Why I believe new series will not happen

[Louigi Verona]

Star Trek is great. Super great. It is a whole culture.

However, I believe that it is highly unlikely there will ever be new ST series. Reason being that the Universe is so written out, that as a writer for the series I would feel very restricted. Everything is depicted, main idea is well established. What else is there to do?

This is my theory.

What do you folks think?

 

[F. King Daniel]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

 

[BillJ]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

I think the original poster is pointing out that every concieveable story that could be done, has been done. Which, with nearly seven hundred hours of filmed material, isn't a bad assumption.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It's all in the exectution. JJ's film felt fresh, even though we'd seen everything before, in one form or another. Enterprise, however, felt like a rehash of TNG and Voyager despite it's "first time" premise.

We saw Superman's origins in the Christopher Reeve movie, then a version spread out over a whopping ten years and 200+ episodes in Smallville, and now they're doing another version in the movie Man of Steel.

Basically, it comes down to the feel of the show. If it feels different and is executed differently to what came before, they can recycle stories all they want and get away with it.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I think if you have a limited imagination, you'll probably feel as if there's nowhere else Trek can go. But if you approach it from the view of a new series with new characters and new situations that both offer a lot of storytelling potential, then that's the new direction it will go in. The real trick is create something that resonates with the public and excites them--as well as how not to it up later.

 

[RandyS]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

So, we can have a scene where Khan has lunch with Data on the DS9 promenade while holding a Tribble?

 

[sojourner]

We could even have that scene with Khan eating the tribble.

As for the OP, never say never.

 

[MacLeod]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

I think the original poster is pointing out that every concieveable story that could be done, has been done. Which, with nearly seven hundred hours of filmed material, isn't a bad assumption.

another Sci-Fi show DW has a similiar if not greater number of hours and is still going strong.

Their are only a set number of story types to tell, it is how you tell these stories. Not the story itself.

 

[Galileo7]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

Agree.

It's all in the exectution. JJ's film felt fresh, even though we'd seen everything before, in one form or another. Enterprise, however, felt like a rehash of TNG and Voyager despite it's "first time" premise.
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Agree.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

People have been telling stories for millennia...I'm sure that'll continue until there's no more people. There's plenty of stories out there yet to be told.

 

[-Brett-]

In this market, with no sci-fi to speak of, I think good execution counts for more than originality.

A Star Trek series that's well written and acted could do pretty well, even if the concepts involved weren't particularly innovative.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Star Trek is great. Super great. It is a whole culture.

However, I believe that it is highly unlikely there will ever be new ST series. Reason being that the Universe is so written out, that as a writer for the series I would feel very restricted. Everything is depicted, main idea is well established. What else is there to do?

This is my theory.

What do you folks think?

Trek was repeating themes and plots by the second half of the first season of TOS. Its all about how you handle the theme or plot not its originality.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The last film reset the timeline so that anything can happen. Restrictions removed!

As Spock said, "Whatever our lives were, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."

This means, finally, Kirk and Spock can get it on.

OH HAPPY DAY.

 

[Louigi Verona]

Yeah, thx for replies!

Just to make it clear, it is not the particular plots I mean, but the whole setting. It is fun to make up a Universe, it is different fun when the Universe is all set, the rules are all set, technologies depicted, timeline exists.

Of course, I am playing devil's advocate here, but nevertheless from the POV of TV executives the logic may stand.

Also, has anyone noticed a considerable shift in interests? Sci-fi and space exploration are not that cool anymore.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Yeah, thx for replies!

Just to make it clear, it is not the particular plots I mean, but the whole setting. It is fun to make up a Universe, it is different fun when the Universe is all set, the rules are all set, technologies depicted, timeline exists.

You mean like.. LIFE TODAY? This doesn't seem to stop people from making up new stories set in this exact time.

 

[Louigi Verona]

No, I mean Star Trek Universe. You know, all major races set, all technologies of the future are in general set, that kind of stuff.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Yes so you have set it all up, time to get on with the drama.

World building is only the preface.

 

[Knight Templar]

The OP is repeating almost exactly what Rick Berman once said.

 

[Use of Time]

Star Trek is and has always been primarily based on relationships and character interaction. In the grand scheme of things the setting is just that...a setting. People will never get tired of the way a diverse set of crewmembers interact with one another or the challenges they face; even if it is a challenge you have seen another crew handle. It's not the story but how it is told that makes it fresh.

 

[BillJ]

Star Trek is and has always been primarily based on relationships and character interaction. In the grand scheme of things the setting is just that...a setting. People will never get tired of the way a diverse set of crewmembers interact with one another or the challenges they face; even if it is a challenge you have seen another crew handle. It's not the story but how it is told that makes it fresh.

I think Voyager and Enterprise show this simply isn't true. Audiences aren't exactly eager to stick around and watch the same thing over and over but told in a slightly different way.