XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: photo60@shaw.ca   
      
   "Snake"  wrote in   
   message news:Vkzhb.18$0I6.1@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...   
   > Charles Barber  wrote in message   
   > news:y0zhb.60186$pl3.42549@pd7tw3no...   
   > >  If B&B love Time Travel so much, they should quit Enterprise.. and see   
   if   
   > > the BBC will hire them to write Dr Who episodes   
   >   
   > Agreed.  The problem is multifold here.  Berman has, with directly   
   quotable   
   > words, said that he had no background in science fiction prior to being   
   > hired into production of The Next Generation, and did not like science   
   > fiction at that.  He, Berman, was brought in as an experienced Hollywood   
   > producer to assist in the direction of TNG.   
   >   
   > Braga, I believe, has similar circumstances in that he has, also via   
   > directly quotable words, expressed no previous interest in Star Trek and   
   > therefore has no background into the lore of the created Star Trek   
   universe.   
   >   
   > So, we have two individuals with a somewhat slanted view of what science   
   > fiction means to science fiction fans, that is one of relative outsiders.   
   > To both Berman and Braga, who have once again said in direct quotes, time   
   > travel stories hold the most personal interest because to them they proved   
   > the most entertaining.  They, I believe, have no understanding of the   
   basic   
   > principles of plausibility which surrounds the acceptance of science   
   fiction   
   > to the reader / viewer and no concept of the fact that continued use of   
   > travel time story lines has the effect of destroying this plausibility   
   > structure.   
   >   
   > Therefore, with both Berman and Braga in relatively full control over the   
   > science fiction story line that we call Star Trek, there is no   
   > counterbalance of viewpoints in regards to long term science fiction   
   > structure within the created fictional time line.   
      
     I think they believe they have a "formula" that if they stick to it, will   
   produce the results they want. They try far too hard to keep a "look and   
   feel" setting about the show.. Example.. this never-ending thought that   
   people in the future will only enjoy watching movies, that would be ancient   
   today.. Hope and Crosby comedies, or the old movies they'd watch on   
   Voyager.. As I watched the movie "Pleasantville" it reminded me of how   
   simple the characters on Trek have actually become.. They are all boring..   
   none other then maybe Phlox, at times, has anything thing about their   
   personalities that would make them more interesting. They tend to turn their   
   emotions completely on, or off to "oversell" their characters.. notthing is   
   ever subtle. ( look back when Archer chewed Reed out in the Ops room, or   
   Archers actions with the prisoner).   
    Also I think the "look and feel" issue is the reason, they allow Trek   
   actors to direct episodes, they know they will stick to the script, the   
   producers know.. they will not have a director who will stray from the   
   vision.   
      
   Until B&B go.. Trek is doomed.   
      
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