The next "Next Generation"?

[Turd Ferguson]

• On the other hand, they might decide to replace Picard with Star Trek: Seven of Nine or another popular Berman-era character who is still reasonably young and able to lead a 24th/25th century show.

Star Trek: Ensign Harry Kim - set in the mid 25th century, still Ensign Kim serves aboard the U.S.S. Tichonderoga, under Captain Icheb, First Officer Naomi Wildman, Lt. Commander Nog, Lieutenant Borg Baby (grown up), and Chief of Security Alexander Rozchenko.

 

[OCD Geek]

Star Trek: Geordi, a romantic comedy about one man's struggles with dating. It's "How I Met Your Mother... in SPACE!!!", except he never meets the mother.

 

[Spider]

Star Trek: Ensign Harry Kim - set in the mid 25th century, still Ensign Kim serves aboard the U.S.S. Tichonderoga, under Captain Icheb, First Officer Naomi Wildman, Lt. Commander Nog, Lieutenant Borg Baby (grown up), and Chief of Security Alexander Rozchenko.

Could you kill him off the first episode and just name the ship after him? Or something. I like your First Officer though.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Could you kill him off the first episode and just name the ship after him? Or something. I like your First Officer though.

He's a bit like Kenny in early South Park. He dies every episode (usually in some horrific way), but gets replaced by an alternate universe doppelganger by the end of the episode

 

[Spider]

He's a bit like Kenny in early South Park. He dies every episode (usually in some horrific way), but gets replaced by an alternate universe doppelganger by the end of the episode

I'd give the pilot a try.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Lieutenant Borg Baby

 

[Turtletrekker]

Star Trek: Geordi, a romantic comedy about one man's struggles with dating. It's "How I Met Your Mother... in SPACE!!!", except he never meets the mother.

And it takes place entirely on the holodeck.

 

[eschaton]

And it takes place entirely on the holodeck.

Quark, Geordi, and Barclay go into business together making romantic holo-porn for all of the lonely people in the Federation.

 

[JoeZhang]

Yes. And no.

If Star Trek: Picard is successful, you might see a movement to have all future Trek projects be set in the same frame as Picard as a way to utilize and expand on the worldbuilding of the show.

No - for real world reasons - they are licensed to different networks internationally and each network will not want "their" Trek diiluted. It also get contractually complex because in an interview with a CBS head I read on Deadline Hollywood - anything that features discovery characters is seen as a spin-off and thus Netflix have first refusal on the rights. Picard is deliberately seperate for this reason because it was able to be shipped around and eventually ended up with Amazon prime.

(None of this to confused with 25% different crap you see on youtube).

 

[Tim Thomason]

And it takes place entirely on the holodeck.

Finally getting some use out of that TV-MA rating.

 

[ITDUDE]

After Picard's valiant death saving the galaxy from the Romulan-Borg-Pakled plot being masterminded by an incognito Lore (spoilers), they'll rename the ship the USS Picard, and it will retroactively become the fifth series named for the vessel our heroes live in.

USS Picard definitely has a nice ring to it.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

I'd be curious to see if they'd ever just do a full series called Short Treks that revisits a different Trek character in each episode from each series. Odo, Paris, Crusher, O'Brien, everybody. 1 episode each.

 

[Vger23]

Star Trek: Ensign Harry Kim - set in the mid 25th century, still Ensign Kim serves aboard the U.S.S. Tichonderoga, under Captain Icheb, First Officer Naomi Wildman, Lt. Commander Nog, Lieutenant Borg Baby (grown up), and Chief of Security Alexander Rozchenko.

I'm already making plans to slowly fry myself in a giant vat of hot grease because of this post.

 

[Tarek71]

I have no doubt that this will not be the last show set in post-Nem Prime universe. I am sure that if some of the new characters that emerge over the couple/few seasons this show lasts can be spun off to other shows/movies, they will certainly do so.

 

[Qonundrum]

With Sir Patrick talking of only doing PIC for a few seasons, could the studio be looking at the rest of the cast to carry the show further as the "next generation" when Stewart steps down, assuming the show is successful? Of course, it would require a name change. What would you name it? Would you be into it if it starred only new faces, no vets except old side characters like Hugh who might now come to the forefront?

If "the girl" is a Picard and becomes star of the show, maybe a name change won't be necessary after all. But if we get a Star Trek: Pike, too, we'll have PIC and PIK to contend with.

