Can Star Trek Be Saved? (lighter topic alert)

TV Guide ^ | 2/03 | Nollinger

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Sci Fi bump. Don't know if you watch the show or not.

[Bogey78O]

There goes the timeline.....

[fish70]

Oh and B-5 was the best science fiction show on T.V. period.

[mg39]

You're kidding about that Borg story, right? (Please say yes).

[VetoBill]

Also notice how the show went from FX limited to FX overload? That's what weak scripts rely on.

Exactly. TOS episodes like Spectre of the Gun and the The Empath had no elaborate sets yet they entertained. Voyager had quite a bit of eye candy, yet I could not force myself to watch it... it was that horrible.

[clamper1797]

So ol' Capt Archer is a rump ranger. Didn't know. Well ... that basically ruins "Enterprise" for this Capt Kirk/Spock loving old trekkie

[discostu]

Oh please. Space Above and Beyond sucked so bad that I actually did dishes rather than watch that piece of tripe. Aviators sent on GI missions?! Ain't happenin'. That show, along with a few others, proved that Carter was a one hit wonder.

[pabianice]

Thanks for the Gorn pic--one of my favorite episodes from the original series.

To be fair, the short story "Arena" was written by someone else (Sturgeon?) at least ten years before Gene Roddenberry invented 'Star Trek.'

[Cold Heat]

Bwahahahaha!

[Liberal Classic]

6) Pick an enemy, and tell the story. Borg destroy and absorb. Hence the term "Resistance is Futile...you will be Assimulated". There is not a 'Good Borg', making "Hugh, the friendly Borg" destroyed the entire Borg premise. In a rationale Borg society, Hugh would have been found defective, and either destroyed, or re-programmed.

Or worse, pirate borgs led by Data's evil twin brother, that say "Arr!"

[Bogey78O]

If you'll look at the top ten TOS episodes you'll see they had some of the worst or cheapest FX.

[fish70]

James Wong and Glen Morgan, the two guys behind Space Above and Beyond were also the people who made Millenium which was another excellent show.

[The Toad]

Ugh, he's gay?!--I didn't know that either. Sort of ruins it doesn't it?

[pabianice]

David Gerrold too.

He left Trek after a Trek script of his featuring two gay lovers was refused by Paramount. In fact. Gerrold disappeared, period, about ten years ago after the fourth, disappointing book in his "Matter for Men" series.

[Hellmouth]

According to Trek Today, they're bringing back the Borg:
http://www.trektoday.com/news/200203_03.shtml

[pabianice]

IMHO there is some good episodes of Stargate out there. And they actually have guns and shoot people. If wonders ever cease. However to be PC they always break out the eye shields whenever they take out their weapons.

Ever had a hot shell casing in your eye? I have. It SUCKS, even if you're shooting blanks.

[Bogey78O]

Well if ever you search for fanfic on the internet you'll find there's a ton of gay stories out there. I won't even go into any more detail.

[Poohbah]

The first mistake they made was to blow off Trek continuity.

[clamper1797]

Tell me it ain't true. Is this common knowledge ... that Archer goes where no man ... should

[AzSteven]

I loved Millenium. I always wished that the producers and the network had the guts to keep the series going under its original concept (Millenial Upheavals and the possible secret causes) instead of making it into 'Weird Serial Murderer of the Week'. They did come back to their original premise a bit more towards the end, but it was too late by then. And as for S:AAB - the network didn't even give that show a chance. Real similar to the way Fox killed Firefly; almost no advertising, bury it on Friday or Saturday night when the target audience is not watching TV, then move it around to a new time slot weekly until it finally dies.