What I think a new Trek show would be

[Infinitus]

They probably make it like another TNG, jumping a hundred years into the future and looking at the new and improved Enterprise.

But I actually want to see the Captain as a non-human. A race of lifeforms that is new to Trek. His history is a mystery, even himself. And one of the sideplots would be the captain learning about his origins and finding out some dark secret about his people, like Odo did in DS9.

 

[Kelso]

I'd be okay with that.... as long as the alien Captain looks and acts exactly like a human being.


Hey, it works for Doctor Who.

 

[Infinitus]

I'd be okay with that.... as long as the alien Captain looks and acts exactly like a human being.


Hey, it works for Doctor Who.

That's what I mean. The captain looks like a normal human, but has unique abilities. Like superior strength to most humanoid lifeforms. Superior agility and reflexes. And also extremely powerful psychokinetic powers that he can only use in life threatening moments.

 

[mirandafave]

I like the idea of an alien Captain but not necessarilly with the super powers angle

 

[jamestyler]

They probably make it like another TNG, jumping a hundred years into the future and looking at the new and improved Enterprise.

But I actually want to see the Captain as a non-human. A race of lifeforms that is new to Trek. His history is a mystery, even himself. And one of the sideplots would be the captain learning about his origins and finding out some dark secret about his people, like Odo did in DS9.

...have you been reading my notes?

They stole Voyager from me, I shall not let anyone steal my matserpiece

 

[Myasishchev]

I like the idea of an alien Captain but not necessarilly with the super powers angle

Star Trek: Justice League?

Then again, a Vulcan has superpowers by any normal definition of the term.

How about a Medusan captain? 50% of the show is this:

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:Medusan.jpg

 

[AuntKate]

I'd love to see a Trek television series that was truly an ensemble show--like ER. Let Starfleet officers rotate on and off the ship as they leave for developmental assignments, etc., sort of the way Dr. Crusher was gone for a season in TNG. Even the captain should be "modular." That way, we could have a Star Trek program that lasts 15 years.

I don't mind an alien captain, but I think we need to remember that Star Trek is and always has been an exploration of what it means to be human. I don't want to get all caught up in an alien culture like DS9 did with the Bajorans and their "religion." I want to see how people react in extraordinary circumstances--human people like me.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Interesting article on the ins and outs of getting Trek back on TV.

Hibberd mentions CW. *shudder* But...

How would a TV show work in the same new universe with a new theatrical film? It’s easier to make a big screen version of a TV show than vice versa. TV actors leap to do movies, enjoying the chance to get shot with better lighting and say their lines more than twice. But that interest flows one way. The closest a TV Trek project could be to the sensibility of the new "Trek" movie is a spinoff with a mostly different cast, which might be weird.

The CW is not UPN. Despite sniffing at the Batman project last year, the network is laser-focused on young women and “Trek” has always skewed hopelessly male. Of course, one could also simply remove CBS' sister network from this discussion altogether since "Trek" would easily have other suitors. Sci Fi Channel executives (who are currently fighting a nagging case of SyFy) would kill their mothers to get an Abrams-produced, newly hip “Trek.”

So what have we learned today?

We learned that asking speculative questions about a “Trek” TV show before the movie comes out tends to annoy PR people. We learned new weekly voyages of the Starship Enterprise are a long shot involving a lot of lawyers. And we learned there’s a general sense is that, inevitably, "Trek" will return to TV, but not likely without several strong-minded ducks getting into a row.

It goes without saying that any Trek TV series will be linked to the movie, if and when it is a success.

I've been saying for a while that the most likely premise is "same universe as Trek XI, new cast with some guest shots by the movie cast." Still going with that.

 

[Aeronomer]

I'm so discouraged by all this uncertainty, and by the probability that any new Trek will be part of a "reboot" of the Trek universe, that I guess I'm going to (finally) turn to the written word for my Trek fix. Seems to be plenty of it out there. Oh well...

 

[jamestyler]

There's no reason the two can't be combined in some way.

Say... what happens after the events that made Nero go back in time. Follow that timeline, find a way to hint at another reality/changed past and deal with the fallout. I tried to lay out an outline for it and it sounded alright. I'm sure someone with years of experience in the role could do something similar.

TV gives more time to explain something over the course of a series than you would have in a two hour movie. There are a lot more story telling possibilities within that realm.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

What I think a new Trek show would be...

...cancelled in thirteen weeks.

 

[TS-1838-SWATH]

What I think a new Trek show would be...

...cancelled in thirteen weeks.

Why would that be?