It was a producer from one of the worst shows ever: Star Trek Deep Space Nine. I watched an interview with him where he said once he was done with DS9, he was done with Science Fiction for good.
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The writer stuck to his guns, determined not to let the new BSG turn into a insipid, childish series like DS9.
That makes BSG even more amazing. DS9 was weak, among the Star Trek series, but to my mind, the weakest had to have been Voyager; the totally PC Star Trek. At least DS9 had the Ferengi, the original party animals. Making money, gambling, naked females; those guys know how to live.
Wow. Most Star Trek fans--at least online--regard DS9 as the best of the Trek spinoffs. Never seen it called "weak" or "insipid." It was the only human Star Trek since the original. None of this Roddenberry, liberal, "we're so perfect we don't even argue" crap. The Ferengi were always capitalist whipping boys on the other shows, but DS9 tried to make them a little more than that. And, capitalism got a positive spin on a few episodes of DS9, such as the one where Jake learned about capitalism while trying to get a baseball card for his dad. And, religion--even if it wasn't our own--got the only positive view in the spinoffs on DS9.