Star Trek: Enterprise has been canceled

[Truth Seeker]

Sorry to be the party pooper, as of now, Paramount has no interest in shopping around Star Trek, to anyone.

In a previous article, which I did not post in the news, Berman has already stated, that Star Trek is too expensive a franchise to produce.

But, between now and then...if the fans can sway that 'final' decision...I am all for it. But Trek does need a break...as much I againt that notion...the damage done by Berman and Bragga...will take time to heal and repair.

So for now, I will enjoy of what...is left...

*Playing Paul Young...Thats my home*

 

[Villano]

I regret to say I'm completely against this. The longer Enterprise lives, in any form, the longer it will take for us to get a new Trek series. Seeing the "wonders" the Sci-Fi Channel has worked with Andromeda, I'd prefer Enterprise die now and allow a fresh Trek to be born, not cling to life as some hideous Sci-Fi Channel abomination, preventing the resurrection of decent Trek so long as it continues to exist.

I haven't watched any of the new Andromeda, but I can't imagine them being worse than the episodes before. And don't forget Sci-Fi is also doing Battlestar: Galactica, which is n't a bad series at all.

Speaking as someone who doesn't get UPN, I hope Sci-Fi does pick it up just so I can see the damn thing.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

I hope Sci-Fi does pick it up just so I can see the damn thing.

You really don't. You may think you do, but you don't.

 

[Ranger REG]

I haven't watched any of the new Andromeda, but I can't imagine them being worse than the episodes before.

They're stuck in a pocket universe created by Trance. They're not going anywhere until they find a way to restore full power to Andromeda and find that one slipstream route to get out of it. IOW, they're grounded to that one system.

And don't forget Sci-Fi is also doing Battlestar: Galactica, which is n't a bad series at all.

As long as those SCI-FI don't meddle like they did to the B5 spinoffs (Crusade and The Rangers).

Most recently, they aired an adaptaion of Earthsea that the book's author didn't approve and publicly expressed her dislike.

We have long memory of SCI-FI.

 

[Staffan]

As long as those SCI-FI don't meddle like they did to the B5 spinoffs (Crusade and The Rangers).

Most recently, they aired an adaptaion of Earthsea that the book's author didn't approve and publicly expressed her dislike.

We have long memory of SCI-FI.

Not that long, apparently. The ones who meddled with Crusade were TNT, not Sci-Fi. Not sure if Rangers were meddled with at all, or if it was just the combination of not being quite up to snuff along with the pilot airing at the same time as some sports event that ate up huge numbers of viewers.

 

[Umbran]

Nope. B&B will have to go. No compromise.

I will compromise, thank you. Punishing B&B is not on my agenda. Getting good Star Trek is. They can get the credit, or be called Grand High Poobah for all I care, just so long as Coto (or JMS) is doing the work.

 

[S'mon]

The STNG Mirror Universe novel was "Dark Mirror", which I bought & enjoyed a lot - it had evil alternates of all the regulars, Troi was the EEEVIL-est alternate of them all, AIR, but they were all nice.

 

[S'mon]

I thought Dark Mirror was far better than the DS9 version of the Mirror Universe, btw.

Re Galactica, maybe UK's Sky (owned by News Corp) had something to do w it being so cool? Maybe they just trusted Moore & co. Sky are the primary bankrollers of Galactica AFAIK, hence it being shown on Sky One before broadcast in other lesser countries...

 

[Ranger REG]

I will compromise, thank you. Punishing B&B is not on my agenda. Getting good Star Trek is.

Then you defeat your own purpose. In order to get good Star Trek, you need to remove B&B. They are the cancer. Just ignoring them while they stay is not going to do any good. Their position still put them in charge of Manny Coto. And if they feel like writing for the series finale of Enterprise they will do so over Manny's head, as their job position would allow them to.

No compromise. The malignant cancer have stayed too long. They must be removed.

 

[Orius]

Sorry to be the party pooper, as of now, Paramount has no interest in shopping around Star Trek, to anyone.

I'd have to say that's probably far more likely that Trek being sold off. Viacom owns Trek, and there's money to be made in it, they just don't feel like trying to make any money off it right now. So while they don't have any use for it, they don't want anyone else getting their hands on it and turning it around again. Maybe if Moonves or whoever the morons are at the top (and I mean over even B&B's heads here) actually put the show in syndication or some other venue where it could find an audience instead of killing it on a third rate network where it was getting butchered by the competion in ratings, maybe things might have been different.

Certainly WB's decision to air Smallville opposite Enterprise helped to kill ratings as both shows draw from a similar fan base. Then moving Enterprise to Friday was a really hare-brained move unless they wanted to kill the show (a distinct possibility), since Sci-Fi already had strong genre programming on Fri which also helped dilute the fan base. This sort of executive stupidity, that is airing 4 or 5 nights at least of crap and putting all the interesting stuff opposite each other is one rason I do'nt bother watching TV anymore. And know, I'm not going to get a TiVo, too expensive with my budget, and I don't have cable or strong enough TV viewing habits to justify the purchase either.

In a previous article, which I did not post in the news, Berman has already stated, that Star Trek is too expensive a franchise to produce.

That sounds like crap to me. Star Trek can be a money maker and has proven it often enough in the past. I think it hasn't been making money recently because Viacom is run by morons:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-07-04&res=l

But, between now and then...if the fans can sway that 'final' decision...I am all for it. But Trek does need a break...as much I againt that notion...the damage done by Berman and Bragga...will take time to heal and repair.

A strong fan response *might* sway their decision. But if this thread reflects the views of Trek fans as a whole I doubt it somewhat. Some fans want a rest, others say that Coto and the Stevens are proof that with good writing and production, Trek can still keep going strong. Some fans want to see the Romulan Wars and the early days of the Federation. Some want something set in Kirk's time. Others want to leave the past behind, and go back to where DS9 left off (not really counting Voyager, since that was somewhat self-contained). There certainly doesn't seem to be any agreement as to what direction to take. And then you get the old curmudgeons who hate everything new and will just bitch about how much the new stuff sucks and how great TOS was.