Star Trek

when oh when is the next TV series coming out  surely someone out there is interested. 

I've heard they might to a TV series based on the universe as it now stands from the 2009 movie. GOD I HOPE NOT!!!!! I will NOT watch it at all if they pull that crap!

Its going to be around or after TNG, DS9, VOY

Folks, folks, folks. There is nothing being planned right now in any official capacity. Nothing. At all. Period. 

Please, not another "we need a new series" thread! I thought we had gotten over this!  

I"ve been watching star trek pretty much my whole life & was dissappointed when the "Enterprise series stoped at season 4 now theres a real load of freakin crapp & if you ask me while the thought of picking up where 'Star Trek the original series left may infact be appealing to some people I also still think it would be a good idea to take a whole new direction for the future besides time continuem they really should've put more work into "Enterprise because it did have the potential to suceed then they just cut it out all together.

I just wish there was a new show to discuss at least there is a movie to look forward to

Actually, I really enjoyed the new Star Trek. I thought it was a fresh take on things, and with it happening in an alternate timeline, pretty much anything could go. I didn't really care for Enterprise, except for where Brent Spiner played Arik Soong in that 3 episode arc with the Augments. The doctor was cool though (gotta love that smile), and I thought the final episode was well written. Overall, I liked TNG the best with TOS a close second and VOY taking third and DS9 fourth.

If they did make a series, what would you want it to be like? Would it still be told from the view of a Federation person? Would it feature the Enterprise?

Personally, I think it would be interesting to cycle the view between different characters from different species. Like a Cardassian rebuilding their home after the Klingon invasion and a Romulan survivor coming to terms with the destruction of their world and who's to blame for it. Each week could focus on one person and their actions, then as everything progressed, you realize how their actions are affecting other situations and it sort of all comes together as one big story at the end. Kinda like the butterfly effect combined with threads of fate. Just some thoughts.

Here's my idea:

The setting is in the Alpha/Beta Quadrants from 2387 onward. Basically, it depicts happenings in the region following the destruction of Romulus. The Romulans are having tons of problems, both political (they lost their capital world, after all) and not (Klingons are invading?). Tons of other powers, both known and unknown, are taking advantage of the chaos, and the Federation tries to stay afloat during all of this.

The show should be set on the USS Resolute (preferably an escort, perhaps an Akira- or Norway-class) that's travelling the region doing missions for Starfleet, and which keeps getting dragged into conflicts between opposing factions. It wouldn't do a lot of exploring, but it would frequently encounter previously unknown races that are beseiging the region.

Characters: must have a non-human captain. Gender doesn't matter to me. I would like to see an exotic-looking alien in the senior staff; perhaps a Bolian, Andorian, or Cardassian. Someone whose race has their own agenda, and who must choose between helping his/her people or the Federation (like Worf).

What do you think?

Not a bad idea...but not something I'd buy into for a new series in the Star Trek universe either. It sounds more like a good idea for a novel mini-series. It has all of the elements of that medium. 

A couple of comments, which are based entirely on my own tastes...so it's not to be taken personally or as an insult on your creative thoughts...

1. I don't really get into Star Trek when it's about intergalactic politics and the relationships between the Federation and other powers. Although I liked DS9, I liked it because it was fresh and different. Another series dealing with a complex political landscape and constant conflict would be repetitive.

2. "Not a lot of exploring would be done." Again, to me this is the exact opposite of the direction I'd go in. For me, if a new Trek series is going to capture the magic again, it needs to get back to the sense of wonder and the pioneering spirit of exploring the unknown.

3. There's a focus on alien characters in your idea that strikes me more like something the novels would focus on rather than something that would work on TV. The purpose of alien characters in Star Trek is to sprinkle in a different perspective to show humanity through a different lens. Star Trek started to get off-track when that philosophy shifted to "lets have alien characters because it's sci-fi coolish to have alien characters."

4. I very much disagree with needing an alien captain. Strikes me as "let's be different for the sake of being different." The captain in each series is THE represetation of humanity (which, afterall, is what Trek is supposed to be about). I don't see how an alien captain does anything other than turn the audience off by not having a relatable hero or character making the decisions and leading the team.

5. I think it's time to get back to having a capital ship be the star of the show. I've had enough of the "little ship that could" motif (Defiant, Voyager, NX-01). It's been done to death. Lets get back to having a deep space explorer or a heavy cruiser type ship which can be a large, varied and intersting environment to base the series around. I always liked the Enterprise D's "community in space" idea.

The crews and captains are human becase Star Trek is supposed to be about humanity, not about sci-fi geekgasm "how many aliens can we have" stuff. That is the very basis of the show. Aliens are present to act as counterpoints or unique viewpoints into the human condition...not to satisfy the sci-fi fan need for cool alien characters.

The crews and captains are human becase Star Trek is supposed to be about humanity, not about sci-fi geekgasm "how many aliens can we have" stuff. That is the very basis of the show. Aliens are present to act as counterpoints or unique viewpoints into the human condition...not to satisfy the sci-fi fan need for cool alien characters.

Depends on the episodes. Costuming takes money, so usually for budget reasons they only focus on a few species at a time as far as secondary/background people go, cause you still have the main aliens and special effects to pay for too. I always just figured they were working away on duty somewhere.

The Federation does tend to have a lot of humans in the ranks, but it is based in Earth, and allies wouldn't necessarily send people to Starfleet as some have their own schools.

I'd love to jump ahead years (like to the year 4056 or something), have a ship make a brief tour of the galaxy and known races for a shakedown so we can see where things are at, then explore a new galaxy as they're tracking down some signal or something. I think it'd be a nice change of pace for the captain to be a halfbreed like Spock or Torres.