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The real catch is what people's definition of "works" is for a series.
To us fans, it's all about story and characters (and cool ship stuff as well), but to the producers, it's all about ratings.
That's why we see that famous Borg practicality employed as a skintight utfit and high heels.
I think for a new series to get the chance to work, they should focus on the syndication market and on good stories- dont limit the show to UPN. Enterprise being stuck on this shit network is a major hurdle that it never got over. Even a lot of diehard Trek fams had to dowload weekly episodes because the show was not available in their area or it was shown sporadically at best.
Storywise, I was impressed with these last two seasons of Enterprise. Even season two had some really good episodes.
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The term outer rim is used in 'Conspiracy' when Walker Keel asks if Picard has noticed anything strange about Starfleet recently he replies 'no, but we've been on the outer rim for a while we haven't had much contact with them'
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So what the Grand Admiral is proposing is a series idea that rips off a Star Wars novel that rips off Battlestar Galactica? Yeah, that'll be a sure fire hit.
First, we already know that Odo would not go psycho on the death of Kira. Watch "The Children of Time", and you see that over the years since Kira's demise Odo has turned into a relaxed, almost grandfatherly figure. Sure, he later sacrificed the colony in altering history to make sure that Kira lived, but that's a different effect that Odo turning into a monster consumed by bloodlust. It's out of character. And, speaking of out of character...
Second, no way in hell would an emotional Vulcan be a hit with fans. Just during Enterprise, there was a ton of fan critism against Soval, T'Pol, and others for supposedly playing Vulcans that were too emotional. Fans like the stoic, logical Vulcans like Tuvok or the hybrids that struggle to maintain an inner balance like Spock. Featuring a Vulcan that's given up on his culture, unless the writers can come up with a damned good excuse, is not going to be well-received.
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I watched the Vulcan three parter of Enterprise for the first time last weekend and was blown away that most of the high counsel didn't even try to pretend they were being logical. The guy in charge (Admiral Leyton) kept punching consoles and barking orders... and the second in command who eventually took over about pissed himself on a couple of occasions. Soval actually looked restrained for once.
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quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: Second, no way in hell would an emotional Vulcan be a hit with fans. Just during Enterprise, there was a ton of fan critism against Soval, T'Pol, and others for supposedly playing Vulcans that were too emotional. Fans like the stoic, logical Vulcans like Tuvok or the hybrids that struggle to maintain an inner balance like Spock. Featuring a Vulcan that's given up on his culture, unless the writers can come up with a damned good excuse, is not going to be well-received.
That would be the bust known as Star Trek V.
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There is soom room for debate about the whole Odo/Vulcan thing I freely admit, but I'd like to see a series where the Federation somehow has to be rebuilt against overwhelming odds against a force like the Dominion, and where old hatreds and rivalries have to be put aside. It would in no way borrow from Galactica, these wouldn't be civilians, they would be whats left of the Romulan/Klingon/Federation fleets without the neccesary resources or leadership to stage a counter-strike.
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Mabye they can get some musclehead to be the captain and a hot holographic computer and...
Naaaa.
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I'm ashamed to say that Andromeda sunk its fangs into me solely because of Lexa Doig. But that will never happen again. Fool me once and shame on you; fool me twice and shame on... someone... for fooling me... into something. Again. Something like that.
Also, let's be realistic. The galaxy already has two big bad guys: the Dominion and the Borg. How many more "threatening to overwhelm the Federation" races can there possibly be? Especially taking into account the vast territory of the both of them? I don't think the galaxy could support it, plus the idea of a vastly superior species hellbent on conquering the Federation has been done to death now (with both races being soundly defeated and now without their menacing aura).
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