What Should Be Done for Star Trek's 50th

[MacLeod]

Thing about Doctor Who though is that it's been back in TV production since 2005 and has been really popular, while Trek has really just had the two movies recently.

Remember howe ver that DW went for 16 years with only a single TV Movie produced.

Doctor Who had one 50th special that did bring back a couple of previous doctors. They probably had some tv interviews or whatnot, but on BBC America I remember just the 50th Anniversary Special. Of course merchandise too.

Would that be The five(ish) Doctors reboot?

Which was actually quite good, it's a shame it was on the Red Button instead of being broadcast on one of the BBC TV channels.

Nah I mean the 50th Anniversary special that they aired on BBC (in my case BBC America).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor

Tom Baker was really the only "before new" doctor to be featured. But they showed images at the end of them all if I recall correctly.

In addition to the above the BBC also did

An Adventure in Time and Space about the making of DW.

Night of the Doctor which had the Doctor in just not the one we were expecting.

The difference however was DW was in production on TV at the time had it not been I expect we wouldn't have had much.

 

[Captain Kathryn]

Thing about Doctor Who though is that it's been back in TV production since 2005 and has been really popular, while Trek has really just had the two movies recently.

Remember howe ver that DW went for 16 years with only a single TV Movie produced.

Would that be The five(ish) Doctors reboot?

Which was actually quite good, it's a shame it was on the Red Button instead of being broadcast on one of the BBC TV channels.

Nah I mean the 50th Anniversary special that they aired on BBC (in my case BBC America).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor

Tom Baker was really the only "before new" doctor to be featured. But they showed images at the end of them all if I recall correctly.

In addition to the above the BBC also did

An Adventure in Time and Space about the making of DW.

Night of the Doctor which had the Doctor in just not the one we were expecting.

The difference however was DW was in production on TV at the time had it not been I expect we wouldn't have had much.

Oh yes.. I saw Night of the Doctor.

I did not see the making of though! I'll have to find that someplace online.

 

[MacLeod]

An Adventure In Space and Time was quite good and did feature several actors who had apeared in the show during the it covered circa 1963-1966.

I'd also recommed The Five(ish) Doctor's Reboot.It's actually quite impressive who they managed to get to appear in it. But then again maybe not.

 

[Doctorwhovian]

All the Doctors appeared in Day of the Doctor, although some due to stock footage/dialogue and some CG copy and pasting over body doubles at the end.

The episodes which bookended the seventh season-Asylum Of The Daleks and Name Of The Doctor-likewise featured a good chunk of Daleks from all of the Dalek stories over the last 50 years and Name of the Doctor also did the stock footage/body double stuff which featured all the Doctors.

In a way it was a bit like Star Trek's 30th which also utilized some clever stock footage manipulation (Trials and Tribbleations) and a returning actor (George Takei in Voy's Flashback).

Doctor Who did have some anniversary stuff when it was off the air-the awful 90's 3D special Dimensions In Time and the decent documentary 30 years in the TARDIS; the 40th anniversary did have another documentary I believe and also the announcement of the new series, as well as audio and novel stuff.

There were plans for a more elaborate 30th special called The Dark Dimension, but those fell through.

 

[BillJ]

Would love to have a special edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture with the theatrical, director's and special longer editions all on one disc with seamless branching.

 

[Kemaiku]

Star Trek 3 and the four cancelled Abramsverse novels are all I need.

This.

 

[han solo]

has it been 50 years allready , wow wish gerogre lucucs was alive to see this day

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Uh, he's still alive...

 

[Dukhat]

has it been 50 years allready , wow wish gerogre lucucs was alive to see this day

Uh, he's still alive...

Well, George Lucas is still alive. Whoever the hell Gerogre Lucucs is, he might be dead

 

[Dryson]

I think a rather interesting 50th Anniversary show would be to have some of the members from the TOS, TNG, DS9 and Voy go into a dream state where they wake in the new Trek Universe and interact with the new cast members on a one to one basis where Veteran Trek cast member thinks they are dreaming but are in fact in the new Trek timeline.

 

[Drekstar]

I suppose one current movie with just homages and nods to the original would be sufficient. Maybe one with Tribbles in it.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Several TV Movie reunions would be an unexpected surprise. Probably Sept or October, riding in the third film's wake.

 

[LtChange]

I would love a new TV series/Netflix series for the 50th anniversary. Of course, we will have a movie, and I want that too, but the most important thing should be to bring back Star Trek to the small screen.

 

[Melakon]

I think there should be a big party at OP's house, with everyone from TrekBBS flown in.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

I don't know how much Trek's 50th has been discussed around here, but here's whatI would do if I was in charge over there.

