I can see where you are coming from and I acknowledge that my comment was cleary meant to denigrate "the canon" of older Star Trek works. You may be right, a n

I can see where you are coming from and I acknowledge that my comment was cleary meant to denigrate "the canon" of older Star Trek works. You may be right, a new team of writers may be able to author a new show that adheres to these stories and still comes off as fresh and exciting. To my mind, the Voyager series (which I did enjoy) was meant to do what you recommend: use exploration of new worlds as a way to introduce new storylines and, to some degree, to distance the show from the storylines of the past. While I enjoyed that show, I don't think it was entirely successful. Specifically, it didn't appear to generate enough interest to warrrant more films, which seem to be what keeps this series alive. The last series, Enterprise, seemed to be trying to accomplish the same goal by going back into the past, before many of these storylines took place. To my mind, it was wholly unsuccessful. I watched every episode and felt unsatisfied after the majority of them. In my opinion, the failure of the last two series to generate enough interest for more films was a big reason why the "reboot" idea is more attractive.