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Post by icecreamdf on Feb 26, 2016 4:10:15 GMT
Well, depending on the era/timeline the new show is set in, maybe Worf can guest star at some point. Truth be told as much as I like the character (his DS9 kickass persona in particular), I'd like them to steer clear from having any familiar faces return. I'd be perfectly happy having Dorn return to direct an episode, he does a damn good job when they use him. I think they should steer clear of having familiar faces return at first, but if the show is successful for a few years, it would be cool to occassionally bring back an old character.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 5:36:54 GMT
Truth be told as much as I like the character (his DS9 kickass persona in particular), I'd like them to steer clear from having any familiar faces return. I'd be perfectly happy having Dorn return to direct an episode, he does a damn good job when they use him. I think they should steer clear of having familiar faces return at first, but if the show is successful for a few years, it would be cool to occassionally bring back an old character. Like Scotty in Relics? Yeah, I completely agree. It'd be cool to see how these characters have changed and evolved during the intervening years, assuming that still takes place either in the twenty-fourth century or via time travel.
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Post by icecreamdf on Feb 26, 2016 15:45:40 GMT
I think they should steer clear of having familiar faces return at first, but if the show is successful for a few years, it would be cool to occassionally bring back an old character. Like Scotty in Relics? Yeah, I completely agree. It'd be cool to see how these characters have changed and evolved during the intervening years, assuming that still takes place either in the twenty-fourth century or via time travel. Even if it takes place a century later, Worf (and Odo, Dax, the Doctor, etc.) is pretty long lived.
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Post by The Matt on Feb 26, 2016 22:05:08 GMT
Nicholas Meyer has signed on to the new series!!!! Things are looking better and better
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Post by icecreamdf on Feb 27, 2016 3:06:42 GMT
Nicholas Meyer has signed on to the new series!!!! Things are looking better and better fiddlesticks yes!
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Post by glutamodo on Feb 27, 2016 5:24:33 GMT
Seriously? Yes I'd say that was good news!
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Feb 27, 2016 7:15:27 GMT
Yup. Great news about Nicholas Meyer joining the show. My interest is really growing.
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Post by The Matt on Mar 3, 2016 22:07:58 GMT
I see Rod Roddenberry and Roddenberry Entertainment COO Trevor Roth have signed on the new show as executive producers.
Interesting.....
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Post by icecreamdf on Mar 4, 2016 17:38:55 GMT
I see Rod Roddenberry and Roddenberry Entertainment COO Trevor Roth have signed on the new show as executive producers. Interesting..... I just hope that Rod isn't as tied to the whole "no conflict" concept that his father imposed.
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Post by The Matt on Mar 4, 2016 20:45:07 GMT
I'm hoping not as well. I guess it depends how much influence his name allows over the show as a whole?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 20:48:31 GMT
I see Rod Roddenberry and Roddenberry Entertainment COO Trevor Roth have signed on the new show as executive producers. Interesting..... I just hope that Rod isn't as tied to the whole "no conflict" concept that his father imposed. He's been very vocally a defender of the Abrams films so I doubt thats even a slight concern. He was not, as his documentary Trek Nation shows, especially close to his father who died when he was only 17. Rod hadn't even seen Star Trek growing up. I don't think he'll be some kind of purist fundamentalist.
