Ok so the once mighty "Star Trek: franchise which I was proud to be a fan of in the 90's has since evolved sadly into a joke of what it once was. Now, it seems that sleeping dogs haven't been allowed to lie. As if another season of the limp-wristed
"Enterprise" wasn't enough, now AICN reports on a potential new development:

"First, the good news. No Berman. No Braga. Instead, Jordan Kerner (SNOW DOGS, INSPECTOR GADGET, THE MIGHTY DUCKS and D2 and D3) is being brought in to produce. Right now, he's in the early stages of developing a prequel trilogy. First question, obviously, is "a prequel to what?" After all, the various TV shows have played all sorts of tricks with the timeline. When I hear "prequel trilogy," it sounds to me like we're going to see young Kirk and young Spock and young McCoy. It sounds to me like we're talking about Starfleet Academy.

Instead, we're looking at films that sound like they're all about big intergalactic events, but which don't appear to be about any characters, which is what Gene Roddenberry's original vision was ALWAYS about. Characters. Don't just try to tell some big budget spectacle story. I hear the first film's about a civil war, the second film's devoted largely to the galactic switch-over from a fission standard to fusion, and then there's a third film where we'll finally see an Ensign Kirk show up for all of about the last 20 minutes. Just Kirk. Nobody else. And no ENTERPRISE.

And that notion they're discussing in hushed and excited tones about putting William Shatner's head on a younger actor's body? Easily the goofiest bad idea I've heard since Lex Luthor, flying Kryptonian. It almost makes me want to see them do it, just for the laugh value"

Thanks to 'Gustavo', 'Robert' & 'Mario'.