XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise, rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: pv+usenet@pobox.com   
      
   "Otha Stubblefield"  writes:   
   >"animosity" that Gene had with Berman was well known through seasons 1 & 2   
   >of TNG.  After Gene's stroke (or heart attack) around season 2/3, he had to   
   >take a more consulting role in the show, leaving Berman more in charge.   
      
   Roddenberry, in his later years, somehow translated Star Trek in his head   
   to some utopian ideal of peace, where war was in the past. In other words,   
   he himself forgot what the show was all about. Whether that was stroke   
   related or just rationalizations of an old hippie I don't know.   
      
   Roddenberry HATED all the movies after the first one, and was constantly   
   writing notes to Berman about how this or that thing was too militaristic   
   and was inconsistent with Star Trek. This is probably what ultimately led   
   to Berman losing his mind and bringing in such 'talent' as Jeri Taylor and   
   ultimately, Brannon Braga.   
      
   Given how messed up trek is now, it's easy to forget that Berman was in   
   charge for must of DS9's run, and it is arguably the best trek ever made.   
   but at that time, he hadn't alienated all the good writers, and he had   
   people like Robert Wolfe who were full of insanely great ideas. *   
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