First, I'd make it a year-long celebration. Each of the modern series would have a reunion television movie penned by various writers from each series.

In January 2016, Enterprise. Bring in Manny Coto to pen a tele-movie that covers the Earth-Romulan Wars and lays the foundation for the Federation. Actually do something with the characters to show what they've accomplished since the show went off the air...don't have them stuck in the same place like in the finale.

In March 2016, The Next Generation. Have someone like Ronald D. Moore write a tele-movie that shows the aftermath of Romulus's destruction. I'd have a story where factions of the Klingon Empire want to invade the Romulans and the Federation comes to their rescue.

In May 2016, Deep Space Nine. Maybe Ira Steven Behr? Bring Sisko back from the Celestial Temple and show what's gone on with Bajor and Cardassia since the series. Maybe even bring in the Dominion and Odo?

In July 2016, Voyager. Maybe Kenneth Biller? Pit Voyager against the Borg...yes, done to death but see where I'm going with this. It's not your normal encounter, it's a prelude to a much worse invasion in...

A 3-part mini-series in September 2016 to coincide with the actual anniversary of Star Trek's first airing. Unite the TNG-era crews in a massive battle against the Borg based on David Mack's excellent Star Trek: Destiny books. I'm sure it would be adapted for all the crews and the pieces would already be setup from the individual reunion tele-movies so you've already got everybody's background. It would be epic and give each cast one last hurrah on Trek's 50th anniversary before...

The big one! What I call, Star Trek Legends (I'd call it Federation but that's already taken by another excellent novel. An epic theatrical movie that unites the cast of the 2009 movie with TNG and ENT as the two future crews are sent back in time to preserve the birth of the Federation. We can learn the true identity of "Future Guy", find out how Trip really died, and finally see the Federation's real foundation. And of course, the story includes a special appearance for Mr. Shatner himself as well as cameos for the rest of the original series cast and with today's technology, you can get both Mr. Kelley and Mr. Doohan in there. I have an original storyline all worked out for Legends and everything.

At least, this is what I would do if I had any say over there at Paramount. 50 years is big and they should follow Doctor Who's example over on the BBC and make it big.

What are your thoughts?

I think that this could be done, but as a series of animated movies (per my earlier post on the subject) so that the cost wouldn't be so much, and voice acting can be done without having the original actors if they don't want to reprise the roles they played. This would also let Doohan and Kelly be in the movie, also with different voice actors replacing them.

Also, if CBS doesn't want to show the movies on TV, they can have the movies be on DVD/download/PPV.

 

[Mudd]

Bad Robot and Paramount should release a Star Trek movie directed by Robert Orci.

 

[Spot]

Things I'd like to see that are within the realm of possibility:

1. A new TV series! Seriously, Trek was meant to be an weekly exploration of the human condition. Movies, though fun, will never work as well. In 2016, it'll be 11 years since the last Trek series was on TV. It's time to try again.

2. That said, let's complete the trilogy. A new movie to wrap up this new universe. It's not like a movie and a TV series haven't both existed at the same time in the past. It's time to make it so again.

3. Documentaries galore! One for each of the shows and one for the new movies. Interviews, this should be easy to do, and Trek deserves no less than Dr. Who got in this department.

4. New DVDs/Blu-rays of whatever hasn't recently been re-released yet.

5. a docu-drama in the style of Dr. Who's Adventure in Time and Space, only about Gene Roddenberry.

6. merchandise for all the previous series, and the new stuff, updated action figures would be nice, but there is so much that can be done here

7. a big crossover event for characters of all five series in both the novels and the comics

 

[Mudd]

Well, they're not going to "wrap up this new universe." This is it.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Indeed! Abrams has introduced us to STAR TREK, all over again. The iconic characters are all back and it's universe is no less "true" than the "prime" one is. That's what I find somewhat confusing, as to where fans of the original are coming from. Kirk, Khan or some other "K" name would talk a good game about what "happened" from the Sixties through the 23rd Century. Assorted novelizations of varying quality and other attempts to shoehorn STAR TREK's timeline into Reality have been kind of sad, really. I mean ... the insistance of a certain percentage of the fanbase that this discrepency be somehow "rectified" is just too embarassing. Timelines in STAR TREK don't mean a hell of a whole lot and they shouldn't. I kind of wish that "they" hadn't blown up Vulcan in the new storyline, because I thought it could be a really exotic and wonderful setting for some really great stories. But ... Ceti Alpha VI exploded and the results of that fueled the fire for television episodes and movies, for decades after ...

 

[wulfio]

I think the only thing we`ll get for the 50th is a big annoying marketing campaign for star trek 3. A documentary of some kind. And a crappy computer game.