09-04-2013, 10:18 AM
You aren't going to maintain any depth in a storyline unless there is a TV show. Movies every few year don't really generate that much depth. The only way you are going to get any Star Trek depth is to make a new series. I wouldn't mind a rebooted new series - you could get to the whole explore and discover roots but also make it less campy than the original and perhaps do it like a proper tv show with episodic continuity.
IMO Star Trek survived in no small part because there was never much else science fiction on and what else were us dorks supposed to watch?
Its just like Star Wars. Both created very interesting worlds, but lets face it - the acting has always sucked, there have been plot holes larger than flabbo, and the writing has been often quite awful (TOS did have a lot of decent writers back in the day which almost made up for terrible acting). Nostalgia imbues a lot to a series. Hell, I have met older folks who try to say the original battlestar galactica was good, and it is patently awful.
Its like my little nephews, they prefer the new star wars to the older ones - and apparently they are not alone in the opinion of little kids.
IMO Star Trek survived in no small part because there was never much else science fiction on and what else were us dorks supposed to watch?
Its just like Star Wars. Both created very interesting worlds, but lets face it - the acting has always sucked, there have been plot holes larger than flabbo, and the writing has been often quite awful (TOS did have a lot of decent writers back in the day which almost made up for terrible acting). Nostalgia imbues a lot to a series. Hell, I have met older folks who try to say the original battlestar galactica was good, and it is patently awful.
Its like my little nephews, they prefer the new star wars to the older ones - and apparently they are not alone in the opinion of little kids.