Hypothetical new Star Trek show

[clearspira]

Live Action Lower Decks

I think that'll suck tbh. You simply cannot do with actors what you can with cartoon characters. Look at that crossover episode of SNW. That wasn't LD - that was a cosplay.

[McAvoy]

Live Action Lower Decks

I think that'll suck tbh. You simply cannot do with actors what you can with cartoon characters. Look at that crossover episode of SNW. That wasn't LD - that was a cosplay.

I felt it worked. But only worked for that episode. I don't think having live action Lower Decks for a series is that it would have be toned down. If not it would trend way to close to becoming parody.

[McAvoy]

Watched a video on YouTube about the making of Star Trek 6 today. Star Trek Excelsior was brought up and I forgot about the fan push for it. We ended up getting Enterprise.

Excelsior would have worked IMO. Oh well.

However, a 2025 series based in the early 24th century sounds good but it won't look like what it should. We won't the TNG era style of sets. We will see Discovery style sets. We may not even see TNG style looking ships either.

[hammerofglass]

Live Action Lower Decks

I think that'll suck tbh. You simply cannot do with actors what you can with cartoon characters. Look at that crossover episode of SNW. That wasn't LD - that was a cosplay.

I felt it worked. But only worked for that episode. I don't think having live action Lower Decks for a series is that it would have be toned down. If not it would trend way to close to becoming parody.

And even in that episode the wackier bits were animated.

[McAvoy]

Live Action Lower Decks

I think that'll suck tbh. You simply cannot do with actors what you can with cartoon characters. Look at that crossover episode of SNW. That wasn't LD - that was a cosplay.

I felt it worked. But only worked for that episode. I don't think having live action Lower Decks for a series is that it would have be toned down. If not it would trend way to close to becoming parody.

And even in that episode the wackier bits were animated.

Yes. IMO I always felt we are not supposed to take Lower Decks as literally as we would for a live action show. It's a animated Trek comedy show. Like when characters directly mention something that they honestly shouldn't call it like Galaxy's Child when Boimler was talking about spacefaring beings. That's a wink to the audience.

We did see how a show with Picard Season 3 where there was constant references to previous Trek media. Sometimes it flows and sometimes it doesn't.

[Al-1701]

I actually had an idea to go the Voyager route only one step further. A Federation Starship is sent to investigate raids on shipping in a remote area of the galaxy. They discover the raider is a ship of unknown design. They give chase and pass through a portal to end up in the Larger Magellanic Cloud. The raider escapes, but they had find a larger ship of similar design attacking another ship. It then starts to attack them and the battle comes down to the megaphasers the starship carries which overloads the hostile's defenses and but they destroy themselves once disabled.

The people on the attacked ship explains these raiders are newcomers, having never been seen before. However, they have been setting up bases across the galaxy and building something big. Eventually, it is learned the raiders are from the Andromeda Galaxy and are using the LMC as a staging area for their invasion of the Milky Way Galaxy. They briefly end up in the Andromeda Galaxy to discover a fleet of hundreds of thousands of ships ready to invade.

To stop the invasion of the Federation (as that would be the first part of the Milky Way they would enter), they destroy the portal device as the fleet is in transit. Stranded in the LMC, the ship has been giving a mission by Starfleet before contact is lost: Survey and Catalogue the LMC and make contact with its warp-capable races. If they find a way to bridge the galaxies again, they will be heralded as heroes. If not, they these new galaxy is their home.

However, the Andromedans will not take stopping their invasion lying down.

[phantom000]

How about a Federation ship trying to play peace keeper in a post-Dominion Gamma quadrant? They would be dealing with inter-species relations the mysteries of this region of the galaxy and a lot of bitter feelings from centuries of abuse and exploitation by the Founders.

[Durandal_1707]

There are a lot of possibilities that would work well, but in the present moment, Jeri Ryan is here, she's still as fantastic as she ever was, she's willing to do a show, and her last outing was enthusiastically received. It would be criminal for them not to make a show about Captain Seven on the Enterprise-G.

[McAvoy]

There are a lot of possibilities that would work well, but in the present moment, Jeri Ryan is here, she's still as fantastic as she ever was, she's willing to do a show, and her last outing was enthusiastically received. It would be criminal for them not to make a show about Captain Seven on the Enterprise-G.

If they do Star Trek Legacy they need to cut down on the fan service. Cut down the references as much as possible. Avoid bringing in the legacy characters as much as possible. I mean, maybe could have Tim Russ come back as Tuvok as Seven's direct superior. I can buy into that. Maybe have Admiral Janeway show up for the first episode.

Change the design of the Enterprise-G to a different ship. A more impressive one. How Picard ended, with the Enterprise-D back in the Museum, Enterprise-E having a mysterious end and the Enterprise-F having like a ten second cameo. It just seems to be like such a big downgrade for the Enterprise-G to be a renamed ship of a inferior looking design.

[hammerofglass]

There are a lot of possibilities that would work well, but in the present moment, Jeri Ryan is here, she's still as fantastic as she ever was, she's willing to do a show, and her last outing was enthusiastically received. It would be criminal for them not to make a show about Captain Seven on the Enterprise-G.

If they do Star Trek Legacy they need to cut down on the fan service. Cut down the references as much as possible. Avoid bringing in the legacy characters as much as possible. I mean, maybe could have Tim Russ come back as Tuvok as Seven's direct superior. I can buy into that. Maybe have Admiral Janeway show up for the first episode.

Change the design of the Enterprise-G to a different ship. A more impressive one. How Picard ended, with the Enterprise-D back in the Museum, Enterprise-E having a mysterious end and the Enterprise-F having like a ten second cameo. It just seems to be like such a big downgrade for the Enterprise-G to be a renamed ship of a inferior looking design.

Hell that ship was a big downgrade of the original Titan, too. Especially coming right after how Lower Decks made it so awesome. Somebody in production had it out for the poor thing.