Seth MacFarlane wants to make a Star Trek TV show

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this thread does make me respect Seth more but i dunno about him helming a Star Trek TV show

i'll reserve judgment, though

can't wait for JJs Star Trek 2
 
I would also like him to bring Worf back. I don't care if it breaks the continuity or whatever, have him time travel if necessary, but Worf is awesome.
 
I'd love a new Star Trek TV series with some good writers/show runners and a decent production budget, but I do not want this many anywhere near it.
 
The guy loves the franchise and he knows it by heart. He could get great writers to make it, I would love to see it happen. More power to him for using his own powers for something good.
 
I'd give this a try. I'm not going to assume that making comedies and singing show tunes are the extent of his talent. And he clearly loves science and science fiction.
 
bengraven said:
If you leapfrog Dax01, he'll probably find where you live and try and shove a Garak toy up your ass.
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ElectricBlanketFire said:
The perfect franchise for Seth MacFarlane to handle with dignity and respect:

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Bitch, I will CUT you.
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If I made a Star Trek show I'd make it a comedy, I'll leave JJ to take care of the current classic crew while I make a show about a ragtag group of people (a vulcan+a gorn+ several humans + one green girl and another alien) whom go around getting themselves caught up in the Wackiest of situations!

I'd call it

Warp 8 1/2
 
lunarworks said:
Well, it has to remain geeky, but he could help remove it from the quagmire it's found itself in.
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Eh..There are degrees of geeky. Star Trek went off the deep end after a while. It needs to be reigned in.
 
AbortedWalrusFetus said:
I can understand the skepticism given the shows McFarlane is known for, but I think the guy is probably a whole lot more talented and intelligent than people give him credit for too.
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He comes across as extremely talented and intelligent to me personally.. Family Guy has an epic amount of whit IMO.

I wonder if the McFarlane hate comes from his obvious political leanings and tendency to use his cartoons as a soap box?

Otherwise I don't really get it... he is pretty fucking awesome IMO.
 
KibblesBits said:
You know, I think it either was never explained or they had to crane him out.
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I always imagined that once the episode was over he was able to Turbo Boost again (once per episode limit!) to get out and back onto the street.

And I must say, this isn't such a terrible idea. I rather enjoy American Dad and Cosmos should turn out great. Him being a huge ST nerd helps, because he WOULD treat it with respect.
 
nVidiot_Whore said:
He comes across as extremely talented and intelligent to me personally.. Family Guy has an epic amount of whit IMO.

I wonder if the McFarlane hate comes from his obvious political leanings and tendency to use his cartoons as a soap box?

Otherwise I don't really get it... he is pretty fucking awesome IMO.
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People hate McFarlane because Trey Parker and Matt Stone told them to, and they"re blindly following orders.
 
Trent Strong said:
People hate McFarlane because Trey Parker and Matt Stone told them to, and they"re blindly following orders.
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I think South Park is great and all.. but Family Guy has a lot more going for it IMO..there's simply far more jokes told that "hit" with me in the half hour... and anything "political" out of Trey and Matt is "populist" humor so it's not shocking that they turn less people off.

Funny enough Trey and Matt's "politics" tend to annoy me.. likely because I'm pretty far to the left.. and they have a butt-hurt mentality to any outspoken liberals that isn't funny to me.
 
I think Seth might be bored:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Is_Better_Than_Words

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When Universal Republic Records asked MacFarlane what kind of album he wanted to do, he said "a classic Sinatra-style album". The album was in fact recorded at Capitol Records in the same room that Frank Sinatra had worked. Moreover, MacFarlane recorded the vocals for Music Is Better Than Words with the microphone that Frank Sinatra used on many of his classic albums
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AMUSIX said:
ITT people who have never heard McFarlane speak outside of his animation shtick.
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Joke? All the man does is speak. He won't shut up. He voices every character they let him and they all sound the same. He takes every opportunity to sing faux-Sinatra style for 20 fucking minutes. Everything he writes is a a poop joke or a thinly veiled rant about his political leanings. Either way it'll be poorly done and unoriginal, and it'll go on for far too long.

Seth MacFarlane is a hack who likes the sound of his own voice.

ConfusingJazz said:
I think Seth might be bored:
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He genuinely likes singing and Sinatra. He loves that shit so hard, certainly because of his voice. It's the one thing you can't fault the man on.
 
