Posted on 02/20/2005 6:43:05 PM PST by pabianice
"Timing is everything." We've all heard that one and it's true. Example: "Star Trek: Enterprise."
Paramount and UPN announced on February 2 that the show was being canceled at the end of this year's run in May. "Enterprise" had hit an all time low, with just a 2.5 rating the week before the announcement. UPN's decision to have placed it on Friday nights in the 'death slot' against the monster SciFi Friday lineup of "Stargate SG-1," "Stargate Atlantis," and a white-hot reincarnation of "Battlestar Galactica" almost certainly played a major part in the ratings drop for "Enterprise." However, weak to terrible writing until this season was also a big factor.
Well, the cancellation is official ... just in time for the new creative team headed by Manny Coto ("Odyssey 5") to have kicked in, and the change in the show is startling. The most recent shows have been fast, sharp, and nasty, breaking with the "I'm OK, You're OK" pablum spooned-out starting with Roddenberry's lobotomized "The Next Generation." This past week's "Enterprise" had espionage, danger, and an explanation of that 39-year-old riddle: why did the Klingons in the original "Star Trek" look so human when compared to later versions.
Now that the show has been canceled it is coming into its own with tight writing and interesting stories. Well, maybe Coto can find another show worthy of his talents. Paramount really screwed the pooch with they way they mishandled "Enterprise."
Everyone has their own tastes. UPN was stupid for putting it on against the other scifi shows.
Yeah Promethius. Made of three sub-ships.
awwwwwwwwww they cancelled the military soap opera. It's breakin my heart.
ah yes........Beverly Crusher......I guess I know two Beverly "Docs" now.......and you are right.....alot of ST was philosophical in nature, questioning or exploring the meaning of something in life, and sometimes, teaching us lessons along the way.......
If you have been waiting to watch Battlestar Galactica, this is the episode that will get you hooked, big time. From here til the end of the season, it's a real wild ride...
This just plain SUCKS!! One of the very few regular TV shows that I enjoy (Outside of politics) and it gets cancelled!! And it was getting so good this season, with all the Original Series tie-ins...
Bummer!
I think DS9 was the best.
I liked Wesley Crusher's character and was glad to see him in Nemesis.
Did you see the Dune Sci Fi Channel remake? I thought it and the Children of Dune was really good.
"but UPN killed it by running a few new episodes, then going back to re-runs."
I agree. UPN is partially to blame. How can you build viewership when you show six episodes; show reruns; show 2-3 new episodes and then show reruns from prior seasons?
The extended version of Dune is coming out on DVD soon:
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99364044774088&searchID=378170&item_id=662632
She's hot, but I actually prefer Starbuck. I guess I'm in the minority of BG fans.
Nicole de Boer sucks. They should have just left that character dead for the last season.
"The world of science fiction isn't helped either by the likes of those two loons camping out in front of a theater, months before the release of the latest Star Wars film."
Where's your sense of adventure? Its all in good fun.
The new BSG is great!
It's not actually an old question at all. The solved it a long time ago when they handed the bible notes to FASA for the game systems, the early Klingons we saw were Klingon-Human hybrids.
I didn't watch it regularly enough to agree completely but I liked the episodes I saw.
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