IF CBS reboots the original STAR TREK.... will You watch it?

[yuiyoshida]

Robert Orci (Co writer of the big screen Trek Reboot) has reportedly met with CBS about reviving the beloved sci-fi franchise with a new TV Series...

http://tv.yahoo.com/photos/tv-reboot-a-palooza-all-the-small-screen-remakes-now-in-development-slideshow/

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	Absolutely! I can't wait to see it!
	2 (22%)
	How could you even replace that original crew? HELL NO!!!
	1 (11%)
	I will check it out and make my judgement than.
	4 (44%)
	ITS ALREADY BEEN ruined once... how could they do worse?
	1 (11%)
	STAR WHAT? OH, yeah ...with Dr. Spock and that stupid Robot..."Danger Will Robinson!"
	0 (0%)
	Only if SHATNER "SINGS" Rocket man
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	other
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[HipChick]

1. yes

[bluesbassman]

2. Only if they promise to bring Gorn back.

[Denninmi]

3. Gorn is back!

Courtesy of your local Hallmark store:

http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/07/star-trek-hallmark-christmas-ornaments-2013-the-gorn-fight-and-the-kelvin/

[OriginalGeek]

8. Holy CRAP that's awesome!

Sending wife to Hallmark now...

[Frank Cannon]

20. OMG, I'm having a geekgasm.

Gotta get me that Gornament!

[pokerfan]

9. Only if Dorn plays the Gorn

[Orsino]

4. They don't need another planet-of-the-week spaceship show...

...and certainly not another reboot full of half-smart nods and winks at the original.

Now, a daring show that extended and challenged the commercial TV formula might be welcome.

[Callmecrazy]

5. Yes we do...

Of course we do. How else are going to solve the problems that plague our society if we don't look at it from the future to see how we did it?
Besides, there are other issues in the galaxy that may involve our little planet and I want to be in the loop when they have answers to give us.
And I, for one, welcome our galactic overlords.

[Demo_Chris]

6. They can hire JJ Abrams, then the bridge can look like a hair salon...

And we can have loads of dramatic lense flair.

[yuiyoshida]

7. That would not surprise me...

I spent nearly an hour squinting at the big screen, what will it do on the small screen? ><'

[Jenoch]

10. Hasn't this already been done?

My calculations are that Star Trek has been revived in 5 television series. Isn't that enough?

[Kaleva]

11. Combine Star Trek with The Hobbit

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

[Bosonic]

12. A chiral reboot?

[Broken_Hero]

13. I'll check it out, and see how it goes.

I'm a fan but not an uber fan, so I'd have to see it before I can really judge it.

[Chan790]

14. No. Just no. I hated TOS. I've hated the movies both new and old. I've hated the spin-offs.

I would never watch such a thing.

[eShirl]

15. YES, even if only to keep yet another zombie or vampire show off the air

[Vashta Nerada]

16. Oh good god.

Really?

Get some original ideas, network tv!

[nolabear]

17. Star Schlep. Fightclub Gallactica. The Internet Strikes Back. LaVerne and Sevenofnine.

[haele]

18. Problem is getting good SF writers engaged with the scripts.

The formulaic schlock that poses to be writing with all the test audiences and studio interference now-a-days sucks.
Instead of different episodes by different writers with different themes and points of view to be explored, you get long, graphic novel story arcs that get re-written to hell and back in the middle of the story because "somebody doesn't like the way it's going", it's "too slow developing", "why doesn't character X fall in love with character Y - the female demographic would love it"... and all sorts of other excuses that change the entire focus of the character development and sends the story off to an unsatisfactory conclusion either way too soon or way too long.
When TOS, TNG, and DS9 were successful, it was because there was a framework created to tell stories in, and a wide range of fleshed out, established and fairly relatable characters that weren't the sole focus of the stories. If you didn't like one character, there was usually a different one that you could relate to.

IMO, what would be better would be a "re-boot" Twilight Zone. But that takes too much thinking and is too risky, unless you have a really, really good producer and a really good opening hook.

Haele

[Art_from_Ark]

19. They did reboot Twilight Zone once

in the form of "Night Gallery"

Of course, Rod Serling was narrating that one, too.

[Frank Cannon]

21. TZ has been rebooted a couple of times.

Most recently, just a few years ago with Forrest Whitaker as host. It was a pale shadow of the Serling series or even the '80s offering.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I'd probably watch it

just out of loyalty to the original show, as well as to TNG and DS9.

[bigwillq]

23. No. I have no interest in shows like Star Trek

Just not into it.

[LongTomH]

24. I would give it a chance -- but, I don't have much hope that it will capture even a fraction of.....

.....the original series (or Next Generation's) dynamic. What made STTOS and STTNG truly great was Gene Roddenberry's vision of a hopeful future; without Gene, the franchise soon lost it's soul. DS9 had a few good episodes, and please don't even ask me about Voyager.

I really don't think CBS would allow anything like Roddenberry's idealism and hope to hit the screen now. What we will probably get is a a militarized Starfleet, loads of techno-babble and trite, let's-find-a-new-way-to-kill-the-monster scripts.

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. I'd watch it.