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Nicholas Meyer is joining the writing staff and will be a consulting producer for the new Star Trek series.

Meyer, of course, is beloved by Star Trek fans worldwide for directing (and co-written, uncredited) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, co-writing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and co-writing and directing Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. - See more at: http://www.startrek.com/article/nicholas-meyer-joins-new-star-trek-series#sthash.w5M2Y5KX.dpuf

Seems CBS is pulling out all the stops to make this new series a success despite handicapping it behind a pay wall.
 

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Wow so there's people from the JJ-era, Berman era and the TOS movies, looking good so far!
 

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Man, I hope it will be good! I was really disappointed with Enterprise and most of Voyager. Fingers crossed.
 

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So I heard this show may be set up similar to AHS in that each season is essentially a new storyline. Has anyone else heard anything about this?
 

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Voyager was my favourite series, to me Voyager was the first series since the TOS that had that wonder of being out there alone exploring the wonders of the galaxy.

I hope the new series gets the same feel. Byt being struck behind a pay wall it's not going to bring in the $$$ that they are hoping for it would be much better if it was added to Netflix. More people would watch it and pay to get Netflix due to the more content that Netflix has available.
 

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I would definitely go for netflix. I love netflix. I think it would be the best medium for a show like trek. A lot less restrictions than regular cable stations. I think that is why I enjoy the Daredevil series so much. They show what most stations would not even consider showing.
 

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Unfortunately the AU Netflix has less than a quarter of what American Netflix has. It really should be worldwide not country based.
 

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Unfortunately the AU Netflix has less than a quarter of what American Netflix has. It really should be worldwide not country based.
It's probably licensing issues. You'd think they would all try to get their acts together on that front, but apparently not.
 

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There's also some wild rumors going on that the first season will be set post Star Trek 6. So is it the Lost Era series some have been clamoring for?
 

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There's also some wild rumors going on that the first season will be set post Star Trek 6. So is it the Lost Era series some have been clamoring for?
I'm hoping so, at least for the first season of they're going with this anthology idea.

But I'd love to see some stuff set in the early 24th century.
 

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I wonder if instead of an anthology, they're going with the same cast dealing with a different villain each season. Less True Detective, more Legend of Korra. I'm mostly worried about them trying to change ships each season with such a limited budget.
 

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CBS has just rolled out a teaser for the new series.


Based on the wording at the end, where they mention, "New Crews," I'm now more strongly leaning towards the Anthology Trek idea that's been floated around for a while.
 

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CBS has just rolled out a teaser for the new series.


Based on the wording at the end, where they mention, "New Crews," I'm now more strongly leaning towards the Anthology Trek idea that's been floated around for a while.
*nerdgasm*
 

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So...just Star Trek? No additional name afterward? Sounds more like anthology with that alone, as AHS worked similarly in the beginning.
 

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I don't know how this will go tbh. I am not subscribing to CBS Access for a single series. I'll stick with Netflix.
 

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The way I understand the article, the show will be shown overseas on CBS' affiliated networks. In the US, first time runs will be exclusively on CBS Access. I am just hoping that they will air on CBS too....perhaps a week behind the first run.
 

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TBH I find the idea of an anthology series really cool and interesting, though as CABAL said, it remains to be seen whether the budget allows them to pull this off properly.

IDK, I'm just excited to see the Trek coming back to the small screen. :)
 

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If they do stuff like TLE, they could easily use ship designs that already exist in canon. The same could be said if they do other seasons around the eras already done.
 

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If they do stuff like TLE, they could easily use ship designs that already exist in canon. The same could be said if they do other seasons around the eras already done.
Yeah, maybe. Though, as much as I like established canon, I think it would be even cooler if they really pushed SciFi forward instead of repeating the old topics. That's what Trek used to do, show new and amazing visions of the future (be they optimistic or not).

You know, I really liked Doug Drexler's commentary on the Trekyards episode about the Enterprise J. It's been a while since I watched it, but he basically stated that when speculating about the J's capabilities fans keep thinking in 24th century terms. His ideas of how the J worked and what it could do are way more 'out there' than what people commonly associate with Star Trek technology. Also, he argues that Trek tech has basically been stagnating for a few decades, with a lot of contemporary SciFi being way more advanced. I'd love it if they actually pulled something like that off, although I have to admit it's pretty unlikely.

