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The only way it'll work...
By Commander Kaga

I know it's beating a dead horse, but the only way I can see a new Trek film garnering any mainstream interest while lining up all of us Trek fans (and former Trek fans who have essentially given up) is to bring back Kirk. And I mean really bring him back. Have Picard and Spock rescue him from the Nexus. Have the grand adventure they should have had in Generations. They'll also have to bring back Nick Meyer as writer and director. Maybe even ol' Ron Moore woulod be interested in salvaging the legend. Yeah, it's contrived and we've been there, done that with Trek III, but to my mind, as a Trak fan and an enthusiastic movie-goer, that scenario is the only way at this point to reinvigorate interest in the franchise. Bringing an entirely new cast and crew to the screen? I just can't see it working, even with the name Star Trek attached. That's no guarantee (see fate of Enterprise and Nemesis).
Story-wise, just stay away from baddie of the week. All of the TNG movies had some previously unseen evil overlord laughing maniacally and ruining everyone's day. It's like the writer's used Khan as the archetypical Trek villain and went hell bent for leather trying to copy that dynamic. No, we need something bigger, grander, more important. SOmething involving Q? We like Q, even if Voyager effectively neutered him. We like Romulans, even though Nemesis neutered them, too. We're a bit tired of Klingons and alien marauders from other quadrants. The new film must be instantly familiar. It must reside in the Trek universe. It's a 2 hour film, not a 24 hour long series. We don't have time to efefctively establish new characters or overarching themes. I mean, sure, eevry other (good) film can do this, but this film can't just be something that causes audience members to say to themselves as they walk out, "That was pretty good." It has to make them say out loud, "Star Trek is back."

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