Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

I liked the Judge's sentence speech personally, but that one is definitely not bad. Go to around 1:25.

 

Bring back the Judge and the Rura Penthe warden and just have them make very Klingon-y dire pronouncements. That's at least an episode.

 

Just bring back the Klingons of the Prime Universe. Give them the depth they had in DS9 and The Undiscovered Country.

 

Good news! The series will have a subtitle, to be unveiled later. Thank God.

 

Star Trek: The Continuing Missions

 

If I remember correctly, the Klingons and the Federation didn't really solidify their alliance until the Enterprise C sacrificed itself against the Romulans.

 

But we already saw conflicts with Klingons and Romulans in the previous series and movies. Same with Cardassians. I still think it would be rather a retreat of familiar storylines than something fresh and new. They also have to use the ship designs we know from the TOS-TNG era (which was mostly the same we saw in the first six movies) to avoid continuity inconsistencies.

Just my opinion, but I believe the best way to introduce us to strange new worlds, unknown lifeforms and new civilizations is to have the new series to be set in the post-Nemesis period. And regarding the "classic" aliens like Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans and Cardassians: The destruction of Romulus would provide us a new dynamic in the relationships between these galactic powers.

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Star Trek: We're Sorry...

 

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

Oh, I don't think the TOS-TNG designs are bad, I actually like them. It's just that I would prefer to see something new. Same with the time period itself. There may be some interesting stories to tell, but I was always more interested in the post-Nemesis period than the post-TUC/pre-TNG period.

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Story line wise yes, I'd prefer post-Nemesis but as far as the ships go I prefer the movie era stuff. If we can have a buttload of Miranda's, Excelsior's and refit Constitutions and stuff modelled on them then great!

 

That's excellent news. Here's hoping that they can get this done now.

 

There's no way that lawsuit is "going away" as is claimed without significant changes by the Axanar team... they were physically making money off of the fan-film, which is why the lawsuit was there in the first place...

 

While I understand where you are coming from (IP copyright claim), I'm not sure that I see much difference between Renegades and Axanar in how they gathered their funds for the films. They also both have/had Star Trek alums involved with them. And both used various elements of Star Trek that are copyrighted.

 

You can't make a profit off of someone else's IP. That's the cut off. Axanar, the people making it were taking a salary from the crowd-sourced funds. Fan films can't make money, nor can you profit off of the IP.

 

Again, I'm not sure I necessarily see the difference between Renegades and Axanar in that regard. Especially since Renegades seemingly got a pass on that AFAIK. Unless they didn't pay anyone on that project.

 

Sorry, you can probably pay the people in it -- but you, the creator, can't be paid for making it. Which is where Axanar fails. Also, that they're setting up their studio based on Axanar to make future films and profit off of Axanar. Big no-nos.

 

Again, that was also the expressed intent of the Renegades kickstarter and indiegogo campaigns. And it got a pass.

 

New Star Trek Continues episode today:

The guest star is Gigi Edgley, Chiana from Farscape.

 

Happy Birthday to...

 

So basically Doctor Who wrapped in Star Trek? That sounds like a really good idea.

 

Did Menosky alone write Time's Arrow? I always got the impression that one was written by a committee. No, that was not a compliment.