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[QUOTE]Originally posted by kmart: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Capped in Mic: [qb] 'the chase' was fine as a non-trek story.. ~* an archaeologist has secret information about an ages old puzzle, several warring political powers have to cooperate, making a scientific discovery about the beginning of civilization *~ the Trek thing about it was that they were parodying their own propensity for humanoids by creating a common humanoid alien forebearer [/qb][/QUOTE]It may have been 'fine' as a nontrek, but ... it had [b]particular relevance[/b] as a trek story because of the common humanoid aspect. I don't think of it as parody in the slightest, it is more like an ultimate justification, one that DOES NOT (unlike most other ModernTrek) require them to piss all over what has gone before. Equally important IMO, it demonstrated the kind of speculative thinking I associate with some really good Trek (the kind of thinking that is always in the minority, regardless of which series you talk about.) One thing I remember Bennett or Winter saying about Trek 5 was that Star Trek is maybe the only franchise where you could say, 'tonight we go to see God' and at least some of the audience will think, 'okay this is trek, I'll stick for the ride.' It is because of the way Trek is (or was) thought of that Trek would have license to explore in certain areas and even push into stuff that would be beyond ludicrous on another show (half-white half-black, etc.) As Little Enterprise waddles on (at least at the point when I gave up on the show, in fall 2002), they seemed to be telling stories that had no beyond-the-plot aspects, no resonances being struck, so the sticking power of the stories was about on par with something like MATLOCK ... they had no feel of Trek. That's why it is easy now to embrace FIREFLY or FARSCAPE, as those shows at least demonstrate some inventive thinking as well as craftsmanship in the storytelling. If you're not going to be trek-like, why not at least be inventive and compelling and paint vivid characters? ModernTrek, outside of the odd TNG and a good hunk of DS9, doesn't deliver much that is special or compelling OR Treklike, so it is easy to see reasons for the viewer base to dwindle just on that basis alone. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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