[vyper]

As a certain alien Doctor once said: "Optomism captain!"

[Ford Prefect]

All the socially charged threads I've been entangled in, and the first place someone takes me too seriously is a Star Trek thread? To be quite serious, I don't care whether Enterprise runs for fifty years, and I certainly don't mind if everyone loves it. In fact, the only pertinent phenomenon that I do mind is when people think I mean offense when I don't pepper my contributions with emoticons! For goodness sakes, I don't take offense when people call Andromeda "Hercules in Space." (Even though their souls need to be saved.)

Anyway, my sincerest apologies.

[StratComm]

But Andromeda is Hercules in space.  He even dresses in the same style

Overall though, I'm forced to give the idea of a fan-run Trek a huge "meh."  The obsession with prequils is getting really annoying, and Enterprise has never been particularly good.  What originally made Trek good was the relative non-tie from one show to the next, that allowed subplots to come up and then die back down.  Since Voyager and the whole "journey home" thing, it hasn't been the same.  Blame the writers perhaps, but there's just something lacking.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by StratComm
But Andromeda isOverall though, I'm forced to give the idea of a fan-run Trek a huge "meh."  The obsession with prequils is getting really annoying, and Enterprise has never been particularly good.

 
Sorry, but I've just got to ask this from everyone who says Enterprise isn't good. Have you seen season 4?

What originally made Trek good was the relative non-tie from one show to the next, that allowed subplots to come up and then die back down.  Since Voyager and the whole "journey home" thing, it hasn't been the same.  Blame the writers perhaps, but there's just something lacking.

You want back the reset button? Ugh, that's just not right. Two or three episode stories are much better, especially so with good writers. I don't mean the previous series were bad (except Voyager), but it's much more fun to have a strong continuity to the series.

[Vertigo1]

Actually, Spike TV backed out.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=1&id=30545

Spike Backs Off Enterprise Talk

A spokeswoman for Spike TV backed off comments that the cable network was considering picking up UPN's canceled Star Trek: Enterprise in an interview with SCI FI Wire. The Boston Herald had quoted Debra Fazio saying: "It would definitely be something we would look at, and we know how devoted the show's fans are."

But Fazio clarified her remarks on March 8. "The quote was misconstrued," she said in an interview. "We can't say yes or no until it's proposed to the network, and that hasn't happened yet." Fazio added: "That's not something that we're actively going out and pursuing."

UPN announced earlier that it is canceling the low-rated Enterprise at the end of the current fourth season. No other network has stepped forward to pick up the show, and executive producer Rick Berman previously said that he was not interested in shopping the series around.

Fans, meanwhile, have been actively campaigning to revive the series for a fifth season, going so far as to raise funds to finance a fifth season themselves. They claim pledges of more than $3 million toward their goal of $36 million.

That being said, I personally cannot stand Enterprise (no thanks to the HORRIBLE episodes it started out with in season 1).  If you like it, more power to you.  Diversity is a good thing.

If you ask me, what caused it to tank in ratings even more than it already had was when it got moved to the same timeslot as Stargate SG-1.

[Tiara]

http://www.rollcall.com/pub/50_84/news/8432-1.html

Maybe they'll make a good descision for once

Also, Vertigo;

"We can't say yes or no until it's proposed to the network, and that hasn't happened yet."

According to Tim Breazel in the TU chat, they are still comsidering but can't come out with an official statement yet.

That being said, I personally cannot stand Enterprise (no thanks to the HORRIBLE episodes it started out with in season 1).

A question; Have you watched Season 3 and 4? If not, you are missing a really good show. i agree that season 1 & 2 suck extremely, but S3 &4 have turned the show completely[/u] around.

All the socially charged threads I've been entangled in, and the first place someone takes me too seriously is a Star Trek thread?

It's not just you, Ford. I might've overreacted yesterday, but it was just getting to me that even in a thread like this someone annoys me on purpose. it was basically the last drop.

Anyway, i'm staying with this thread simply because I want to keep reporting the news on ENT, but i'm not gonna bother with all the other threads anymore.

[Tiara]

To all those people who don't like ENT;

Like most of you, I usually hate it when a series I follow hits its repeat cycle but I feel differently where this season of Enterprise is concerned. A lot of disenfranchised Trek fans have been slowly coming back to the series, wanting to see what all the fuss is about. After all, why would anyone want to donate millions to keep a series like the one they saw during season one or two on the air? When they tune back in, they get their answer – this isn't the Enterprise they left.

Just thought you should read this

[Genryu]

Too bad, Mrs T., we'll miss you.

That being said, maybe if there were a little less trekkies fanboys and fangirls, maybe, juste maybe, shows like firefly would have more of a chance, instead of crappy Trek seasons.

[Carl]

Originally posted by Genryu
maybe if there were a little less trekkies fanboys and fangirls, maybe, juste maybe, shows like firefly would have more of a chance, instead of crappy Trek seasons.

It's the trekkie fanboys and fangirls that mostly watched Firefly.

[Xelion]

Finally Brannon Braga is out of the picture, though having Paramount out, personally I don't think it's the best idea, and I don't think they even know whats good for themselves anymore.

Hopefully TNT doesn't get what they want, they had some intervention with JMS' Crusade series which really p***** me off, especially from what I heard about it.

All I hope for is that StarTrek gets better and surely the next series should be more entertaining

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Tiara
A question; Have you watched Season 3 and 4? If not, you are missing a really good show. i agree that season 1 & 2 suck extremely, but S3 &4 have turned the show completely[/u] around.

Some people just don't like Star Trek, y'know?  Even if it reaches what you'd or other people consider a peak, it doesn't mean other people will think it's any good.

People often have different expectations of the same thing, after all.

[Xelion]

Originally posted by aldo_14
Some people just don't like Star Trek, y'know?

I don't

[Tiara]

ROFL!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fierobear/detail?.dir=b7be&.dnm=fcee.jpg&.src=ph

[vyper]

[Carl]

ph33r our media coverage!

[Unknown Target]

Can someone tell me what's wrong with this Bragga guy?

[vyper]

Watch Seasons 1&2 of Enterprise, most of voyager, the first parts of DS9...

Edit:
Correction: One word - Nemesis.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by vyper
Watch Seasons 1&2 of Enterprise, most of voyager, the first parts of DS9...

Edit:
Correction: One word - Nemesis.

That pretty much sums it up... And notice that as soon as a new writer enters, things improve dramatically.

The other way around is true as well;

Season 3 of ENT; Very good season but in 5 ****ing minutes they ruin it by introducing f'ing alien space nazi's that want to travel through time.

Season 4 ENT; Extremely good season but they are writing the last episode and almost every trekkie and even Jolene Blalock (T'Pol) said it will be appaling.

I. F'ING. Hate. Them.

[Rictor]

Let your hate consume you. Give in to it, and cross over to the dark side child.

oh wait, wrong franchise.

[Ford Prefect]

ROFL!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fiero...cee.jpg&.src=ph

I'll definitely watch if they shoot the dog.

I liked Nemesis, but that may be just because my heart is forever with the Next Generation crew, and it was an emotional moment for me.