Details About New Trek Series?

John B. Random writes "I see that Science Fiction Crowsnest has got it's hands on the leaked details of the new Star Trek show set to replace Voyager, Star Trek Excellent." Stupid name but the plot did actually read interesting.

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Star Trek: Plots

[rde]

I'm at the stage where I don't give a shit what they call the series, as long as it doesn't have the following:

Holodeck mishaps that lead to danger and amusing adventures

Technobabble to cover up piss-poor plots

Major Kira

Incredibly powerful technology that's a plot device one week and never mentioned again

Major Kira

A brand-new alien race that's vaguely based on an old earth culture

Episodes written by more than eight people

Re:Star Trek: Plots

[shambler snack]

Other plot gimmicks and "features" worth excluding:

• Westley Crusher saves his ass.
  
• Westley Crusher saves his virginity.
  
• Westley Crusher saves the day.
  
• Westley Crusher saves the ship.
  
• Westley Crusher saves the planet.
  
• Westley Crusher saves life as we know it.
  
• Beverly Crusher fawning all over Westley.
  
• Beverly Crusher jepardizing Federation interests in pursuit of her ideals.
  
• Any episodes where they have to eat meal worms.
  
• Any alien creatures with speed-bumps on their foreheads.
  
• Any alien creatures that look like they've all been hit in the nose too many times.
  
• Any alien creatures that can't say anything more than "We find things".
  
• Any alien creatures that look like warmed-over Star Wars characters from Return of the Jedi and are seemingly named after a French cheese.
  

It'd be cool if

[RoLlEr_CoAsTeR]

Star Trek aliens had makeup on something more than their faces/necks. I realize this will likely be moderated Flamebait, and so be it, but honestly, I find their aliens/races rather uninteresting.

Furthermore, it seems that they mix at will, and the mixing doesn't do much to produce a more exciting race, and the ony way you can tell the difference is if you watch the show more than once, or memorize all the different tattoes they like to wear. Or their big hair and ridged foreheads (re: Klingons).

I'm not saying Star Trek isn't a good show, because I like it and I used to watch it every day (back in the days when I watched T.V.) but I don't anymore, and I love Star Wars a heck of a lot more than I like Star Trek, maybe because they seem more creative or something.. It couldn't be the fact that their alien races actually look like alien races, or that they have lightsabers, or....

But back on topic, I think this is interesting, and I'd certainly try it out. Yay Star Trek!

New Plot: It's Not too Late! ST: RD

[Skyshadow]

Psiren's .sig gave me a flash of inspiration concerning the new series. ATTN: Rick Berman -- it's not too late to put out the best Trek series ever! This fall, prepare yourself for: Star Trek: Red Dwarf

That's right, we follow the adventures of the intrepid crew of the USS Red Dwarf, a ship crewed entirely by (for some reason) the english. And a cat. And a hologram. And (later) a mechanoid. And (even later) a woman.

OK, you guessed: Actually, we just retread the old Red Dwarf episodes with a new Trek-type opening sequence (the voiceover would be dymanic, featuring Holly's introduction to the series and the requisite joke about gym teacher's IQ).

Disadvantages: Lack of women in skin-tight outfits. Advantages: Lack of women, surplus of beer.

So, it's cheap to produce and Rick Berman wouldn't be able to fsck it up. Any takers?

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Re:New Plot: It's Not too Late! ST: RD

[Masem]

How about ST:MST3K where our crew (one guy and 3
robots) visits strange alien cultures and make
fun of their cinema?

What, not "Star Trek: The Marrissa Cronicles?"

[Masem]

Or did Steven R.'s idea get shot down at the
start? :-)

We can always use a new star trek

[scenic]

If you ask me, Star Trek is the ideal kids show (for like 10-15 year olds). It's also good for us "older" kids, don't get wrong. What I mean is that it is really a show aimed at the younger audience members. I mean, I hope that 20, 30, and 40+ year olds don't need morality messages daily. :-)

But for a younger audience, I think it fits most peoples' definition of "good television" for children. It's a fairly "geek" oriented show, emphasizing knowledge of science and technology, showing both men and women in roles of responsibility. These same smart scientific folks are also fit and athletic, which is important in this day and age of couch potatos. There are also good messages in all of the shows, which, if you agree with the messages, are good for kids to see.

Admittedly, this makes it annoying for the rest of us that don't need the moral lessons, but I would love to have my children (if I had any) watch star trek with me. I'll be sad if there isn't a Star Trek to watch when I do have kids.

As for today, though, I think DS9 was the first Star Trek series that lost the morality message (Wheel of Morality, turn turn turn ;-) and became more of a science fiction soap, with a running plot line. That, I liked. I was sad to see it go.

Sujal

The Star Trek series I'd like to see

[Pascal Q. Porcupine]

I'd like to see a ST series based on the Federation at its very beginnings. I mean, most of what happens then is unexplained... TOS covered the Federation when it was already mature, TNG and the first half of DS9 covered a period of stagnation, the second half of DS9 and all of Voyager cover a later period when they've become arrogant and just try to throw better and more expensive toys at every problem... anything set after Voyager would be depressing, anything between TOS and TNG would be boring. But something set between First Contact and TOS would kick ass, IMO. Why did Earth become the center of the Federation? How did people get accustomed to socialistic society? Couldn't have happened overnight... There must have been quite a bit of dissention among the ranks. And so forth.

Just my US$0.02... I haven't read the plot for this 'excellent' series yet, since the server's /.ed.
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