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Let's Go Boldly Forward
By Jupiter


The Starfleet Academy idea was a bad one in the 1980s for Star Trek V, and it's even worse now.

Star Trek is about moving FORWARD. How about a movie(s) set 100-200 years past Voyager? Let's see how the Federation looks in another day. Maybe one of the hostile species (Romulans, perhaps?) are a part of the Federation. Or maybe the Federation is a shell of its former self from a Borg invasion and it is just starting to rebuild again.

Like Gene Roddenberry did with TNG, make it similar enough to old Trek but different enough to intrigue another generation of fans. Then if the movie(s) did well, spin them off into the next Star Trek series.

And I'd gamble and not use the name Star Trek at all. Market the heck out of the movie as just a cool futuristic movie. The hardcore fans would know, but the non-Trekker might get hooked without even realizing its Star Trek.

Let's face it. If a movie had come out called Star Trek: The Maxtrix, or Star Trek: The Lord of the Rings, the movie would be lucky to do $90 million at the box office. People who have decided they don't like Star Trek will never go watch a Star Trek movie. So don't call it Star Trek.

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