I know, another suggestion that Star Trek needs a reboot.
My suggestion is different in that I think suggested reboots don't go far enough. Abrams' films and JMS' proposed reboot still involved the TOS cast, and even Kurtzman's output depends on that era.
Roddenberry considered the Enterprise a character, and though there have been many ships to bear the name, Enterprise has been the one constant outside of DS9 and Voyager.
I've seen many fans react with hesitance to the idea of moving further forward into the future on another Enterprise, which would be (as TNG was) a sort of reboot that largely remains in continuity.
I believe that what is needed now is a reboot that keeps only the following elements:
- broad strokes of UFP history (Earth/Vulcan first contact after WWIII, coalition of plaents, Romulan War, UFP founding)
- 23rd century setting (2260s-2270s, roughly a century after the UFP is founded)
- a Constitution Class starship U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701 (design remains largely the same)
- the mission: explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly go where no one has gone before.
- compelling characters with complex personalities and backgrounds whose relationships develop during the course of and as a result of the remarkable adventures they undertake in the Final Frontier.
That's it. Everything else can change. A new crew with no reuse of TOS characters, new takes on existing species (more like TNG, not at all like Kurtzman era), and new life and new civilizations. This should also be a series, with more episodes than the Kurtzman era but also with less spectacle and SFX to keep the budget down and allow for more episodes.
The characters must be the priority, as Star Trek is about the human condition and a positive view of humanity's potential and exploration of the unknown.
Finally, writers who know iconic Star Trek should be brought aboard to develop the show. In my opinion, that wouldn't include anyone who worked on Kurtzman Trek, but would include writers like Moore, Behr, Shankar, Sussman, Strong, Goodman, Bormanis, and the Reeves-Stevens. I think Sussman and Strong would make great showrunners.
Thoughts?
My suggestion is different in that I think suggested reboots don't go far enough. Abrams' films and JMS' proposed reboot still involved the TOS cast, and even Kurtzman's output depends on that era.
Roddenberry considered the Enterprise a character, and though there have been many ships to bear the name, Enterprise has been the one constant outside of DS9 and Voyager.
I've seen many fans react with hesitance to the idea of moving further forward into the future on another Enterprise, which would be (as TNG was) a sort of reboot that largely remains in continuity.
I believe that what is needed now is a reboot that keeps only the following elements:
- broad strokes of UFP history (Earth/Vulcan first contact after WWIII, coalition of plaents, Romulan War, UFP founding)
- 23rd century setting (2260s-2270s, roughly a century after the UFP is founded)
- a Constitution Class starship U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701 (design remains largely the same)
- the mission: explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly go where no one has gone before.
- compelling characters with complex personalities and backgrounds whose relationships develop during the course of and as a result of the remarkable adventures they undertake in the Final Frontier.
That's it. Everything else can change. A new crew with no reuse of TOS characters, new takes on existing species (more like TNG, not at all like Kurtzman era), and new life and new civilizations. This should also be a series, with more episodes than the Kurtzman era but also with less spectacle and SFX to keep the budget down and allow for more episodes.
The characters must be the priority, as Star Trek is about the human condition and a positive view of humanity's potential and exploration of the unknown.
Finally, writers who know iconic Star Trek should be brought aboard to develop the show. In my opinion, that wouldn't include anyone who worked on Kurtzman Trek, but would include writers like Moore, Behr, Shankar, Sussman, Strong, Goodman, Bormanis, and the Reeves-Stevens. I think Sussman and Strong would make great showrunners.
Thoughts?
