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If you could add anything to Star Trek, what would it be?
I'd pick a qt Andorian to be prime waifu material. Either that, or power armor.
▶ a1682f (3) No.336
I think there is both I believe?
▶ c1f5fe (4) No.337>>339 >>341
More episodes showing life for everyday people in the various Trek civilizations
Non-humanoid sapient aliens that wear clothes and use tools
A dog with a uniform who goes on away missions
Romulans
▶ a1682f (3) No.339
>>337
Well I do know there was supposedly meant to be a GoT type series about K'mpec's rise to power and would be set after the events of the Undiscovered Country. Basically it would have been telling the story of the Klingons and how they unfucked themselves. Lots of political backstabbing and infighting. Apparently when it fell flat they recycled the script into Klingon Academy.
▶ 174996 (5) No.341>>342
>>337
>A dog with a uniform who goes on away >missions
I can get behind this.
▶ a1682f (3) No.342
>>341
>It's a Captain Porthos Episode
▶ d053ee (3) No.344>>349 >>360 >>554 >>3555
maybe a series about the other civilizations for once?
why does it always have to be about the federation
give me a series about the legend of kahless, or the birth of the first two klingons, or how the cardassians established military rule on their planet, or how romulans and vulcans split, or how vulcans started following suraks teachings
instead we always get soap operas about the captain and his vineyards
▶ 32c28d (1) No.349>>530
>>344
>soap operas about the captain and his vineyards
Steady on now!
▶ c1f5fe (4) No.360>>361
>>344
I would love a series that goes with another civilization. That'd be great -- it would flesh out the universe, and give us a fresh take, hopefully, so it isn't just another retread.
▶ a6cb59 (2) No.361>>362
>>360
Romulan Politics would be interesting. It'd basically be Rome but in SPACE!
Cardassian Obsidian Order series would be nice as well, lots of spygames.
▶ d053ee (3) No.362>>363
>>361
is there any major difference between cardassians and romulans culturally?
they always pretty much seemed the same to me, although the romulans seem less merciful to their enemies
▶ a6cb59 (2) No.363>>365
>>362
Romulans are more like an Ancient Roman Republic in terms of makeup, politics and structure. Cardassians are meant to be more like a fascist state mixed in with mossad
▶ 174996 (5) No.365>>367
>>363
Kind of an odd choice, the Roman Republic wasn't that shitty. Not tv show villian tier, anyway
▶ 6dae33 (1) No.367
>>365
Think that's the point with the Romulans, they weren't that shitty overall. Technology was advanced, their borders were secure and the people were generally well looked after.
▶ c1f5fe (4) No.371>>373
I always thought the Romulans could be interesting because they were an offshoot of the Vulcans, but without the emotion suppression thing. So they could be passionate, intelligent aliens that are a lot like humans but with their own culture.
▶ 174996 (5) No.373>>376
>>371
You'd think the Federation would get on better with them, rather than their desert-dwelling, religious fundamentalist cousins.
▶ d053ee (3) No.376>>377
>>373
i thought they tried, the romulans were just smart enough to not let a bunch of commies take them over peacefully
▶ 6da419 (1) No.377
>>376
>Feds "Join our super special friend club!"
>Romulans "No thanks "
>Feds "But it's super special! "
>Romulans "I said no thank you. Good day sir. "
>Feds "but muh clu-"
>Romulans "I SAID GOOD DAY SIR! "
And thus the neutral zone was born.
▶ 3453f6 (1) No.530
>>349
We need musicals about vineyards.
▶ d66cb2 (3) No.554>>557 >>587 >>3652
>>344
I always thought that it would be nice to have miniseries (like Star Trek: Vulcan, Star Trek: Qo'noS, Star Trek: The Adventures of Moriarty, etc.) for 10-12 episodes. That way they could do some stuff that the fans would lap up without having to commit to 8 seasons on a situation that doesn't have the legs for more than one or two.
▶ 174996 (5) No.557>>558
>>554
That sounds cool. It would be neat if Star Trek got into (not shitty) animation, so you wouldn't have to build huge sets and costumes and stuff.
▶ d66cb2 (3) No.558
>>557
>(not shitty) animation
Why, whatever do you mean?
▶ c1f5fe (4) No.587>>613
>>554
That's a great idea.
