Your ideal New Trek Series

[uniderth]

I think Pon Farr is pretty clearly presented as biological. It's a seven year cycle. Now this makes me wonder as the figure of seven years presented for the understanding humans. Meaning that Pon Farr happens roughly every seven earth years. Or are these Vulcan years? If they are Vulcan years, what are the chances that Vulcan and earth years would just happen to be the same? Also why would it be every seven? It would make much more sense that it would happen on a yearly cycle rather than an arbitrary seven. But maybe one vulcan year is roughly equal to seven earth years. This would make the seven year cycle seem less arbitrary.

Concerning Romulans I would say that have it too. However, the forehead ridges may be evidence of interbreeding with other species. If this is the case the seven year cycle may have been thrown off as a result of them being hybrids.

 

[T'Girl]

Meaning that Pon Farr happens roughly every seven earth years.

It might not be exactly seven Earth years (2,557 days). I take it to be somewhat similar to the Human menstral cycle, where there can be small variations. Spock did not seem like he knew exactly when his first pon farr would occur, it was a bit of a surprise.

Or are these Vulcan years?

Spock was speaking English and likely was referring to Earth years.

But maybe one vulcan year is roughly equal to seven earth years.

This is my take on the matter.

Concerning Romulans ...

After living off of Vulcan for many hundreds of years, the seven year cycle could have been altered. I think it likely (but not certain) that Romulans experience pon farr in some fashion.

 

[eyeresist]

Concerning Romulans ...

After living off of Vulcan for many hundreds of years, the seven year cycle could have been altered. I think it likely (but not certain) that Romulans experience pon farr in some fashion.

It's why Shinzon was so angry

[This may or may not be a very obscure reference]

 

[Overgeeked]

Star Trek: Titan, the Animated Series.

Could use the original cast or sound-alikes for Riker and Troi. Could easily handle the diverse cast of characters without breaking a poor actor's heart with endless butt-in-makeup-chair. Could easily avoid the worry about cheap and cheesy CGI. Could be made for 1/5 the budget of a TNG episode. Could easily handle the one thing Trek on TV or film has never been able to really pull off, namely the sheer possibilities of the universe.

My ideal new Trek series? That. Right there.

 

[Lt. Marseille]

Something set post-Voyager, focusing on a single ship exploration as TOS, TNG and Voyager were. It should be a bit more 'frontier' than TNG was. Voyager felt less constricted and had a more 'pioneering' tone that should be ideal.

Make it episodic and don't go down the extended story arc route. That's just not Trek's thing.

Make the 'extreme sports' sequence from the Abrams movies a regular feature.

Dial back on the political correctness and give the show more guts and keep the technobabble nerdery to a minimum.

Get some of the sexiness of TOS (and the Abrams flicks) back.

Rethink the presentation in the later series of some of the races; particularly the Klingons and Romulans. Into Darkness Klingons were a great improvement stylistically and actually gave (restored from some of the early movies to be fair) the impression of a culture that was both alien and could actually be a spacefaring race rather than a caricature of space vikings. The Romulans would be far more impressive and alluring if they went back to being physically identical to Vulcans and culturally to being a 'Roman Empire in space' rather than taking on TOS role of the Klingons as space commies. I'd be interested in seeing the Orion Syndicate portrayed more in the oriental despotism mode too.

Do it at modern quality series length (so 13-16 eps per season) and cut out the filler episodes. No holodeck, alternate universe, dream/vision nonsense.

Avoid the disastrous attempts to do do low life in the Federation. These hopeless attempts to mimic the Mos Eisley canteen in Trek have never worked and just don't suit the franchise (check out the likes of Gambit for what I mean here; Hair Rock here we come!). If they want to do that kind of thing then a sleek, luxurious, but sterile, disfunctional and in some regards dilapidated element to society with a spoilt, corrupt, and overpriveledged subculture portrayed something akin to Moebius' Incal (or perhaps even some inspiration from the 5th Element; but without the JP Gaultier lurid excess) might be more suitable IMO than attempting to do outlaw grungeiness.

