Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-9605025-20150328164912/@comment-9605025-20150403045453

Given the alternate timeline, I think the reboots are fine. I agree with GoC that there should be some reminders that it is an alternate timeline. My primary point is that, in my opinion, they don't fit well with the rest of the franchise. The alternate timeline idea seems to be more for the purposes of pacifying die-hard fans (as CorporateJP mentioned). My secondary point is that they could have extended the original timeline and still made a good movie. Related to that, the movie could have been made to make sense both as a stand-alone experience and in the broader Star Trek context. - reply to #13 Certainly interesting. But it sounds like, although in the same timeline, the proposed new series are not immediately linked to the older ones. I was thinking of a series that expands on a plot line already in existence. For instance, what happens to the 37's? Does Star Fleet get officially involved in the Borg rebellion? How does it go? What about all the various species that claim they will return once man has evolved further? Do the Voth accept the distant origins theory? If so, do they contact the federation?