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Old 05-15-2005, 05:14 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by exizldelfuego
willtravel, I actually was remembering admiral janeway from nemesis, but I just wasn't sure. I've seen so much in such a short time frame that my memory could have been conglomerating things. Thanks for the re-assurance.

As for the possibility of future Star Trek movies, I'd say that the absence of Star Trek on TV makes more ST movies inevitable. The reason why earlier ST movies did so well (I'm uhhh.... assuming they did well because I don't really know that) was that the fans were hungry for ST when there was none on TV. And I'd venture the guess that the biggest reason why the latest ST movies haven't been so well received is that there HAS been ST on TV. And every ST has had 1hr long episodes. So a movie is really just a 2-episode arc with an increased budget - nothing to get too worked up about. But now that there won't be any more on TV, the movies have another chance to shine.

What'll be weird though is how they create a new star trek story without drawing on characters whose star trek chapter has since come to a close. I've heard rumor that a concept for a new ST movie in circulation is another pre-federation storyline, but without the cast of Enterprise. And in this case, a completely new cast is almost a necessity. It almost makes you wonder if the next Star Trek series is about a decade out, giving them enough time to assemble a new cast and crew, endear them to the world through a few full-length movies, and then turn them loose on TV. Now that'd be doing things in reverse.

You have a very good point there, Star Trek has usually been a victim of it's own success. TNG was taken off air because networks no longer wished to buy episodes as they had hundreds in stock, the market was saturated with a plethora of merchandise, and it could no longer continue as a series. The series torch was taken over by DS9 (which, incidently, only got good when they started flying around the place, not sitting) and then by voyager.

Star trek series also have the problem of they suck in the first few series. The characters always take a few years to settle into one another, and the show premise before the writers can really start taking advantage of everything. Enterprise was just starting to get good, i've been glued to my seat over the past few episodes instead of channel wandering like i did in series 2+3 (series 1 always got my attention because it was new).

If they bring out a star trek movie, hopefully they will have the good enough sense to bring it out after voyager in the timeline, and we'll get to see all the nifty new technology. This was always the fun bit about the show, all the gadgets getting smaller and better.



As people mentioned before, Stargate has taken a huge fanbase. I myself am now a devoted gater, then a trekkie. However, season 9 of stargate looks to be the last (don't quote me, it was meant to end at season 6), and after that there will only be atlantis.

If they do decide to bring out another series at some point in the future, they will only have 1 stargate show to contend with, not two.


I'm waiting on star trek 11, whenever the hell they decide to bring it out. They also better sort out some better CGI than enterprise damnit!
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