3. TV Is The Perfect Place For The Eugenics Wars
So far I've pretty much been looking at a Eugenics Wars TV series from the Eugenics Wars point of view, so for now at least, lets look at it from the TV angle. In terms of storytelling, TV series have many more advantages that feature films. For a start, they can be much longer; The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager ran for seven seasons each. Seasons can also be made up off differing amount of episodes, generally either 13 or 20+, and there's also the mini-series to think about. Considering we already know that Khan's fate is sealed with a cryopod, the writers would have to have an outline for the whole series before starting, but would be able to make it as long and wide reaching, or as short and personal, as they wanted, depending on the particular story they have in mind. TV has also recently been attracting a surprising number of film veterans as well, from Dennis Hopper appearing in 24, to Martin Scorsese and Steve Buscemi on Boardwalk Empire. The reason for this being that TV's ability to tell ongoing stories no longer has to compete with feature films in terms of money, effects, and quality, as these are increasingly becoming a level playing field, and any new series would be a far cry from the painted on the studio wall alien horizons of the 60s. Although the now iconic transporter was devised as a cheaper method of transport than making a shuttlecraft take off and land every week, the combination of bigger budget and less space travel to spend it on in the first place would give the series a whole playground of options to choose from.