Brannon Braga Interview in IF Magazine

[Sharr Khan]

Hamstringed I tell you. Maybe not deleberately but noone was gonna tamper with the formula under Bermans nose.

Sorry but you are misinformed, but please, don't let any of the facts get in the way of your petty hatred.

Sorry but the confining thinking of 'our captain doesn't do or say that' started with Berman. I'm going to sleep now.

I agree in that Bermen took such a directive from GR himself and he dared not act out of bounds. I say this not as a defense of Bermen or Braga but remind that the spirit/restrictions of "modern Trek" came right from the creators mouth.

Sharr

 

[Broccoli]

Besides, even if First Contact was a fan favorite, Generations for me cancels that out. That movie is the epiphany of plot holes that it makes me wonder why more care wasn't put into it? Even trying to justify some of the elements makes not only the writers come out as douche's but also the characters. Picard didn't want to go back in time too early because it would hamper history. Ya, having someone blow up a Star is alright, but preventing the USS Bozeman from making a course correction is a big nono.

I would suggest watching the DVD commentary for Generations where Braga and Moore reveal a LOT of what went wrong with the film. Basically, they were given a laundry list by the studio of what "needed to happen" in the film, including the rushed schedule of the movie for it to be out by Christmas time 1994.

 

[Devon]

Besides, even if First Contact was a fan favorite, Generations for me cancels that out. That movie is the epiphany of plot holes that it makes me wonder why more care wasn't put into it? Even trying to justify some of the elements makes not only the writers come out as douche's but also the characters. Picard didn't want to go back in time too early because it would hamper history. Ya, having someone blow up a Star is alright, but preventing the USS Bozeman from making a course correction is a big nono.

I would suggest watching the DVD commentary for Generations where Braga and Moore reveal a LOT of what went wrong with the film. Basically, they were given a laundry list by the studio of what "needed to happen" in the film, including the rushed schedule of the movie for it to be out by Christmas time 1994.

Exactly. Basically they had to work the movie around this "laundry list" that either Berman or Paramount put which almost was like putting square pegs through round holes just to do it. It included things such as having The original crew in there, having Picard and Kirk together in a scene, a death scene, etc. I actually do enjoy Generations and thought they did the best they could given the circumstances. In contrast, Moore and Braga also had to work on the TNG finale without this laundry list and I believe Moore has stated that he felt it came off a lot better than the movie! I thought they were both pretty decent to be honest.

 

[xortex]

I think Gene didn't want conflict between his main characters which I agree shouldn't be neccessary to tell a great story with a great deal of external conflict.

 

[number6]

I think Gene didn't want conflict between his main characters which I agree shouldn't be neccessary to tell a great story with a great deal of external conflict.

That's what made DS9 work so well. They could have the starfleet people be their noblelves and have the aliens they have to work with for the creation of that conflict. It enabled DS9 to push that boundaries. UPN wanted a shipboard show like TNG which had very little conflict. I thought Berman, Taylor, Piller, Braga, Coto et al, did their best to push the boundaries with the material they had. When you consider how watered down UPN's Twilight Zone was (and that was with Ira Behr at the helm), you have a pretty good idea how clamped down they were by the network, versus the freedom of being syndicated and not tailored to be the cornerstone of a network.

 

[DWF]

I think Gene didn't want conflict between his main characters which I agree shouldn't be neccessary to tell a great story with a great deal of external conflict.

That's what made DS9 work so well. They could have the starfleet people be their noblelves and have the aliens they have to work with for the creation of that conflict. It enabled DS9 to push that boundaries. UPN wanted a shipboard show like TNG which had very little conflict. I thought Berman, Taylor, Piller, Braga, Coto et al, did their best to push the boundaries with the material they had. When you consider how watered down UPN's Twilight Zone was (and that was with Ira Behr at the helm), you have a pretty good idea how clamped down they were by the network, versus the freedom of being syndicated and not tailored to be the cornerstone of a network.

Where was the conflict among the Starfleet personal on DS9? That was the conflict that Roddenberry removed from the TNG characters and it continued on the other shows, there was plenty of conflict with other races though.

 

[Lord Garth]

I don't care what Braga says.

Yet, you cared enough to click on the thread to see what he had to say in the interview. Interesting...

Moderators read all threads in their forum.

 

[Broccoli]

I don't care what Braga says.

Yet, you cared enough to click on the thread to see what he had to say in the interview. Interesting...

Moderators read all threads in their forum.

Well then.

That answered that one.

Now, more importantly, who wants ice cream?