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Star Trek XI In Two To Three Years.

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-life-and-new-movies dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "It seems rumors of the franchise's demise were greatly exaggerated. TrekToday reports that according to Trek head honcho Rick Berman, a new film might come sooner than you think: 'If it gets done in two years or three years I think that timeframe for a new, fresh feature with a whole different outlook would be fine.' He's previously said that the film will feature a whole new cast and ship; it's being written by Band of Brothers screenwriter Erik Jendresen."

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  1. Philosopher's Axe by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So if they change all the actors, the writers and the style of the show, is it still Star Trek?
    Sure, it'll have some of the same races and politics, but these are only ever used as plot devices.

    Personally, I'm happy as long as it's well written. If labelling a new show "Star Trek" is what it takes to get it on the TV, then go right ahead. Just make sure it's good enough to stay there.

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    Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
  2. Re:Show us more by kylemonger · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The flip side of your argument is that the writers have to be able to maintain a complicated universe and keep it reasonably consistent. Look at everyone's favorite Trek movie, The Wrath of Khan: In it the writers introduced an unstoppable weapon, the Genesis torpedo. This was a weapon which, much like the Death Star, would make war obsolete. Despite all the subsequent wars with the Borg, Klingons, Cardassians, etc. we never saw the Genesis torpedo again.

    And that's not all. Whatever happened to TNG's metaphasic shielding, which swould let you safely fly right into the sun? What happened to the finding that warp drive destroyed the fabric of space and would make subsequent space travel hazardous? What happened to that soliton wave technology that was supposed to replace warp drive but would have made a dandy weapon? On two or three occasions we've seen technology that could destabilize stars! I've lost count of the number of near omnipotent races the Federation has run into--- lessee, the Metroids, the Organians, Trellane's parents, Charlie X's guardians, the spinning ball of that loved anguish, V'ger, Q's people, the Doud, the Traveler, the Cythereans... what about them?

    Who could write sensible stories with all these technologies and gods and societies interacting? It's a mess and it all just needs to be put to rest.