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   From: kwicker_erase_this_part@ameritech.net   
      
   "Paul Vader"  wrote in message   
   news:10gvtevbbqt180f@news.supernews.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. *   
   > --   
   > * PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something   
   >        like corkscrews.   
      
   But it was about the time they were starting DS9's 3rd season that   
   everything came to a head: The last of the original TOS movies was filming   
   and the first of the TNG movies were being filmed as well as talk of the   
   next Trek series and the launch of a new tv network, Paramount's United   
   Network (until someone alerted them to the obvious problem with that name),   
   so that DS9 got to fly "under the radar" and after 2 season of mostly   
   mediocre at best episodes (altho the Crossover episodes were the ones I   
   remember favorably) everything clicked and DS9 began to become the best tv   
   Trek ever.   
      
   -- Ken from Chicago   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)