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   Berman Bids 'Enterprise' Fans Farewell   
   By Chris Jones   
      
   Hollywood, CA - In February, Paramount announced its decision to end   
   the four-year run of its Star Trek spin-off, 'Enterprise', after   
   consistently placing 150th in the Nielsen charts.   
      
   Executive Producer Rick Berman, who has long blamed Star Trek fans for   
   the franchise's problems over the years, is not bitter.   
      
   "I don't like Trekkies," Berman said. "During the first two years of   
   the show's run, our so-called fans did nothing but complain. How dare   
   they!"   
      
   Brannon Braga, who shares co-executive producer credit with Berman,   
   added, "It's almost like we need to spoon-feed fans the meaning of   
   Trek. When the fourth season came around, Rick and I were so tired of   
   wrestling with the Trek fandom subculture that we turned the show over   
   to one of our Production Assistants, Manny Coto. Unfortunately, he   
   gave the fans everything they asked for. Personally, I think that's a   
   disingenuous tactic. That's not Trek. That's like, I don't know,   
   Battlestar Galactica or, God forbid, Farscape."   
      
   When asked to comment, Manny Coto replied, "How do I put this   
   delicately? Berman and Braga are, ah, 'special'."   
      
   Jolene Blalock, who plays T'pol, clarified. "What Manny means to say   
   is that they're like a couple of retards in a room full of bouncy   
   balls. Have you heard what they've planned for the series finale?"   
      
   According to rumors on fan websites, Berman and Braga scripted the   
   series finale in which it is revealed that the entire 4-year run of   
   the show was not real. It all took place on the holodeck of the   
   Enterprise-D.   
      
   "It's appalling," Blalock commented. "Originally they [Berman and   
   Braga] wanted Scott Bakula to put on a Marilyn Monroe dress and 'leap'   
   out at the end, but saner heads prevailed. And don't even get me   
   started on what he wanted Linda Park to do with a bowl of Klingon   
   khargh. It was revolting. If you've ever been to a Thai sex show then   
   you can probably imagine what I'm talking about."   
      
   Braga, who will not continue with the Trek franchise beyond   
   Enterprise, gave us one final sobering thought. "All I ever wanted to   
   do was Baywatch in space. It's a shame the fans wouldn't have any of   
   it. They're the ones who killed Trek. They did it in the Billiard Room   
   with the Lead Pipe of Ratings."   
      
   Link to this is...   
   http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/03/enterprise_berman.html   
      
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