What ideas do you have for TV shows based on existing franchises?

[Karen El]

CSI: The Animated Series. Same concept, same characters, same formula. Cartoon physics and violence.

What, the original isn't unrealistic enough for you?

[Karen El]

Especially if he made nor style monologues interrupted by the other cast.

Don't you hate when autocorrect screws up the most important word in the sentence?

[Personamanx]

What, the original isn't unrealistic enough for you?

Would not know. I've never watched an episode of the main show to my knowledge. But I know I would if it was animated and at least one character was a talking Duck!

[Danimal]

I always thought a Star Trek show set about 75-100 years after the end of Voyager would be cool. The way I picture it, the Federation has slowly lost a lot of it's influence even as new advances in warp engines and the like have allowed all of the quadrants to have been opened up, creating an even larger in scope galaxy. Instead of one of the old villains, there would be a new antagonist in the form of an alternative to the Federation made up of Delta and Gamma quadrant races primarily. There wouldn't be open hostilities, but more like tense coexistence, at least at first. The new version of a Federation would have more people, raw materials, and natural resources while the Federation would still have the lead in technology, although only slightly. The new ship could be the Enterprise NCC-1701G.

[saintsaucey]

The most recent enterprise was the e. No way are the federation only at g in a hundred years. Especially if Riker ever got control of it

[sunbird]

Don't you hate when autocorrect screws up the most important word in the sentence?

Dammit! Yes, yes I do.

[Thequeerjock]

I think Gotham Central or Daughters of Dragon could make for a badass TV series on Showtime or HBO. I have actors in mind too.

[JBK405]

There was a plan for a Gotham Central TV series, but the complete collapse of the BoP series lead to its cancellation before they even started work. That's such a pity, because that show could have been amazing if they worked it right.

Speaking of, I'd love a quality Birds of Prey production with accurate characters, although we might sort of be getting that with the porno film that we can't seem to stop talking about on this board (or maybe that's just me).

Who did you have in mind for GC?

[Spiffy]

I've always liked the idea of a Star Trek anthology show which switches around the Trek universe and different eras and cultures.

It would be pretty cool to have a Klingon story one week based in the classic Trek era and then jump to a Next Gen era story about Bajorans the next and then an Enterprise era Earth based story. Obviously they couldn't go crazy with sets for every single eventuality but CGI has helped in this regard, especially for ships and planets.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy was always the most interesting idea to me. NOT some variant like the movie with young Kirk. Not some variant focusing on older versions of classic characters as a faculty even (maybe a few guest star runs wouldn't have hurt but no more than that), but a fresh new cast, with stories skewed SPECIFICALLY to young adult storytelling. Nothing universe saving, except maybe as a season ender.

The other Trek idea I've heard over the years with the most promise (and even moreso because all the fan-made stuff seems to simply plop people down in alternate starships) is Star Trek: Federation Diplomatic Corps (or whatever their service is called again, I forget). It could have even starred Nimoy at one point, although he's too old now (he wouldn't have carried the show anyway--a younger cast would have with him as an anchor), and Spock's history too twisted with the stupid reboot. The show would have basically been a spy show in disguise though, since plain old diplomacy is pretty boring.

[Spiffy]

There was a plan for a Gotham Central TV series, but the complete collapse of the BoP series lead to its cancellation before they even started work. That's such a pity, because that show could have been amazing if they worked it right.

Speaking of, I'd love a quality Birds of Prey production with accurate characters, although we might sort of be getting that with the porno film that we can't seem to stop talking about on this board (or maybe that's just me).

Who did you have in mind for GC?

I know its not quite the same, but I think the attempt at Bendis' "Powers" (which is in limbo/dead even though a pilot happened, right?) took any heat away from a potential renewal of the GC idea. The whole "someone else is trying that" thing (then later "and it failed").