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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [QB] For insurance purposes, possible $poilers ahead $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ In a recent interview found at [URL=http://scifipulse.net/Trek%20Archive/August03/BrannonBraga.html]SciFi Pulse[/URL]/Star Trek Monthly (#108) regarding the continuity of [i]Enterprise[/i]; Braga still stands on solid ground that we are wrong and he is right. Here are some exerts: [QUOTE]One of the many criticisms which has been thrown Braga's way is the fact that many fans feel that Braga plays too fast and loose with Star Trek's continuity. Braga has some rather strong feelings about this criticism and is not shy about expressing them. <font color=red>"I totally and completely disagree. It's the dumbest comment in the world and I am so tired of hearing it. What have we done? Give me one good example. There are some picayune things that we have chosen to do. We have not broken the rules, but we have bent rules. But there's nothing that important. It's not like we've stated that Kirk never existed. What have we done? "In fact, we're very slavish to the continuity. I've got people on staff who do nothing but check the continuity. We're constantly aware of it and we use it. We're very aware of it. In fact, I enjoy figuring out the continuity. One of the reasons that I never really did anything with the Romulans, besides the fact that people didn't really seem to be very interested in them in Nemesis, it that we couldn't do anything with the Romulans. It had been stated that no one had seen them before. So what were we going to do? Have guys in helmets all the time? We are extremely aware. If the readers can give me examples of significant breaches in the continuity, please do."</font> Braga also addressed the fans questions on whether or not Enterprise is a prequel to Kirks era of Star Trek or if it is in fact set in an altogether different universe. <font color=red>"Yes, it is definitely a prequel. It's not an alternate timeline, of course not. The only criticism about the continuity that has any merit at all - although I think in the end it is wrong - is that we're changing the Vulcans. That's just absolutely not true. If you look at the way the Vulcans behave [on Enterprise], they're exactly the way they've behaved on Star Trek. It's just a different century, when their culture was perhaps a little less progressive in their embracing of humanity. Cultures change. You know what I'm saying? "Also, we've barely seen any Vulcans. If you tally up the episodes of Star Trek, from all the series that had Vulcans, we've only spent some time with Spock and Tuvok. But we know very little about Vulcan culture. We know a little here and there. So we wanted to explore it. We wanted to explore the paradoxes of it and show how interesting it is. Some people are like, 'That's not Star Trek! That's not the Vulcans!' Well, who's to say what it is? "In terms of the alternate timeline, I don't understand why people think that. I'm not exactly sure. What's changed? What's so different that they think this must be an alternate history? In terms of the Temporal Cold War stuff, I don't really think anything has happened to change history. With the Borg, some people said, 'Oh my God, Archer was not the first person to encounter the Borg. Picard was. You've changed the timeline.' My answer to that was, 'Well, that got changed in the movie First 'Contact'."</font> After having addressed countless criticisms made by fans, Braga moved on to the more pressing matter of talking some more about Season Three of Enterprise. <font color=red>"One of the things you're going to see is some pretty radical structural stuff. We're doing stuff that we've never done. "Let's set aside the obvious ones. We're beginning the season with a mission, with a continuing arc. The fans that have been screaming for more continuity are going to be in spasms of ecstasy over this, because this is a continuing storyline. There will still be standalone elements, stories and episodes, but for the most part we're hunting for this species now and trying to save Earth. "I feel creatively stimulated by what we're doing. It feels very different. Just to give you a hint, the first episode of next season doesn't even open on Enterprise. It opens with the Xindi, in a very strange, mysterious place, with insectoid people. "We're really trying to do this show in a way that's very different. Some people who've read the scripts so far have said, 'My God, this is fantastic. Thank you for doing this.' So the response has been very positive so far. But what will people think? What will the fans think? Will it be too different? Will they be interested in this storyline? If they're interested in strange aliens, if they're interested in war - edged jeopardy, if they're interested in pushing our characters further, if they're interested in something which has more of a sense of a direction and a continuing focus, then they are going to love this. If they like weird Sci-Fi and special effects they're going to love this. "But believe it or not, there is a faction of the audience that love Enterprise just the way it is. I read a pair of fascinating, really thoughtful little essays about Enterprise in one of the sci fi magazines, one person hating Enterprise and the other loving the show. They both had really good points. So, as I said, we'll see how people respond."</font> [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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