Patrick Stewart/Picard rumor

[Gulo Blue]

"Rumours of Stewart?s involvement in the new series have been circulating with the actor himself also hinting at the prospect of his return. Speaking to Red Carpet News TV, he said he hadn?t seen Star Trek Discovery yet, but he ?may have good cause to look at it very soon.? According to certain sources Kurtzman is also attached to the Stewart-led reboot. However, CBS TV Studios have yet to confirm the Stewart project."

 

[Gulo Blue]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMGH6k31ArA

 

[Michchamp]

Plot for the series, or at least a 3 episode story arc to start the series:

now in the twilight of his career, Picard is relegated to space duty in the Solar System. He's been pressured to retire, but refuses.

nevertheless, he gets the chance to save Starfleet and the Federation one more time, as a shadowy cabal shows up, composed of space billionaires, militant reactionary elements of Starfleet, and proponents of a regressive, close-minded, hypocritical space religion (in the show they'll call it Fundamentalist Christianity, but claim it has no relation to 20th-21st century American Christianity (quote: "no, this Christianity was founded by another guy named Jesus Christ, who lived in 22nd century Israel.") Also, they're funded by the Romulans seeking to destabilize The Federation. and their figurehead is a pudgy, lying, sleazy space developer named Donald Mudd (a descendent of 1960's Star Trek scammer Harry Mudd)

Okay, so the cabal is seeking to overthrow the socialist space faring utopia of The Federation, and replace it with a capitlist system with the means of production all solely under their control. And under them, Starfleet will end their primary mission of peaceful exploration, and immediately expel all Klingons serving in its ranks, and use that as a ruse to goad the Klingons into all out war, serving to unite all the Federation in their capitalist plan.

They launch a coup attempt on Earth, and the only Federation ship around available to stop them is the ship under Picard (not the Enterprise, which is a frontline ship, but a shitty obsolete Starship, helmed by a skeleton crew).

through a careful use of diplomacy, politics, technical wizardry, sleight of hand, and a couple photon torpedoes, Picard foils their plan, and a grateful Federation puts him back in charge of the Enterprise.​

pretty neat, eh?

 

[Michchamp]

I should add that Donald Mudd is a failed space developer, and has declared space bankruptcy a half dozen times. He's spent the last few years hockung Mudd-branded crystal remedies, gold-plated transporter platforms, etc. when the shadowy cabal votes him as their figurehead.

one of the leaders of the cabal will say "Mudd is the leader the Federation deserves!" followed by evil laughter.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Who’s going to play Hans Solo?

 

[Michchamp]

Who’s going to play Hans Solo?

That's a character from a lesser science fiction franchise. one more targeted toward the youth audience.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I like this Donald Mudd character. There was a Mudd reference in the reboot movies. But I feel like this plot is too cluttered. Pick on religion or capitalism, but not both. There's already a religion movie, but it was possibly the worst one with the 60's dudes. It would be weird to pick on capitalism without bringing up Ferengis, which I'm not a huge fan of.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Maybe you could come up with a role for LaVar Burton's daughter.


https://twitter.com/levarburton/status/549278123930312704?lang=en
"My daughter and my money go to UMich!"

 

[Michchamp]

I think the Ferengi would be great capitalists in my plot.

physically unattractive, & repulsive even (just like the human ones in real life)

 

[tinselwolverine]

That's a character from a lesser science fiction franchise. one more targeted toward the youth audience.

The Avengers?

 

[Gulo Blue]