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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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