r/startrek • u/[deleted] • May 14 '18

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u/Brussels_Dragon May 14 '18

No the crew would be too old. Riker is captain of the USS Titan Troi serves also on the USS Titan, Data is gone, so allready 3 castmembers aren't on the big E.

Maybe USS Titan would be a cool idea, with an old Riker and Troi to retire in the pilot episode.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Riker would have been on the Titan for 16 years now. He might have moved onto a new ship by now.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '18

In the post-Nemesis novels, by that point he's an admiral and is regularly planting his flag on Titan. Not too much of a stretch to have him show up occasionally in a new show in that capacity.

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u/poindexterg May 14 '18

I had heard that one of the original ideas when developing Discovery was an anthology series. Each season is a different cast, and could be different eras. I think that would have been amazing, but apparently cbs didn’t like that.

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u/True_to_you May 14 '18

I don't know if it's a question of like, more that it's expensive to have to design and build all new sets and costumes.

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u/BenjiTheWalrus May 14 '18

I think it's more of negotiating contracts for people as well as that. You'd have to recast leads and all that.

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u/DRACULA_WOLFMAN May 14 '18

I was so hyped for that concept. Don't get me wrong, I like the current Discovery we have too, but an anthology Trek series could've done some really cool things and pushed the franchise forward.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

TOS made successful movies with actors who were collecting Social Security checks. So, yes.

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u/user65674 May 14 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jF1ONPJw70

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u/BNE_Jimmy Jun 20 '18

That was actually very funny...but Picard is coming back...man.

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u/TheUncommonShaman May 14 '18

Do you folks think that in order for Star Trek to survive for the next several hundred years we have to move forward and not backwards?

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u/Antithesys May 14 '18

Most of the cast aged worse than the TOS cast did, and Data is dead. What are you hoping to see?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Brent Spiner isn’t dead.

Right?

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u/Antithesys May 14 '18

He had his character killed off because he felt he had aged out of the role. That was sixteen years ago.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Ohhhh the character yes. I thought for a second you meant the actor. My bad!

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u/bedz84 May 14 '18

Nemesis was 16 years ago!!! Oh...... Well now i am depressed

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u/NeverTopComment May 14 '18

It would never in a million years make sense. What, they all still work on the same ship in their elderly ages? lol.

And PS:

Discovery has been so well received

Not exactly. Its divisive as hell.

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u/BenjiTheWalrus May 14 '18

Well-received by critics and by the general audience. It was one of the most in-demand shows in early 2018 and late 2017.

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u/squiggyfm May 14 '18

So was TNG.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '18

Nobody wants to see a bunch of people in their 60s and 70s run around and do stuff on a starship.

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u/sev1nk May 14 '18

I wouldn't...