SilverWook said:

If it was done right. Whether it could get ratings in the current splintered tv landscape is another matter. (Does Nielsen even factor in online viewing?) The conditions that allowed TNG to thrive no longer exist.

Maybe a miniseries, or a series of direct to video movies? The studio may be leery of ever having a Trek show on the air at the same time a feature film is in theaters again.

I think Dorn's "Captain Worf" idea as a miniseries would be cool. And if it worked like BSG's miniseries did, then take it to series. But you're also right in that the casual viewer might be confused by having a series taking place in a different timeline than the movies coming out at the same time.

Yes, I know that Superman Returns came out while Smallville was on the air. I still think people might have been confused.

I think I use more profanity than he does.

doubleofive said:

But you're also right in that the casual viewer might be confused by having a series taking place in a different timeline than the movies coming out at the same time.

Yes, I know that Superman Returns came out while Smallville was on the air. I still think people might have been confused.

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)

Star Trek: The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

timdiggerm said:

Those are all in one timeline, though.

Yes. Different points in the timeline, but they're not reboots/mirror universes.

As if the "general audience" knows or differentiates. =P

Yeah, I agree with Tobar.  Alternate realities/reboots or just vastly different eras.  The casual movie-goer doesn't know the difference.  All they know is that it's two completely different sets of characters with next to nothing in common.  They might as well be two completely different universes, so it's really the exact same thing.  After all, Anakin Solo was supposedly killed off because they were afraid people would confuse him for Anakin Skywalker in the prequels...

timdiggerm said:

Those are all in one timeline, though.

If only they felt like they were ...

doubleofive said:

 

SilverWook said:

If it was done right. Whether it could get ratings in the current splintered tv landscape is another matter. (Does Nielsen even factor in online viewing?) The conditions that allowed TNG to thrive no longer exist.

Maybe a miniseries, or a series of direct to video movies? The studio may be leery of ever having a Trek show on the air at the same time a feature film is in theaters again.

I think Dorn's "Captain Worf" idea as a miniseries would be cool. And if it worked like BSG's miniseries did, then take it to series. But you're also right in that the casual viewer might be confused by having a series taking place in a different timeline than the movies coming out at the same time.

Yes, I know that Superman Returns came out while Smallville was on the air. I still think people might have been confused.

 

A show where Worf is captain of a Starfleet vessel would have to remain cannon to the new films anyway - He wasn't a captain at the point where Romulus comploded and Spock and Nero were sucked back one hundred and whatever years.

Star Trek [2009] has roots in the Prime timeline - it's just one long-ass time travel episode that hasn't yet been resolved.

It's kinda funny you mention WORF and confusion in the same breath when he himself was in movies and a tv show [DS9] AT THE SAME TIME ;) - and in different time periods to boot - see First Contact.

and yeah, the whole STV and STVI coming out during TNG. If an audience can handle that I'm sure things will be fine.

Maybe a mini-series to clear up how he could be in so many places at the same time? ;)

A hot-headed imbecile like Worf achieving the rank of captain? Now, what does that remind me of ...?

Ah, yes! I remember now!

So this happened:

Into Darkness voted worst Star Trek film by trekkies 

Haha, I know.  Isn't that awesome?  All this time I thought I'd been living in some crazy bizarro world were people thought terrible, brainless movies were good.  This actually validates my faith in the human race a little bit.

timdiggerm said:

oh DuracellEngergizer, will you ever understand that no one cares about your bizarro joke?

If only I cared that nobody cares. Thankfully, absurdism helps me cope.

Hey! The Final Frontier's almost a good movie! To lump it in with those others is pure ridiculousness!

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

timdiggerm said:

oh DuracellEngergizer, will you ever understand that no one cares about your bizarro joke?

If only I cared that nobody cares. Thankfully, absurdism helps me cope.

 

 But wait a sec... If it's a Bizarro joke, that means everyone does care about it!!