The Source Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 For the past year, The Star Trek Franchise has been in jeopardy. As a Rodenberry Purest, I watched the Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Original Series. After Rodenberry departed, the franchise fell into hands of people who don't understand Roddenberry's dream. Rodenberry's son was not intrested in his dad's buisness. As a son of a former buisness owner, I can understand escaping my father's legacy. Star War and Star Trek has been apart of all our lives. Within both series, they express a philosophy of deversity, adventure, psychology, literature, and possibilities. A few days ago, I received word that Paramount is being seperated into two companies. After the cancellation of Enterprise, the writers and a few actors created the show Threshold. Upon reading my email, Threshold was cancelled. Threshold was created by the same writers that made the Star Trek Franchise sink. They lack the Rodenberry Philosophy, and they are shortsighted in what the future holds. ABC was the original owners of Star Trek, and several of us are hoping they will return home. ABC is an affiliate of Paramount, and they are also a part of the breakup. If you have been paying attention, there is a television network called UPN. A few days ago, I did some research into why they are changing their name to 'U'. It turns out that Paramount Network is departing the relationship with their partners. Paramount disagrees with the new TV lineup, which is focused on a specific group of people. From what I understand, Paramount wants to catter to all walks of life. However, the other owners 'United', the 'U' in 'UPN', don't want to cross bounderies. Star Trek was cancelled because of this new direction. Next, the WWE is not being renewed for 2006. Because of this massive mess, Star Trek's fate is now on a string. StarTrek.com's designers and edditors are fighting to keep the site up and runing. However, they admit their future is very limited. Keep you eye out in the next few months, for their is no doubt going to be more information about Star Trek's fate... Threshold Cancelled: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/14873.html When I find the links again, I will post them here for you to read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir-Vlada Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 There must be a way to get Star Trek up and running. Those jerk's aren't going to get away with it, I can tell you. We just need to make a great big kick in the a** and off they go. Sadly, there is nothing I can do... Except make a plan and organise a protest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Star Trek isn't dead, it's on vacation. They are planning another series, though it's not scheduled to start production until 2010 at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 Star Trek isn't dead, it's on vacation. They are planning another series, though it's not scheduled to start production until 2010 at the earliest. From what I have read, they are in pretty bad shape. I know they are not dead gone, but they are very close to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 IMO, Star Trek should take a nice long break. They spammed too many series and everyone is starting to get tired of it. Taking a break so they can start with a fresh new serie would be much better then trying to salvage some remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 ^That's what most fans want them to do, but some want them to do an animated series. *shudders* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Yup, ST, while I do love it, does need a break (insert stupid Friends joke here) they just reuse too much stuff to keep it from going stale. Simple solution: Relinquish complete control of the franchise to me (one of my previous hobies was sketching ST ships [lame]) I've got enough plot, character, and environment ideas to take the series where no producer has gone before, but who's gonna listen to me:D (Picture a Daedelas class starship with the secondary hull cut, four square nacelles sticking out the back, 5 meters of armor plating, and an array of torpedo launchers covering the front of the sphere...then picture 40 of these ships forming a blockade, and you'll get an idea of where I'd take the series;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 IMO, Star Trek should take a nice long break. They spammed too many series and everyone is starting to get tired of it. Taking a break so they can start with a fresh new serie would be much better then trying to salvage some remains. Quoted for emphasis! @RJM, I think everyone who is a Trek fan has an ideal ship... mines an Avenger Class Heavy Frigate (Like The Reliant from TwoK), Advanced Smart Metal Armor/Hull, Triple Shielding, Romulan Cloaking Device, 7 Dual Heavy Phaser Banks, 4 Phaser Cannons, 4 Gatling Torpedo Launchers, and 2 Romulan Plasma-R Torpedo Launchers, not to mention it can launch 24 Killer Bee Fighter Pods. Oh yeah and you can just hear the beer/soda cans rattling around when the ship has to come to an emergency stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 IMO, Star Trek should take a nice long break. Totally agree. Being a huge Trek fan, I'm dissapointed with how things are going. If they are smart, they will wait at least 5 years, let some new ideas come, and hire a new writting staff. I think the biggest problem with Trek is that they ran out of ideas. Many of the creative people have been around since TNG! Time for some new blood, I say. I read, I think at startrek.com, a while back that SpikeTV was going to play Voyager. I hope its true, though its my least favourite Trek series. I love watching DS9 on Spike. When it first aired, they played it at midnight over here. I never got to watch many of the episodes because I had school the next day. Its a lot better show than people give it credit for, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I gave up on trek a long time ago. No need to beat a dead horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenGoblin Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I've been a Trek fan as long as I can remember, so the state of the current franchise is definitely dissapointing, but the producers have nobody to blame but themselves. There's definitely been a lack of focus that I think came in and hurt Voyager badly after a promising start and helped to shoot Enterprise in the foot from the get-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I watched TNG a little it was good. Don't hope for an ABC-Star Trek team. Network and SciFi don't mix. They'll get your hopes up you'll get into the show then they'll cancel it within a year or less. Name one time when it hasn't happened. The best hope for any Sci-fi show is syndication or UPN. Remember TNG was on for what 8 or 9 years(longer?) syndicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Feh. The only Star Trek I was really ever that keen on was DS9. DS9 and Voyager are the only two that don't suck completely, IMHO. TNG's main problem was the fascination with inventing new particles every damn episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Trek needs a break, especially after the demon spawn that was Enterprise. If they can manage to come up with a series as good as Babylon 5, though, it'd be fine for them to give it a bit of a run. But I fear they'll **** up and make another craptastic series like DS9 or Enterprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenGoblin Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I actually thought DS9 was pretty damn good during war with the Dominion, the only episodes I really didn't like were the Bajoran and wormhole prophet ones (of which there were far too many of). I certainly wouldn't compare it to Enterprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I'm from the only city in the U.S. that decided to have reruns of TNG on instead of David Letterman every night. As you can imagine, I'm pretty fond of TNG... I say they just show reruns of TNG for the "new" series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 There's a geek city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montnoir Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hey y'all, what was wrong with Enterprise? DS9 and Voyager was where they lost focus and went off from Roddenberry's vision. They brought something of that old-school feel back, for Enterprise. As for TNG movies, I long thought First Contact was the best one (due to its bleak and dark mood), but recently I've changed my mind. Insurrection is teh roX, a perfect merge of mystery sci-fi old and new. Nemesis blew really much, I still can't understand how it went so horribly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom750 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I like most of the Star Trek but some were better than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 Totally agree. Being a huge Trek fan, I'm dissapointed with how things are going. If they are smart, they will wait at least 5 years, let some new ideas come, and hire a new writting staff. I think the biggest problem with Trek is that they ran out of ideas. Many of the creative people have been around since TNG! Time for some new blood, I say. I read, I think at startrek.com, a while back that SpikeTV was going to play Voyager. I hope its true, though its my least favourite Trek series. I love watching DS9 on Spike. When it first aired, they played it at midnight over here. I never got to watch many of the episodes because I had school the next day. Its a lot better show than people give it credit for, in my opinion. I agree... They need a long, long, long break similar to the one between Star Trek: Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Hey y'all, what was wrong with Enterprise? DS9 and Voyager was where they lost focus and went off from Roddenberry's vision. They brought something of that old-school feel back, for Enterprise. As for TNG movies, I long thought First Contact was the best one (due to its bleak and dark mood), but recently I've changed my mind. Insurrection is teh roX, a perfect merge of mystery sci-fi old and new. Nemesis blew really much, I still can't understand how it went so horribly wrong. By the time Enterprise came around, Star Trek was allready making people tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I actually thought DS9 was pretty damn good during war with the Dominion, the only episodes I really didn't like were the Bajoran and wormhole prophet ones (of which there were far too many of). I certainly wouldn't compare it to Enterprise. I liked those eps, myself. The one's I found dull were all of the Maquis ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenGoblin Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Hey y'all, what was wrong with Enterprise? Lack of direction. I thought they had some really kickass elements to work with and create a really good show, but the producers never seemed quite sure of where they were going and it weighed the series down from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MdKnightR Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 some want them to do an animated series. *shudders* Oh hell, I hope they don't! Especially since it might end up in anime *shudders**shudders* (typed twice for emphasis!) [off topic] Insane Sith, who is that in your Avatar image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenGoblin Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I liked those eps, myself. The one's I found dull were all of the Maquis ones... I only liked the last one, when they all got wiped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montnoir Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 There already is a Star Trek Animated. Hint: It's quite old. I see what you mean with the lack of direction for Enterprise, Green Goblin. Still it was better and imo had more interesting stuff than Voyager and DS9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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