Comments on: TOS Writer David Gerrold Approves of Trek XI Prequel and Trek Remastered

By: Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:57:39 +0000

This is my first post on this blog (awesome, BTW), so I might as well make it a doozy.

As a long-time TOS fan (and a fan of the underappreciated TAS), I’m all in favor of a reboot. Trek as we know it now needs to be taken out behind the woodshed and shot. It’s time for new blood and new directions, and the best solution is to go back to the crew that started it all. The characters are iconic; lets use them to reinvigorate the franchise for a new generation.

I read JMS and Bryce Zabel’s treatment for a Trek reboot, and I found it completely exciting. While the background story arc had alread been covered in a Next Gen episode (and could feasibly be replaced with something equally as compelling), their ideas for a new series were spot on with what I would LOVE to see.

Of course, part of my reason for supporting a reboot is because I’ve been dying to see a live-action version of “Mind-Sifter” from the book “Star Trek: The New Voyages” for decades now. That’s one of the best short stories I’ve ever read, Trek or no Trek.

Okay, flame away. :-)

By: Trevok

Trevok — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:52:25 +0000

72 Some how I doubt Paramount will be shaking in their boots to hear you won’t see a recast film.

By: StephenMartin

StephenMartin — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:08:07 +0000

A reboot may work with the masses, or it may not work. One thing is for sure, another actor playing Kirk or the rest of them, won’t work for me. Therefore, I will never recognize a reboot. To me, it won’t exist. I’m perfectly content to live with what I have. Now, if Parnoidmount wants to make a movie about a new crew, then I’m on board.

By: Trevok

Trevok — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:36:07 +0000

The one point I’d like to make is in the above article David Gerrold stated he’d like to see a re-boot and I agree. Don’t get me wrong though, I love TOS as it is, heck I grew up with it. I believe, hope, JJ and co will make an exellent movie sticking to existing canon. But maybe some day the likes of JMS will be given the right re-boot the series and bring it into the 21st century.

By: ChuckAmuck

ChuckAmuck — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:12:17 +0000

#69 Anthony

My apologies. I was merely trying to clarify my thoughts regarding a total reboot as Gerrold was suggesting. I know Trek XI won’t be in either extreme. I was just expressing my disagreement with Gerrold, via my usual rant. Sorry if it seemed I was trying to get you into a political-lyke debate. I’m not huge fans of those myself.

Anyways, I’m done with this thread. Enjoy the rest of your moking… er, I mean, your vacation. ;)

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:29:02 +0000

Trevok is right…there is no definition of reboot anyway…making the reboot v not reboot debate even more pointless

Chuck…i am not going to get dragged any more into this debate than what i said…this reboot v canon stuff drives me crazy and is a pet peeve of mine…it is like political arguments that go no where. Ask my friends who know me from TrekBBS….i regularly blew gaskets there over the constant debate over this

Trek XI will be in neither extreme

yes I am moking you all from a beach in hawaii…mahalo

By: Trevok

Trevok — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:39:57 +0000

I think part of the problem when anybody mentions re-boot people automaticly think of the reworked Battlestar Galatica. Recasting male characters as female and such. But a re-boot doesn’t need go that far. You don’t need to turn Chekov into a female, or make Sulu gay.
It would be easy enough to simply keep established characters as they are, possibly introduce a couple of new characters and establish a new canon.

By: ChuckAmuck

ChuckAmuck — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:24:52 +0000

#63 Anthony

It may just be the late hour, but I’m not sure I understood that, lol

I know there is a wide amount of grey area. I’m just against the idea of a “total reboot”. Of course, I’m also against the idea of sticking strictly to “dogmatic canon” if it severaly limits storytelling. I’m not saying writers shouldn’t take some risks and liberties for the sake of canon (then again, the writers of Enterprise did that in the first two seasons and got booed), but completely ignoring canon or wiping out its existence to do their own thing as Mr. Gerrold seems to be suggesting is something that just cannot be an option. That’s all I’m saying. Not that they should worship and strictly adhere to canon to the point where it strangles their creativity, but that they should respect it and even acknowledge it in their work. That’s all.

By: THEETrekMaster

THEETrekMaster — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:54:27 +0000

#57 Yeah, I get your point on Gary Seven…

But look at how much time travel has been done SINCE that. WAAAAAAY too much in my opinion…

I just want to see good stories about exploring strange NEW worlds and seeking out NEW civilizations.

I have been rewatching the animated episodes and was struck by how well written they were. Lots of cool ideas in those. And yes, they did Yesteryear…but again, that was before Brannon Braga started overdoing time travel stories.

TTM

By: TomBot2007

TomBot2007 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:56:56 +0000

I advocate they terminate the canon with extreme predjudice! ;-P
Come on, let’s chant it; “Reboot! Reboot! Reboot!”
Did anyone here ever see Reboot, pretty decent cartoon, I thought, but what do I know… well, it was decent till they “rebooted” it! Heh,heh.
Screw canon; it’ll be Star Trek, or say it like my parents did, Star Track(!), if it’s decent storytelling and it blows us away. We will fogive, you know we will. An olive leaf of having elderly Kirk and Spock isn’t going to hurt either, old people exist, all of you, and I, eventually, will be old. So what if it’s an idealized fiction… it doesn’t have to be agiest fiction. Come on, you aging BabyBoomers and Gen-Xers… it will happen.
Who cares if David Gerrold got his heart broken by Star Trek? At least, he loved it once… maybe still does. I don’t get any arrogance radiating from him either…
I like three dots.
A loose “interpetation” or reboot will be fine… if it doesn’t suck, that is.
And to the comment, of we perhaps having a new TNG in twenty years, uh, I hope to hell by then we are living the damn adventure, not still dreaming of crossing the stars. *shrug* oh, well…