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   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek   
   From: nick@getsometoordalladdaliitletumeric.com   
      
   On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:46:16 +0000, graham wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > Lots of good points here. I was annoyed that Frakes and everyone else did   
   > not recognise that STN was basically plotless. Most of the cast have taken   
   > the directors seat at one time or another, so it wouldn't take a huge about   
   > of ability to recognise a load of crap from anything else. I saw an   
   > interview with Pat Stewart who believed the poor response for STN was due to   
   > the ST franchise having run its course. IMHO, it wasn't. It was basically   
   > crap - that's why it failed. If the film was "good", people would have gone   
   > to see it. But watching it, I got the sense of "so what?" from the film.   
   > They (Paramount) have allowed Star Trek to slowly degenerate by lack of   
   > investment and research into good scriptwriters. As for Enterprise, I have   
   > seen up to the end of Season 2 and have yet to see anything worth the price   
   > of electric to power the telly. It really is a poor series and it seems to   
   > try to draw its inspiration from stuff which has been done before and does   
   > not fit the Star Trek timeline/history. Personally, I would like to see   
   > Enterprise pulled and replaced when someone comes up with some decent   
   > stories to warrent either the series or something better.   
   >   
   > If ST ultimatly fails and gets pulled/put to sleep, Paramount have only   
   > themselves to blame for it.   
   >   
   > Graham.   
      
   The blame lies with the network exec's and producers, these days when they   
   contemplate bringing a new trek series to television, they are no longer   
   thinking about producing a quality show. They are only thinking about what   
   they must do to tap into the established base of trek fans. They do not   
   want to create waves, what they want is a predictable show that generates   
   a predictable return on their investment. This worked for them in the   
   past, but it won't work anymore..   
      
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