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Star Trekfans can expend a passel of time with their favored characters across 13 movies and 7 boob tube series - well 8 if you enumerate the animise one in the LXX . UnlikeStar Wars , Lord of the RingsorHarry Potter , where rooter have a scant few hours in theatres enjoying their sphere , Star Trekfans have hours and hours of video and flick ( although this will change asStar Warsstreams on Disney+ , withLOTRto follow on Amazon Prime ) .
So fans have gotten to recognise theStar Trekuniverse and its characters and narrative intimately . Although there are many floor to tell , scores have already been told , so we have a good idea of what we ’d like to see in the next movie .
Want: Science
Star Trekhas introduce us to scientific concepts like the Dyson Sphere , warping - drive , Heisenberg compensator , and Vulcan nerve - pinch - okay , maybe that last one is n’t so scientific . But unlike other sci - fi bear witness that focalize on illusion or The Force or suspect applied science , Star Trekhas historically been based on advanced scientific theses . Sure there are horrible monsters and automatonlike zombies and empathetic power , but creator Gene Roddenberry strived to make the stories plausible . Star Trekshould put the scientific discipline back in science - fiction .
Don’t Want: Holodecks
One of the worst author ’s crutches inStar Trek : The Next Generationwas the Holodeck , a large room on the initiative where gang member were subject to virtual - world simulations . This was a cunning way for ST : TNG characters to interact with new worlds or unusual situation - but the game gadget expanded exponentially to overlook episodes and , on affair , overtake the “ material ” Enterprise .
Star Trek : Voyagerand evenStar Trek : Discoveryhave made usage of similar applied science to state their stories , foregoing the central assumption ofStar Trek : actually traveling to other planets . The Holodeck allowed for lazy composition and scurvy - price production note value but has outlived its usefulness several movies ago .
Want: Sex And Violence
ManyStar Trekfans salivated at the thought of Hollywood defective - male child Quentin Tarintino write a movie script . Tarintino ’s motion-picture show have delved into in writing violence and the periodic nude scenery , never shy away from an “ R ” evaluation . Although it ’s highly unlikely Paramount will go in this direction , the need to keepStar Trekrated PG-13 has been restrictive lately .
Since its origin in the mid-sixties , Star Trekhas been intended for adults with the tempo , the intelligence , and the storytelling themes . That aStar Trekmovie , or even streaming TV show , could up the ante and show more adult billet seems like a coherent progression .
Don’t Want: Resurrections
When a character dies onStar Trek , it ’s sham they are n’t “ really dead ” - which makes compelling storytelling hard . Since meter - travel is a primal component ofStar Trekmythology , it make signified that a character ’s death can be reset ; but this is a shaft to be used softly , not to hammer your way of life out of a plot hole .
Resurrection of Christ was used most in effect onStar Trek : The Search for Spock , where a dear character was brought back in the concluding bobbin . Even then it was come across with some ridicule , and the goodwill it garner fromStar Trekfans has been long spent . In theStar Trekuniverse , dead - and - gone should be just that .
Want: LessStar Wars
When director JJ Abrahms was tasked with revivingStar Trekin 2009 , he admitted to being “ more of aStar Wars ” cat - and was afterwards give the key to that franchise in 2015 . So Abrams imbibedStar Trekwith more of the flashgun and sparkle he enjoyed in George Lucas’Star Warsfilms - whizz spaceship , improbable noncitizen , and many prompt - snub .
But lumbering starships and long intergalactic journeying have been a hallmark ofStar Trekfrom the beginning . Cinema and telecasting are fill with space and fantasy adventures , with all the crying spectacle that goes with it . Star Trekshould skew towards a slow burn mark , to differentiate itself from all the sci - fi franchise available today ( but notStar Trek : The Motion Pictureslow ! )
Don’t Want: Pandering to Fans
Star Trekfans are many and vocal , and in all probability impossible to please as a whole . That said , Star Trekshould discontinue pandering to fans with an abundance of easter - eggs and winking at the interview .
This was most prevalent in the rejoinder of the “ Khan ” plot line inStar Trek : Into Darkness , in an all - too - clever nod to the belovedStar Trek : The Wrath of Khan . This semi - nostalgic revision continue with the restitution of Mr. Spock inStar Trek : Discovery(more on that below ) . The need to address and then potentially discard cardinal elements of all the movie and tv set shows beforehand has become tiresome .
Want: More Character Arcs
DoStar Warsfans really know who Lando Calrissian is ? The space - buccaneer is developed briefly in the two movies he boast in , The Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi . However , hearing do n’t get to get it on Lando until he returns inSolo : A Star Wars Story , and his show inStar war : The Rise of Skywalkerdoesn’t service his character much .
Here ’s whereStar Trekexceeds - sports fan know a bunch about Kirk , Spock , Picard , Data , Janeway , Burnham , and even Captain Pike since his prison term in the “ newfangled ” flick andStar Trek : Discovery . Although films are limited in on - screen clip , it would be better forStar Trekto continue to take the time to acquire their primal lineament .
Don’t Want: Temporal Cold War
One thingStar Trekdoesn’t need is any more cagey plot devices like the Temporal Cold War in the first few seasons ofStar Trek : endeavour . They sound interesting and give your series an overall story spin , but the payoff is limited . If you have to excuse the overarch threat to the interview over and over , something has gone wrong in the writer ’s room .
These “ secular ” or “ time travel ” plot devices also lead to infinite retconning - and that ’s not a pun . Do n’t takeStar Trekdown a path that ca n’t be resolved without complicated or illogical plotting .
Want: Seven Of Nine
The character Seven of Nine is relatively tardy to theStar Trekuniverse , having been introduced after three telly series and nine motion picture . But she ’s attractive , sound , emotive , and part Borg - what ’s not to love ? Her character ’s role - the coherent , likeable crew member who carries much of the technical dialog - has been so valuable as to be covered by T’Pol ( Jolene Blalock ) inStar Trek : Enterprise , a retconned ( for instance aroused ) Data in subsequent movie ( and perhapsStar Trek : Picard ) , and several cast extremity inStar Trek : Discovery . That she give back to contribute some careful phraseology toStar Trek : Picardis a welcome sight .
Don’t Want: More Captains
Star Trekis all about a stoical leader captain a dauntless crew ferry the Federation of Planets ' team spirit across a cold-blooded cosmos - but does it always have to be ? There have been enough Captains to fulfil a rum commercial : Kirk is sometimes ineffective but still gets recycled and Picard is limping into his own series . As for the others , Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) is demented , Archer ( Scott Bakula ) was n’t that compelling to begin with , and Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) has been chewing scenery onOrange is the New Black . We ’re still deciding onStar Trek : Discoverybecause more Michelle Yeoh is never a bad thing .
TheStar Trekuniverse has also stretch the characters of Captain Spock and Khan Singh - or any villainous captain who ’s overact William Shatner - about as far as they can go . The last thing we ask fromStar Trekis another captain in a hot seat .
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