A new TMP-era series/film?

[StarTrekMike]

 I see no problems with having a miniseries about a TMP era ship...the idea would appeal to folks like me who jumped in to Star Trek when the movies were in full swing and it still had that distinct Nick Meyer feel that made them so interesting to watch.

  Having Diane Carey involved would help give the show a military edge and probably give us a interesting ship and crew (read Ship of the line). She has the ability as a writer to make the star trek world appeal to the action and military crowd without forgetting the roots that gene set out.

 I think a show about a Miranda class or some other smaller destroyer size ship would allow for a good set of stories without having to run the series to long...lots of border skirmishes and joining with battle groups to interdict enemy fleets.

 
  Anything to do with the borg would be a terrible idea...the borg are overused and pretty much fanboy crap.

 
  Having a series about 25th century starfleet would be fun but would run in to the same staleness that hurt voyager and even TNG...the romulans, klingons and cardassians are at peace with the federation (more or less) and the dominion is no longer a active or able threat...the borg are probably destroyed or at least a horrible mess (thank god!) so that leaves very little tension to show unless you want another random faction to act up.

  TMP era would be the way to go...still at war with almost everybody and the ships and crews had a more military slant.

  it worked for BSG...


  Mike

[Dalek]

Well, if the USS Rhode Island is being fired upon by Klingons in ST: Voyager Endgame, then its a pretty safe bet that there are tension running high between the Feds and the Klingons (as clearly outlined in STO). And no matter how nice the Romulans may seem, they're always going to have a trick up their sleeve. Cardassia is in ruins. The Gamma quadrant has barely been explored, who knows what enemies might turn up? The Dominion could just sit back and relax, maybe poke the Feds a bit.

And that's all 25th Century.

Problems with a TMP era series is that if there is a noted key member (like a Picard family member), they're going to have to live long enough to do the key things seen in later series. The only way to have a completely free series is to have a new ship, new crew, new areas to explore. I like the idea of Romulan TMP ships though since all the TMP films focused mainly on the Klingons.

[StarTrekMike]

I just think that screenwriters would have a easier time digging up stories from a era that we know little about beyond the adventures of Kirk and the gang.

  I still think that the powers that be at paramount missed a great opportunity for a Excelsior series, it could have really given us a taste of post VI tensions with the new khitomer treaty with the klingons and allowed for some exploration that would connect to things that happened in next gen.

  If I could write a series outline I would start it with a few basic ideas.

   - A medium sized destroyer type starship assigned to a area of space near the klingon or romulan border.

   - A crew that acts both professional (standing at attention, respecting proper military traditions) and familier (have been on the same ship for a long time)

   - The captain would not be starfleets favored son...he/she would be recieve no special treatment. He/she would also not be well known.

   - there would be no grand scheme or conspiracy...they would simply be on a mission and any encounter would be routine (even if it is combat).

   
   I think this would make for better flexibility with writing good character moments and prevent the alien of the week syndrome that hurt voyager and enterprise so badly. it would also allow for a consistent threat that could be explored and established.

   The romulans would be ideal for this because they are not killers and do not favor action without planning...one could establish a "nemesis" for the crew that can be fleshed out as much as the starfleet captain...even the enemy crew could be explored!

   
   I think that would make for a interesting Star Trek show.

 
     Mike

[Nexxus21]

I favor the TMP Era Series but what would make it more interesting would be a series of episodes that would explore the point of view of the other major powers after STVI. 

A mini series showing the  point of view of:

The Klingon Empire...renegade houses, rebellion, civil unrest...you know Gen. Changs people...
The Romulan Empire...what plotting and scheming have they are up to since they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar...
Finally The not so perfect Federation what happened to Admiral Cartwrights people...

 Yes the so called key players were caught or killed Admiral Cartwright, Romulan Ambassador, and Gen. Chang; but what of the others what orders were issued in preparation for an impending war. Was Admiral Cartwright working with section 31.

So many unanswered questions and a lot of material to work with... 8)

[Nighthawk]

the basic key for a GOOD story is a simple but elegant plot (might as well be just random missions like TNG or TOS or a group of missions towards somewhere ala Voyager), a few key characters (with key behaviors well noted) and marked relationships among them. like Troi/Riker or Data/Geordi in TNG, Tom/Belanna in Voyager or Quark/Odo in DS9.

the rest (time frame, enemies, action, technobabble) is relative.

[Hellsgate]

I'd prefer a story set aboard a Phobos-Class or Miranda-Class starship, set during the middle-to-end of the Federation/Klingon War. There would be occasional dialogue references to known personalities of that era (Spock, Morgan Bateson, Captain Stiles of the Enterprise-B, a young up-and-coming Ensign/Lt. Picard, et al.)