New Star Trek TV Series Coming In 2017 (hollywoodreporter.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Star Trek is returning to television. In January, 2017, a new series will begin. The first episode will air on CBS, and subsequent episodes will appear on CBS's online platform, "All Access." "The new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966." The show will be produced by Alex Kurtzman, who produced the two recent Star Trek films in 2009 and 2013. No details have been released regarding what the show will be about, or who will star in it. CBS is currently looking for a writer to helm the show.

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Re:10 years was a decent rest

[Anonymous Coward]

In Enterprise, the "exploration of contemporary themes" often devolved into "dictating correct moral values through episode-end voice overs". Furthermore, I found many of these conclusions to be outright stupid. Oh...we can't give life-saving medical treatment to these peaceful space-faring aliens we just met, who are asking quite nicely and offering to trade, because their disease (which we can cure) happens to be genetic which somehow implies that this is their destiny, and altering that destiny might interfere with the evolution of the OTHER species on that same planet (that seems to be evolving just fine on its own anyway).

What rubbish.

I wonder if the new series will explore such contemporary themes as:

1) Homosexual marriage.
2) Paternal rights before and after a divorce.
3) Religious fanaticism
4) Economic impact of labor automation
5) Economic impact of replicators

Re:10 years was a decent rest

[Z00L00K]

And then we have the Wesley Crusher episodes. Makes even JarJar Binks in Star Wars seem to be a relief.

PC TREK

[PopeRatzo]

I'll bet the SJWs are gonna force Star Trek to have like a female captain or a black guy playing a Klingon or something equally ridiculous and only tell stories that have social commentary. They'll totally ruin it, ya know? Effing SJWs ruin all the stuff we love.