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The question of the day: Do you miss Star Trek???
1 posted on 04/21/2006 4:44:11 AM PDT by KevinDavis
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In a way, Yes. The problem I feel is this: Stop going retro, And start moving towards the future.


48 posted on 04/21/2006 8:13:58 AM PDT by desherwood7
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The question of the day: Do you miss Star Trek???

Two fan groups, Starship Exeter and New Voyages, are making Original Series-style fan episodes on a shoestring budget. New Voyages is even getting original series actors and writers to work on their episodes. Also, Deep Space 9 and Enterprise had episodes with the crew dressed in original series uniforms. So what I want to know is what Paramount is waiting for. Why can't they make some 1960s-style butt-kicking Kirk-style Original Series Star Trek? Yes, I know they botched their licensing agreement with Franz Joseph so they don't have total control over the Original Series designs, but these fan shows demonstrate that it's possible to make new Original Series style Star Trek now.

(Yes, I know those fan films are going to horrify some Star Trek fans. I'm not claiming they are perfect, though I do think they are pretty impressive for what they are -- amateur fan films. What I'd like to see is Paramount take a stab at doing the same sort of thing professionally without injecting Next Generationisms into it like they did with Enterprise.)

Another option would be for Paramount to take the soundtracks from the animated Star Trek series and reanimate them with modern (possibly computer generated) animation. The soundtracks include decent sound effects and music along with the voices of most of the original crew but the animation is horrible.

Basically, what I want is more Original Series Trek.

52 posted on 04/21/2006 2:13:32 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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Do any of you remember a short lived series called star lost?
60 posted on 04/21/2006 8:49:05 PM PDT by WhirlwindAttack (It's time to start the revolution, take no prisoners)
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