the new Star Trek Series, a Prequel!

[DaveTalley]

well , one good thing will come of going back to the basics, they characters cant be saved by some super gadget, no mega warp, no transporters, gotta use the shuttle, make them actually work :-)
Dave

[admrsam2]

My friend has a gaming magazine that confirms it is a prequel. Personally I think it could be a rip-ff or non original series. Star Wars Epy 1 was a prequel, so they shouldnt copy. It could be interestig, but I'd like to see what's going on with the Fed, Klings, and rest of ALpha quad after Dominion war. Ill still watch since im loyal to trek, no matter how sucky it is.

[KlingonZ]

I AGREE COMPLETELY! Going back 300 years is not very original to me. If this is true, and it is looking more and more like it is, then this will also be a step backward for Star Trek. I have heard additional rumors that in the first episode or two it will cover the first contact between the Federation and the Klingons. I think this would be very interesting but only because I am a Klingon Fan. But I was hoping for more like a continuation after DS9.

[DaveTalley]

actually there has been talk of this series for about15 years, either the prequel series or the academy version
so its not copying Star wars :-)

but I wouldnt mind a new series, where its a smaller crew, in a small scout ship,
I know thats what Voyager was supposed to be , but the damned thig is a essentially a small battleship combat-wize

I wanna see a small crew 20 members no more, and a little bitty ship, where they are scared to get into a fight , where they actually have to think thier way out

Dave

[Eric R.]

In th new communicator Berman says that the new show will not be in the smae time period as TNG/DS9/Voy of course that could mean the direction goes either way.

More unsetteling is what he says about TOS, that is he feels the new show will niether keep content nor style the same. Will Style is obvious as you don't film a tV show like you did 30 years age but that Content part makes me a bit nervous.

[Evan van Eyk]

I would like a prequel series, it would make the challenges more difficult and tense, I think. Making a sequel to DS9 would be boring I think, because it would only copy ideas which were already there. We have three Ship-Series and the base, what do you want to have new and original? They have to do something different if not to stop the sries thing. I think returning to the past is a good idea, it provides enough background infos for the fans ( everybody knows the foundation of the Federation and the like ) but they could explore and describe the details. There can be large scale battles and new ships, giving the "old" series like DS9 and the like actually more depth, they would gain a past and background.

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"I am a great one for rushing in where angels fear to tread." - Cpt. Kirk, Star Trek VI

[KlingonZ]

A prequel might be OK. I will watch no matter what it is, it will still be Star Trek and you bring up some good points about building a history provided they don't mess or change what is known now about the past as per ST Encyclopedia. What do you think about a series based on Section 31 from several episodes of DS9. A future James Bond type of series. If done right I think it would be very entertaining. Section 31 could have technology more advanced than the rest of the Federation. I agree that a continuation of DS9 would not work. What I meant was the timeline for the next series would begin around the end of DS9.

[KlingonZ]

I just checked with Trekweb and the latest RUMOR is that Series V will be 150 years after DS9. It will be about the Enterprise 'I'. The first officer is a Romulan and Bacula will play the Captain. The Federation will be involved in a war and the new Enterprise will be a battleship. Thats much more interesting to me. They Have to throw in some Klingons.

[SIR SIG]

Thats a few to-many Enterprises for my liking!

So over 150 years they lose E-E, E-F, E-G, E-H, and then build E-I!

Thats rather silly or bad luck!

But also remember the rumors that Series V was a prequel ala Birth of the Federation. And Series VI was the 100+ years in the future. Ever since that rumor was around a few months ago its been neglected in all talk since.

Rumors? Aye! But there is truth in them somewhere!

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk

[Hugh Casey]

E-I? E-I!?

Oh.



Hugh

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"Sell your soul to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society... ASK ME HOW!"

[Makklor]

As of a prequel, all I foresee are problems; we all know how the writers love to put new races, tech, and other unknowns into the series. The problem lies in that even with the longest deep space missions, of that time, the show will still happen in the area of federation space that we all know so well. Can we really rely on the writers to keep most of the unknowns to people, places, and things that we have already seen in the other series? Yes, first contacts are fun, but after how many times, does it get redundant. If we do see any new races, how are they going to explain their disappearance in TNG? They all died off. That’s good for one race… Another thought, how are the Klingons going to look? And lastly, call the ship something else, not “Enterprise” again. More then once, they have pictured all the ships with that name, all the way down to the sailing ship. Don’t change what is cannon, again.

Enough rant.

Makklor


[This message has been edited by Makklor (edited 04-10-2001).]

[Roy Cowan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dan Stack:
I'm no Hollywood expert, but do casting sheets normally discuss backgrounds of the characters? I would think it would be more directed towards the type of actor they are looking for and be targetted at agents.
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I don't know if it's the typical Hollywood style, but it does look like the kind of detail they put into their casting calls for TNG. Not, that this proves anything one way or the other, admittedly...

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SIR SIG:
Thats a few to-many Enterprises for my liking!

So over 150 years they lose E-E, E-F, E-G, E-H, and then build E-I!

Thats rather silly or bad luck!

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Look at it this way. In 80 years they went from launching the Enterprise-B to Launching the Enterprise-E. B, C, D... that's losing a ship an average of every 26.6 years. Losing E, F, G, and H over 150 years is an average lifespan of 37.5 years.

So they're learning something.

[SIR SIG]

Hmmm. I guess the average is improving!

But if its 100 years in the future then its more 25th century not 29th!

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk

[SIR SIG]

Well from the old rumours of a 6 series it would start a bit after 5th not long after Voyager perhaps within 10 years and would have a tie in with the 5th towards the end of the series.

If I looked hard enough I could find the info.

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk

[qerlin]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cochrane:
What do y'all think are the chances that they'll keep going and do a sixth? Do y'all think it would begin before Enterprise ends?</font>

If they think they can make a buck, they'll do it.