If it's about Jean-Luc, then "Picard" makes a nice spinoff title. "Picard" implies him or anyone with his surname, meaning the makers of the show may not have been lazy but bait'n'switch or rug-pulling, if there's another Picard loose. If so, is said Picard going to be on par with Jean-Luc with acting, since Stewart made even unbearable scripts a bit less aggravating. Especially if he Marty Stued or did stupid season one stuff by threatening a whole planet by launching photon torpedoes all over the place. I highly doubt "Picard" the show will get beneath that level unless they consciously tried. Which isn't technically impossible.

But I'd have to see a few more episodes to get a better feel. Even knowing the (beliefs) that the Borg came in and scooped up Romulans (yet Romulans still seem to be in control in some clips) and that's the big rescue mission, which is actually a pretty cool way to kick start a spinoff show and the teaser simply can't tell every last nuance of the grand plot. Which, given J-L's visage suggests he's not going to end in a happy cozy ending the way TNG's finale had.

Also, since the new show ties into Kelvin's timeline, would "Nemesis" have happened just as we saw it or would the new timeline cause changes that ripple through? (e.g. foundation for Romulan peace happening in a different way and not due to Shinzon's somewhat contrived events, "Nemesis" didn't exactly show peace talks failing and I get the impression "Picard" does that.)

It's a wait and see, too many variables right now... "Picard" might be just right - for multiple possible reasons.

 

[DaveyNY]

I wonder if the Michele Hurd character (Raffi Musiker) was once a member of the Maquis?
I was kinda hoping she'd be Bajoran, but I don't see any nose bumps.

 

[Qonundrum]

As I see it, there's two possibilities:

• If the other new characters on Picard are popular enough, CBS might decide to basically continue the show with his crew, but without him. Obviously it means a new name, but fundamentally it might be a linear continuation - particularly if the writer's room remains untouched.
• On the other hand, they might decide to replace Picard with Star Trek: Seven of Nine or another popular Berman-era character who is still reasonably young and able to lead a 24th/25th century show.

And if they want to do it, tracking down everyone is just the first phase. "The Seven Show", "Beverly's Variety Hour" (since "Dance Fever" was already taken), "Hugh's Down (On The News)", "Captain Data And The World of Tomorrow", "Salia of the Century", "Isabella Or Isn't", the reunion of the kids from "When The Bough Breaks" go on a trip and end up shipwrecked on a planet ("Wesley's Planet"), the parallel universe where Ro and Guinan and Miles and Picard never regained adult form from "Rascals" and are now "The Not So Little Rascals", the kids stuck in the turbolift now have a show called "Disaster Recovery", with AI being popular, then can even do "Ayenites or Nanites", and so on... the opportunities are virtually endless.

 

[Qonundrum]

Do you really believe that? If no one liked Discovery they would just stop making it. They are only going to make shows that make them a profit which means people have to watch it. Obviously there were enough people watching seasons 1 and 2 to make a 3rd.

Not unlike TOS for its 3rd season? Everyone knows enough people like DSC for it to keep being made. Reduced budgets, switching networks, or even being kept behind a paywall (which allows for more than just ad-driven shows) also suggest any number of things. Some of those things not being new phenomena as we've seen it for lots of shows over the decades. Same goes for Orville and every other show made.

 

[Ralphis]

No - for real world reasons - they are licensed to different networks internationally and each network will not want "their" Trek diiluted. It also get contractually complex because in an interview with a CBS head I read on Deadline Hollywood - anything that features discovery characters is seen as a spin-off and thus Netflix have first refusal on the rights. Picard is deliberately seperate for this reason because it was able to be shipped around and eventually ended up with Amazon prime.

(None of this to confused with 25% different crap you see on youtube).

Yeah, you're probably right. And Picard is being filmed in California, and DSC (and any potential spinoff) will be in Canada, so technically it's different productions, so there probably is an effort to make them differently so the can be their own thing.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Also, since the new show ties into Kelvin's timeline, would "Nemesis" have happened just as we saw it or would the new timeline cause changes that ripple through?

I'm assuming it would've happened as we saw it in NEM - firstly because that's what's being said about it - and secondly because NEM wasn't a random mid-season episode that can be swept under the rug like VOY's "Threshold" episode or something. It was for the big screen, and I think it'll be treated as such. And with "B-4" being mentioned (straight from NEM), all indications point that way of continuity.