The Official Trek Thread

[The Butt]

Watch Star Trek Continues instead. It's the closest we are ever going to get to a new Trek series. And the quality is superb in all aspects; acting, storyline, direction, CGI.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

So who do you all consider to be the best character across all the franchises? Abrams Trek does not count.

This guy, obvsly. I have a huge soft spot for robits.

 

[The Ozzman]

A worthy reason to bump the thread:

http://www.startrek.com/article/new-star-trek-series-premieres-january-2017

CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new Star Trek television series in January 2017. The new series will blast off with a special preview broadcast on the CBS Television Network. The premiere episode and all subsequent first-run episodes will then be available exclusively in the United States on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service.

The next chapter of the Star Trek franchise will also be distributed concurrently for television and multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios International.

The new program will be the first original series developed specifically for U.S. audiences for CBS All Access, a cross-platform streaming service that brings viewers thousands of episodes from CBS’s current and past seasons on demand, plus the ability to stream their local CBS Television station live for $5.99 per month. CBS All Access already offers every episode of all previous Star Trek television series.

The brand-new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966.

Alex Kurtzman will serve as executive producer for the new Star Trek TV series. Kurtzman co-wrote and produced the blockbuster films Star Trek (2009) with Roberto Orci, and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) with Orci and Damon Lindelof. Both films were produced and directed by J.J. Abrams.

The new series will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout. Kurtzman and Heather Kadin will serve as executive producers. Kurtzman is also an executive producer for the hit CBS television series Scorpion and Limitless, along with Kadin and Orci, and for Hawaii Five-0 with Orci.

Star Trek, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2016, is one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time. The original Star Trek spawned a dozen feature films and five successful television series. Almost half a century later, the Star Trek television series are licensed on a variety of different platforms in more than 190 countries, and the franchise still generates more than a billion social media impressions every month.

Born from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, the original Star Trek series debuted on Sept. 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons – a short run that belied the influence it would have for generations. The series also broke new ground in storytelling and cultural mores, providing a progressive look at topics including race relations, global politics and the environment.

“There is no better time to give Star Trek fans a new series than on the heels of the original show’s 50th anniversary celebration,” said David Stapf, President, CBS Television Studios. “Everyone here has great respect for this storied franchise, and we’re excited to launch its next television chapter in the creative mind and skilled hands of Alex Kurtzman, someone who knows this world and its audience intimately.”

“This new series will premiere to the national CBS audience, then boldly go where no first-run Star Trek series has gone before – directly to its millions of fans through CBS All Access,” said Marc DeBevoise, Executive Vice President/General Manager – CBS Digital Media. “We’ve experienced terrific growth for CBS All Access, expanding the service across affiliates and devices in a very short time. We now have an incredible opportunity to accelerate this growth with the iconic Star Trek, and its devoted and passionate fan base, as our first original series.”

“Every day, an episode of the Star Trek franchise is seen in almost every country in the world,” said Armando Nuñez, President and CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group. “We can’t wait to introduce Star Trek's next voyage on television to its vast global fan base.”

CBS All Access offers its customers more than 7,500 episodes from the current television season, previous seasons and classic shows on demand nationwide, as well as the ability to stream local CBS stations live in more than 110 markets. Subscribers can use the service online and across devices via CBS.com, the CBS App for iOS, Android and Windows 10, as well as on connected devices such as Apple TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku players and Roku TV, with more connected devices to come.

The new television series is not related to the upcoming feature film Star Trek Beyond which is scheduled to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in summer 2016.

 

[SWAT]

About time they make a new series! Although I hope they don't make it like the JJ Abrams star trek, then IMO you can just keep it.

 

[The Butt]

Tbh I sorta agree. I would enjoy if it was set a couple decades after Nemesis.

 

[The Ozzman]

Tbh I sorta agree. I would enjoy if it was set a couple decades after Nemesis.

Agreed. Continue with the original timeline and put it after Voyager/Nemesis

 

[The Butt]

Either that or I wouldn't mind seeing these ideas as a series:

- A series set in the mirror universe (probably set sometime after Nemesis also)
- A series set from the pov of a Federation enemy (probably Romulans post-Dominion war)
- Just hire the guys from Star Trek Continues to keep doing Star Trek Continues. Just use the five episodes already existing to start the season, then make one more each week continuing where they left off.

 

[The Butt]

Star Trek Beyond trailer.

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Looks like the Enterprise gets destroyed. This actually legitimately upsets me. :/

 

[The Ozzman]

Star Trek Beyond trailer.

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Looks like the Enterprise gets destroyed. This actually legitimately upsets me. :/

It got destroyed in the original run of movies multiple times..

 

[tagradh]

Why? There are many Enterprises and several are destroyed. I hate this trend for giving away virtually everything possible within trailers though. This one looks like it'll be, at best, on a par with the previous one. I thought Star Trek (2009) was pretty good, definitely better than Nemesis, Generations, The Motion Picture and The Voyage Home, but Into Darkness was lame.

I don't really care what universe the new series ends up in but I really want it to be post-Nemesis/Voyager and without much time travel.

 

[The Ozzman]

I don't really care what universe the new series ends up in but I really want it to be post-Nemesis/Voyager and without much time travel.

Federation colonization of the Delta Quadrant might be interesting

 

[The Butt]

It got destroyed in the original run of movies multiple times..

Twice. Only twice. In The Search for Spock and Generations. And I was upset seeing those Enterprises be destroyed for the first time also.

The Enterprise isn't just a prop or a setting; it is like a character in and of itself for me.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Not a Trekkie, but I love the last two movies. New one looks sweet

 

[The Ozzman]

Twice. Only twice.

Like I said, multiple times

 

[tagradh]

Federation colonization of the Delta Quadrant might be interesting

I guess that would mean more Borg, which I'm cool with.

If they're just going to jump a few decades ahead of the TV shows then I'd have thought the most likely conflict would be the Borg invading or more business with the Romulans. The Klingons and Cardassians are both fucked so I guess they could be in the process of joining the Federation. Although, regardless of whether or not they go with Romulus being destroyed, the Romulans don't really seem like a big enough threat either.

 

[The Butt]

I guess that would mean more Borg, which I'm cool with.

If they're just going to jump a few decades ahead of the TV shows then I'd have thought the most likely conflict would be the Borg invading or more business with the Romulans. The Klingons and Cardassians are both fucked so I guess they could be in the process of joining the Federation. Although, regardless of whether or not they go with Romulus being destroyed, the Romulans don't really seem like a big enough threat either.

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Actually, in the novels, the Borg (as a whole) are defeated some time after Voyager returns to the Alpha Quadrant. I could see them doing it if they totally disregard the novels, as they aren't canon, but meh. I can't see them milking the Borg anymore. They've done about all they can do with them. Time for a new threat.

 

[tagradh]

I tried reading some ST book years ago and it was awful so I gave up on them entirely.

The main reason I can't see them using the Borg as a major protagonist is that it makes interpersonal drama between the two sides difficult. You could use them as a tool to fragment the Federation. I imagine that would piss off Roddenberry dickriders.

 

[The Butt]

The latest series of novels based on Star Trek Voyager/the Full Circle Fleet are pretty good. I advise you to give em a go if you haven't.

 

[The Ozzman]

You could use them as a tool to fragment the Federation

I imagine that would be a pretty interesting story line..

 

[The Butt]

A series based in the universe hobo-beard Riker in "Parallels" came from could be cool.

"We won't go back. You don't know what it's like in our universe. The Federation's gone, the Borg is everywhere! We're one of the last ships left. Please, you've got to help us!"