 

[horatio83]

Despite not being much into TOS I'd dig a 23rd century retro series, not set on a starship but rather a cargo ship or a colony. Perhaps even several locations, either more objective than before with some documentary style vibes or without the classical heroic Starfleet characters. In short, less space opera.

 

[Horizons96]

Despite not being much into TOS I'd dig a 23rd century retro series, not set on a starship but rather a cargo ship or a colony. Perhaps even several locations, either more objective than before with some documentary style vibes

This sounds exceptional actually. I can't see one-track minded execs being open to it - especially these days as it wouldn't have enough mindless action, lens-flare and perfect-looking cookie-cutter heroes to make them lots of money.
I'd be willing to donate to a kickstarter though.

My favorite era is the early to mid 2370s. Not that anyone else would be even faintly interested, but a DS9-style show detailing the lives of those involved in the design, construction and deployment of the Akira class would be awesome. It could be called Star Trek: Akira, and could involve observations on the Federation's changing priorities in the wake of Wolf 359. Ohhh if only.........

 

[JeffinOakland]

It is two hundred years after the events portrayed in Voyager. The Federation and Starfleet have fallen on hard times. Being in Starfleet doesn't have the bragging rights it used to. Numerous costly run-ins with The Dominion, The Borg and Romulans, as well as other belligerents, have given rise to cynicism concerning the benefits of exploration. Many feel the only thing Starfleet is really good at is attracting trouble.

The Federation, itself, is seen as passe and quaint. A unwieldy and unrealistic United Nations of planets that doesn't represent everyone fairly and imposes its morality on alien worlds as a condition of admittance and amount of "say". Differences and petty squabbles are proving harder to overcome. Several important members have withdrawn membership or are internally debating doing so.

The events take place on an outdated exploration vessel featuring a multi-species group of proud & capable bridge officers beleaguered by low crew morale, underfunding, lack of popular support, & Starfleet bureaucracy as the try to explore & do their part to rehabilitate both Starfleet and The Federation.

 

[Taylirious]

Something set in a galaxy far, far away!

 

[IronMaiden]

I have a idea, but I'm not going to tell as I don't want it taken.

 

[q264]

I honestly wouldn't mind if they just had an exploration ship with a mixed human/alien crew set after Star Trek: Nemesis. It's what I wanted at the time, and it's what I want now. Took me awhile to appreciate Enterprise for what it was, they should have just kept going with the flow instead of hopping on board the Phantom Menace prequel train. It really has been a long road.

 

[T'Girl]

Something set in a galaxy far, far away!

And starring the woman who is your avatar.

 

[Tim Walker]

Something set in a galaxy far, far away!

That would definitely be on a grand scale!

 

[Tim Walker]

Okay, so maybe Slipstream technology wouldn't be without it's quirks at first, but the crew of the Voyager got it to work momentarily (at least for the Delta Flyer), before it had to be shut down. Okay, so to be fair, it was lucky that the Voyager didn't crash land (again).

Who knows what a R&D project with the right funding and resources could do? Though I agree that there could be unforeseen side effects or problems that are going to need to be worked around.

Maybe slipstream can be made to work, but only to certain places? A metaphor might be a navigable river,

 

[fonzob1]

Remakes of old TOS episodes in the nuUniverse.

 

[eyeresist]

What would be the point of that?

 

[fonzob1]

What would be the point of that?

Those episodes are often regarded as "classics." Remaking them with better special effects, better props and sets, and maybe slightly different twists on the story lines would appeal to a few of us...

 

[Skywalker]

Key word being "few."

I'd prefer a new show to stick to new ideas and new storylines rather than rehashing the past.

 

[BillJ]

Key word being "few."

I'd prefer a new show to stick to new ideas and new storylines rather than rehashing the past.

Then you'd probably enjoy a new show that wasn't connected to the Star Trek universe than anything CBS will make.

 

[Skywalker]

If CBS just does a new show starring the TOS characters, none of whom I find very appealing outside of Spock, then yeah, most likely I would.