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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timelord: [QB] Thank you, TOM for your thoughtful and enlightening rebuttal of my argument. Clearly I stand in the presence of greatness.... I don't recall suggesting that ENTERPRISE stunk on ice, only that the premise and production was, IN MY OPINION, unoriginal. I was really hoping for the best before viewing the pilot. I will watch the next few episodes, but I am not optimistic. Phelps points out quite rightly that Star Trek is about making money, period. It is a cash cow. My criticsm is that there is an ever-diminishing level of artistry being put into the production of Trek these days. No thought was ever given to shelving the new series until it could be developed into something really unique. No, it was waiting the the wings, ready to take over just as the last installment was getting tired out. Unfortunately, Berman and Braga can look forward to many years at the helm of the Trek francise due to the fact that millions will gleefully and uncritically accept ANYTHING with the name STAR TREK on it. Right now, most critics of ENTERPRISE are complaining about problems with continuity. It can be fun thinking up explanations to make everything "fit." Yes, the akira design could be based on the NX-01. This is a very clever explanation. However, from the standpoint of creating a television series, these arguments are pure sophistry. The NX-01 IS an unoriginal rip-off of the akira design. The Archer/T'Pol dynamic (Human Captain and Vulcan XO don't like each other but eventually learn to respect one another) HAS been done before. NCC-1701 WAS the first starship Enterprise (The Motion Picture and TNG both displayed the Enterprise legacy, in photos and bas relief. There was the aircraft carrier, then the space shuttle, and then NCC-1701. Pretty conclusive to me, unless to don't regard either the movies or TNG as "canon". I love Star Trek. I just don't like the direction it has been going in. I was in college in the late 60's and wrote letters to Paramount along with millions of other people to save the series from cancellation. I wouldn't trouble myself today. (I did for B5 though, the last best hope for intelligent sci-fi.) For those who don't like my Berman/Braga bashing, I see it this way: An ailing Gene Roddenberry passed the series HE created on to Berman who waited until Gene died and then tried desperately to remake Trek in his own image. True, he was at the helm for most of the TNG series, but this was an already established success. He brough TNG to a close (which still had some years left in it) so it wouldn't compete with his brainchild, DS9. The premise of the show was so boring, they created the Defiant, the Dominion War, and brought back Worf so someone would watch the show. DS9 came to and end and almost immediately there followed Voyager which returned to the starship theme, but this series still did not attract the audience TNG had. Now hard on the heels of Voyager's finale we have Enterprise. They've dropped Star Trek from the title and I have to say, this makes sense since it really isn't Star Trek anymore. Berman and Braga should try creating something on their own instead of parasitically feeding off the success of a man who brought into being something truly unique in television history. Roddenberry's Star Trek was entertaining while at the same time inspiring. About all Star Trek inspires me to do these days is turn of the TV and read a book. Not a bad idea, actually. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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