A New Trek show: your ideas.

[rustisstrikesagain]

OK i was having a chat with a mate of mine and sooner or later there will be a new Trek series. its one of those things that wont be left alone.

Now what would you like to see.

Myself i'd have a totally different format, borrowing off the brilliant Firefly.

Setting: In the alpha quadrant x years after the dominion war so the alpha quarant is in disarray.

The story is set around a civillian crew of a transport ship, that does smuggling and private 'jobs' as well as honest work.

The ship is something like this: www.bolarus.de/sibs/ship/pic/jenolan.jpg

a beaten up lightly armed (privatly modified wink) ex federation ship.

The crew is made up of ex maquis freedom fighters and other oddballs is naturally skeptical of the Federation.

I think this be a cool idea to see the trek universe from the ordinary persons point of view while having all the ingredients of a good adventure.

over to you.

[Scifishocks]

I, personally, think Trek has been done to death and I've pretty much lost interest in the whole idea. It should be remembered for what it was and allowed to die, not constantly resurrected with different series characters but, basically, the same plotlines.
'Enterprise' showed a bit of promise but fell back on the same old cliches in the end.
I want to see something new. Something gritty and with some measure of realism.
Like Aliens:the Series. But not, obviously (that wouldn't work).
With characters you can give a crap about, not slightly different versions of ones in other similar series.
Can't see it happening, though... not in the 'Trek' universe, anyway.

[poyks]

I definitely like the idea of the Alpha quadrant in disarray trying to pick up the pieces, with enemy factions still trying to fight the cause, a kind of Iraq style metaphor.

I think the main problem is the lack of Mr Roddenberry, he was the one who literally created the grittiness needed. Rick Berman and co. certainly did a great job carrying on for a while, but that's when the soap opera element set in, and it's not meant to be like that.