Monday, May 06, 2002

Like many Star Trek fans, I've often contemplated the idea of a mixed-cast Trek movie. Y'know, maybe take Picard and Data from Next Gen, O'Brien and Odo from DS9, the Holodoc and Kim from Voyager and throw them all together on a ship for some cross-series fun. In this interview, the concept is floated past Trek grand poobah Rick Berman, and it turns out he's thought about it some, too.

I think this is the logical evolution of the films, as some folks from Next Gen (most likely the two I name above) refuse to come back or are dropped because of budget-straining salary demands, and people from the other shows look to supplement their convention-appearance income. The experience of seeing the 24th century Trek populace interact would be a great deal of fun, and would reinforce the grand epic scope that helps make the best of these films what they are. I guess we'll see what happens after Trek X bows this Christmas.

Posted @ 11:43 AM

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