Let me get this straight...
You're going to take advice from a guy (be it a fictional one), who wouldn't even CONSIDER leaving an EXPERIMENTAL, never BATTLE-TESTED BATTLESTATION?!?!?!
And futher more, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM .
And L.N.B., I do agree it's just a show...but; (going into his best Scottish) It's no' 'Starrr Trek'. (/accent) And I stated before, They can call it anything they want, do anything they want (and are doing just that)...it's NOT Trek, and I'm NOT watching. (To barrow a line from Beavis and Butthead: "No matter how hard you try, you just can't polish a turd.")
Oh, and Space Phantom I dissagree; the diva finished her song, walked off stage, changed clothes, left the building and is DRIVING HOME...
('Dennis Miller' mode engaged, and moved to maximum)
I also dissagree with your argument of 'the removal of Ent. would be a detriment to the franchise'...
ok, no; If Ent. were cancelled, 'They' were fired, and Paramount came forward and issued an applogy (say; full page in verious newspapers and magazines) stating that, Ent. is NOT continuity, and 'Star Trek is being re-tooled with a better group of talent...' wouldn't that peak the interest of you...not to mention John and Joan Q. Public? I'd say Paramount could turn things around if they did this, during a 'brake' of three to five years.
Let novels and games continue to be published (esp. 'Strange New Worlds' and, of course Decipher's stuff), and either:
(a) re-hire people that understood 'Trek': Ira Behr, Ron Moore (Mr. DS9, that is), Pillar, and others...
(b) hire 'new blood' that have worked with 'Trek' if only in novels: the Reeves-Stevens , Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Diane Duane and others...or
(c) combine a and b
But in any format, 'think tank' it for at least a couple of years BEFORE things get started (a.k.a.: avoid a 'rushed job'). Long-term it, test actors and actresses, get demogaphics (from both fans, the person on the street, and even online...and more than ONE AGE BRACKET)
Movie-wise; hire a DIRECTOR...Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Jerry Bruckheimer...somebody, HELL even Quentin Tarantino, or Kevin Smith. Or better still, find one of these people, and have them WATCH 'Trek'; verious Episodes, verious series (esp. the good ones), to get a 'feel' for what should be done (and figure a balance between seriousness [or 'the message'] and the fun [or 'the Disscovery']).
My opinion, your milage may vary (and, of course "...I could be wrong": Dennis Miller)
...and that's about the time it hit the fan...
Truisms I know:
1) Marvel is NOT better than DC (nor should EVERYTHING be ‘ULTIMITED’),
2) D20 is NOT the best gaming system out there (nor should EVERYTHING be ‘crammed’ into it),
3) And No matter how ‘THEY’ dress it up, Regardless of how ‘THEY’ title it, and even if ‘THEY’ say “BASED ON…”; “ENTERPRISE” IS NOT STAR TREK!!!
4) 'Reality' T.V. ain't 'Real'