Trek 2017: Starfleet Academy?

[JRoss]

I would love an "Academy" series if it did the following:

Focused on the cadet cruise for the first season. We could see some exploring, space combat and character growth.

Have the characters graduate at the end of the first season, don't send them all on the same ship, but keep them in the same task force. They can keep up with futuristic social media in their off times.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Maybe Star Trek: Risa.

A show that revolves around the escapades of the pleasure resort management staff on Risa.

The Risan hotel manager, the Ferengi casino owner, and the plucky young Vulcan who comes in to manage the books and doesn't see the logic of Jamaharon. His lack of ability to read the emotions of the guests gets him in trouble, until he learns to embrace his emotions.

 

[Mudd]

I will watch a Star Trek series about a resort if the manager of the place is played by John Cleese.

 

[Squiggy]

"Well, better make sure those infants are in uniform. We have a chain-of-command to respect."

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I will watch a Star Trek series about a resort if the manager of the place is played by John Cleese.

"Don't mention the Romulan War! I did once, but I think I got away with it!"

 

[Squiggy]

But, would this really be an exciting TV show?:

There are ways to make it exciting...

Sure, but you'd run into a problem of not caring about any of them because they'd get little screen time because you'd have to show so many of them to get an idea as to the plot. There are LOTS of underlings but just a few senior officers. It makes more sense to focus on them and (unrealistically) put them in danger every week by putting them on the away team even those there are specialists on board who could probably do a better job.

Lacking that, a kick ass montage.

 

[GNDN18]

"Well, better make sure those infants are in uniform. We have a chain-of-command to respect."

A beach to crawl on … a few days … no braid on my diaper.

 

[Drone]

I agree we need fleshed out characters but I'm unsure about abandoning the episode of the week format if the series is set on a starship. Long story arcs worked extremely well for Deep Space Nine as it was set on a space station. The characters couldn't just move on to the next planet. They had to stay there on DS9 and deal with the stuff that came at them.

Given this show is part of a streaming service, it's almost certainly going to be long term story arcs as opposed to episodic adventures. Streaming is the medium considered best suited to story arc shows, and many streaming exclusive shows are tailored with the fact the viewers are going to marathon watch them in mind.

Exactly. Aside from the ubiquity of the format generally, why would Kurtzman mimic a formula that, for this franchise specifically, had worn out its welcome so long ago?

Maybe Star Trek: Risa.

A show that revolves around the escapades of the pleasure resort management staff on Risa.

The Risan hotel manager, the Ferengi casino owner, and the plucky young Vulcan who comes in to manage the books and doesn't see the logic of Jamaharon. His lack of ability to read the emotions of the guests gets him in trouble, until he learns to embrace his emotions.

Having just talked extensively about the brooding, mysterious host in another thread, a slight variant on Fantasy Island? I guess though, you have nailed all the elements that would make a Trek version plausible and COMPELLING!!!!!!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

There's no reason you can't make a good show with a scattered cast of low level players. But it would be a risky ambitious plan that you'd need ridiculously great writing and extreme creative inspiration. I'd love it if they did that and pulled it off, but frankly I trust them more to be good than to be great. It's much easier to be good with a unified cast of decision makers.

I hope they take risks and do something a little different, but if they are going to swing for the fences they'd better have a damn good slugger. One probably more pricey than they want to pay for.

When your grand design is more ambitious than your writing staff can handle, you get Caprica.