10th September 2003, 2:43 PM
From Trekweb.com:
I'm with Nimoy on this one. The two guys in charge of Trek right now (especially Braga, the worse of the two) are complete morons who don't have a single creative bone in them. Their formula for getting better ratings for 'Enterprise'? Copy the whole "earth in trouble" part from Star Trek IV since that movie made a lot of money!
*sigh*
Seriously, I just don't understand how these two people have stayed in charge of Star Trek for so long. Star Trek is extremely unpopular nowadays and Paramount is doing a terrible job of managing the franchise. Until Paramount gets some new people to take over Trek I can't see it regaining its former glory. It's very depressing.
Quote:Producer/co-creator Brannon Braga is on the horn again today, in new interviews with several newspapers around the country. Speaking with the Baltimore Sun, Braga reiterates remarks made all summer long that putting Earth in jeopardy--like STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME--should lead to success.
"We're making very dramatic, and hopefully, effective changes to the show because they are creatively stimulating and because we're trying, of course we're trying, to generate viewer interest," Braga told the Sun. "A lot of people are like, 'Are you doing this because of the ratings?' Well yeah! What television show in the history of television doesn't try to get better ratings?"
The director of the cited top-grossing TREK pic, Leonard Nimoy told the Sun he's not sure if the formula is so simple.
"It just doesn't seem to me to start out on a premise that if Earth is in trouble we'll have a success," Nimoy says. "I just don't get it. We had an enormous number of wonderful episodes in the original classic series where Earth was not in danger. I thought the episodes worked very well."
Braga continues with the Salt Lake Tribune: "The challenge we face is ourselves. But, you know, it doesn't mean that we're not still having fun and feeling very creative about the show. And we believe very strongly that 'Star Trek' is still a very viable franchise."
I'm with Nimoy on this one. The two guys in charge of Trek right now (especially Braga, the worse of the two) are complete morons who don't have a single creative bone in them. Their formula for getting better ratings for 'Enterprise'? Copy the whole "earth in trouble" part from Star Trek IV since that movie made a lot of money!
*sigh*
Seriously, I just don't understand how these two people have stayed in charge of Star Trek for so long. Star Trek is extremely unpopular nowadays and Paramount is doing a terrible job of managing the franchise. Until Paramount gets some new people to take over Trek I can't see it regaining its former glory. It's very depressing.