I don’t think the actors’ salaries are the problem. I think CBS is simply winding down on Star Trek production. So I see no TOS remake on the horizon.
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I don’t think the actors’ salaries are the problem. I think CBS is simply winding down on Star Trek production. So I see no TOS remake on the horizon.
I think I was just surprised they announced SNW ending so early.
Would I watch Star Trek TOS again?Also this?
Would You Watch Star Trek: TOS Again? Strange New Worlds’ Co-Showrunners Think You Might - Reactor
“... we have all these things right there—it's a shame to waste it.”reactormag.com
I never stopped.
It literally doesn't need to be remade and would only draw loud and unfair comparisons. The Original Series is literally why every single one of us is here - even if you never saw an episode. It did its job extraordinarily well - again, which is why we're all here. And judging by the "remake" of Balance of Terror and a few other aspects of SNW, they wouldn't do it as well. It would always be "some other production's take" on it, filtered through a lens of time and with a layer of camp applied where there was none at the time the original was made.
If they wanna make more adventures of the Enterprise, they would be better served to pick an era we haven't seen yet - made as a modern show, not one "capturing the spirit of the original." Go into the time between TMP and TWOK, throw a black curly wig on the current Kirk and show us that evolution if they're so intent on mining the TOS characters.
Anyways, Akiva Goldsman is nowhere near the creative force as Roddenberry, Justman, Coon, Black, Fontana or Lucas. He's barely Freiberger. The idea that they could remake TOS as well those who originated it is arrogant at best.
It’s actually potentially a very good sign that they made it clear to the producers and turned it public. Most shows, of course, do not get the luxury of such treatment.
That doesn’t mean there’s more to come or anything, but it could suggest a good working relationship over there.
Edit: Forgot to add, though, that with the fourth season deep into production, it’s not a HUGE deal that they were cool with ironing out the details when the fifth-season scripts are likely being worked on now, or will be very soon.
We’re in an abnormal situation per the production timeline relative to air dates, but that’s unrelated, so it might just feel weird, and mean little else, haha.
Disco didn't (its cancellation was announced while the cast was at sea on the Star Trek Cruise).
Exactly, it’s a rarity.
ENT's cancellation announcement in February of 2005 just trickled out to the press that afternoon and wasn't exactly shouted from the rafters.
You and me both. That was a grumpy day for me.
I muttered.
Oh, I was muttering some words, that's for sure.
And Trek was over For Evah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was sad but not surprised.
Don't worry, like Sisko and Neo Trek might come back.
I remember when I learned of Enterprise's cancellation, though I'm guessing it was the day after the actual announcement was made, as it was in the morning newspaper. That is, that particular morning, at around 11:00 I was eating my breakfast (that's another story) when the phone rang. It was my uncle.
"I wanted you to hear this from someone you know. Enterprise has been cancelled."
"Huh. And how do you know this?"
"It was in this morning's paper."
"Huh."
"That all you have to say?"
"I don't know. I guess a part of me always knew this day was coming. Wasn't expecting it to be today. Crappy way to start the day off."
They should go for it.Also this?
Would You Watch Star Trek: TOS Again? Strange New Worlds’ Co-Showrunners Think You Might - Reactor
“... we have all these things right there—it's a shame to waste it.”
And based on what I've heard, even people who worked on Enterprise didn't actually find out from the studio. They heard it from the press or other third parties. What a shitty way to treat the crew.
Dominic Keating got a phone call from Rick Berman when Dom was leaving the gym or something. That's how he learned his job of four years was over.
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