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?"

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Kill all the crew...

[grub]

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?"

Perhaps no human that saw a Romulan made it back to Federation space to report the fact?

Re:Kill all the crew...

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Actually, the temporal cold war was part of the original series- Remember the Mirror Universe? There's suggestions in some of the books that it started about the same time Lake Sloan on Alpha Centauri III changed it's name to Lake Riker- thus the incursion in First Contact created the new timeline Enterprise is in, the shadowy figure the Suliban are following is likely Emperor Tiberius Kirk or somebody from his government, and the people from the thirtyeth century are trying to head off the mirror universe before it causes too much damage.

Along the way we also have the Sphere Builders the Xendi were fighting (read the New Voyages books for more info on this one) and now this new movie.

But back to the original thread- Balance of Terror's claim of a lack of information about the Romulans can be explained one of three ways:
1. This is the original timeline not in the mirror universe, so without Suliban interferance the Federation didn't even meet up with the Romulans until the war.
2. This is the mirror universe- so due to Suliban interferance in the timeline, the Romulans gained a whole new set of technolgies- including cloaking technology- that allowed for the creation of the minefield seen in that Enterprise episode that I can't remember the name of right now, and therefore this movie will use Enterprise-style cloaking beacons to defeat cloaking, changing the entire nature of the Romulan War.
3. Due to use of Nukes, nobody in the Romulan war actually ever sees a Romulan- at least, not without getting a lethal dose of radiation, as insinuated in Balance of Terror.

Easy

[belg4mit]

Just make sure whomever does, dies. Sheesh.

Berman, future, past, and stealing ideas.

[numbski]

Heh, further proof thatBerman couldn't get an original idea to save his life.

Okay, so it's not EXACTLY the same, but dang, how close can a guy get? Anyway, sounds to me like this would be better 'experimented' as a TV miniseries, as you're going to have to introduce characters, do character development, plot development, and plot resolution all in a single flick. In a miniseries, you'd have more screen time to work with, and wouldn't have to rush through it all.

Oh wait, this is Berman we're talking about. Then again, we'd be bashing him if this were announced as a miniseries talking about how much it's going to suck. :\

My personal feeling is that until they return to the TNG timeline, come up with a believable story plot, and give the Berman team a rest, things aren't going to get better. Perhaps dropping the franchise altogether is the answer, but not so long as the cash flows is that going to happen.

I know! Captain B-4 of the Starship Enterprise-F! :P Always remember to keep a reliable backup of your Data. ;)

Re:Berman, future, past, and stealing ideas.

[B3ryllium]

My opinion is that Joss Whedon is what B&B can never be; a quality writer who cares about the material.

That's why I plan to eschew Star Trek movies in favour of Serentity, due out in 2005. :)

Re:Berman, future, past, and stealing ideas.

[Jerf]

Hey, all you nerds! Even if Firefly wasn't your cup of tea, let's help Serenity kick Star Trek's ass at the box office. It would be good for everyone... most especially Star Trek, which needs all of us to stop shoveling our money over for crap so that there is an incentive to stop making that crap.

Give Straczynski a chance!!

[October_30th]

Straczynski of the B5-fame has expressed his interest in getting involved with Star Trek.

Why don't they just give B&B something else to do and give JMS free hands like Warner Bros did with B5.

Film the movie like Das Boot

[EvilTwinSkippy]

In the original theatrical release of Das Boot, you never saw outside the craft. You lived the clasterphobic terror of WWII submarine warfare.

(Of course the director's cut went off and added a whole bunch of cheasy plastic model in a green tank of water shots. Bastards.)

Frankly, you don't really need to see the face of your enemy in a space battle. They are a blinking set of lights a few kilometers away. It's just a question of turning that blinking set of lights into a fireball before they turn you into one.

Humans will get to see Romulans

[Anonymous Coward]

Star Trek TOS got it wrong. They had the official story. In reality, humans will see Romulans a couple of times during the war. The Vulcans will engineer a cover-up, destroying records and doctoring memories with mind-melds.