Why don't they just drop it altogether and find a new universe.I'd love to see come of C.J Cherryh's universe brought to life on the screen.When I read her stories one actually can feel how dangerous space is.In the ST universe there just isn't the feeling that there is a vaccuum the other side of the spaceship wall.In Cherryh's books you get that claustrophobic,panicked feeling all through her books.
However just thinking how many good SF stories have been ruined by Hollywood scriptwriters perhaps it's just as well that they haven't.
Incog.