XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
XPost: alt.fan.tom-servo
From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us
Bozo the Evil Klown wrote:
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> > Enterprise Looks To Future
> >
> > Manny Coto, the executive producer of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise,
> told the
> > Chicago Tribune that he wants to explore the founding of the
> Federation if
> > the ratings-challenged series makes it to a fifth season next year.
>
> Too bad Berman and Braga never thought of doing that during the first
> three years.
>
> > That's
> > a big "if," Coto told the newspaper: "I haven't spoken to anyone
> [about]
> > the [ratings] performance, so I'd be talking in the dark. I don't
> know if
> > they're happy or not. It's still pretty much up in the air [whether
> there
> > will be a season five]."
>
> As much $$$ as Paramutual has made (and still stands to rake in from
> the franchise) it seems a little strange that they're not doing
> *something* to advertise that Trek is now Under New Management, to
> entice the millions and millions of fans who've bailed to come back and
> look at the new More Interesting/ Less Suckage "Enterprise."
>
> > Enterprise's fate won't be announced until May, the newspaper
> reported. But
> > UPN head Dawn Ostroff told the newspaper: "We've gotten great
> feedback from
> > fans. The show is at a great place [creatively], and we're very happy
> with
> > the ideas and execution."
>
> Meaning nothing. She likes her job way too much to badmouth *anything*
> on the Underpaid Negroes Network.
>
> > Enterprise reportedly has fewer viewers in its new Friday 8 p.m.
> timeslot,
> > but UPN is earning higher ratings on that night than it did before
> > Enterprise moved.
>
> And another factor is how likely are they to be able to replace ENT
> with a show that does even that good in the ratings?
>
> > As for the show's creative direction this season, which
> > has included a guest stint by Brent Spiner, Coto said: "We
> consciously set
> > out to make this season a real prequel, to really embrace the prequel
> > concept. We've got ... great stories coming up, and I think there's a
> whole
> > season's worth of great stuff, the founding of the Federation."
>
> Or even the federalization of the Foundation.
>
> > Coto added: "That's not something that can happen in three episodes
> at the
> > end of the season, but we'll be headed toward the founding of the
> > Federation [toward the end of season four]. I would love to make that
> a
> > season-long arc.
>
> It would likely take somewhat more than a year.
>
> > What's great about it is that it's a positive arc, instead
> > of a story of pure conflict [like the Xindi arc]. It becomes an arc
> about
> > trying to bring different cultures together, ....
>
> "I have a dream... a dream where Trek fans and B5 fans can come
> together and hold hands singing 'Heading Out to Eden'..."
>
> > which is a really
> > resonant idea for our time. I would love to come back, and we would
> do some
> > serious research on the founding of the U.N., how that came
> together."
>
> Instead of the U.N., maybe the Federation should be based on something
> that *works*.
United States? EU? China?
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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