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Could Fuller Take Trek Back To TV?
bowman9991 writes "Bryan Fuller, creator of the TV show Pushing Daisies and a former Star Trek writer and producer, is geared up to make it happen. The new Star Trek TV show would be based on "old style" Star Trek, rather than the more recent incarnations and variations: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and Star Trek: The Next Generation. There hasn't been a Star Trek TV series since Enterprise was canceled after four seasons in 2005. Fuller wrote twenty one Star Trek episodes over four years, two in Deep Space Nine's final season, and the rest for Voyager. He also produced Voyager's last season. If J.J. Abrams' reboot is successful (and the latest trailer suggests it will be!) perhaps we'll see him involved with a new Star Trek TV show with the style and impact of Fringe or Lost. The new Star Trek movie featuring a young Kirk and Spock is in cinemas May 2009." Besides his work on many episodes of Trek, Fuller's work includes Dead Like Me and some of the best of Heroes. (He's one of the names I actively seek in the writing slot.) Between him and JJ Abrams, the era of Rick Berman looks to finally be at an end. Cross your fingers.
Sort of like Voyager then in that they too were Lost (in the Delta Quadrant)? Only this time I want 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9 of 9.. In fact I see no reason to have any other cast member that a bunch of 7 of 9's... Well maybe a leather clad Janeway, hmmm I seem to have gone off topic.
In the not too distant future, next Sunday A.D.
Unless you liked hearing about the latest Fucktoquadillion gigastream of pure hexashitrillic energy the borg were beaming at voyager's past timestream in order to attract the hirogen to hunt them and the leprosy dudes to steal their organs.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
Rick Berman: TNG
Bryan Fuller: Failed ABC series and Voyager
OP loses credit
Something tells me Fuller won't be nearly as big into the big-breasted ladies as you might think. I think we're more likely to see buff dudes.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
"If J.J. Abrams' reboot is successful (and the latest trailer suggests it will be!)..."
Yes, because trailers are always the best source for determining a film's success. In fact, why bother releasing the movie, since its success is assured?
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
And I think this is a good thing, but I can't help hearing the voice of the pushing Daisies narrator doing the classic Trek introduction.
"Our five year 3 days and 32 minute minute mission..."
Not one lesbian kiss scene in the whole series, so much for 'where no man has gone before'
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
I agree, Patric Stewart would make an EXCELLENT Klingon or other bad guy for the series.
I would rather see Star trek redone with starfleet being the weak guy and getting our asses handed back regularly. Combat with the klingons needs to be "OH CRAP! RUN!" instead of this "I am here to reason with you, can we sit down for tea and crumpets?"
They started the right track with enterprise, but it needs to be far more gritty. More death, A sea of red-shirts flowing out the ship and popping like popcorn whenever a hull breach happens. Kirk getting pissed and launching all 8 photo torpedoes at the single ship and then vowing to exterminate that species for killing ensign Davis. he can even rip his shirt and hyperventilate when he does it... That would be very much like the first season.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
"They've got to get rid of Data's emotion chip. That's when Data lost his charm, I feel."
Without his emotion chip he would fail to grasp the full irony of your statement.
Better known as 318230.
Fringe ignores word 'science' in SF :P
I wish that's all Fringe did. Unfortunately, the writers of Fringe kidnapped, beat, and sodomized science in front of it's own children. Then, when done, gave each other high-fives for doing such a great job.
It's like they have some kind of scientific buzzword dartboard in their office that they use to write the jargon that their characters use.
Rather, Kate Mulgrew entering a restaurant near Times Square a couple of months back.
I heard the voice then I did a double take, and sure enough it was her.
She looked old
That was really Admiral Janeway who came from an alternate timeline to dine at Olive Garden.
Fun fact: the ablative hull armor is actually made of stale Olive Garden breadsticks.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Even worse, since they're in difference universes, the navy ship has the ability to press it's own oil from shale it finds, create food incredibly cheaply, and has a ready supply of spare parts if anything breaks - the merchant doesnt
You lost me. Maybe you could try a car analogy?
Bow-ties are cool.
I hope this means the Captain gets to bang a lot of hot alien babes again.
And if the Captain is a woman, so much the better.
What?
So basically, Star Trek's post-it went to Mason, and he fucked up as usual.
Shift happens. Fire it up.
The fact that Shatner is so iconic shows that, bad acting aside, he has presence. Sometimes, that's all you need. Will be interesting to see how the new guy plays Kirk.
Eventually, the original Star Trek roles could become a kind of entrenched character set, similar to Shakespeare characters. A hundred years from now, folks will be arguing over different actor's interpretations of Kirk and Spock in Amok Time.
And then there will be the inevitable Star Trek in the park productions and the all nude/gender swapped productions.
I weep for the future.
I drank what? -- Socrates
He is not a bad actor, in Boston Legal he did a FANTASTIC job. it's just that shatner is not cut out for the stiff captain role but that of a loose cannon mad cow disease old guy.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
...a loose cannon mad cow disease old guy.
I so want to see this on YouTube.
I drank what? -- Socrates