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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernd: [QB] I agree that Berman and company have left Gene's ground when they started DS9, and they didn't quite find the way back when they launched Voyager. However, is it necessarily bad that Star Trek has changed since then? Savar, I don't know why you focus so much on a starship called "Enterprise". I know, this basic setting is only one point among several others that form something we may call the "Star Trek Universe". Do you specifically think that TOS and early TNG fans wouldn't accept the "new" Star Trek? I think if TPTB were supposed to create good entertainment only, they were mostly successful since TNG. Only if you postulate they were to follow exactly Gene's path, I would agree they failed. As for exploration of humanity and the profoundness of the stories, I couldn't tell that there was really a decay since then. Take DS9 episodes like "Dax", "Second Skin", "Honor Among Thieves", "Wrongs Darker Than Death Or Night", "In The Pale Of Moonlight" or "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges". There seem to be even more in Voyager: "Tuvix", "Remember", "Distant Origin", "Random Thoughts", "Mortal Coil", "Living Witness", "Nothing Human", or "Latent Image". There were not really more of this kind in TOS or TNG. Apart from that I also expect general science fiction (strange phenomena and such) from Star Trek. Voyager has much of it, DS9 rather few. This is a problem of DS9, and the endless Dominion War (probably meant to compensate for that deficiency) was even aggravating it. Not that DS9 would have been warlike, I only felt that it wouldn't suit the spirit of Star Trek to show space battles instead of Picard-like diplomatic solutions. In this respect Voyager has a problem too. How often did the E-D fire phasers in seven years? About as often as Voyager in a few weeks. I have the impression that the advances in visual effects could create the impression that the main scope is now on space battles and phaser fights. I'm not referring to long-time fans here, but rather to the young generation (dangerous statement, since many of you are actually <20 [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/redface.gif[/IMG]) who often don't care about the difference between a light saber, a phaser or whatsoever. I mean, science-fiction might have become something like the often dull video games that were originally derived from and loosely based on it, and Star Trek wouldn't be an exception any more. The product has to be stylish in order to appeal to the (young) audience, but profound enough to find real fans. Considering this dilemma Star Trek is performing rather well. Finally, I would like to reaffirm that I think a break for Trek would be the worst that could happen. After all, if there is no Trek for a couple of years, it would be remembered as the "old-fashioned show our parents used to watch", a statement that is absolutely detrimental to science fiction. A revival like the one of TNG has to be considered as a one-time miracle in a time when there was plenty of room for science fiction. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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