Mudkips said:
Joke? All the man does is speak. He won't shut up. He voices every character they let him and they all sound the same. He takes every opportunity to sing faux-Sinatra style for 20 fucking minutes. Everything he writes is a a poop joke or a thinly veiled rant about his political leanings. Either way it'll be poorly done and unoriginal, and it'll go on for far too long.

Seth McFarlane is a hack who likes the sound of his own voice.
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LOL
The 1st 3 seasons of Family Guy are considered classics & a lot of people put them up there with the 1st 9 seasons of The Simpsons.
He has 3 successful shows. A lot of people here seem to hate on Cleveland Show & Family Guy, but American Dad is a darling favorite.


As for him working on a new Trek series
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Despite the awful, terrible abominations that are the Cleveland Show and later seasons of Family Guy, MacFarlane might have enough clout to make this happen. Maybe he can kickstart it, then let other people handle things like American Dad?
 
ConfusingJazz said:
I could see it.

As long as its not Rick Berman, I am fine.
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Pie Lord said:
Eh, can't be any worse than Rick Berman.
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Rick Berman saved Deep Space Nine from having a worse ending than Enterprise!

Seriously, Behr wanted to go with "It was all a story by Benny Russel" ending and Berman said "lolNo"

Berman screwed up many things, but he wasn't all bad
 
First he wants Flintstones (I'd rather see a college days Flintstone prequel series written by the office guys).

Then he does a Sinatra knock off.

Now he wants Trek?

He's all over the place like a typical episode of FG.
 
DrForester said:
Rick Berman saved Deep Space Nine from having a worse ending than Enterprise!

Seriously, Behr wanted to go with "It was all a story by Benny Russel" ending and Berman said "lolNo"

Berman screwed up many things, but he wasn't all bad
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Berman wanted the Dominion war to be a 6 episode arc, not to mention everything past the end of DS9 was a mistake.
 
Count Dookkake said:
Not really a fan of his cartoons, but the guy seems very bright and likable.

I am not opposed to this.
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This is pretty much the same boat I am on. Truthfully it seems like none of the actors from the Star Trek reboot/prequel/sequel aren't successful film stars yet, why not make a high profile big budget television show that can be co-funded by a network and say someone like Netflix where they can get the show a day after it airs with extended scenes.
 
From the sounds of it, he wants to return Trek to the days of TNG and DS9.

I honestly see no issue with this. In fact, it's what I'd really want out of Trek. I didn't care much for the 2009 movie and I'm not really excited for the sequel. But a new series that takes inspiration from the franchise's best? Can't say I'm against that.

It being Seth MacFarlane seems like a bit of an issue, but maybe under his veil of stupid cartoon shows are some really good ideas for a new ST show.

Of course, the word "reboot" always alarms me. I think JJ has that base covered.
 
AlternativeUlster said:
This is pretty much the same boat I am on. Truthfully it seems like none of the actors from the Star Trek reboot/prequel/sequel aren't successful film stars yet, why not make a high profile big budget television show that can be co-funded by a network and say someone like Netflix where they can get the show a day after it airs with extended scenes.
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The reboot is all about fast moving action, you cant do that on a TV budget.
For context Enterprise cost about $4,000,000 per episode.
 
wenis said:
Shit, let him do it. He's obviously a big Sci-Fi fan and a huge Trek nerd.

I see nothing wrong with this. I'd love to see him slap his name on something that isn't a cartoon or a piece of comedy.
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Not to single you out, others said the same thing, but I'll never understand this logic. It's like Will Smith in Independence Day saying he can fly the alien ship because he saw one fly once.

Does this guy have any real sci-fi street cred that would lead anyone to think he could do this? All I've seen from the man is unfunny garbage.
 
Tobor said:
Not to single you out, others said the same thing, but I'll never understand this logic. It's like Will Smith in Independence Day saying he can fly the alien ship because he saw one fly once.

Does this guy have any real sci-fi street cred that would lead anyone to think he could do this? All I've seen from the man is unfunny garbage.
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He wrote Dune.
 
Man, now I have respect for Seth McFarlane.
 
I always thought it'd be cool to have some new episodes leading up to the next movie... intermixed with some interesting variations on the classic episodes since this franchise is on alternate "timeline" or whatever.
 
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