Which series would you want next?

[ananta]

I wouldn’t want any of the options listed. Trek needs to move forward instead of getting lost in its own continuity. I want something completely new; something that isn’t a prequel and doesn’t rely on established characters and eras. Maybe a Starfleet ship that finds itself in a completely unknown dimension or part of space; doing Voyager again only hopefully doing it right this time. Completely new characters with no relation to past characters. New races, new ideas, fresh creativity.

Of course, that’s not what the fans want at all. So we’ll probably never get it.

 

[El Maestro]

I wouldn’t want any of the options listed. Trek needs to move forward instead of getting lost in its own continuity. I want something completely new; something that isn’t a prequel and doesn’t rely on established characters and eras. Maybe a Starfleet ship that finds itself in a completely unknown dimension or part of space; doing Voyager again only hopefully doing it right this time. Completely new characters with no relation to past characters. New races, new ideas, fresh creativity.

Of course, that’s not what the fans want at all. So we’ll probably never get it.

Eh, I don’t think it needs to be so absolute. TNG did fine with a time jump and some connections to TOS that were deployed pretty strategically so I think it’s not so hard to get close to what you describe without such hard boundaries. There is a version of Legacy that could be this but it would require restraint and planning.

 

[Golden]

Well i would really love if series about Romulans as main faction.

 

[FredH]

I’m pretty basic. I’d just be fine with the 32nd-century starship Enterprise exploring strange new worlds.

 

[El Maestro]

I’m pretty basic. I’d just be fine with the 32nd-century starship Enterprise exploring strange new worlds.

I'd tend to agree...in any century really. It's the franchise's prime directive, right? It's so elemental to its DNA. But more importantly I think that it's the thing that has the most potential to reach the biggest audience possible. Most of the ideas in this thread are things that I would enjoy one way or another but they're all ideas for hardcore fans by hardcore fans. The TBBS poster is not the median trek fan. We need to remember this!

 

[FredH]

I'd tend to agree...in any century really. It's the franchise's prime directive, right? It's so elemental to its DNA. But more importantly I think that it's the thing that has the most potential to reach the biggest audience possible. Most of the ideas in this thread are things that I would enjoy one way or another but they're all ideas for hardcore fans by hardcore fans. The TBBS poster is not the median trek fan. We need to remember this!

I’m actually all for all the “variant Trek campaign” ideas that most series go for — but I do think there should always be a Trek series that’s keeping up the “exploring because we feel like it” angle, ideally with an Enterprise. Right now that’s SNW, but in the long term they’ll need (or should have) another one, and I’d rather it be set the farthest ahead.

 

[Dukhat]

Does it really matter anymore what time period a show takes place in? Because they’re all starting to look the same. The only difference between a show taking place in the 29th century and a show taking place in the late 23rd is that the latter will be brushing up against former shows and possibly being in discontinuity with them. But CBS doesn’t seem to be much bothered by that.

For me, I don’t need nostalgia. I don’t need to know what every past character is up to these days. I don’t need a show that is an ‘upgrade’ of an older show. I don’t need a show that relies on constant callbacks. I don’t need a show that relies on another show as a crutch. I don’t need a show that relies on dumb humor. I don’t need a show that really has no plot other than visiting planets-of-the-week. I don’t need a show that constantly focuses on one or two main characters while the others get short shrift.

I would like a show where the characters are interesting, and I like them, and that I have no idea what their fates already are. I would like a show that has a beginning, middle, and an end. I would like a show that can stand on its own and be original. I would like a show that takes itself seriously. I would like a show that keeps me guessing what will happen next. Other than that, it doesn’t matter to me when it takes place or on what ship it takes place on.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I'd say that all Trek time periods are on the table. They can continue the story of the 24th-25th centuries, with the Romulan Empire collapsed, Ferenginar possibly joining the Federation and Starfleet returning to exploration with fast new warp drives. They can go back to Enterprise's time and show the Romulan War, or the first days of the Federation. They can go back even further and have a ship lost in time visiting the ancient empires like the Tkon and Iconians. Or jump to the future and show a crew escaping a Milky Way ravaged by the Burn trying to start a new life in a fresh galaxy.

But if I can't tell what time period it takes place in, if it has no impact on the show at all, I'd say that's a real problem.

I would like a show where the characters are interesting, and I like them, and that I have no idea what their fates already are. I would like a show that has a beginning, middle, and an end. I would like a show that can stand on its own and be original. I would like a show that takes itself seriously. I would like a show that keeps me guessing what will happen next.

Yeah, lets do all that.

I gotta be honest, after recent Doctor Who and things like SNW's musical story 'takes itself seriously' has risen right up to the top of my wishlist. I could do with a little less fantasy and a little more realism... within obvious boundaries.

 

[The Wormhole]

I could do with a little less fantasy and a little more realism

You want realism, watch the news or documentaries. I watch Star Trek to be entertained, and stuff like SNW's musical for example, are entertaining.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

You want realism, watch the news or documentaries. I watch Star Trek to be entertained, and stuff like SNW's musical for example, are entertaining.

I just want a regular 'good Star Trek episode' level of realism, the kind you find in good Star Trek episodes.

 

[fireproof78]

Good realism is interpersonal drama, conflict, and managing through a crisis. I've seen that in spades in recent Trek.

 

[The Wormhole]

I just want a regular 'good Star Trek episode' level of realism, the kind you find in good Star Trek episodes.

And yet, you dissed the musical, which is exactly that.

 

[somebuddyX]

I want Noah Hawley or JH Wyman to be showrunners of some Trek series which has no ties to anything. Some ship in deep space. Low stakes. A bunch of weirdness. Inventive action. Good character conflict

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

And yet, you dissed the musical, which is exactly that.

That's a 'good Buffy episode' level of realism, that's different.

 

[FredH]

I’m pretty basic. I’d just be fine with the 32nd-century starship Enterprise exploring strange new worlds.

I should probably modify this. Ideally, I’d always want there to be at least two shows: one a planet-of-the-week series, the other a what’s-happening-in-the-Star-Trek-Universe series (so, your basic TNG/DS9-type split). Everything else is icing which I’ll happily also consume.

(There are ways to have the first also cover the second, of course — but to do that you have to fall back to the old TOS/TNG [and DISCO!] thing of having one ship be at the center of a ridiculous number of vital events…)

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

I'd love to go back to having a 'weekly adventures show' and a 'Star Trek Universe' show. Last time around they went a bit too episodic with the adventure show which left it looking dated next to DS9 (and next to Stargate, and Farscape...), but there's very little chance of a modern Trek show being too episodic.

This time around the closest thing we've had to a Star Trek Universe show is Lower Decks, but an animated comedy semi-prequel wasn't properly equipped to handle that assignment.

 

[FredH]

This time around the closest thing we've had to a Star Trek Universe show is Lower Decks, but an animated comedy semi-prequel wasn't properly equipped to handle that assignment.

Though I’ve got to say, LD did introduce some things I’d be happy to see explored further in other productions, most especially Starfleet’s new alternate-universe-exploring task force.

 

[Dukhat]

Though I’ve got to say, LD did introduce some things I’d be happy to see explored further in other productions, most especially Starfleet’s new alternate-universe-exploring task force.

That concept would have been perfect for an animated series, despite its similarity to Sliders. But that apparently will not be happening.

 

[The Wormhole]

Meh, if I want Star Trek What If I'll just read the Myriad Universes books. Which I have and they're quite good.

 

[Firebird]

I'd love to go back to having a 'weekly adventures show'

This is literally Strange New Worlds' mission statement. Weekly adventures with serialized characters.