Star Trek: Starfleet Scouts in development

[Turtletrekker]

Yeah, that's the number one thing. He's shown his chops, he can come back. I'd be fine with Naren Shankar returning for the same reason, as The Expanse showcased how much he grew from when he was a kid in the TNG writer's room.

OTOH, although I'm a Niner for life, I'm just not chomping at the bit for Ira to come back.

Ira certainly took some big swings that were hits, but there were also some big swings that were definite misses. His name is attached to Let He Who is Without Sin and Profit and Lace, two of the franchises worst and his original idea for the finale was that the whole story was a product of Benny Russell's imagination. That said, I'd rather see a showrunner take some big swings and miss than simply play it safe with their storytelling.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I'd rather they take big swings with their scripts, miss, and then rewrite the script rather than putting all their misses on screen.

 

[Campe]

I'd rather they take big swings with their scripts, miss, and then rewrite the script rather than putting all their misses on screen.

Haven’t seen a lot of misses.

 

[Dukhat]

Most people involved with Berman Trek seem to have no desire to return, if what I saw on the Star Trek cruise is any indication.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Haven’t seen a lot of misses.

There haven't been.

 

[Firebird]

Most people involved with Berman Trek seem to have no desire to return, if what I saw on the Star Trek cruise is any indication.

It's been twenty years since that era ended, no surprise folks will have moved on with their lives and careers since then.

 

[Tosk]

Most people involved with Berman Trek seem to have no desire to return, if what I saw on the Star Trek cruise is any indication.

Except all the ones who already have.

 

[Dukhat]

Except all the ones who already have.

Yeah, I know all about John Eaves.

 

[Tosk]

Yeah, I know all about John Eaves.

Heaps of people who worked during the Berman era have worked on the Kurtzman era. The majority of them are probably actors, but it's still a fair list.

 

[Dukhat]

I was referring more to the production personnel.

 

[Tosk]

I was referring more to the production personnel.

Still a couple though!

Frakes (as a director), Joe Menosky, Michael Okua, Doug Drexler, Eaves (as you said), Dan Curry, and Terry Matalas.

Edited. Thanks @NCC-73515

 

[NCC-73515]

Curry designed the qurleH

 

[Jayson1]

Most people involved with Berman Trek seem to have no desire to return, if what I saw on the Star Trek cruise is any indication.

Well Braga has already worked on one modern Trek show and it's not Enterprise.

*good luck with the hoses*

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[eschaton]

I was referring more to the production personnel.

Who are you talking about here?

Thinking about the major writers of the Berman era still alive, Braga, Moore, and Ira have all said they'd love to return, under certain circumstances. I've not seen antything regarding Shankar, Echevarria, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, etc., though they're lower-profile writers who don't get interviewed as much.

 

[Dukhat]

Ira, Braga, Lolita Fatjo and others who were on the cruise have stated that they don’t even watch nuTrek, let alone express an interest in returning. Things aren’t done the same way as they were done in the ‘90’s and early 2000’s. Now the Okudas will be on the next cruise and I plan on asking them about involvement in the future. By February 2026 I’ll have a better idea of where Star Trek is by then anyway.

 

[eschaton]

Ira, Braga, Lolita Fatjo and others who were on the cruise have stated that they don’t even watch nuTrek, let alone express an interest in returning. Things aren’t done the same way as they were done in the ‘90’s and early 2000’s. Now the Okudas will be on the next cruise and I plan on asking them about involvement in the future. By February 2026 I’ll have a better idea of where Star Trek is by then anyway.

Saying they don't watch the new stuff isn't the same as saying they wouldn't accept coming back, provided they were given creative control over a project. I have to think, as an example, it's probably pretty painful for Ira to see what's been done with Section 31, to the point it probably irks him they even came up with it.

That said, I'd expect people to be more candid in one-on-one discussions with fans than in official interviews, since they're never going to slam the newer productions in public unless they want to slam the door shut on working for Paramount+ for good.

 

[Dukhat]

I didn’t get the impression that they were ‘slamming’ nuTrek. Rather, they mentioned that there are simply too many shows that are streaming these days and they only have time to focus on a few of them. Unfortunately there are better shows out there to watch than NuTrek, and that’s what they choose to focus on.

 

[Noname Given]

Ron Moore has been and still is a good writer and he's done a lot of good work for Star Trek. I think Doctor Who is a cautionary tale, showing how even writers like Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat can run out of ideas, but they're still able to come out with a Wild Blue Yonder or Boom every now and then.

I wouldn't necessarily want the guy to run a Trek show (even if that would be a new thing, he's never done that before), but I think he's got some great one-off Trek stories left in him.

Ron Moore craped out with the end of NuBSG.

(You don't use: "...And they have a plan..." just because the line "sounds cool" <-- which he openly admitted; or waste time trying to shoehorn a 'plan' in retroactively when you really never had one past the miniseries.)

 

[137th Gebirg]

Yeah I was quite disappointed at how little of a plan it turns out that they really had for that show.

Still waiting for someone to explain:

• Who "He who should not be named" was in the Book of Pythia, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't Voldemort
• Who/what Starbuck really was after "Maelstrom"
• Who/what the "head people" really were
• How the "planetarium" on Kobol had the configurations of Earth(2)'s constellations, looking exactly how they look today, without taking into account tens - possibly hundreds - of thousands of years of stellar drift

Those are just a few off the top of my head.

It's okay to write about cool and interesting things, but don't leave the audience hanging for all eternity and pretend like certain key things were never said.