Good bye ENTERPRISE
Once again a show that I like has been cancelled. On Wednesday UPN announced it was canceling “Star Trek: Enterprise”, and that Friday, May 19, 2005 would be the series finale.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and Enterprise has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction. The creators, stars and crew of Star Trek: Enterprise ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the Star Trek franchise. We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of Trek and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting, dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to Enterprise, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
Well, I got two words for them, and the second word is “...you!”
What started as just “Enterprise,” and (unfortunately) ends as “Star Trek: Enterprise” had just begun to get even better this year. Of course it takes time for any show to find its footing; even “ST: The Next Generation” took a good two and a half seasons to start to really click. And this was the season “Enterprise” was finally really starting to kick in, where I was actually once again looking forward to seeing each episode.
Some people have suggested mothballing anything Star Trek for a couple of years. What a mistake that would be! All that will do is give people time to become invested even more in new show like “BattleStar Galactica,” “Andromeda,” or any of the other variations of “Stargate,” not to mention movies like “Star Wars.” Put Star Trek away for a few years and most people probably won’t care much about a new show all that much, no matter HOW much you LOVE Star Trek.
I heap a huge share of blame for its cancellation right on top of the heads of Berman and Braga.
Berman and Braga have slowly screwed the entire franchise right into the ground. Berman lost his direction when he no longer had to answer to Majel Barrett-Roddenberry and her watchdog efforts.
Among other things, Star Trek was about its own historical consistency, and once Berman (and Braga) decided that the back-story for Trek should now be considered nothing more than a lot of wind, the stories suffered.
Berman and Braga consider their own perception and input to be the be-all, end-all, and somehow fail to realize that, as flawed as Roddenberry's physics might be, you don’t screw around with a formula that works and expect to get the same results.
I’m going to miss “Enterprise.” I hope that this is a wake up call to the Paramount producers and execs.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and Enterprise has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction. The creators, stars and crew of Star Trek: Enterprise ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the Star Trek franchise. We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of Trek and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting, dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to Enterprise, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
Well, I got two words for them, and the second word is “...you!”
What started as just “Enterprise,” and (unfortunately) ends as “Star Trek: Enterprise” had just begun to get even better this year. Of course it takes time for any show to find its footing; even “ST: The Next Generation” took a good two and a half seasons to start to really click. And this was the season “Enterprise” was finally really starting to kick in, where I was actually once again looking forward to seeing each episode.
Some people have suggested mothballing anything Star Trek for a couple of years. What a mistake that would be! All that will do is give people time to become invested even more in new show like “BattleStar Galactica,” “Andromeda,” or any of the other variations of “Stargate,” not to mention movies like “Star Wars.” Put Star Trek away for a few years and most people probably won’t care much about a new show all that much, no matter HOW much you LOVE Star Trek.
I heap a huge share of blame for its cancellation right on top of the heads of Berman and Braga.
Berman and Braga have slowly screwed the entire franchise right into the ground. Berman lost his direction when he no longer had to answer to Majel Barrett-Roddenberry and her watchdog efforts.
Among other things, Star Trek was about its own historical consistency, and once Berman (and Braga) decided that the back-story for Trek should now be considered nothing more than a lot of wind, the stories suffered.
Berman and Braga consider their own perception and input to be the be-all, end-all, and somehow fail to realize that, as flawed as Roddenberry's physics might be, you don’t screw around with a formula that works and expect to get the same results.
I’m going to miss “Enterprise.” I hope that this is a wake up call to the Paramount producers and execs.
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