EDIT: Here's the video I mentioned. It's pretty long, but really insightful.
 

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A lot of the contemporary trek has been around the same time period, so the tech can't advance too quickly within that time frame or it becomes unbelievable.
 

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I can see the J as having the capability to travel between galaxies. When in the boundaries of a galaxy, it would use conventional warp drive or if needed, transwarp. Then, it could use a new and advanced drive system to travel from one galaxy to another.
 

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I'm with Cabal, an anthology sounds great (and it worked great with the Lost Era novels), but the costs involved would be staggering if they set it on a different ship each week. Remember, its not just the ships themselves (that's the easy bit as anyone can make a ship these days - even me ;) ) the problem is the sets! Think it's bad trying to mock up a new planet each week with polystyrene rocks? Imagine trying to make a new bridge each week, or a new engine room. And new costumes, new makeup types for aliens - the list goes on. It's been a long time since the last Trek, they've got to learn how to make a Klingon all over again.
Then there's the casting. Lets face it, in most series it takes the actors an episode or two to get into the swing of their characters - and if they plan a new crew each week that's a lot of actors to get through.
As for the lack of title - remember this is an early "lets remind people we're here" trailer. They may not have come up with a name yet.
If it's an "anthology" it may be something more akin to the original series. No overarching story arc, no political subplot. New episode,new planet, new perils for the brave crew of the USS Wibble.
 

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The way to do an anthology series would be to break it down by seasons, not weeks. Take TLE for instance. Take the first book and stretch it out to fill the season. At the start of the next season, start a new story.
 

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I went ahead and entered my email for updates. I will share anything I get here.
 

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A lot of the contemporary trek has been around the same time period, so the tech can't advance too quickly within that time frame or it becomes unbelievable.
Yeah sure, I agree. Still, they had a few chances to make something really modern and cool. The greatest was arguably JJTrek - even with the mediocre storytelling the movies have, they would have been a great chance to show off some futuristic tech. But no, behind the shiny exterior is more or less the same technology that TOS already had in the 60s. It was a reboot anyway - if you replace the old Walter Jefferies design with a futuristic hot rod, why not update the tech along the way?

(By the way, I totally had plans for a forum RPG based around contemporary SciFi ideas, but since most of the RP'ing crowd here kind of went away, it doesn't seem like that's going to happen anymore.)
 

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I'm with Cabal, an anthology sounds great (and it worked great with the Lost Era novels), but the costs involved would be staggering if they set it on a different ship each week. Remember, its not just the ships themselves (that's the easy bit as anyone can make a ship these days - even me ;) ) the problem is the sets! Think it's bad trying to mock up a new planet each week with polystyrene rocks? Imagine trying to make a new bridge each week, or a new engine room. And new costumes, new makeup types for aliens - the list goes on. It's been a long time since the last Trek, they've got to learn how to make a Klingon all over again.
Then there's the casting. Lets face it, in most series it takes the actors an episode or two to get into the swing of their characters - and if they plan a new crew each week that's a lot of actors to get through.
Another issue is that, except for TOS, Trek has historically taken two or three seasons to really get good. I don't see periodically changing out the cast as something that would help the situation.

The way to do an anthology series would be to break it down by seasons, not weeks.
This. True Detective and American Horror Story took this approach. TD had some problems with its second season, but the network head admitted that he got greedy and rushed it out before the showrunners were comfortable with it and said he's going to wait on them before getting the third season filmed. I haven't seen AHS, but I hear the series is somewhat hit-and-miss, but overall consistent. AHS also has the interesting habit of reusing their actors instead of doing casting all over again each season.
 

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I had the same issue with the costs of the sets being a problem. A way around this is CGI sets it would be cheaper and if done right it could be believable. Still not the same as real sets though.
 

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I had the same issue with the costs of the sets being a problem. A way around this is CGI sets it would be cheaper and if done right it could be believable. Still not the same as real sets though.
Case in point: the Star Wars prequels.
 
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