XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: fluidNOstatesSPAM_REMOVECAPSTOREPLY@mindspring.com   
      
   Charles Barber  wrote in message   
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   >  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.   
      
   In other cruder words, Berman and Braga don't know nor have a background in   
   sci-fi, are not interested in the historical precedent of the fiction, do   
   not seem bothered by this and are therefore free to run amok inside their   
   science fiction production creation (Star Trek).   
      
   We desperately need some balance inside Paramount in regards to this, before   
   it is too late (if indeed it is not too late to begin with).   
      
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