you meant "peace" and not "peach"
...why? Romulus is destroyed. There's no point in having a peace treaty with a planet that's a disintegrated pile of rubble.Or warp 500. Or warp 1,000,000. Or warp @%$&*+!#. Does it really matter? And what does a bottom view of a 22nd century Earth ship have to do with the topic?
The problem with that scenario is that the further you go in time with the Abramsverse, the more different things will be. The characters in TNG, DS9, and Voyager simply will not exist, or if they do exist, they'll be vastly different than their Prime universe counterparts.
We got all of that with the various Trek incarnations already produced.
Assuming you meant "peace" and not "peach"
Or warp 500. Or warp 1,000,000. Or warp @%$&*+!#. Does it really matter? And what does a bottom view of a 22nd century Earth ship have to do with the topic?
Cause in each decade technology gets better.
Well I can't argue with that logic.
