To be perfectl;y honest, what I want to see..

[Sabataage]

To be perfectly honest what I want to see in a sequel... is The Bourne Ultimatum. I want Kirk in a foot chase over the rooftops and though the bazaar of an alien planet. I want there there to be aliens galore in that sequence like The Troll Market from Hellboy II --just packed with wierd and familar creatures (for every Star Wars-inspired creature there's a Tallarite or Andorian). At some point he gets on a hover bike and flies through the Blade Runner like skyline. At some point the Enterprise gets boarded by villains --be they Klingons or Romulans or Gorn or Borg for all I care. Part of what made First Contact so ernjoyable to me was that it was a seige movie. I want the crew of the enterprise standing in the middle of the bridge with phaser rifles pointed at the doors. The best Trek movies in my opinion were --at their heart action movies-- even if the action was stealing some humpback whales. Trek XI was definitely an action movie (some would say it went over board (I would agree, pretty much the whole Delta Vega/Pollarilla/Lobster monster sequence I didn't need (as well as Scotty in the water turbine, yeesh))).

While my dad took us to see Final Frontier in the theater first, the movie that made me a fan was Undiscovered Country. I remember, as a kid, leaping out of the theater seat and cheering when the Bird of Prey got a double shot of torpedo and exploded. In the end, Star Trek XI didn't quite reach that level of exhileration, but it got pretty damn close. As much as I liked the ideals driven allegory and symbolism presented in The Original Series and TNG (when it was done well) at then end of the day all I want to see something getting blowed up real good.

 

[hellsgate]

I agree! WHOLEHEARTEDLY!!! *standing ovation* More "Indianna Jones", "Bladerunner" meets "Lethal Weapon" type action adventure as described above. ^ ^ ^

Though, sadly, we'll only get to see that in Trek Lit / Fic.

 

[CaptainStoner]

Star Trek: Riker's Island.

Wil Riker buys a small island on Risa, and runs a bed & breakfast with his lovely wife, Troi, where they are occasionally visited by their old friends from the Enterprise-D. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Peter the Younger]

To be perfectly honest what I want to see in a sequel... is The Bourne Ultimatum. I want Kirk in a foot chase over the rooftops and though the bazaar of an alien planet. I want there there to be aliens galore in that sequence like The Troll Market from Hellboy II --just packed with wierd and familar creatures (for every Star Wars-inspired creature there's a Tallarite or Andorian). At some point he gets on a hover bike and flies through the Blade Runner like skyline. At some point the Enterprise gets boarded by villains --be they Klingons or Romulans or Gorn or Borg for all I care. Part of what made First Contact so ernjoyable to me was that it was a seige movie. I want the crew of the enterprise standing in the middle of the bridge with phaser rifles pointed at the doors. The best Trek movies in my opinion were --at their heart action movies-- even if the action was stealing some humpback whales. Trek XI was definitely an action movie (some would say it went over board (I would agree, pretty much the whole Delta Vega/Pollarilla/Lobster monster sequence I didn't need (as well as Scotty in the water turbine, yeesh))).

While my dad took us to see Final Frontier in the theater first, the movie that made me a fan was Undiscovered Country. I remember, as a kid, leaping out of the theater seat and cheering when the Bird of Prey got a double shot of torpedo and exploded. In the end, Star Trek XI didn't quite reach that level of exhileration, but it got pretty damn close. As much as I liked the ideals driven allegory and symbolism presented in The Original Series and TNG (when it was done well) at then end of the day all I want to see something getting blowed up real good.

Can't we have both?

I gotta admit, if we can't, I'd rather see what you described.

 

[marylizz]

Hmm. Not sure about that...
I've always liked the attempts to keep peace and diplomacy (in the best sense of the word.) And I've always thought that one of the biggest reasons I keep finding myself going back to TOS is because it isn't a shoot-em-up action thriller type show. I feel quite bombarded by that from every other direction. I think that, as a message about our future, Trek is at its best when it shows that there are other options besides shooting things.
I do strongly agree, however, that we should see more aliens. All those stars, there ought to be more beings.

 

[VulcanVixen]

Now there is an Idea! It would be interesting... and perhaps they well venture out into the more action packed sequences, considering the audience is not the same as it was 40 years ago.

 

[Sabataage]

Star Trek: Riker's Island.

Wil Riker buys a small island on Risa, and runs a bed & breakfast with his lovely wife, Troi, where they are occasionally visited by their old friends from the Enterprise-D. Hilarity ensues.

Sounds like that M*A*S*H spin-off series where one or two secondary characters started their own medical practice afer the war. I think it was literally called "Life After M*A*S*H". Hilarity ensued there as well, until they cancelled it mid-season.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I like this idea...