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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] And I think the entire concept of canon that they have perpetuated is flawed. The reason that they do that is for user-friendliness.. they want the casual viewer to be able to continuously tune in and not have missed anything, to instantly know the premise. They imply that if they gave the ability to change the premise to someone not on the writing staff of one show, they ruin their marketability. (i.e. If a novelist portrays Riker and Troi getting together, that obviously conflicts with what the TNG writers are planning, so they avoid the issue altogether. If they had to do an episode where they said 'Oh Riker and Troi started dating again two months ago,' The Casual Viewer would be confused and betrayed, because they watch every show loyally, but shouldnt be expected to buy the novels.) No one besides the honchos can decide to take any concept anywhere now. This makes sense of course. How could you let some one time writer of a comic book or novel establish something really stupid that would just confuse the viewers if they had to stick to it when it came to light in a filmed production? The rules for the novels started to evolve: You can play in the universe, but put everything back where you found it. The Enterprise saves the day, Riker's new girlfriend dies and they set a course for Starbase X. But this leads to this continued divisiveness in the ranks of the fans. My favorite novelists for Trek are Peter David, Diane Carey, Diane Duane & Greg Cox. Their novels each capture a specific portion of the Star Trek experience so well, and represent Star Trek to me at its purest. It really irks me when i percieve that they have captured something special about Star Trek, that isnt contradictory in the least with filmed material, and i open my mouth about it and some jackass says 'thats not canon! go away' If someone, who is licensed by Paramount to be creating a novel, comic, technical manual or role playing game, made such a product and it did not contradict anything continuity wise and did not change any premises presented on the TV show, why couldnt they get behind it? Why isnt there anyone who reads what is being produced and sold to make sure it fits into the picture. The producers of the show and the movie couldnt really care less about anything else but the little picture, the piece that is in front of them at the moment. And why should they? They are trying to produce a story. I could understand wanting to make it easier to produce Enterprise by making it the sole domain of the writing staff thats there now. But wouldnt it work if they also had said writing staff or a proxy who worked both with the film producers and the creators of other media, a supervisor or simply a go-between that could take their intentions and translate them to the other media. I think that by neglecting the licensed works to maintain the filmed works, Paramount is devaluing the overall franchise. When someone writes a crappy-ass novel or ridiculous comic, no one really bothers to edit it because, hey, its not canon or anything. Its printed and sold. The buyer is aware they gotten something shoddy, and is pissed at the fact that they would put 'Star Trek' on the front of a lame-ass product. So many people just dont go back to Star Trek merchandise because Paramount just doesnt police whats going on there. I have more to say, but I have to go to the bathroom. Scuse me. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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