It's Official: Star Trek XI Greenlit, JJ Abrams to direct

[RigaMortus2]

Firefly didn't go downhill - it never got the audience to begin with. Only, what, 12 episodes?

That is partially because FOX f'd up. For one, they screwed around with the episodes, airing them all out of order. Kinda hard to get into the characters, follow character development, and follow the storyline when you do something like that.

 

[TwistedBishop]

Firefly didn't go downhill

Neither did Angel. The fifth season was one of the best received and had very good ratings.

 

[Vigilance]

Neither did Angel. The fifth season was one of the best received and had very good ratings.

How's this:

"Every TV show eventually goes down in ratings and/OR is cancelled"

Happy now?

For crying out loud.

 

[Welverin]

Harve Bennett, who have been producers from films 1 to 5, proposed that for film #6 or #7 story took place during Kirk's Academy Days, already knowing that the existing cast members aren't getting younger and the geriatric theme have run its course.

In one of the special feature for VI it was mentioned that V had done so poorly, relatively speaking, that the people running things wanted to go in another direction and had to be talked into giving the old cast and such another chance to go out on a high note, thus Undiscovered Country and not Starfleet Academy.

Except of course those shows that build an audience from year to year. Sienfeld had realy bad ratings its first year and went out on top at the end.

It's ratings may have been solid, but it was declining creatively.

Firefly didn't go downhill - it never got the audience to begin with. Only, what, 12 episodes?

If you count the real pilot as two separate episodes.

 

[Ranger REG]

In one of the special feature for VI it was mentioned that V had done so poorly, relatively speaking, that the people running things wanted to go in another direction and had to be talked into giving the old cast and such another chance to go out on a high note, thus Undiscovered Country and not Starfleet Academy.

Yep, and the "Starfleet Academy" proposal resurfaced again for the seventh Trek film.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Yep, and the "Starfleet Academy" proposal resurfaced again for the seventh Trek film.

Great. Saved by the Bell in space. :-( I prefer "Jews in Space", personally.

 

[John Crichton]

Great. Saved by the Bell in space. :-( I prefer "Jews in Space", personally.

No, that would be high school. Starfleet Academy would be like college.

And now I'm getting a whole Screetch/Spock thing going on in my head. It burns.

 

[Berandor]

Especially if you know that Screech now makes adult movies...

 

[John Crichton]

Especially if you know that Screech now makes adult movies...

That is not helping the burning, man.

 

[Ranger REG]

That is not helping the burning, man.

What about ejecting Screech out of a spacelock and watch him die?

(JRRNeiklot gave me that idea.)