TMC
01-24-2014, 03:15 AM
http://whatculture.com/tv/star-trek-5-great-storylines-show-left-hanging.php
Over the course of more than seven hundred television episodes and twelve movies — made over the course of half a century (and counting) — the Star Trek franchise has covered a lot of narrative ground. We’ve watched as our favorite characters have grown over the course of years, even decades. We’ve witnessed the founding and collapse of galactic empires. And we’ve seen ideas that began as throw-away lines in one episode become part of a rich and complex backstory in later installments.
However, a franchise doesn’t endure for fifty years without having to abandon a few great storylines along the way. In the following list, we’ll look at five storylines that were unexpectedly dropped before they reached a conclusion, try and explain why they weren’t continued, and point out how the different ways they found resolution in a variety of (non-canon) Star Trek novels, comics, and video games.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/star-trek-5-great-storylines-show-left-hanging.php#fU18Bw6TkjaC4rRF.99
Over the course of more than seven hundred television episodes and twelve movies — made over the course of half a century (and counting) — the Star Trek franchise has covered a lot of narrative ground. We’ve watched as our favorite characters have grown over the course of years, even decades. We’ve witnessed the founding and collapse of galactic empires. And we’ve seen ideas that began as throw-away lines in one episode become part of a rich and complex backstory in later installments.
However, a franchise doesn’t endure for fifty years without having to abandon a few great storylines along the way. In the following list, we’ll look at five storylines that were unexpectedly dropped before they reached a conclusion, try and explain why they weren’t continued, and point out how the different ways they found resolution in a variety of (non-canon) Star Trek novels, comics, and video games.
Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/star-trek-5-great-storylines-show-left-hanging.php#fU18Bw6TkjaC4rRF.99