XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: pavsnerp@bellsouth.net   
      
   Fake, maybe. The article in itself might be. But given his underestimation   
   of the average fan's intelliegence and taste, the sentiments probably are   
   real.   
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   > > > Berman Bids 'Enterprise' Fans Farewell   
   > > > By Chris Jones   
   > > >   
   > > > Hollywood, CA - In February, Paramount announced its decision to end   
   > > > the four-year run of its Star Trek spin-off, 'Enterprise', after   
   > > > consistently placing 150th in the Nielsen charts.   
   > > >   
   > > > Executive Producer Rick Berman, who has long blamed Star Trek fans for   
   > > > the franchise's problems over the years, is not bitter.   
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   > Huh?  Berman blames us?   
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   > > > "I don't like Trekkies," Berman said. "During the first two years of   
   > > > the show's run, our so-called fans did nothing but complain. How dare   
   > > > they!"   
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   >   
   > Oh the pain... the pain of it all.  Oh Brannon my dear boy, come rub   
   Doctor   
   > Rick's delicate back.  Oh the pain... the pain... o-o-o-o-o-o-oh dear!   
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   > > > Brannon Braga, who shares co-executive producer credit with Berman,   
   > > > added, "It's almost like we need to spoon-feed fans the meaning of   
   > > > Trek. When the fourth season came around, Rick and I were so tired of   
   > > > wrestling with the Trek fandom subculture that we turned the show over   
   > > > to one of our Production Assistants, Manny Coto. Unfortunately, he   
   > > > gave the fans everything they asked for. Personally, I think that's a   
   > > > disingenuous tactic. That's not Trek. That's like, I don't know,   
   > > > Battlestar Galactica or, God forbid, Farscape."   
   > > >   
   > > > When asked to comment, Manny Coto replied, "How do I put this   
   > > > delicately? Berman and Braga are, ah, 'special'."   
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   > Too bad this is phoney...   
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