Short Treks: TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT Editions
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I could see most of the DS9 cast coming back, they are all pretty active on the convention circuit, and I kind of use that as a gauge for how they currently feel about Trek. The only one I'm not sure about is Avery Brooks, because he doesn't really seem to do much in public these days.
This conversation is now making me wish Aaron Eisenberg was still around, Nog is probably the one character I would be most curious about seeing again.
This conversation is now making me wish Aaron Eisenberg was still around, Nog is probably the one character I would be most curious about seeing again.
If they capture the original feel or make a new and compatible feel that complements the original, that's what matters first. The runner up is obviously script quality, unless it's the other way around since scripts do help set the integral tone. VOY did have the tone despite having uneven episodes and managed to work, a short-length episode is only a shorter variant of the same. A robust DS9 smaller-scope story given the budget of a Doctor Who serial from 1963 could hold up just as well without the grand f/x, unless it's a big pew pew battle but I'm taking about the general DS9 episode that creates the buildup to the big pew pew escapades but give me "For The Uniform" any day over "First Contact", largely a bottle show but had the gravitas that really hit a home run after stealing third base thrice... As much as the short treks I'd seen haven't been perfect, they do capture the DSC feel, which is important. Let DSC feel like an episode of "Teletubbies" or "Howdy Doody" and the show's fans probably aren't going to like it as much no matter what...
I imagine any Short Treks that take place in the other eras will be animated. It would be easier than remaking all the uniforms and sets.
None of them have been anything like those shows.
They'll just pull a Star Trek V/VI and re-use whatever sets they have. The USS Shenzhou corridors have been repainted as the Discovery, Enterprise, the Cabot and others. They have a bunch of 2399 uniforms laying about after filming Picard. With LCARS graphics, brighter lights and 3 chairs in the middle, the USS Discovery bridge could probably for the Enterprise-E. For a 15-minute short they could probably get away with virtual sets for other ships. Shakey cam and smoke hid virtual sets really well in the 90-minute zero-budget fan film Horizon, add in a good budget and you're laughing.
Yeah but animated ones would allow them to use actors that would be too old now to portray themselves in that era.
I have this image of Seven/Annika going for an eye exam and reading three-point type from thirty feet with a 500x zoom lens in her cybernetic eye.
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YMMV, perception is a many splintered and/or metaphorical and multifaceted thing. The allusion isn't always a direct connect-the-dots comparison...
Except you compared them to very young children shows, which an extreme it never meets or even gets close to.
All I can say is my brother isn't planning to show my six-year-old niece either Discovery Season 1 or "Point of Light" (which is basically a throwback to Season 1) any time soon.
She just started watching Star Trek this year. My brother's showing her TOS. They'll probably move on to TNG after that. Then probably DS9 (his favorite) and DSC when she's older. I'm going to guess some time around 10 or 11. Definitely passed the Teletubbies stage.
She just started watching Star Trek this year. My brother's showing her TOS. They'll probably move on to TNG after that. Then probably DS9 (his favorite) and DSC when she's older. I'm going to guess some time around 10 or 11. Definitely passed the Teletubbies stage.
I am sure the budget for Short Treks is very limited, so they would want to reuse sets and CGI elements from the currently running shows. No way they would rebuild the DS9 sets for some mini episodes.
If they ever decide to do follow ups to DS9, VOY or ENT then doing a mini series is more likely.
If they ever decide to do follow ups to DS9, VOY or ENT then doing a mini series is more likely.
The Promenade was an absolutely gigantic standing set - the largest ever constructed in Trek. People don't realize that things like Quark's bar, Odo's office, Garak's shop, and the replimat were all part of one ginormous set and actually flowed together naturally as the station did. '
I suppose a lot of that could be done via CGI these days, but it wouldn't be the same.
Lot of assumptions being made about the potential budget and the economics that would be needed to construct the promenade; even if it did just appear for a short time. I don't think one should assume they would build every single inch of it. Unless this potential Short Trek is literally called A WALK AROUND THE PROMENADE where the said characters just walk the full length of it, I'm sure the set crew would only construct what what would be seen.
But, for comparison, pretty much all of Discovery’s shuttlebay set is green screen. So there’s no reason why DS9 wouldn’t get the same treatment if it appeared.
But, honestly, I still think they could do it. They don't seem to be sparing any sort of expense on these shows as it is. Plus, despite its unique look, I'm sure they could find ways to redress and reuse parts of the promenade.
But, for comparison, pretty much all of Discovery’s shuttlebay set is green screen. So there’s no reason why DS9 wouldn’t get the same treatment if it appeared.
But, honestly, I still think they could do it. They don't seem to be sparing any sort of expense on these shows as it is. Plus, despite its unique look, I'm sure they could find ways to redress and reuse parts of the promenade.
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Well she could watch the Nickelodeon Star Trek show when it comes out, I actually think that will be the most important show for Star Trek, because it has a better chance of bringing in new fans then Picard or Discovery, IMO.
This is exactly what's going to happen.
I love the idea of TNG/VOY/DS9 Short Treks, but I'm not sure if the real world practicality is there. Sets and costumes would have to be built, and I'm not sure if CBS All Access would build new sets and costumes for a 17 minute short film only us diehards would watch. Now, if any of Picard is set on a Starfleet vessel, perhaps they could reuse those sets and redress them as an updated Enterprise-E, or even an Enterprise-F bridge (or Voyager, or Defiant.) That's basically what they've done with the Discovery and Disco-Enterprise Short Treks, reused and redressed when necessary.
Then again, they are spending the money on two animated Short Treks, so what do I know?
Then again, they are spending the money on two animated Short Treks, so what do I know?
I can't see them going back to a show that ended eighteen years ago.
Dude...you realize they've revived Full House, Rosanne, and the X-Files right?
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