Posted on 06/19/2006 5:51:29 PM PDT by KevinDavis
In 2004, television producer Bryce Zabel (The Crow: Stairway to Heaven) and fellow producer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) had an idea to "reboot" Star Trek—an idea that ultimately never came to fruition, though it caught the attention of Trek fans. Since then, the news has emerged that Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams is developing his own take on Star Trek for a proposed 11th film. And Zabel has chosen to post the 14-page treatment he and Straczynski developed on his own blog so that fans can finally get a look at the Trek that might have been.
The treatment called for a re-imagining of the original series, centering on the three main characters of Kirk, Spock and McCoy, set on the U.S.S. Enterprise on its first five-year mission. Zabel told SCI FI Wire that the show would reset the mythology to "start a new 'Universe B' which would be free to move in new directions as needed and yet allow us to work with the classic characters that all fans love and cherish. The best of all worlds, if you will."
As for the ship's mission, Zabel said the new mission would be "oriented toward discovering the truth behind an ancient life that appears to have had a hand in creating the numerous humanoid species throughout the universe. That would have been the over-mission, which would have steered the Enterprise into finding its share of new worlds and civilizations just the same."
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Picard was also French. It showed in his battle tactics. The Feringi would be firing on the Enterprise and instead of firing back, he would open hailing frequencies to find out why they are firing on him. True French.
I remember that epoisode.
At last! Somebody else who's read that!
I noticed in the promos that the new Superman takes a bullet in the eye. No harm ... he's Superman, don'tcha know...
Ding, ding, ding...That's the one!
I enjoyed it because it was one of the few where you didn't see where the story was going within the first ten minutes.
Just saw it again day before yesterday on ca cable rerun.
Yep, Picard had a spine of Jell-O, but the character made some improvements over the years. By the time TNG ended, Picard had at least one 'nad. Personally, I would have preferred Riker or Worf as the head honchos on that roundup.
On the other hand, DS9 evolved nicely with good plots, character development, and some ripping good action - it was more like classic Trek. Heck, I really grew to like the Ferengi in DS9.
A little humor on booze and the Star Trek series.
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