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New Online Star Trek Series in 2017

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 03 2015, @05:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-no-internets-have-gone-before dept.

VLM writes:

Cut and pasted shamelessly from StarTrek.com:

"CBS Television Studios announced today it will launch a totally new Star Trek television series in January 2017."

"The brand-new Star Trek will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966."

"The new television series is not related to the upcoming feature film Star Trek Beyond which is scheduled to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in summer 2016."

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday November 03 2015, @09:02PM

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Tuesday November 03 2015, @09:02PM (#258133)

    Ug, "Rehash" is the right term for this sort of thing.

    One of the things I enjoy most about watching a science fiction show is exploring the universe someone has created.

    Unfortunately, Star Trek has been throughly beaten inside out and run through the ringer. Why not just create something new? Similar? Sure. Part of the exact same story? No. Do they have to have this specific branding for merchandise?

    There are all kinds of crazy and interesting directions a new sci-fi show could take, but limiting it to a well known and threshed out universe is boring.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2015, @09:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 03 2015, @09:47PM (#258157)

    They are using the Star Trek branding to rope in existing Star Trek fans. That is a lot easier than building a new fan-base from scratch.

    I pretty much stopped being a Star Trek fan after the first season of Enterprise, and even getting through Voyager was a struggle. It would be best if Star Trek was killed off to make way for fresh ideas to come through. It may be possible to still get good stories out of the Star Trek universe, but I really gave up hope of that after the Star Trek movie reboot.

  • (Score: 2) by VanderDecken on Tuesday November 03 2015, @10:13PM

    by VanderDecken (5216) on Tuesday November 03 2015, @10:13PM (#258166)

    I'd suggest some Grey Lensman [wikipedia.org], other than I'm sure that the producers would f*ck it up like they did for Starship Troopers.

    I'm remaining hopeful for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but am bracing myself to be disappointed (imdb is calling it "Uprising").

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @07:31AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @07:31AM (#258310)

      Just out of interest, why did folks not like Starship Troopers. I've heard a couple of people slating it. Was the humour too subtle?