New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production 401
An anonymous reader writes "Star Trek veterans such as Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Robert Picardo (the Doctor) and others are busy in pre-production of a professionally produced pilot episode for a suggested new online Star Trek series named Star Trek: Renegades, which will be faithful to the original Star Trek canon. The events of the series are placed a decade after Voyager's return from Delta Quadrant. When the pilot is complete, they'll present it to CBS in the hopes that it'll be picked up. They have also opened an Indiegogo campaign, seeking more funds from Star Trek fans to help make the production even more professional. They've already reached their primary funding goal."
YES PLEASE! (Score:5, Insightful)
recent star trek movies make me sad time travel and rewriting is the tool of lazy sci-fi writers out to make a buck on an established name.
Re:YES PLEASE! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re: How? (Score:4, Insightful)
The reboot is an alternate timeline, so the original universe still exists separately.
You may be surprised to learn that not only did the "horseshit" reboot make more money than all the other Star Trek movies combined, it had a higher RT score than Wrath of Khan.
That Abrams guy is a real asshole. He turned a Star Trek movie into something entertaining that audiences, and critics who usually rip on blockbusters both seemed to have enjoyed.
By faithful to the canon... (Score:5, Insightful)
...does that mean there'll be lots of lip service to the Prime Directive while completely ignoring it? Does this mean the captain of an important Federation ship will get into fist fights as part of his duty as well? Will there be significant loss of life among the crew as a regular occurrance during peace time and will the ship regularly engage in ship-to-ship combat during this same peaceful time as well?
If the answer's "yes" then this new production will be faithful to the original.
Re:Shades of Blake's 7 (Score:5, Insightful)
Don’t sign me up.
Star Trek for me always had a certain ethos. Peaceful exploration, conflict could be solved with enlightened rational diplomacy. There were a few phaser blasts, but it always ended on a positive optimistic note about the future. Yes, Kirk was a big Boy Scout.
“This necessitates more drastic measures, some of which are outside the Federation’s jurisdiction.”
This is not Star Trek. This is not optimism in human (and alien) nature. I could be a fine show – it just not going to be good Star Trek. It would be like the Doctor running around with a Sonic Blaster instead of a Sonic Screwdriver. Just the wrong vibe.
Re:Shades of Blake's 7 (Score:4, Insightful)
Not only that, but rogues, renegades, edginess and fast pace just screams, "We don't know how to write interesting conversations!"
Re:YES PLEASE! (Score:4, Insightful)
I'd further argue that J.J. Abrams was a bigger name than Star Trek in the circles that counted when the first remake movie came out. Not among fans obviously, but among the studios.
Re:YES PLEASE! (Score:4, Insightful)
Politics... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Shades of Blake's 7 (Score:5, Insightful)
So then DS9 was not Star Trek?
Because it was the best series they ever made.
I'll never understand (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Shades of Blake's 7 (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Shades of Blake's 7 (Score:5, Insightful)
Peaceful exploration, conflict could be solved with enlightened rational diplomacy.
I must have missed that one. For the life of me, I can't imagine any episode where Kirk didn't shoot, punch or screw at least one of the guest stars.
Re: How? (Score:4, Insightful)
That Abrams guy is a real asshole. He turned a Star Trek movie into something entertaining that audiences, and critics who usually rip on blockbusters both seemed to have enjoyed.
He turned Star Trek into something that everyone BUT a Star Trek fan seemed to enjoy.