Hollywood.com is reporting that ST 11 is going to be a "supermovie" that will bring togther Kirk,Spock Picard and members of other casts.
Here is the link
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3477135
This is the best thing that could happen to ST.
I've got to wonder if one way to handle this might not be to do the movie with a few Big Names and Recognisable Faces, but mixed in with the core of a new crew (provided the newcomers are well written and have enough screen time and at least the seeds of characterisation- and relationship-building in the movie), then spin this off into a quality series (with high production values like Battlestar Galactica, rather than something churned out).
You could use the same sets, the same new actors and even toss in one of the Recognisable Faces every now and again for a bit of a ratings-boosting event -- hell, if you planned it right you could have the first few eps in the can by the time the movie in premieres, so the TV series can cash on the movie's publicity. See the movie, then while it's still very fresh in your memory start watching the TV series which picks up from the movie.
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David
I've got to wonder if one way to handle this might not be to do the movie with a few Big Names and Recognisable Faces, but mixed in with the core of a new crew (provided the newcomers are well written and have enough screen time and at least the seeds of characterisation- and relationship-building in the movie), then spin this off into a quality series (with high production values like Battlestar Galactica, rather than something churned out).
You could use the same sets, the same new actors and even toss in one of the Recognisable Faces every now and again for a bit of a ratings-boosting event -- hell, if you planned it right you could have the first few eps in the can by the time the movie in premieres, so the TV series can cash on the movie's publicity. See the movie, then while it's still very fresh in your memory start watching the TV series which picks up from the movie.
2c. Ping!
David
I hate to say this but Star Trek is OLD and most in the general audience don't connect to it anymore. We fans do because we're.. .well fans, but we ain't enough to make a movie into a hit. For that they need to bring in a regular audience. Looking at ST over the past couple of movies and TV shows illustrates the steady decline as casual fans have left the fold. I believe the only way to reverse this is not to stuff old pudgy actors into uniforms and situate them on familiar sets with a boring script, but rather perform a full on total reboot to the franchise.
The next movie/TV series should feature a completely new cast on a fresh new Enterprise. A fresh young cast along the lines of what TNG was 20 years ago. Advance the time line another 150 years and shake up the old stogy Federation. Maybe something like the old Federation has just joined a huge "Galactic Federation" and is now a small upstart group in the big picture. Introduce new friends and enemies. Maybe our Federation could be mentored into the new one by Balok, the little guy who drank Tranya and had the huge ship with the bubbles all over it from The Corbomite Maneuver episode.
I don't know, I'm just typing of the top of my head but the general idea here is make a movie that is new and fresh with faces, stories, and ideas that will maybe attract all those people who left and lots of new eyes and fans to the franchise. My basic fear is that a new TNG movie will flop like the last ones and this old friend of mine will be dead forever after that.
As far as I know, Meaney and Siddig are the only guys other than Stewart that could get recognition from outside Trek. They also probably wouldn't cost half as much as Shatner. How cool is it that their characters are already a team?
EDIT: I'm just speculating, of course.
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With Patrick Stewart coming out and saying in public that ST 11 would feature casts from several ST programs (this is not a fanboy rumor it comes directly from Patrick Stewart himself) you have to reexamine the rumor of mirror Kirk fighting Picard and the cast of TNG from a few weeks ago.
I am now convinced those rumors are 100% true. Is it just a coincedence that the film Patrick Stewart seems to be talking about sounds just like the mirror Kirk film?
If these rumors are true (I'm sure they are) I will go see a ST film in the theatre for the first time since First Contact along with thousands of ST fans who gave up on the franchise years ago.
This is the film the vast majority of ST fans want to see. It's a way to make all ST fans happy. The vast majority of ST fans feel Captain Kirk and Captain Picard to a lesser degree are Star Trek. By giving some of the other casts a cameo or some type of a small role they would be throwing a bone to the loyal fans of the less popular ST series.
Let's face it, the reason this film is going to be made is because it is the surest way to make ST 11 a huge hit. It's as simple as that.
This is the film that puts ST back on the map.
Like it or not Kirk and Picard are coming back one more time.
How could ST fans be against this? It's the return of Trek's most popular characters. Don't you want ST to return and be a hit? Nobody will go and see a ST film with all new characters.Or a ST film based on Voy,Ds9 or Ent. I just don't understand how ST fans would be against this.
I'll try to be open-minded about this. It does sound better than the other rumors I've heard. And I was annoyed by the last interview with Jendresen because it seemed like he wanted to take Star Trek on a really dark path.
Still I'm not too optimistic, considering I didn't like the other TNG movies all that much. I think they were a distortion of the TNG series. Besides I know the general population hates Star Trek, and a lot of trekkers have grown out of Trek.
The question I keep asking is, WHY is it so important to plan the next movie, instead of working on a smaller scale with a mini series? Just 5 or 6 episodes with a twist here and there, maybe it would catch on. But it appears that CBS is hoping to solve the problems with Star Trek in one, big, bold stroke. Talk about gambling...
I'm sure that if they're talking about a mixed-crew film, what they mean is using younger people like Janeway and Sisko, especially since the film is still a few years off. They've done Shatner - at most he'll do a cameo.
Personally I'd much prefer they do a Voyager or DS9 movie before that, since they have a lot of time on their hands before they can get the actors together. TNG is not the only viable franchise. Those crews have all it takes (and more) to carry a film, and they're not so expensive.
The only reason to do a TNG movie would to make it consciously different and better than the last movies.
God I hope not. I really don't want to see mixed movie. And while I'm sure Bill is a blast to work with (unless your will wheaton) Kirk is dead. New ship, new crew I say.
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