Star Trek XI
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DictionaryDave
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Rick Berman really did fuck up Star Trek.
For those that watched Enterprise if was evident how bad they fucked up that show with the "Temporal Cold War" premise and the whole Xindi escapade.
Enterprise was a good idea and might have been successful provided they had done two things.
1. Fuck UPN. Enterprise must have moved slots at least 3 times in the 3 years it was on. To make matters worse b/c UPN is carried by local channels Enterprise was preempted all the time for whatever sports event, infomerical, charity, parade etc. that was on. Then it was shown at like 2:00 am on Satuday
This was not a problem when Star Trek TNG was on FOX, b/c unlike UPN, FOX has its own dedicated channel.
2. If they had used the tons of material available from the other Trek series and the 100+ books that have been written. They could have explained the beginning of the Federation, the war with the Klingons and Romulans, the formation of the Neutral zone, etc. They started to do this at the end of the third season but it was half ass and too late by then.
I have a buddy who works at a production company out in Hollywood. He also writes screenplays/stories as well. He submitted 3 scripts to Enterprise the first year it was on. Each script dealt with earlier Star Trek aliens and origins. He had numerous meetings with the production company including the bigwigs and they ended up not buying his scripts b/c they said they already had storylines like his. Suffice to say they didn't or at least they never made any of the stories.
Talking to my buddy he said Rick Berman was a real control freak and only would use scripts from himself or his inner circle. Also he had his own vision of Star Trek which led to the downfall of the series.
Rick Berman really did fuck up Star Trek.
For those that watched Enterprise if was evident how bad they fucked up that show with the "Temporal Cold War" premise and the whole Xindi escapade.
Enterprise was a good idea and might have been successful provided they had done two things.
1. Fuck UPN. Enterprise must have moved slots at least 3 times in the 3 years it was on. To make matters worse b/c UPN is carried by local channels Enterprise was preempted all the time for whatever sports event, infomerical, charity, parade etc. that was on. Then it was shown at like 2:00 am on Satuday
This was not a problem when Star Trek TNG was on FOX, b/c unlike UPN, FOX has its own dedicated channel.
2. If they had used the tons of material available from the other Trek series and the 100+ books that have been written. They could have explained the beginning of the Federation, the war with the Klingons and Romulans, the formation of the Neutral zone, etc. They started to do this at the end of the third season but it was half ass and too late by then.
I have a buddy who works at a production company out in Hollywood. He also writes screenplays/stories as well. He submitted 3 scripts to Enterprise the first year it was on. Each script dealt with earlier Star Trek aliens and origins. He had numerous meetings with the production company including the bigwigs and they ended up not buying his scripts b/c they said they already had storylines like his. Suffice to say they didn't or at least they never made any of the stories.
Talking to my buddy he said Rick Berman was a real control freak and only would use scripts from himself or his inner circle. Also he had his own vision of Star Trek which led to the downfall of the series.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!I'm gussing Shatner & Nimoy won't be playing Kirk & Spock. It'll be interesting to see who they cast.
Slashdot gave me that terrible piece of news.Ho-lee-shit.
No.
No.
I'll pee my pants with laugher if Ben Affleck to plays Spock.
Damon is 35 and playing the young Kirk.
Shattner was 35 when he began playing Kirk.
What the fuck?
If they take this thing really "Hollywood", Spock will be black.
Shattner was 35 when he began playing Kirk.
What the fuck?
If they take this thing really "Hollywood", Spock will be black.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
"Spock, how are we...going to get...out of this fight with the...Klingons?"I vote Heydon Christiansen as Spock (Annikin Skywalker... whatever his name was), but I'm not sure if Heydon can produce the emotion that Spock requires.
How about Keanu?
"Relax, I know kung fu."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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DoctorChaos
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Star Trek: The Wonder Years
Just like cigarettes, you get em hooked when they're young.
Just like cigarettes, you get em hooked when they're young.
Wadda mean? Other people can read this?!