Trekkin'
Every 3 or 4 years, TPTB over at Paramount (or whoever owns Star Trek) attempt to come up with a plot for a good movie. They wrack their brains looking for a new and original idea that would hook their audience, giving them a reason to see the movie other than the fact that its a Trek film.
Um, guys?
Your thinking a bit to hard.
Theres more to Star Trek than Star Fleet and the Federation.
-Klingons. Kahless the Unforgettable against the Tyrant Molor.
-A long time ago, Vulcans and Romulans were the same race. What happened?
-Cardassian Occupation of Bajor
-If they can do an early version of Kirk, what about Picard and his Stargazer?
-ST First Contact was set in post-World War 3. What about this 'war' itself?
-Section 31 (Yay! Spy Movie!)
-How Borg became Borg. The various cultures they assimilated, the attempt at Species 8472.
-For about two whole minutes, I thought that a Trek Series based around StarFleet Academy might be interesting. I also had similar thoughts about something dealing with Red Squad.
Like I said, two minutes. An Academy Series would probably turn out to be something very near to soap opera-ish, and Wes Crusher wasnt all that popular a character on TNG. With that in mind...how do you think people would react to an entire ships worth of late teens/early 20 year old geniuses? hrm.
The point is, 5 Star Trek series have given AMPLE material to work with as far as movies go. Theres really no need to pull something completely new out of a hat and makeTrekkies scratch thier heads in confusion, wondering why a particular movie event contradicts something Riker said back in the 4th season.
9/30
Stumble It!
Um, guys?
Your thinking a bit to hard.
Theres more to Star Trek than Star Fleet and the Federation.
-Klingons. Kahless the Unforgettable against the Tyrant Molor.
-A long time ago, Vulcans and Romulans were the same race. What happened?
-Cardassian Occupation of Bajor
-If they can do an early version of Kirk, what about Picard and his Stargazer?
-ST First Contact was set in post-World War 3. What about this 'war' itself?
-Section 31 (Yay! Spy Movie!)
-How Borg became Borg. The various cultures they assimilated, the attempt at Species 8472.
-For about two whole minutes, I thought that a Trek Series based around StarFleet Academy might be interesting. I also had similar thoughts about something dealing with Red Squad.
Like I said, two minutes. An Academy Series would probably turn out to be something very near to soap opera-ish, and Wes Crusher wasnt all that popular a character on TNG. With that in mind...how do you think people would react to an entire ships worth of late teens/early 20 year old geniuses? hrm.
The point is, 5 Star Trek series have given AMPLE material to work with as far as movies go. Theres really no need to pull something completely new out of a hat and makeTrekkies scratch thier heads in confusion, wondering why a particular movie event contradicts something Riker said back in the 4th season.
9/30
Stumble It!
posted by Sandra at 11:50 PM
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