> Anybody wrote:
>
>> If they actually had any real creativity in Hollyweird these
>> days they could make NEW shows instead of just ruining all the
>> old franchises with idiotic "remakes" / "reboots". :-(
>
> I'll say this: Star Trek has proven to be a very tough act to
> follow.
>
> None of the subsequent attempts at space shows, like Space: 1999
> and Babylon 5, ever achieved quite the lasting popularity that
> Trek did. By now, FORTY YEARS worth of Trek stories have
> fleshed out the Star Trek universe tremendously--not only more
> than any other science-fiction TV show, but perhaps more than
> any other science fiction ever.
If you completely and totally ignore Star Wars, perhaps. Which
would be awfully stupid, given it is as iconic as Trek, perhaps
more so.
>
> Any other writers hoping to create a new space show from
> scratch, have a huge job to create a concept with a comparably
> vast but significantly different scope than Trek.
>
> In science fiction, how many other believable "universes" have
> there been,
You claim Star Trek was "believable"? OK, you're either a troll, or
a retard.
> which encompass so many diverse stories, novels,
> etc.? Larry Niven's "Known Space," Asimov's "Foundation,"
> Herbert's "Dune," are probably the most famous. (Tolkien's
> "Lord of the Rings," if you want to include fantasy too.)
For them what can actually read, and do, there are hundreds of
other books with universes *far* more believable than Trek or Star
Wars, both of which were science fantasy, not science fiction.
> But
> such sub-genres aren't that common even in written SF.
Troll. Or illiterate retard. Trek can't keep from conflicting with
itself from episode to episode, much less series to series.
> It takes
> a huge amount of research to flesh out a believable but exotic
> SF universe, as opposed to just writing one story or one novel.
> That Roddenberry not only did it, but did it within the funding
> and schedule constraints of an American TV series, is quite
> remarkable. And very rare.
>
Retarded troll who can't or won't read.
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