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Having acknowledged that, we are also in an era where mythology television, something for which Star Trek was a forerunner, is the end all be all. Were J.J. Abrams to produce a new program that took some of the talent from Lost and Alias as well as some disciples such as Drew Goddard, I have no doubt that this show would be a huge hit. The question becomes whether it could exist independently of the movies without diluting the product. I would imagine discussions exactly like this one will be taking place at Paramount from now until the second film is released in 2011. That's about the earliest I would expect a new Trek TV show to appear. If done right, it could be a juggernaut, just as the new movie is. If not done right, it could do much more harm than good to the Star Trek brand, with regards to movies as well as the tv series.

Pete Kilmer: Former Trek Writer/Heroes producer/creator of Pushing Daises Bryan Fuller has let it be know that he wants to run a new Trek TV show. I think Paramount could easily do it, but it wouldn't be about the crew of the Enterprise at all, it'd have to be another ship set in the same time period. It's something that could be done, but if it is, we're five or six years away from that at the earliest. I suspect that if Paramount gives the go ahead for it we'll see some kind of setup in the second Trek movie that would make for a natural spin off for TV.

David Mumpower: Pete's comments lead me to another key point. Ron Moore has mentioned time and again that one of the key problems with Star Trek is that it's trapped under the weight of its own structure and history. I know Pete, a comic book store owner, has mentioned the same issues with DC Comics in the past. It's extraordinarily difficult to tell new stories that fit within existing canon. A new Trek serial would only work were it to be liberated from such conventions.

Tim Briody: Just put a new movie out every two years and be happy about it. The failure of Enterprise should have been a lesson learned.

Max Braden: Movies. A Trek TV show sounds like a high cost endeavor with weak prospects for a decent share of viewers, especially in an environment of poor ad revenue and heavy competition from reality TV. I could maybe see the SciFi channel fielding some Starfleet Academy show looking for ratings similar to Eureka, but really, the next movie should be the priority.

Reagen Sulewski: I think a Star Fleet Academy series would do about as poorly as the 90210 sequel series. There's no way I go with that concept. But then again, Smallville has run eight years now so what do I know?

Jamie Ruccio: I honestly don't think it matters what the vehicle (movies or TV) is provided it's done by good and creative people. I think, if I remember correctly, the creative forces of the franchise of the last 20 years have come from within the work done before it. There was a feel to the finished product that it was stale, unimaginative and repetitive. But what also helped this movie was that the creative team clearly understood the mythology and character of the universe they were playing in. That they turned the almost mocking jokes we'd heard about Star Trek into amusing little parts of the movie from Red Shirts to Green Chicks.

So I don't think it matters if they do a movie or a series next just as long as what they come up with is good science fiction. The audience is generational at this point and well established. Those that create product from this universe just need to produce something worthy of the audience.

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