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Star Trek XI: Romulan Wars?
Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that the next Star Trek movie will deal with the war between Earth and the Romulans that led to the founding of the Federation. According to Rick Berman, the film will be 'set before the time of Kirk, but will not be connected with Enterprise.' So how will they make this fit with the Classic Trek episode Balance of Terror, in which we learned that no human ever saw the face of a Romulan during the Romulan Wars?"
or netcraft to confirm it, but yes - star trek is dying.
film at 11.
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Perhaps they'll tell the story from the Romulan point of view. Now, that would be a change.
Holy Cow, that's the best idea I've heard in a long time. Throw in the fact that ToS started a legacy of social commentary, and you could have a hell of a film.
Maybe the Romulans can have a council, a republic of sorts. (I think they already do in some episodes). Then a controversial leader is elected by a narrow margin. Throw in more controversy by the deciding votes being cast in a quadrant overseen by the leader's blood relative.
Then, have the leader coerce the intelligence division of the council into drumming up false evidence against the Federation, showing them to either have or be developing the banned, dangerous, tetrion weaponry. This (if it existed) would be a threat to the entire galaxy, whether used agains the Romulans or not.
Do all this in the first 15 minutes of the film, and pick up when the council uncovers the plot. The rest of the film can be about how the Romulans are committed to a war it no longer believes is justified, and how they deal with that.
I'd watch that, just to see the ending.
-Zipwow
I don't know which is more depressing, that 2/3 didn't care enough to vote, or that 1/2 of those that did are crazy.
That's easy -- they won't try to make it consistent. This is Star Trek remember -- why would anyone be under the mistaken impression that they would even make a token attempt at consistency?
You're worrying about consistancy from a story that has an intergalactic starship called (United States Ship) Enterprise?
Having watched most of Firefly, a smattering of rerun Angel episodes, and a Buffy here and there, I feel qualified to judge you a retard deserving no less than a lifetime in a hospital for the criminally insane.
Besides, it's like arguing who is more evil, Hitler or Stalin & Mao.
JMS, on the other hand...
PS Am I the only one who thinks Kerry looks like a Narn?