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Post by icecreamdf on Mar 4, 2016 21:13:18 GMT
I just hope that Rod isn't as tied to the whole "no conflict" concept that his father imposed. He's been very vocally a defender of the Abrams films so I doubt thats even a slight concern. He was not, as his documentary Trek Nation shows, especially close to his father who died when he was only 17. Rod hadn't even seen Star Trek growing up. I don't think he'll be some kind of purist fundamentalist. That's good. Well, obviously its not good that he wasn't closse to his fatheer, but you know what I mean. As I understand it, Gene Roddenberry's influence is part of the reason that TNG was so terrible at first.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 21:23:20 GMT
He's been very vocally a defender of the Abrams films so I doubt thats even a slight concern. He was not, as his documentary Trek Nation shows, especially close to his father who died when he was only 17. Rod hadn't even seen Star Trek growing up. I don't think he'll be some kind of purist fundamentalist. That's good. Well, obviously its not good that he wasn't closse to his fatheer, but you know what I mean. As I understand it, Gene Roddenberry's influence is part of the reason that TNG was so terrible at first. From what I've seen and read, you're 100% right. His influence past Season 1 was minimal and even in the year before his death executives were taking decisions then telling him later as he was always arguing. Interestingly though, for Dark Shadows fans, the man who nearly got the gig ahead of Stewart was Mitch Ryan/Burke Devlin. Yaphet Koppo from Alien, Live And Let Died and Homicide was 2nd choice with Stewart only 3rd.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 12:56:09 GMT
That's good. Well, obviously its not good that he wasn't closse to his fatheer, but you know what I mean. As I understand it, Gene Roddenberry's influence is part of the reason that TNG was so terrible at first. From what I've seen and read, you're 100% right. His influence past Season 1 was minimal and even in the year before his death executives were taking decisions then telling him later as he was always arguing. Interestingly though, for Dark Shadows fans, the man who nearly got the gig ahead of Stewart was Mitch Ryan/Burke Devlin. Yaphet Koppo from Alien, Live And Let Died and Homicide was 2nd choice with Stewart only 3rd. Gene Roddenberry fell into that unfortunate George Lucas rut where after a certain point their vision had begun to damage the very legacy that they'd hoped to preserve. Mind you, I'm told quite frequently that executive producer Rick Berman tended to fill that role after Roddenberry had left us, turning promising series like Voyager and Enterprise into unintelligable messes. Huh, that's a rather fascinating look into what might have been, I can't really imagine what either would have looked like sitting in the captain's chair. While doing a nice turn as Kyle Riker, Mitchell Ryan would have been fit the traditional Kirk mould easier than Stewart with maybe a character that took a shade or two from Robert Culp or maybe Leslie Neilson's captain character from Forbidden Planet. It might be his preexisting role colouring my perspective, but he and Riker would have made for an interesting father/son, mentor/trainee dynamic. Ponderous, but willing and able to resort to violence as a first resort. I reckon Yaphet Kotto maybe would have worked better as a supporting cast member, watching him in Alien, The Thomas Crown Affair and Live and Let Die leads me to believe that he really didn't have the charisma the part needed. You needed someone like Sidney Poitier or post-shave Avery Brooks to really to make the role viable.
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Post by The Matt on Mar 5, 2016 21:33:12 GMT
That's good. Well, obviously its not good that he wasn't closse to his fatheer, but you know what I mean. As I understand it, Gene Roddenberry's influence is part of the reason that TNG was so terrible at first. From what I've seen and read, you're 100% right. His influence past Season 1 was minimal and even in the year before his death executives were taking decisions then telling him later as he was always arguing. Interestingly though, for Dark Shadows fans, the man who nearly got the gig ahead of Stewart was Mitch Ryan/Burke Devlin. Yaphet Koppo from Alien, Live And Let Died and Homicide was 2nd choice with Stewart only 3rd. I'm glad Yaphet Koppo didn't get it, he was one of the weaker actors in the homicide ensemble IMO. However if they'd offered it to Andre Braugher then that would have been awesome
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 1:53:38 GMT
I like Koppo a lot but I can't see him in that vanilla, bland early couple of years of TNG.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 11:44:27 GMT
I like Koppo a lot but I can't see him in that vanilla, bland early couple of years of TNG. Barring maybe Conspiracy, but then I can totally see Janeway, Sisko or even Kirk in that story. Oh, god, can you imagine him having to do "Code of Honour"?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 21:33:26 GMT
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Post by icecreamdf on Apr 13, 2016 22:51:42 GMT
Apparently each season will be set in a different era. Unless its either a time travel show, or a Blackadder style show, that probably means that we will get a different crew every year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 23:24:42 GMT
I just read that too here: birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/13/the-new-star-trek-tv-show-will-be-set-before-the-next-generationInteresting move if so. It would allow for stronger more contained stories and potentially some big casting in the leads. A bigger star may not commit to the standard 7 year Trek run but a one season mini? Sounds more attractive. Effectively then this would be American Horror Story with Trek. A rather odd but potentially fascinating idea. With the era/location jumping we could end up with some very fresh original Trek.
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