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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Domo arigato, Mister crobato... I think you bring up some reasonable points in your previous post. I still disagree with a few, however. Obviously, it's still guesswork for all of us exactly what form the new show will take. However, I don't think it will indeed be a guided tour of the Star Trek universe, introducing the audience to one "new" race and technology after another. I think it will be more focussed on what it's like to be a human in a galaxy full of things that outscale humanity by powers of ten. This could very well be wishful thinking on my part, and I can make no promises that is what the premise will produce. As it's been said many times before, a great concept can have poor execution and vice versa. But, IMHO, the aforementioned sort of thing when combined with top-grade writing is the sort of show that can both appeal to any well-educated thoughtful viewer, most of whom are watching, by my reckoning, L&O, NYPDB, TWW and their ilk, not Farscape and Babylon 5 reruns. Perhaps the only genre show that remotely taps into the former TNG fanbase these days is Buffy, while a few years ago the X-Files did so as well (although the fans have again moved onto greener and higher-quality pastures.) Trek isn't a democracy, nor are any of us shareholders in the franchise who have right to go to the board of governors and demand results. Paramount wants to make money with Trek, and thus far has resisted quick-fixes of pumping up the explosions and skin in an effort to bring in the pretty sizable demos that watch Survivor for the sole purpose of seeing Elisabeth Filarski bend over or watch Stone Cold Steve Austin clothesline a butt-ugly ex-stripper in a plastic thong. Instead they're eyeing the aforementioned TNG refugees as the magic bullet that will bring up the ratings and therefore the advertising revenue. In the entirety of TNG, how often did the Enterprise fire its phasers? Maybe a dozen of times, tops. And yet the general public, which everyone arrogantly assumes are not intelligent enough to enjoy science fiction, remained enthralled right up until "All Good Things...". Enterprise won't need cheap thrills to bring in the viewers TPTB want, it'll need good writing. And since we don't know the writing staff yet, we can't accurately judge if this is possible. And even once we know the writing staff and look at their past work, we'll still be unable to come up with a decent prediction of how good the writing will be, since writers can swing from outstanding to mediocre in the blink of an eye. I, personally don't like B5 all that much, nor do I know too many people who do aside from the harder-core element online who claim to. That's a matter of personal taste, and if people want to enjoy a show I don't, then fine. The same goes for Farscape. I have no problems "sharing" my show with anyone who finds it interesting, whether they also watch B5 or Buffy or even Survivor. My only wish is that the show isn't intentionally dumbed down to attract the neo-Phillistine Big Brother/WWF/Two guys and a girl-watching hordes. But if people think Trek is making itself too accessible to the icky people-who-don't-ever-go-to-conventions and can't-name-off-hand-when-the-Eugenics-Wars-took-place, then they should by all means go and watch "cult" shows exclusively. Let the public have Bread & Roddenberry, and let them enjoy it, and try to keep continuity intact, but don't expect the producers run through the streets flagellating themselves if once in a while continuity takes a nick. Every incarnation of Star Trek has scratched continuity, as has every writer. If one cares about the imaginary universe of Star Trek, as I do, then we'll work around the mistakes and come up with alternate explanations like we always do. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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