Star Trek

[Valka]

A. Not enough potential viewers (I don't particularly like the Klingons and in my opinion Worf is the Character Who Ate TNG and DS9. Thank goodness they couldn't figure out how to shoehorn him onto Voyager, or that's the third series I wouldn't have been able to enjoy.

B. Expenses of time and materials to put the cast in Klingon makeup every day.

C. Some people are allergic to the goop that has to be used to attach alien prostheses so they just can't play characters like Klingons, Ferengi, etc.

[Unorthodox]

A. Not enough potential viewers

With several books available in Klingon, I somehow question this. 

(I don't particularly like the Klingons and in my opinion Worf is the Character Who Ate TNG and DS9. Thank goodness they couldn't figure out how to shoehorn him onto Voyager, or that's the third series I wouldn't have been able to enjoy.

Yet, his migration to DS9 was specifically because he was such a popular character.  (and opened the door to more Klingon BS with Dax)

B. Expenses of time and materials to put the cast in Klingon makeup every day.

Actually deceptively simple.  Odo/race, the Gem Hadar (spelling, no clue), Ferengi, and the Cardassians of DS9 are far more difficult makeups and had regular appearances.  A bird of prey is a relatively small crew, as well. 

C. Some people are allergic to the goop that has to be used to attach alien prostheses so they just can't play characters like Klingons, Ferengi, etc.

2% of the population are allergic to latex (the goop), to be precise.  Not exactly narrowing the field of actors much.  That said, it is an allergy that can be brought on through repeated exposure, so there is some minimal risk, I'll grant you. 

[Valka]

If they made a series of fan films about the Klingons they'd get viewers, sure. Lots of people like dressing up as Klingons. There were a couple of Phase II/New Voyages episodes that were Klingon-centric.

But the Star Trek viewership at large? Uh-uh. A few books doesn't mean the viewers are there, any more than the Vulcan-centric stuff means there's enough viewers to support a Vulcan-centric spinoff.

And I get that Worf is popular with some fans. He's just not popular with me.

[vonbach]

Yes.

-Also funny, coming from you.

Even more amusing given that I don't approve of empires in the first place.
They always form at the cost of their original populations for the benefit of the ruling class.
I was always more of a 40k fan honestly.
It would at least be more interesting than normal Star Trek.
It would be fun to watch them try and write for an evil empire
series and not make it like some silly parody.

[Buster's Uncle]

Have you seen the Star Trek Continues episode set in the Mirror Universe?  It's posted in this thread, and isn't bad.

[Buster's Uncle]

Here it is:

Star Trek Continues E03 "Fairest of Them All"

Enjoy.

[vonbach]

No actually. Thanks.

[Unorthodox]

It would be fun to watch them try and write for an evil empire
series and not make it like some silly parody.

Extremely difficult to write evil, actually.  In fact, near impossible, just for the fact people tend to reject it, and the fact that EVIL does not think it is evil.  So, you'd either end up making it about a rebellion fighting the 'evil' government, or be really subversive and reveal by degrees to the viewer that the protagonist is actually the evil.  To a lesser degree, there's 'justified evil'.   The "only doing it to those that deserve it" angle. 

We do need more evil entertainment, though, I'll agree.  Even games that allow evil often confuse evil with just being a general jerk. 

[Buster's Uncle]

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[Valka]

Okay, this wasn't bad. Where did you find it?

[Buster's Uncle]

It's a fan film, of course.  I saw it on TrekBBS - I've been browsing every few days lately for news on the Anaxar lawsuit...

[Valka]

I know it's a fan film. I'm asking which one it is.

[Buster's Uncle]

I gather it's a one-off thing.

See here: http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/needs-of-the-many.278593/ -and know as much as I do...

[Buster's Uncle]

Star Trek Natures Hunger: "Scorned at the Captain's Table"

[Buster's Uncle]