Create a new series premise

[ijdgaf]

I don't really see how my answer doesn't qualify as an "answer", per say. You asked when and my answer was, it'll be a while.

To further elaborate, it really depends on how successful this string of movies is. If the first movie bombs and Paramount isn't inclined to make more then it'll probably be a long time. A longer gap than the one since Enterprise. Finally somebody will gather the courage to commission/write a premise, and a TV series might be the result. If the first movie is successful, they'll make a second one and I don't see them throwing a new TV series into the mix for a while. That sort of thing muddies the water, in ijdgaf-hypothetical-movie-producer-speak/think. Maybe after a bit they'd branch out and make a new series. Or the movie series would run its course and, after another hiatus, a new series might come out of the woodwork.

The question just has so many variables involved. And I don't get how "not soon" is... wrong? Would "the day after tomorrow" be a better answer? I don't see how. While it gains something in precision, it loses quite a bit in terms of plausability and all around well-informedness.

[Nate the Great]

Is this really your answer, or are you trying to be difficult? Is a simple answer expressed in years, totally nonbinding and based on personal opinion too much to ask?

[ijdgaf]

No, you're right. That was my fake answer.

[Nate the Great]

And your real answer is...?

[PointyHairedJedi]

Originally Posted by ijdgaf

No, you're right. That was my fake answer.

The way you can tell is, he flicks his teeth.

I can't give any answer to the question that doesn't involve Aaron Sorkin, especially not as I'm currently working my way through my precious precious TWW DVDs, though right now I'm deep in the Wells-o-vision crapshoot that is season five. I'll agree with IJD that a lot rides on the film, and that barring someone pushy and egotistical enough to press Paramount into it in the near future (say, a clone of JMS that has been suitably brainwashed) it will be... oh, five years? Six?

[Nate the Great]

Okay, here's a question. Would a new Trek animated series work? After all, that would allow the actors to portray their characters without worrying about the effects of aging. I mean a new prime-time show, of course, not kiddy stuff like Stargate: Infinity. Plus we could have more nonhumanoid aliens.

[PointyHairedJedi]

Actually, that's a very interesting thought. Yes, it could work, but it would undoubtedly be pushed at kids, so whether it would be a success is an entirely different matter.

[Nate the Great]

Why would it have to be pushed at kids? Not that that's a bad thing, necessarily, given that any reasonably loyal Trekkie these days has to be at least in their late teens, and can we raise another generation of them on old dusty DVDs only, but there are such things as cartoons that the entire family can enjoy.

In fact, I'm slightly repulsed by the notion that adults must be embarassed by watching cartoons. I still enjoy watching anime, and I have Gargoyles on in the background right now. Look at the success of Shrek and Toy Story.