I think it has run its course; hence, references to mashing it with ideas from other TV shows. Not that it wasn't itself that, i.e., it was inspired partly by shows like Wagon Train, but I'm referring to the main storyline of exploration and discovery.
It’ll never happen, but I would enjoy a series where Worf takes Elnor (of all people) under his wing, and we get a wandering-swordsmen-in-space series.
And for a really deep cut that really will never happen, I’ve always kind of wanted a TMP-era miniseries (or full series) about just what the dreadnought Entente and scouts Columbia and Revere were rendezvousing to do (per the Epsilon Nine comm chatter near the start of the film).
A Movie or a Mini-Series about the final (and classified) Mission of the Enterprise-E under Captain Worf would be very interesting.
Since we are about 30 years out from the launch of the Enterprise-B, it should be the 2320's if you go forward in years for the TOS cast. Sounds like an opportunity to christen and launch the Enterprise-C complete with bottle smashed on the hull and ceremony. Elderly Admiral Chekov there to commemorate the occasion. I have never been a big fan of "lost era" story ideas. But it seems like a great opportunity to move the TOS timeline forward and give one final appearance of the few surviving TOS cast members. So and Enterprise C story with all new crew with cameos by Sulu, Chekov and Harriman. Maybe even Kirk if that could be worked out somehow.
How about amalgamating the Picard spinoff and Starfleet Academy together? Create a "hybrid " anthology show called Star Trek: Legacy. 10 episodes spread across maybe 3 totally different stories/eras. The series itself in totality would be called "Legacy" but each each separate storyline would have its title speaking to its overall premise and titles for each of their episodes. "Legacy " would apply to SA because getting in Starfleet is about establishing a legacy of sorts. And it's continuing the legacy of the Star Trek Discovery era. Paramount can make everyone happy. The showrunners of SA are not just jettisoned like yesterday's trash and they capitalize on the outcry for Star Trek Legacy (Picard sequel). Maybe do 4 episodes for Picard sequel. 4 episodes for SA and a two parter than can be something different involving other " Legacy" characters. Perhaps a DS9/Voyager hybrid story. Or if the Picard sequel already does that , a storyline from the 23rd or 22nd century. 'Enterprise" or better yet SNW. They can use existing sets from SNW to spinoff something from that era . Perhaps a 2 part story that exclusively involves Kirk on the Farragut. Or they can just include the Section 31 movie as being part of the "Legacy ' anthology banner That would be cool actually. The showrunners of SNW, Picard and the ones spearheading the Academy idea/Discovery all coming together with a "shared" series. From a production cost perspective, it makes sense because your using the Discovery , SNW and Picard production teams available assets and production talent. This ofcouse would necessitate them pivoting away from Starfleet Academy being a standalone series. I realize that's probably unlikely. But this would seem to align with the trend of leaner production costs with streaming shows and would be a good synergistic endeavor to try IMO.
I think this NuTrek / post-Berman epoch will peter out or come to a screeching halt this decade. I agree it would be lovely if something fresh came along. Hollywood and the consumer are on a nostalgia hit at the moment. I suspect that will also peter out this decade as every milkable IP is sucked dry. Beyond that, we can't say whether it will be put out to pasture for good. The IP will always exist and have an owner. Whether that owner remains Paramount is anyone's guess. Regardless of who controls the IP, I imagine the next step (if there were one) would be a full reboot.
They were kind of on the way to this (and it was actually pretty good) with the Kelvin-verse movies but they made some baffling business decisions and didn't follow through. A reboot is probably going to be an inevitability at one point or another because of how the separate-but-canonically-connected productions keep making the universe more and more unwieldy and complicated. The slate will need to be cleaned eventually. I think if you don't do this you'll need to do a TNG-style time jump where you just leave everything in the past and then maybe move to a new part of the galaxy. I'm not sure DSC's huge time jump will work, mostly because I'm not sure DSC has the "juice" to re-establish the franchise, though it did help create this current era so maybe I'm wrong!
Over time, I’d like a fuller engagement with the 32nd century, fleshing it out. I expect Starfleet Academy will be doing this, but it’ll be interesting to see if additional shows do so beyond that, eventually evolving into the new “now” of the franchise. (In which case, yes, I’d eventually hope for a show about the 32nd-century Enterprise fulfilling the traditional mission, presumably some time after Strange New Worlds finishes its run [and Legacy, if that happens]).
To be honest it's a bit unusual to see them split their shows across the TOS era (SNW), post-TNG era (LD, Prodigy, Picard, Legacy if that happens) and 32nd century (Disco, Starfleet Academy). I do wonder if they will cut one of these settings off. My guess is that the TOS era productions will be wrapped up after SNW runs its course. I actually mostly like how Disco handled the 32nd century but I'm not sure that I'd want to see a "main" Enterprise setting show in that time period. I'd prefer to more gradually work our way through the centuries than to skip so far in advance.
I'd honestly be fine with it...TNG was a direct successor to TOS in the same universe and everything and rebooted a lot of continuity so I feel like the franchise can handle it. The fans, however....
How's about a Blake's 7 like show? Another show or shows about exploring a galaxy or galaxies beyond the milky way? Could Andromeda be in the same universe as Trek is though? Putting a few unique, peculiar and outlandish thoughts out there.
With Captain Dax. I want a movie that covers what took out the systems on the Enterprise F or an Enterprise series, but the Enterprise F streaming movie is more likely.