| Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118595] |
Fr, 26 August 2005 20:08 |
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Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but then again was
DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a space station while the adventure
came to them. Maybe a show about an earth detective or a cop, not part of
starfleet, who has to solve crimes in the star trek era universe. i always
find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
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| Re: Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118601 ] |
Fr, 26 August 2005 23:30 |
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"Roderick Rutlidge" <R_Rutlidge [at] barnsandnoble.com> wrote in
news:7UIPe.24773$U63.24100 [at] fe12.lga:
> Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but
> then again was DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a
> space station while the adventure came to them. Maybe a show
> about an earth detective or a cop, not part of starfleet, who
> has to solve crimes in the star trek era universe. i always
> find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
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That kind of show I would think would need to be set on a different
planet. In the Star Trek universe Earth is a utopian paradise,
which means it's not that interesting for purposes of dramatic
storytelling.
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| Re: Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118602 ] |
Fr, 26 August 2005 23:30 |
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"Roderick Rutlidge" <R_Rutlidge [at] barnsandnoble.com> wrote in message
news:7UIPe.24773$U63.24100 [at] fe12.lga...
> Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but then again
> was DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a space station while the
> adventure came to them. Maybe a show about an earth detective or a cop,
> not part of starfleet, who has to solve crimes in the star trek era
> universe. i always find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
I like the idea of showing how things in space affect earth and
visa versa more much more than they do.
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| Re: Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118628 ] |
So, 28 August 2005 22:06 |
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"Roderick Rutlidge" <R_Rutlidge [at] barnsandnoble.com> wrote in message
news:7UIPe.24773$U63.24100 [at] fe12.lga...
> Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but then again
was
> DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a space station while the
adventure
> came to them. Maybe a show about an earth detective or a cop, not part of
> starfleet, who has to solve crimes in the star trek era universe. i always
> find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
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I like the idea of another Trek series but you would have to have a very
strong theme to be earth bound only, maybe a search for a nasty alien race
that has infiltrated the general population and were slowly trying to take
over. A secret Star Fleet organisation could be set up (or a branch of the
one from DS9) to track them down and you would see a different storyline
each week in a different part of earth society - Military, Civilian,
Scientific etc and the team would have to have special powers of some
description to enable them to keep up with the ever changing sophistication
of the alien plans. Just a thought?
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| Re: Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118639 ] |
Mo, 29 August 2005 15:20 |
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"V. Equinox" <vequinox [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96BEB2282D9EEvequinox38944 [at] 66.26.32.7...
> "Roderick Rutlidge" <R_Rutlidge [at] barnsandnoble.com> wrote in
> news:7UIPe.24773$U63.24100 [at] fe12.lga:
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>> Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but
>> then again was DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a
>> space station while the adventure came to them. Maybe a show
>> about an earth detective or a cop, not part of starfleet, who
>> has to solve crimes in the star trek era universe. i always
>> find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
>>
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> That kind of show I would think would need to be set on a different
> planet. In the Star Trek universe Earth is a utopian paradise,
> which means it's not that interesting for purposes of dramatic
> storytelling.
I know they have eliminated poverty and everyone is rather content, but that
does not mean there are not criminals on Earth. Afterall, Earth's closest
neighbor, Mars, is a complete slum. There are also prisons on Earth, as seen
in the first episode of voyager. Also, Jean Luc's asshole brother lives
there.
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| Re: Wish they would do a startrek on Earth. [message #118640 ] |
Mo, 29 August 2005 15:21 |
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"Frank Jones" <jones78482 [at] freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:POoQe.97986$G8.53588 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> "Roderick Rutlidge" <R_Rutlidge [at] barnsandnoble.com> wrote in message
> news:7UIPe.24773$U63.24100 [at] fe12.lga...
>> Of course then it wouldn't be a "trek" strictly speaking, but then again
> was
>> DS9 a trek or did they just stand around a space station while the
> adventure
>> came to them. Maybe a show about an earth detective or a cop, not part
>> of
>> starfleet, who has to solve crimes in the star trek era universe. i
>> always
>> find the episodes that take place on earth fascinating.
>>
>>
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> I like the idea of another Trek series but you would have to have a very
> strong theme to be earth bound only, maybe a search for a nasty alien race
> that has infiltrated the general population and were slowly trying to take
> over. A secret Star Fleet organisation could be set up (or a branch of
> the
> one from DS9) to track them down and you would see a different storyline
> each week in a different part of earth society - Military, Civilian,
> Scientific etc and the team would have to have special powers of some
> description to enable them to keep up with the ever changing
> sophistication
> of the alien plans. Just a thought?
>
Not bad - sort of reminds me of the episode where the brain bugs have hold
of starfleet command.
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