▶ d66cb2 (3) No.613
>>587
I think the only downside would be the cost of sets they wouldn't necessarily be able to reuse, so The Money might get bitchy about it.
▶ 037cae (2) No.3547>>3548 >>3638
What about a series detailing the travels of pic related.
▶ dce873 (3) No.3554
I want a mini-series like that episode from the last season of TNG that focused on the lower ranked officers. I think that'd be fun so long as they didn't get too meta about it.
▶ 38802c (5) No.3555
>>344
They're not going to try anything ambitious after STD gets shot in the head by the Family Goy ripoff.
▶ 98eda3 (5) No.3556
I'd add higher production value for more decent action/combat sequences. I love Star Trek but every fight I see I find myself getting annoyed over how stupid everyone, even the Klingons, are in regards to fighting.
▶ ea96fc (1) No.3638>>3640 >>4130
>>3547
>>3548
Isn't it presumed Laas died of the morphogenic virus?
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3640
>>3638
>Isn't it presumed Laas died of the morphogenic virus?
Untrue. He merely mutated into a Klingon.
>that webm
Jonathon Archer: The Jeb Bush of space
▶ 390a13 (4) No.3652>>3653
>>554
Funny you should mention that, because I was thinking that if I was ever able to make a Trek show, it would be a miniseries about the origins of the Borg.
Warning: This is a long fucking read and I had to cut it into 3 parts, but I greatly appreciate your patience, as well as any feedback you may have.
>post 1/3
It would take place in the Delta Quadrant thousands of years before Star Trek, and revolve around a planet where the inhabitants are obsessed with technological advancement, so much so that they disregard their history for the sake of scientific progress. The main characters would be a head scientist and the members of a medical research team creating nanites. They would be constructing and testing nanites for the purpose curing terminal illnesses. The tests are going remarkably well, to the point where they catch the attention of top government officials, who begin to discuss the military applications of the nanites.
The head researcher opposes the thought of the nanites being used to kill, since they were intended to be a tool for healing the sick. However, politics takes its toll, and the research team is forced to proceed with military testing for the nanites. The objective is to implant the nanites into living, healthy test subjects, soldiers, to see if the nanites can efficiently heal injuries inflicted on the soldiers. The test results are mostly positive, but the soldiers are beginning to show signs of unforeseen side-effects.
The test subjects are beginning to die, the research team is scrambling to find out why. Finally, a pattern shows up in repeated neural scans, the nanites are causing the soldiers to become effectively brain dead. The solution: create a neural interface that connects to the subjects via cranial implants, a single commander for the soldiers, a hive mind for the developing cyborg army. The most compatible mind for the interface happens to be one of the female research staff. The interface drills are showing promise, but lacking in key areas. The other members of the team propose that they fit the female scientist with modified implants of her own, so that the soldiers may better respond to commands. It works, however the female scientist begins to show signs of hostility towards the people around her.
▶ 390a13 (4) No.3653>>3654
>>3652
>post 2/3
The head researcher tries to reason with her, and convince her to have the implants removed, but she gets continually more adversarial. She refuses to give up control of the cyborgs, referring to herself as their "queen." The research team decides to try to remove them by force, but she commands the cyborgs to attack, killing out half of the team, causing the rest to flee and call for military aid. The military attempt to intervene, sending in a strike-force, but the cyborgs are adapting, getting stronger. The strike-force is taken prisoner, where they are slowly converted into more cyborgs, effectively becoming the first humanoids to be assimilated.
The final few episodes would jump forward several years, the home world has been conquered by the ever-growing army of 'borg,' who have turned their cities into command centers, and are refitting ship into cubes and spheres. Survivors have fled to outlying colonies, but constant fear of Borg invasion looms of the settlements. The head researcher, and a small team he scraped together, are working tirelessly to counter the Borg, but little progress is made due to lack of resources within the colony. Back on the home world, the Borg are becoming tangled in wars with neighboring systems, abducting enemies for assimilation, and killing those who resist. Although the Borg collective is still in it's infancy, it is quickly becoming a threat to the quadrant, and has been difficult to stop.
