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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vogon Poet: [QB] Back in 1994, opinions about the forthcoming new show "Star Trek: Voyager" seemed generally optimistic. It was an exciting time for Trek anyway: you had the end of "The Next Generation," the upcoming release of Star Trek: Generations" and, in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" they had just encountered a new and seemingly all-powerful enemy, the Jem'Hadar. Leap forward to 2001, and what do we have? "Voyager" has just ended, to much indifference, some relief, but very little regret. What we know of the tenth film looks good on paper, but everyone ius waiting to see the finished result and expecting enough changes to make the finished article quite unlike what we wre expecting. And, the new show "Enterprise" is lumbering into production, veiled in secrecy and to a chorus of fan disapproval. There are some dissenting voices as a counterpoint to that chorus. They say we're being overly negative; that we're letting an obsession with minutiae and trivia overwhelm any possibility of an unbiased viewpoint; that we're hypocrites who'll all watch it anyway; above all, that we at least GIVE IT A CHANCE! Fair enough. I haven't conducted a poll of who's in which camp; if I did, I'd really love to compare it against the list of those who said "give Trek a break" and their opponents the "I'll watch anything as long as it's Trek." Maybe we've all become too cynical. Seven years of disappointment (not just Voyager; "Insurrection" didn't help) has eroded the fans' own sense of wonder that Berman and Braga hasten to ascribe to their new starship Captain, Jonathan Archer. Add to this the diminishing of Roddenberry vision - DS9 is a prime culprit, with its "space battle of the week" mentality - and also factor in rapid commmunications over the Internet changing the nature of fan interaction, and it's safe to say it isn't 1994 anymore! So - will I watch. Probably. I will "give it a chance." But my life's changing. I don't have a lot of time to devote to following TV shows. If it's not good, I'll abandon it in short order. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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