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Babylon 5 Creator Pitches Trek

Posted by simoniker on from the fanboy-drool dept.

pdawerks writes "According to Sci-Fi Wire, Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans on a B5 Usenet group that he and Dark Skies creator Bryce Zabel have put together an idea for a new Star Trek series, which he said would revive the ailing franchise. 'I got together [with Zabel] and wrote a treatment earlier this year that specified how to save [Star Trek] and develop a series that would restore the series in a big way,' Straczynski wrote. 'I actually think it could be a hell of a show. Whether that ever goes anywhere with Paramount, who knows?'"

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  1. Re:Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a scriptwriter! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Informative
    During the course of events, it becomes clear that a high-ranking Starfleet official is using the paranoia surronding the possibility of 'changling' terrorist attacks to repeal rights and declare martial law on earth.

    Similar to one of the Orig. Star Trek movies, the one where effectively a cabal of military and diplomats try to keep the Klingon - Federation rivalry going.

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Re:JMS doing trek by ajs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Having read the posting, I would not hold my breath for this. I did find some of the other comments interesting:

    * He was asked to EP Enterprise, but turned it down
    * He is accepting an EP role on *something*
    * He's going to be in the UK for a while
    * It's not Dr. Who

    Those last 3 are all of a set. My theory is that JMS doesn't get this excited about anything from the UK more than Prisoner and Blake's 7... if it's not something new, it just has to be one of those.

    Personally, I just want more Supreme Power, Rising Stars and Amazing Spider Man out of him. Those have been amazingly good (though Spider Man slipped into a sort of slow patch for a bit in the middle). I don't need the big screen or tee-vee, in fact I think JMS does better in comics.