With little progress being made on the colony for a counter-measure for the Borg, the head researcher goes to take a walk out in the wilderness to 'clear his head.' He gets out to a remote location and pulls out a hypo-spray, he plans to poison himself, he can't bear the weight of what he's done any longer. Before he makes the injection, a light flashes behind him, he turns to see a stranger standing there, he looks like an entirely different species. "Who are you? Did you just transport here?" the researcher asks. "Transporters are so primitive, why bother? As for who I am, well, names are rather useless where I come from, but I suppose you can call me Q." Q then proceeds to explain a bit about who he is. The researching, recognizing Q's power, begs him to undo the damage the Borg have caused. Q refuses. The researcher desperately pleads to Q "The Borg converted millions, killed millions, and countless more lives are at stake. Please, help me!" "You infected your world with the Borg, not me. You have to fix this." Q replies. Thinking on it for a moment, the scientist forms an idea.
▶ 390a13 (4) No.3654>>3705
>>3653
>post 3/3
The final episode will be the head scientist finally having a breakthrough, a computer virus that will effectively infect the Borg synaptic pathways, causing irreversible brain damage. He risks everything to make it to the research facility back on his home world, but is caught by the queen. He begs her to let him release the virus and end the Borg. "But don't you see," the Borg Queen replies "With each new member, our collective becomes more perfect. It's what you and I have been working for our whole lives. A universe without disease, without famine, without war. The Borg is the beginning of a perfect future. Join us in that future." The researcher refuses and is taken away for assimilation, but before the procedure begins, he is rescued by Q.
They appear on the ashes of the colony, now ravaged and conquered by the Borg. "It's gone, all of it. My colleagues, my friends, my family, my people. I'm the last one." Tears stream down the lone scientist's face as he wallows in the fact the he helped bring about his people's extinction. "I've condemned the galaxy, the universe, to death." "Don't give yourself too much credit, professor." teases Q "After all, there's a whole universe out there, full of intelligent life. Of course some of them are also as dumb as you." The scientist lashed out at Q, to no avail. "Omnipotent, remember?" Q boasts. "What's the point?" Cries the scientist, giving up his futile assault. "It's all over now, just kill me." A look of pity washes over Q's face, "I suppose it would be the most generous thing I could do for you now… but I can't just send you off without a going away present! After all, I've come to like you, professor." The final scene ends with Q granting a slow, merciful death to the scientist, but not before giving him a glimpse of the future, a vision in which the powers of the Alpha Quadrant eventually dominate the Borg. The professor dies peacefully and content.
▶ c9d34b (2) No.3705>>3706 >>3708 >>3761
>>3654
In STO it is revealed that the borg actually have Earth origin and originally was an AI probe sent out to explore new life in the galaxy before warp drive was invented. I can't remember exactly but its like it ended up getting sucked into a transdimensional wormhole like the one in DS9 and ended up thinking it was a God
▶ 9077d5 (3) No.3706>>3708 >>3749 >>3761 >>3849
>>3705
So they rehased the ST The Motion Picture as the borg created V'ger? Interesting.
The probe was from the Voyager (V'ger) missions. Voyager the series focuses primarily on the borg. Seems to add up.
>Gene Roddenberry once hinted at the possibility that V'ger's ship was constructed by the Borg. Hence Spock saw a virtual image of the Borg homeworld and melded with the hive mind. . This idea was later revisited by William Shatner's novel The Return.
▶ 95cacd (1) No.3708
>>3705
>>3706
That's actually the plot from Star Trek Legacy and part of the EU.
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3749>>3753
>>3706
>William Shatner's novel The Return.
I can't even imagine how many ghostwriters he must have gone through.
▶ aaf1c4 (2) No.3753>>3772
>>3749
Ballpark 6-8. I bet he was a fucking animal. Did any of those novels have a point beyond wanking over kirk and to a much lesser extent the rest of the original crew?
Wasn't there some deal over the not-indian wife of kirk that got killed off being really similar to Shatner's wife that died not too long after?
▶ 390a13 (4) No.3761>>3769 >>3849
>>3705
>>3706
It always bugs me when they take elements of Trek lore that did perfectly well on their own, and then make up some shit where it traces back to humans/earth. They made up this huge universe, full of different species, factions, and cultures, but they never explore them in depth, everything just revolves around humans. What's even worse is the number of perfectly good show/story ideas that were scrapped because they didn't revolve around the Federation. So much wasted potential.
