Which TOS episode should get the film treatment?

[Paris]

We've got a thread about which book should be made into a film, but if the movie takes place about 6 years earlier than the series originally did (2258), then which episode(s) should get the film treatment? My vote is for either Balance of Terror or Space Seed. People want to see Khan, so why not retell their original encounter? This time Chekov can actually meet him

 

[JB2005]

Maybe Space Seed/TWOK combined, because in of itself it wouldn't be enough to be film-worthy...

Of course you'd also need to cut-down/re imagine TWOK but...

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I'm not sure what this has to do with Treklit, but I want to say that I think it would be incredibly foolish if they decided to adapt old episodes for future films. We've just wiped the slate clean so that Star Trek can do something new, and redoing "Space Seed" or "The Doomsday Machine" strikes me as the kind of fannish thinking that narrowed the Star Trek audience over the past ten years or so. Let's see "strange new worlds," not familiar old worlds.

 

[Paris]

I guess it doesn't really have anything to do with the literature. I saw the other thread for what books should be adapted and this topic sprang to mind. OOps . Maybe a mod can move it to the appropriate area for us...

 

[Christopher]

I agree with Allyn -- what possible point would there be in remaking stories we've already seen? If any character or story element were to be revisited, it should be in a new story, one that develops it in a different way.

 

[seigezunt]

I agree with Allyn -- what possible point would there be in remaking stories we've already seen? If any character or story element were to be revisited, it should be in a new story, one that develops it in a different way.

I agree, sort of. I think they should utterly avoid Khan. TWOK was a great story, and should be left. Also, it would fall into utter fanwank to explain it all...if the original timeline is rebooted, then TWOK's back story is all different, and so on.

The point of the reboot was to eliminate the burden of the past.

 

[William Leisner]

I agree with Seigezunt agreeing with Christopher agreeing with Allyn.

 

[Paris]

I wasn't implying that they should straight-up remake an episode, but maybe make a variation of a story. They can have a story with Khan and Kirk meeting up for the first time without making it just a rehash of Space Seed. Bob Orci has already mentioned Khan as an outside possibility for a future sequel. I would also be disappointed if they wanted to just remake an episode, but I don't think they do. What would be the point? I just think it would be cool if we saw some things in this new universe that also happened in some way in the prime-Universe, but with a new spin. Having said that, i'm sure that I would also enjoy the next movie if it was 100% new material and didn't allude to anything from TOS, just like I enjoyed this one...

 

[LightningStorm]

Moving to TOS forum.

 

[Steve Roby]

I agree with William Leisner agreeing with Seigezunt agreeing with Christopher agreeing with Allyn.

 

[Kelso]

Well, in the spirit of the OP...

I think that either Flint or Garth could make particularly effective movie villains. Flint is a genius and an immortal, he can create terrible weapons as well as beautiful androids, he's even got a cool fortress on an alien world. He's the Star Trek equivalent of a Bond villain. Garth, on the other hand, is like Kirk gone wrong. He's a brilliant and extremely experienced starship captain. Plus, he's a shape shifter with a loyal gang of psychotic alien criminals. Either character could work very well in a summer blockbuster.

Though, they would be better off crafting new stories for those characters that would better take advantage of the blockbuster film format.

 

[Michael]

Which TOS episode should get the film treatment?

None. They should come up with something new and original.

 

[Zeppster]

Balance of Terror/discussion over

 

[number6]

None.

I think I'd prefer a new story to rehashing some episode. That is a can of worms I would prefer left unopened.

 

[Hofner]

They should redo "The Changeling". Instead of a dinky little machine, they can make Nomad huge, like the size of Manhattan Island. They can have it directly threaten Earth instead of some faraway star system. They can change the name "Nomad" to something like "V'ger"...

Oops, wait, they already did that. Never mind.

I agree with too many people to list here; tell new stories.

Robert

 

[Christopher]

Maybe, instead of asking which episodes should "get the film treatment" (since the overwhelming consensus is "none"), the question should be, which TOS characters would we like to see in future films, presumably in different stories than before? But that's probably worthy of its own thread.

 

[Prons]

Trouble with Tribbles.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Balance of Terror/discussion over

Discussion NOT over!

BoT wouldn't play right with the Federation already being well aware of the Vulcan/Romulan connection.

 

[Chess Piece Face]

I'm not sure what this has to do with Treklit, but I want to say that I think it would be incredibly foolish if they decided to adapt old episodes for future films. We've just wiped the slate clean so that Star Trek can do something new, and redoing "Space Seed" or "The Doomsday Machine" strikes me as the kind of fannish thinking that narrowed the Star Trek audience over the past ten years or so. Let's see "strange new worlds," not familiar old worlds.

This person gets it.

I wouldn't mind seeing elements from the old show, like say, Kodos the Executioner...but flat out redoing Khan is absolutely a waste of all the work they did to create a prequel universe with a clean slate.

 

[Trekwatcher]

None, please Lord, none.

Leave 'em be.