XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article , George Peatty   
    wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:07:32 +1200, Anybody    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >ALL the problems with Enterprise were due the two moronic fools in   
   > >charge of it having no idea what they're doing. It had nothing to do   
   > >with it being a prequel.   
   >   
   > >Like anything else, a prequel can be done well if the people helming it   
   > >actually know what they're doing and are insterested in doing it   
   > >properly.   
   >   
   > They knew *exactly* what they were doing.  What they didn't know was how it   
   > would sit with the hardcore fanbase.  But, it was obvious they had a plan   
   > from the start.  The arc of Enterprise was to show Archer's crew getting its   
   > sea legs, becoming more and more competent with each passing season, and   
   > this they accomplished.  They thought by filling those adventures with   
   > references to TOS - Romulans, Tholians, Andorians, etc - the hardcore   
   > fanbase would watch.  They thought also that by bringing the series up to   
   > date for the 21st century - Time wars, Suliban, Future Guy - they would   
   > attract a new audience.   
   >   
   > Obviously, they were wrong: Enterprise did not attract new fans, and the   
   > hardcore fanbase rejected their handling of the TOS elements.  But, looking   
   > back over the four years of Enterprise, it is very clear what they were   
   > trying to do.   
      
   They had no idea what they were doing - they simply "pee'ed" all over   
   the established continuity and did whatever the hell they liked.   
      
      
      
      
   > >Beavis & Butthead were never actually interested in making "Star Trek"   
   > >and were simply trying to boost their own careers by being on a big   
   > >name project ... which they failed miserably at since they're both   
   > >extremely hopeless (as proven when one of them made their own show   
   > >which was quickly cancelled).   
   >   
   > The jury may be out on Braga, but Berman's career helming Trek has been an   
   > unqualified success:  25 *years* worth of episodes, and millions - perhaps   
   > *billions* of dollars on Paramount's bottom line.  As a TV producer he   
   > deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Aaron Spelling, Jerry   
   > Bruckheimer, and Dick Wolf.   
      
   More like both should be mentioned in the same breath as Hitler and   
   Gengis Kahn. Preferably both should simply be flushed down the toilet   
   of history and forgotten about as quickly as possible.   
      
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