▶ ec8b92 (1) No.3769>>3772
>>3761
They had a lot of "ancient" species that waged war on a galactic scale and basically killed themselves off. They even suggested that a lot of these ancient weapons were still lurking around. I always pictured the Borg really as the remnants of an ancient weapon gone rogue Planet Killer style.
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3772
>>3753
>I bet he was a fucking animal.
I'm sure they saw his khanface on a regular basis.
>"Bill…"
>"That's 'Mr. Shatner' to you."
>"Bill, you can't have the Klingons attack your ship. In the future the Klingons are the Federation's allies, and Captain Kirk is actually seen as something of a grudging example of excellence in human military tactics. They wouldn't--"
>"But I want the Klingons to attack. So put it in there. I'm going to have a nap."
>"Bill, it's fucking 9:00 AM!"
>"Ooo! Brunchtime!"
>Wasn't there some deal over the not-indian wife of kirk that got killed off being really similar to Shatner's wife that died not too long after?
Don't know, but I DO know that he had a wife who drowned in the pool and he got married within a year of the event. Never heard more than a brief snippet of it in the news at the time. (((Hollywood))) protects their own.
>>3769
>They even suggested that a lot of these ancient weapons were still lurking around.
Oh yes. Left to continue their mission long past the need for it to do so, like some giant cosmic Roomba running on nuclear batteries.
▶ c9d34b (2) No.3849
>>3761
The shows theme is essentially anthropocentrism and I disagree that they don't explore any of the cultures in depth DS9 goes very far into many cultures and beliefs but even in TOS it was about showing how we are all the same, even if we are all different, we're all still humanoids. There is that episode in Next Gen as well when the Romulans, Cardassians, and Klingons are racing against Jean-Luc, expert xenoarcheologist, to find an ancient alien artifact which then turns out to be a message sent from a humanoid species they are all descended from millions of years ago. They were about to face cataclysmic extinction, so they ignited planets all over the galaxy with the spark needed to start all the humanoid evolutionary process. This episode made it so that all the aliens in the Alpha Quadrant traced their DNA to the same ancestor which in turn explained why the galaxy was so anthropocentric and why so many of the races and cultures were similiar without much radically alien beings.
>>3706
Exactly.
▶ c59381 (1) No.3851>>3856 >>3869
The away team beams down onto an unexplored planet near borg space to find a creature that the borg couldn't even handle, a creature so terrifying that it caught the crew by surprise and somehow got up into the ship, ruining half of the ships systems including the transporters, the remaining crew waging a raging battle against overwhelming odds..
▶ ae0f7c (1) No.3856>>3860
>>3851
Wouldn't the crew just track it with internal sensors and beam it straight into space once it began making trouble?
▶ aaf1c4 (2) No.3860
>>3856
They have to sacrifice pretty much the entire crew to try and communicate with it because the token betazoid feels great anguish from the creature.
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3869>>3945
>>3851
I'm surprised they haven't done a Star Trek vs. Aliens comic already. It seems like everyone else has had one.
▶ 98eda3 (5) No.3919>>3921 >>3928 >>4082
Oh god I just remembered there was going to be an Enterprise/Doctor Who crossover episode. Luckily it got canned, I'd have hated if that set a trend.
▶ 98eda3 (5) No.3921>>3928 >>3935
>>3919
Oh I should add this was either Tennant or Smith's Doctor, not the current one. But still if it set a trend who knows what kind of crossovers we'd have gotten in the future.
▶ 0a51a4 (1) No.3922
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3928>>4082 >>4088
>>3919
They couldn't even give us an attractive dyke, could they?
>those webms
My daughter asked me the other day why we don't watch Doctor Who anymore. I couldn't bring myself to tell her. Partly because I didn't want her to know how far it had fallen, and partly out of fear that she'd say something like "What's the big deal?" and I'd have to lock her in her room until she was 30.
>>3921
>Oh I should add this was either Tennant or Smith's Doctor
There are two comic series with the Smith Doctor. Never read them, mostly because of how bad X-Men/Star Trek went.
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.3936>>3940 >>3944
>>3935
I never really did get the full poop on Eccleston leaving the show. Do you know why?
▶ 98eda3 (5) No.3940>>3942
>>3936
Wasn't it simply because he didn't want to become pigeon holed as 'the Doctor Who actor' for the rest of his life?
