For better or worse, he *did* do a mountain of work for the franchise. He gave us DS9 and then Voyager, and a lot of episodes within. See ya later, dude.
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At the risk of speaking ill of the dead - and, worse, making Griffy think I'm deliberately having a go at him - I'm not sure I agree. It's late, I'm tired, I can just about remember where my car is in the car park, so I'm not about to go into an extended disquisition on Piller's positive/negative effects on Trek vs. Berman's. But if Insurrection is anything to go by. . .
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I have two things to say to that: "Enterprise" and "Nemesis". Oh, wait. That's three things....
My thinking is that with Piller in charge, we'd have gotten much better Trek, overall. "Insurrection" wasn't nearly as bad as "Nemesis".
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Plus, weren't Piller's original intentions for Insurrection somewhat darker and more DS9-like than what Berman and others eventually forced it into being? The overall writing of the film wasn't bad at all, I don't think. It was all the hackneyed "comic reflief" and Data's childlike romping that was deleterious. That and the fact that the VFX were crap.
Hey but shut up about ENT, you, lest I unleash my mad monkey wrath on your ass.
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I seem to recall that the original script treatment for INS was a bit darker, as well as a slightly different plotline.
Nuthin' personal, but I ain't apologizin' for my comments on ENT. The first two years were a major disappointment and a bastardization of what it coulda/shoulda been. Season Three wasn't too bad and Season Four was what we shoulda had the first three seasons of the show. For the most part, B&B pretty much set back and didn't mess w/the series much that last season which is why we got some quality Trek, IMNSHO.
So, there you go. Overall, I feel that ENT was highly disappointing, to say the least. Don't like it? Better sick a whole troop of yer monkey's on me, 'cause just one or two ain't gonna cut it.
Don't get me started on VOY....
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Sad to see someone go so soon- he was involved with a ton of great work in Trek and eventually (like Babe Ruth) the misses will be forgotten while the hits are remembered fondly.
57 is pretty damn yuong, but I actually thought he was younger than that.
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