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How would you "fix" Star Trek?
Alright, we talked about this in like 3 other threads already, but I thought I would bring it up again, inspired by Starchild's "risquee" fan fiction film.
It seems to me there that the formula for Star Trek needs to be thrown out the window completely. Lots of you are probably all, "duh."
The gritty, edgy theme of Battlestar Galactica seems to have it right. Not just sci fi geeks can watch this show. I thought Battlestar would be lame but when I watched the movie, I was instantly hooked. It was fresh, fun, and gritty.
As for Star Trek, I'm tired of the:
1. Wide shot of the Enterprise in space
2. Captain's Log, blah blah
3. Bunch of people standing around talking about crap
4. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
5. Beam down to the planet, meet new species
6. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
7. Get into a misunderstanding with new species
8. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
9. Come to a resolution with new species through talking it over and mutual understanding
10. Oh wait, that's not going to work, we have to come up with some imaginative copout that's never been tried before to resolve the situation.
11.
The new Enterprise show had LOTS of potential. The cast was top notch, all young, attractive, dynamic actors with lots of potential. The first show was promising with lots of ACTION and edgyness. The villians and new species were dynamic and mean, showing a dark side to them not seen in a few years since the franschise is often sterlized and over idealistic.
But after the first few shows, the story faded. The show reverted back to 30 year old story lines. Time travelling must have lost half of the audience.
So how would you fix the show? Are the producers too afraid to alienate the loyal fan base extremists?
First off I would put more violence into the show, get rid of the tired old segwey's and plot structure that was laid out above. Time travelling is forbidden. The show needs to exist on its on, in it's own time. Put a couple of hot chicks in there but don't make it so obvious with silly body suits. The vulcan chick for example did an outstanding performance, so no need to push her into the sexpot role.
Get back to the common themes of conflict between people. Something we can all relate to. Put more infighting into the show. Let us see characters die and feel bad that they do. And get rid of that tired old, BORING synthesizer music already.
Not everybody has to get along or feel safe all the time.
That's the main problem with Star Trek.
It's too safe.
It seems to me there that the formula for Star Trek needs to be thrown out the window completely. Lots of you are probably all, "duh."
The gritty, edgy theme of Battlestar Galactica seems to have it right. Not just sci fi geeks can watch this show. I thought Battlestar would be lame but when I watched the movie, I was instantly hooked. It was fresh, fun, and gritty.
As for Star Trek, I'm tired of the:
1. Wide shot of the Enterprise in space
2. Captain's Log, blah blah
3. Bunch of people standing around talking about crap
4. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
5. Beam down to the planet, meet new species
6. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
7. Get into a misunderstanding with new species
8. Boring, uninspired synthesizer music, segwey to next scene
9. Come to a resolution with new species through talking it over and mutual understanding
10. Oh wait, that's not going to work, we have to come up with some imaginative copout that's never been tried before to resolve the situation.
11.
The new Enterprise show had LOTS of potential. The cast was top notch, all young, attractive, dynamic actors with lots of potential. The first show was promising with lots of ACTION and edgyness. The villians and new species were dynamic and mean, showing a dark side to them not seen in a few years since the franschise is often sterlized and over idealistic.
But after the first few shows, the story faded. The show reverted back to 30 year old story lines. Time travelling must have lost half of the audience.
So how would you fix the show? Are the producers too afraid to alienate the loyal fan base extremists?
First off I would put more violence into the show, get rid of the tired old segwey's and plot structure that was laid out above. Time travelling is forbidden. The show needs to exist on its on, in it's own time. Put a couple of hot chicks in there but don't make it so obvious with silly body suits. The vulcan chick for example did an outstanding performance, so no need to push her into the sexpot role.
Get back to the common themes of conflict between people. Something we can all relate to. Put more infighting into the show. Let us see characters die and feel bad that they do. And get rid of that tired old, BORING synthesizer music already.
Not everybody has to get along or feel safe all the time.
That's the main problem with Star Trek.
It's too safe.
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