Here's my idea -- it's a new Star Trek show. There's another ship; maybe it's the Enterprise, maybe it's not. But either way all of the actors are played by hamsters and the aliens they encounter will wear different hats, coats, and maybe things like tails or wings that can be attached to a costume.
The sets would consist of miniatures made in the scale of the average hamster's height/width. Because the sets would be miniatures it would be much easier for the production crew to make new areas -- ships, planets -- for the hamsters to explore.
There wouldn't be any effort made to make the hamsters look like they're moving their mouths when they talk -- that would be the main conceit of the show. Also, while multiple takes of scenes would be filmed it might not be possible to keep all of the hamsters awake or sitting in their positions. If something like that happens they'll dub in a voice over with the hamster saying something like "They've hit me with a hypno-sleep wave, captain! I'm getting....tiiiired."
The show itself would be set five or ten years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis and wouldn't put much emphasis on the Romulans as TrekLit has that story covered pretty well. There might also be a few mini-arcs per season but no major arcs like "Lost in The Delta Quadrant" or "Dommion War" type arcs.
NOTE: While South Park recently used Guinea pigs in it's show hamsters are much smaller animals and thusly cheaper to pay for and feed. Using hamsters would be much more cost efficient than any other rodent.
The sets would consist of miniatures made in the scale of the average hamster's height/width. Because the sets would be miniatures it would be much easier for the production crew to make new areas -- ships, planets -- for the hamsters to explore.
There wouldn't be any effort made to make the hamsters look like they're moving their mouths when they talk -- that would be the main conceit of the show. Also, while multiple takes of scenes would be filmed it might not be possible to keep all of the hamsters awake or sitting in their positions. If something like that happens they'll dub in a voice over with the hamster saying something like "They've hit me with a hypno-sleep wave, captain! I'm getting....tiiiired."
The show itself would be set five or ten years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis and wouldn't put much emphasis on the Romulans as TrekLit has that story covered pretty well. There might also be a few mini-arcs per season but no major arcs like "Lost in The Delta Quadrant" or "Dommion War" type arcs.
NOTE: While South Park recently used Guinea pigs in it's show hamsters are much smaller animals and thusly cheaper to pay for and feed. Using hamsters would be much more cost efficient than any other rodent.
