New Animated Star Trek In The Works 343
Philias writes "A new web-based Star Trek Animated Series may be in the works. CBS is considering a pitch by veteran Trek producer Dave Rossi for a 'Clone Wars' style animated series for StarTrek.com. Like Clone Wars the episodes would be just a few minutes long. Unlike the old animated Trek show from the 70s, this one would be with a whole new crew set in a new time period. The setting is to be a war-torn post-9/11-like Trek universe 150 years after the time of Picard." From the post: "The Zero Room team felt that the time was right for a new approach to Trek. The setting is the year 2528 and the Federation is a different place after suffering through a devastating war with the Romulans 60 years earlier. The war was sparked off after a surprise attack of dozens of 'Omega particle' detonations throughout the Federation creating vast areas which become impassible to warp travel and essentially cut off almost half the Federation from the rest. During the war the Klingon homeworld was occupied by the Romulans, all of Andoria was destroyed and the Vulcans, who were negotiating reunification with the Romulans, pulled out of the Federation. The setting may seem bleak and not very Trek-like, but that is where the show's hero Captain Alexander Chase comes in."
And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:5, Funny)
Uniforms (Score:1, Funny)
On a serious note, this sounds like it might actually
make me interested in Star Trek again. I never really
identified with anything after TNG.
Super Nerds! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uniforms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Super Nerds! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Alexander Chase? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:3, Funny)
It already happened six episodes ago.
-Grey [wellingtongrey.net]
Re:Super Nerds! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Alexander Chase? (Score:2, Funny)
I agree. They should have called him "Captain Peter Quincy Taggart"
Re:Alexander Chase? (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe they should do a reverse TNG: hire a French actor to play a British captain who's enamored with Voltaire.
Re:His full name is ... (Score:3, Funny)
There you go. See how much better than is?
Seinfeld ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"The franchise is dead, Jim." (Score:3, Funny)
"Get that cheese to sickbay!"
Re:And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:2, Funny)
150 years, sounds about right for the Enterprise J. Wait, J? James, Janeway, benJamin, Jean-Luc. OH my god, this could be the greatest Trek story ever!
Re:No more wagon train to the stars.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Racism in Star Trek continues apace (Score:5, Funny)
I pity the rest of the races of our galaxy, whose architects are crippled by the fact that they can't use rectangles and arches because unbeknownst to them, twenty thousand light years away, humans already claimed them.
Pity the poor, primitive Kr'zilt'k of Tomporon, as they attempt to build their first primitive mud huts completely out of isosceles triangles.
Pity the poor, advanced RRRRRzzzzzzRrrz of ZZZZrrZzRz, as they try to build skyscrapers that look like clumps of mud stuck together, but fail due to the simple laws of materials science, and are thus stuck with cities built out of the equivalent of five-story buildings.
Curse humanity! Curse them and their claiming of the precious "simple, unadorned rectangle"!
Re:And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:2, Funny)
Absolutely. Of course, the books tended to gloss over that aspect of Dorothy's character...
Re:Oh God No!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And the first time travel episode will be... (Score:3, Funny)
"I mean, is it even possible to do any more injustice to a show?"
AKAImBatman begins casting Summon Browncoat Army (I)...
AKAImBatman's spell fizzles.
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