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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] [QUOTE]Of course it's hip to dislike "Enterprise" -- with all the budget it has, why can't it be more like B5? Or X-Files? Or Sopranos? Or the Simpsons? All these shows are very well written, with great characters and stories.[/QUOTE] Not to open the age-old can of worms, but putting B5's writing in the same sentence as The Sopranos and The Simpsons is as patently disgraceful as putting a Steven King paperback and a Joyce hardcover on the same bookshelf. [QUOTE]Michael Piller wrote "The Best of Both Worlds", both parts, by himself. You can't pick his worst effort and judge him by that, because I could just as well pick one of his best.[/QUOTE] Indeed. But doesn't that just prove there's a double-standard, no? The congreagation of the First Church of Braga Disembowelment love to talk about "Threshold" until they're blue in the face, when to be quite blunt Piller, the very guy who didn't stand up and say "Hey, Brannon, I think this one about Salamanders is going a bit too far... how about you make Tom Paris eat himself instead?" deserves blame, too. Piller was very much the controlling creative influence in season two who perhaps put the nail in Voyager's coffin by throwing in the towel after that season turned ugly rather than attempting to make changes and fix things. If we want to judge writers by their best works, then let's look at the fact that the admittedly unscientific episode ratings at <a href=http://www.joereiss.net/sos/>SOS</a> shows that the [b]every single one[/b] of the top 10-ranked Voyager episodes were either written by Braga or went through the creative process while he was the head of the writing staff: 1)Timeless - 9.2/10 - Written & XP'ed by Braga 2)Scorpion I - 9.1/10 - Written by Braga 3)Message in a Bottle - 9.0/10 - [pseudo]XP'ed by Braga* 4)Living Witness - 8.9/10 - Written & [pseudo]XP'ed by Braga* 5)Drone - 8.8/10 - Written & XP'ed by Braga 6)Year of Hell I - 8.8/10 - Written & [pseudo]XP'ed by Braga* 7)Prey - 8.7/10 - Written & [pseudo]XP'ed by Braga* 8)Counterpoint - 8.7/10 - XP'ed by Braga 9)Someone to Watch Over Me - 8.6/10 - Written & XP'ed by Braga 10)Latent Image - 8.5/10 - Written & XP'ed by Braga --------------- * = Jeri Taylor was semi-retired throughout season 4 and Braga very much led the writing staff as an XP in everything but name. Strangely, Braga-haters tend to claim simultaneously he was singlehandedly responsible for Jeri Ryan's shrinkwrapped outfit in season 4 and yet didn't become the lead creative force until seasons 5 and 6. Puh-leeze. Now, we must keep in mind Clemens' famous quote about lies, damn lies and such, but the evidence strikes me as pretty strong that Braga was hardly one who turned everything he touched into horse turd. Likewise, there seems to be a widespread feeling that Braga's work on TNG was better than his work on Voyager. So, look, I see it this way. Piller had good episodes, Behr had good episodes, Braga had good episodes. Piller had shit episodes, Behr had shit episodes, Braga had shit episodes. Liam's quite right in pointing out that it is a fundamentally flawed premise to say the Berman and Braga are poor producers if all you do is compare Braga's worst to Piller's best. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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