Strange New Worlds' showrunners advise fans to write to Skydance and Paramount if they're interested in a "Year One" Kirk sequel series

[Phoenix219]

Yeah, I'd rather have a TMP-era Year Six than Year One. Get some of that generation-Matalas movie-era nostalgia pumping, plus it's more open-ended.

On the other hand, they've done a surprisingly good job of recontextualizing TOS already; like I always say, if someone dumped me in a splashy song-and-dance number then decided they wanted to get back together, I'd throw their soup in the hallway, too. And as CLB points out, there's a lot of potential in an extremely direct TOS prequel, for those who dare greatly and aren't afraid of accusations of fannish blank-filling or slavish adherence to canon. But Andor show that's possible; it's braided tight to Rogue One and the rest of the Star Wars storytelling of that era, down to giving backstories for random props and costume pieces from the movie, and the common meme you hear is that it was so good because the people involved didn't care about referencing Star Wars, just because it didn't feel referential. Focusing tight on the early-installment weirdness of TOS's first episodes might be the very tack to take, doing is "unexpected" things like putting Sulu in blue and Uhura and Spock in gold, or giving Kirk a dirtbag best friend who actually acts like the Kirk stereotype.

This is the only way I would want it.... No McCoy, no Chekov. Let's see Mitchell and Lee kelso and Sulu pre bridge and Dr Piper and build into the where no man stuff. Making it the true tragedy that it is.

 

[Grizzlor]

Can I write them to NOT do such a series?

 

[Christopher]

Fans then screamed, "But what about cAnON?" So they brought in Pike and Spock.

Fans greatly overestimate how much their feedback dictates creators' decisions.

And there were plenty of TOS continuity references in DSC season 1, like Sarek, Harry Mudd, and the Mirror Universe.

 

[fireproof78]

Can I write them to NOT do such a series?

Yes.

 

[Quinton]

Can I write them to NOT do such a series?

Nobody will stop ya.

 

[StalwartUK]

If they want to reboot TOS they should just reboot TOS because that's where all this is heading towards.

 

[Mudd]

It's absolutely not a core feature of Star Trek for it to rewrite its own history,

And yet the producers have done so since the beginning.

If they want to reboot TOS they should just reboot TOS because that's where all this is heading towards.

Absolutely works for me.

 

[Starflight]

A TOS reboot could be just what's needed, but I hope they'd fully commit to it and write something tonally and structurally akin to TOS (barring the recurring pathetic misogyny). The world of TOS begs for a kind of unironic theatrical melodrama, and unashamed pulpy-ness, that modern writers sometimes seem hesitant to replicate.

 

[Danja]

A TOS reboot could be just what's needed

We've already had it (The Kelvin films).

 

[Starflight]

My gist was that the potential benefits of a TOS reboot would arise from a return to its tone and model of storytelling.

 

[Danja]

My gist was that the potential benefits of a TOS reboot would arise from a return to its tone and model of storytelling.

Aren't we supposed to be pushing the franchise FORWARD (as opposed to doing endless 23rd century reboots)?

 

[Christopher]

Aren't we supposed to be pushing the franchise FORWARD (as opposed to doing endless 23rd century reboots)?

Try convincing Akiva Goldsman of that...