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I thought there was supposed to be a gritty, Saving-Private-Ryan-meets-Starship-Troopers sort of film with Romulan War ground fighting where most everybody dies at the end.
This was not it.
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Well if I recall correctly, that description came from the same person who thought Nemisis was a GREAT film and that "There are the Voyages..." was a love letter to the fans.
Daniel Butler
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Every time I read or recall that particular concept about These Are the Voyages... I just want to go and punch him.
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I just feel sorry for the guy. He'd obviously been doing the the job a certain way so long that he didn't understand when when the fans stopped liking it.
Amasov Prime
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Well, I liked it.
The Romulan-war thing, I mean. Not the rest. But at least it sounds authentic. It actually sounds like something that Berman would come up with if he had the opportunity to do a 100-million-dollar Enterprise-movie. Every small idea, every detail. Don't know if Jendersen was really in charge of his own script or if he was just a slave-worker for Berman and the suits (remember Generations? Even the best writers fail if there's too much pressure from the studio). But it feels like the latter
I can't and won't comment on Jendersen's ability to write a script since I haven't read it and probably never will, but he kinda missed the mark with that *idea* alone. You can stick to the rules or do something creative with Star Trek, but remember that, in the end, it still has to be Star Trek. This was clearly not. I wonder if he's ever seen Wing Commander...
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quote:Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: Sneaking up from behind the moon makes no sense if you have FTL sensors of any kind. Enterprise had those. The only way around that is if you have a way to defeat those sensors, like... ding ding ding! ...A cloaking device! (Or similar, but less perfect, stealth technology.) Which would kinda make sense for the Romulans. So sneaking up from "behind the moon" is a ridiculously naive idea.
This is te producer with no idea what a "binary star" was.
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