▶ 38802c (5) No.3942
>>3940
IIRC, he hated the production team or something. I don't he was worried about getting typecast.
▶ 9cfc15 (2) No.3944>>3946 >>3947
▶ 9cfc15 (2) No.3945
>>3869
A few weeks ago I might have said that Trek didn't want to dirty its hands with that tanking franchise, not to mention the fact that Trek's tone clashes violently with that of alien, but with discovery? They seem perfect for each other on both counts.
▶ 98eda3 (5) No.3946>>4048 >>4092
>>3944
>I left because of politics. I did not see eye to eye with them. I didn't agree with the way things were being run. I didn't like the culture that had grown up around the series. So I left, I felt, over a principle.
Interesting.
▶ 38802c (5) No.3947>>4083
>>3944
>not archiving the Guardian of all things
Come the fuck on, nigger.
http://archive.is/VQI1S
▶ 1f6f15 (1) No.3992>>4048
I'd fix voyager by removing the entire cast except Rob picardo and jeri ryan, then add a new, better cast matching those two.
▶ ea029f (2) No.4048
>>3946
it's too bad, too, people around here seem to be pretty unsatisfied with the reboot in general but I think eccleston had a lot of potential. Still, if he hadn't dropped when he did we might not have gotten Tennant, the second coming of the true Doctor.
>>3992
give this anon a tv show
please
▶ dce873 (3) No.4082>>4083
>>3919
>>3928
Guess I should be glad I stopped after Smith's run. I liked him, but some of his episodes were pretty awful.
▶ ea029f (2) No.4083>>4086
>>4082
The writing of Matt's episodes was infinitely more consistent than Tennant's. capaldi's seen better writing and is a better fit for the doctor but what do I know I only watched the entire original run of the show
>>3947
https://guardian.ng/news/turkeys-erdogan-compares-coup-defeat-to-mediaeval-battle/
▶ dce873 (3) No.4086>>4092
>>4083
You might be right as far as consistency goes, but I disliked how much they pushed River into episodes. But it's not like this is the first time that's happened with a companion.
I wanted to like Capaldi, but something about the first few episodes I watched turned me off.
▶ 9077d5 (3) No.4088>>4089 >>4092
>>3928
>My daughter asked me the other day why we don't watch Doctor Who anymore.
While I'd been making attempts to swear off nuWho for the last couple years, Jenna Coleman just turned out to be too much of qt to ignore, despite the downward spiral of writing, but the recent season managed to run me off for good. I made it through the first four episodes of this season but gave up, I'm over being a Who fan unless there's a significant behind the scenes shakeout and some real budget thrown at it.
▶ e61843 (1) No.4089
>>4088
>The BBC
>Ever making a good decision
Sorry mein Fuhrer, 'tis not to be.
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.4092>>4093
>>3946
>I left because of politics. I did not see eye to eye with them.
tl;dr - "They told me there were planning on making Captain Jack my love interest, and I called them a bunch of fags."
>>4088
>Jenna Coleman
Daughter's got an autographed picture of her from when she was in a convention in town. She signed her name and then wrote "(souffle girl)" underneath. She'd make me come back, as well.
>>4086
>I wanted to like Capaldi, but something about the first few episodes I watched turned me off.
The first few episodes were shit, then they got glorious. Imagine the Doctor riding around on a sherman tank playing an electric guitar in medieval England.
In fact, don't bother imagining it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwoWo4ChYuQ
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.4093
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>4092
Also, this is probably my favorite bit from the good season.
▶ fc988e (1) No.4130>>4132 >>4133
>>3638
>Isn't it presumed Laas died of the morphogenic virus?
Odo cured him. https://sto.gamepedia.com/Laas
But, in any event, I was referring to his early travels and gradual disillusionment with "solids".
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.4132>>4135
>>4130
>Odo cured him.
By linking, yes?
>Odo fucked a guy back to health
▶ a5b3e4 (10) No.4133
>>4130
Also, you're an ST:D Klingon, as per >>4131 's instructions.
▶ 9077d5 (3) No.4135
>>4132
>Odo fucked a guy back to health
When you've chased the bug so long, just to be pozzed back to full health and given an extra life. What will you find next, a warp zone to the gamma quadrant?