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Paramount won't sell or "loan" out the franchise to a network in which it could really prosper (can you imagine a new Star Trek show as a Netflix series? How huge would that be?). It also won't make new stuff because it believes the bullshit with UPN and Rick Berman tainting the writing is indicative of the demand for the product.

That's the really frustrating part-- the formula for a new successful Star Trek series is so simple. They know who's good at it and who's not based on the work they've done over 18 years. They know what the fans like. With social media it's never been easier to take the pulse of a fanbase to find out what is good and what isn't.

For crying out loud, it's not like the would lose money on this. Trekkies are people who kept TNG going after the first two abysmal seasons when they still had no marriage or reason to call the series anything closely related to the original that they loved. They would do the same for this one, too if it took awhile to get going.

A dream exists in the delusional part of my mind where a group of Paramount executives realize this and get the project going. They hire Ron Moore as producer, who hasn't been doing anything productive other than get some of his shows cancelled on SyFy after Caprica went down. He creates a new reboot that takes place in the 25th century, establishes some shattering premise similar to TNG's Klingon/Federation alliance (maybe something humans invent trans-warp drive or something) and then goes from there, taking a cue from BSG by establishing large arcs over the course of a season/half season. He sets a rule of NO child actors allowed in the main cast and NO shitty holodeck scripts.

Like I said, it's in the delusional part of my brain. Maybe some day.