new star trek series in the works...

[Mannix]

At least, that's what is says in this article.

Good idea? Too soon after the flop that was Enterprise? Quit beating a dead horse?

[catlover20410]

Could be good. I'll watch anything with "Star Trek" in the name, though, so I'm not exactly a fair judge.

[POS Industries]

Hmm, something seems familiar....

The creator of this unique concept is not just giving the crew a mission and leaving it to the writers to decide what random aliens they will encounter every week. Instead, the crew of the Cardinal is inadvertently placed in the center of events that will change the entire galaxy.

From the very beginning, the crew is faced with mysteries that don’t have solutions, mysteries that are causing powers to challenge other powers. The Federation Starship USS Cardinal is placed in the unenviable position of stopping a war, something that becomes increasingly harder until they are no longer able to accomplish that particular mission and war becomes inevitiable.

Oh yeah, that's right! It was the entire plot of Deep Space Nine!

[Fifthfiend]

Unless you're looking for a hundred and nineteen jokes about Seven of Nine's rack, I'm thinking this belongs in General.

[Kroze Gamegod]

But POS, this is TOTALLY diffrent!
This time it will have a crew of likable characters!

*Kroze is killed for that*

[POS Industries]

...and she had two huge Klingons and the nicest Cardassian you ever saw bringing up the--aww, dammit!

But yeah, just give it some good characters and fucking use them regularly enough and it'll carry people. That's where TNG, DS9, and pre-Seven Voyager succeeded where Enterprise did not. Hell, the rarely-used Enterprise supporting cast (Hoshi, Phlox, Reed, Mayweather) were usually quite a bit more interesting than "Generic Hokey Texan Chief Engineer" and "Galaxy's Most Emotionally Unstable Vulcan Wearing Seven of Nine's Old Clothes" who the show centered around nearly every goddamn week. Archer was all right, but still the weakest of all the lead Captains.

I mean, when Janeway out-badasses you, you're just not doing you're job.

EDIT: Well, at least the Kroze issue was already resolved. Carry on.

[Kurosen]

Yeah, Enterprise would've been helped in a huge way had there been more Hoshi-, Phlox-, or Reed-centric episodes.

I mean, c'mon. "Reed alert." That's gold, baby. Gold!

Or if they'd done at least a full season of the Mirror Universe.

[Jeneralissimo]

Reed! *squee* Yeah, Enterprise started focusing way too much on Trip and T'Pol. I think one of my favorite episodes was when Phlox was the only one awake on the ship (well, him and Porthos). John Billingsley could carry an episode by himself.

Originally Posted by POS Industries

I mean, when Janeway out-badasses you, you're just not doing you're job.

Yeah, that's saying a lot right there.

I dunno, I think I'm still willing to watch a new Star Trek series, but I might not be as patient as I have been in the past. If it starts to suck, I'm jumping ship.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Kroze Gamegod

But POS, this is TOTALLY diffrent!
This time it will have a crew of likable characters!

*Kroze is killed for that*

I'd argue except come to think of it, basically the entire point of DS9 was every single character being anywhere from annoying to obnoxious to a total asshole.

I mean here - Sisko? Total tightass. Odo? Bigger tightass than Sisko. Kira? Tightass who's a woman so she's got to prove she can be just as big of a tightass as the fellas. Ferengis? Obnoxious by definition. Also, super-Fugly! The doctor? British! The list just goes on.

Watching how these people somehow managed to interact without beating each other to death was the whole fun of the show. These guys were such assholes Worf came off as cuddly by comparison.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Originally Posted by fifthfiend

I mean here - Sisko? Total tightass! Odo? Bigger tightass than Sisko! Kira? Tightass who's a woman so she's got to prove she can be just as big of a tightass as the fellas! Ferengis? Obnoxious by definition! Also, super-Fugly! The doctor? British! The list just goes on.

I think Bashier was Indian