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[ManaByte]

http://trekweb.com/articles/2005/02/24/421dbfb71d4d2.shtml

Tim Brazeal : Has the LA Times ad been seen by the cast and crew ?

Coto : Absolutely, We have the full page ad from the LA Times in my office. I've seen it on stage and in people's trailers

Tim Brazeal : What plans do you have for season 5 ?

Coto : I have numerous plans. The most interesting that come to mind are an arc that would deal with the founding of the first starbase. Also, I want to do a multi-part arc that takes place on the cloud city Stratos. And I really want to visit Denobula and to possibly do a coulple more mirror universe episodes which I invision as almost a series within a series. But the central theme of the season would have been the true founding of The Federation.

Tim_Brazeal : Do you think that STAR TREK needs a break?

Coto : I don't for a moment believe STAR TREK needs a break. In fact I think we need more STAR TREK. There should be a STAR TREK night on UPN. I believe there is an audience for the show. I think a lot of it has to do with promotion. I don't know how many times people have told me when I tell them that I'm working on STAR TREK, they're response is "Is that still on" Many people don't know we are here. The people who run around saying that STAR TREK needs a break are themselves in

Tim Brazeal : Mr. Coto, is Paramount dead set on killing ENTERPRISE and STAR TREK?

Coto : Uh,No. I believe that Paramount's decision regarding ENTERPRISE is one they think is the best decision for the franchise, however wrong they may be. I just think the best move would be to let ENTERPRISE continue its run and have another series waiting in the wings. If people can watch 47 versions of CSI, we can have more than one version of STAR TREK.

 

[Tritroid]

He's right about the CSI point at least. :\

 

[ManaByte]

He's right about the CSI point at least. :\

He should've used Law & Order. Better example of his point.

 

[xsarien]

The thing is that the ratings for any given Law and Order or CSI are likely to be higher than Enterprise.

Trek needs a break, a long one. Deep Space 9 was the last series worth watching.

 

[maharg]

I agree. The only reason a break would make sense is if during that break the previous show runners were purged. This season of Enterprise has, if anything, proven that the problem was never running out of ideas, it was the people in charge running out of ideas.

They're out now, new ideas are flooding in, and this is when they decide to cut it off. They made two contradictory decisions at once: A last ditch effort to save it, and to kill it themselves.

Sorry Trek, see ya in 20 years, when everyone's forgotten what a mess Berman and Braga made of you. Guess who'll be put in charge then.

 

[number386]

I agree. The only reason a break would make sense is if during that break the previous show runners were purged. This season of Enterprise has, if anything, proven that the problem was never running out of ideas, it was the people in charge running out of ideas.

They're out now, new ideas are flooding in, and this is when they decide to cut it off. They made two contradictory decisions at once: A last ditch effort to save it, and to kill it themselves.

Sorry Trek, see ya in 20 years, when everyone's forgotten what a mess Berman and Braga made of you. Guess who'll be put in charge then.

exactly there was more fresh idea's this season than season 1-3 combined with ths stupid temporal war, and xindi crap. Finally this season we begin to see tidbits on how the federation was formed. The whole "ST needs a break" line is Bullshit, especially with the rise sci-fi shows on now.

 

[COCKLES]

exactly there was more fresh idea's this season than season 1-3 combined with ths stupid temporal war, and xindi crap. Finally this season we begin to see tidbits on how the federation was formed. The whole "ST needs a break" line is Bullshit, especially with the rise sci-fi shows on now.

Shame Coto wasn't there from the start - I'm sure the entire series, the 'look', casting ect would be different...and of course Season 4 would have been the beginning. Not three years of lame megaweapons and 'just popping down the pub' time-travel.

 

[fart]

wait, so berman and braga were finally ousted and NOW it's getting cancelled? fucking aye

 

[Deleted member 4784]

I stopped taking an interest in Star Trek enough to watch every single episode after TNG. The only character I ever felt any real attatchment to after that in DS9 was Odo. =\ I also didn't like the prequel series AT ALL. Every story seemed to be nothing but 1.) guys talking about how much they missed Earth 2.) some guy finding a way to get back to Earth 3.) all of the guys trying the one guy's theory, only to have it fail and 4.) the guys talking about how much they missed Earth, but later discovering it wasn't so bad if they had sex with the crew. =PpP I can't recall a single character's name from Enterprise, either; I guess that goes to show how memorable the characters were.

Want to know what's sad? StarGate as a series follows better in the footsteps of StarTrek than Enterprise. LOL :lol

 

[maharg]

Every story seemed to be nothing but 1.) guys talking about how much they missed Earth 2.) some guy finding a way to get back to Earth 3.) all of the guys trying the one guy's theory, only to have it fail and 4.) the guys talking about how much they missed Earth, but later discovering it wasn't so bad if they had sex with the crew. =PpP

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You're incredibly confused.

 

[Teddman]

Everything after TNG just isn't that good.

Here's an example: Can you imagine a movie based on any of the other shows? It'd flop HARD.

 

[Deleted member 4784]

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You're incredibly confused.

I don't doubt that. I get Voyager, Enterprise and all these new series confused. :lol

 

[Boogie]

Everything after TNG just isn't that good.

Here's an example: Can you imagine a movie based on any of the other shows? It'd flop HARD.

Some of you people still haven't gotten it through your heads yet, but I'll spell it out for you:

Deep Space Nine ROCKED

 

[Fuzzy]

Some of you people still haven't gotten it through your heads yet, but I'll spell it out for you:

Deep Space Nine ROCKED

You have to admit that it didn't start off that way. It wasn't until Avery Brooks shaved his head that it became a great show.

 

[Boogie]

You have to admit that it didn't start off that way. It wasn't until Avery Brooks shaved his head that it became a great show.

But when that happened, it ROCKED.

 

[ManDudeChild]

You have to admit that it didn't start off that way. It wasn't until Avery Brooks shaved his head that it became a great show.

True, but DS9 (the final seasons) were the best Trek ever.

 

[ManaByte]

The last four seasons of DS9 are the best ever.

 

[COCKLES]

Everything after TNG just isn't that good.

Here's an example: Can you imagine a movie based on any of the other shows? It'd flop HARD.

Well the Scorpions episode with a big feature film budget and expanded story concepts would kick the seven (of 9) shades of shit out of Generations et al. Same with the Year of Hell two-parter. Hell the TV episodes alone are better. Voyager had a great concept....trapped on the other side of the galaxy, hostiles coming from all angles, no starbases to run to - devided crew and just like enterprise, they completely fucked it up.

 

[suikodan]

I actually liked Voyager, at least the concept.

Voyager had a great concept....trapped on the other side of the galaxy, hostiles coming from all angles, no starbases to run to - devided crew...

But the problem was that only 1 episode out of 5 was worth watching. When Janeway and her crew encountered new species of aliens and doing encounters with the Borg, it was so cool. Otherwise, the rest would be bleh.

Voyager could make a great videogame.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Voyager could make a great videogame.

Sadly, the results speak for themselves. -_-;