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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:What Star Trek needs by AuMatar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sorry, Voyager is dead last. AAs bad as Archer is, he's better than Janeway. The only reason to watch ZVoyager is 7 of 9's chest.

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  2. "save" ST? by luna69 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I find this highly amusing. Since when does ST need to be "saved"?

    Particularly when considering that "Enterprise" is better than "Voyager" (i.e., "captain janeway's trip to places we couldn't care less about"), "Deep Space 9" (i.e., "The-Space-Station-so-full-of-twits-even-NASA-coud -be-more-interesting") and "The Next Generation" (i.e., "One cool captain and a bunch of ninnies in shitty makeup have a fun time battling lame aliens") ALL PUT TOGETHER.

    Don't get me wrong - I enjoy ST enough that I'd be glad to give yet another franchise show a chance - but I reject the notion that ST needs "saving". Especially considering that I never thought B5 was even remotely as good as many people seem to think it was. But then, they're usually people who liked "farscape", which was also lame. Oh well.

    Bring on the flamebait mods...I'm just calling it like I see it.

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