Brannon Braga now in charge of Terra Nova

[FreezeC77]

The upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced time travel series, "Terra Nova" is in the midst of a creative shakeup. According to Deadline, Executive Producer David Fury has left the project due to "creative differences." Avatar's Stephen Lang, meanwhile, is said to be up for a key role.

Fury will not be replaced but, instead, showrunner Brannon Braga will assume the full role of writing Executive Producer. Braga is best known for his work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Gotta say I'm disappointed because I'm a fan of David Fury and not so much in regards to Braga. I wonder what the creative differences were? I think both of them worked together on 24 so they had a previous working relationship.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Oh well. It's about dinosaurs. How badly can he screw that up?



Right now, I'm so starved for actual, fun, imaginative sci fi that isn't a cop show in skimpy disguise that even Space Nazi dinos would be welcome.

 

[Electric Coleslaw]

Braga working on a time travel show??? No way!!!

 

[Anwar]

Well, Braga does okay when he isn't constrained too badly by idiot Execs so I'll give him another shot.

 

[Christopher]

Braga's not as good a showrunner or writer as Fury, but I think he's unfairly demonized for his work on Star Trek. Judging from his later work and interviews, I think a lot of the things he's blamed for were more the fault of the UPN network. For instance, he wanted Enterprise to be a straight prequel, but UPN didn't have faith in that idea and insisted they include time travel so that there'd still be an element of "moving forward." And Threshold was showing some real potential before it was cancelled (or rather, in the episodes that were filmed but unbroadcast because of its cancellation).

Gotta say I'm disappointed because I'm a fan of David Fury and not so much in regards to Braga. I wonder what the creative differences were? I think both of them worked together on 24 so they had a previous working relationship.

It doesn't say the creative differences were between Fury and Braga. Seems more likely it was between Fury and Spielberg.

 

[bigdaddy]

Well, Braga does okay when he isn't constrained too badly by idiot Execs so I'll give him another shot.

I pick on him too, but I agree. TNG was great so he can't be a total fuck up. I rather he had help with it.

But it's Fox.... The show has no chance anyways.

 

[Christopher]

But it's Fox.... The show has no chance anyways.

You're a few years behind the times. The old FOX regime that was too quick on the kill button hasn't been in charge for years. The current FOX regime is the one that gave Dollhouse two full seasons even though its ratings didn't even justify completing the first season. It's a much safer environment for genre shows than it used to be -- provided the audience is there for them. Heck, the fact that FOX is willing to invest in a show this expensive at all is proof that they're willing to take chances -- although given how much money is at stake, it would be unreasonable to blame them for its cancellation if the ratings aren't sufficient to justify that enormous cost.

And let's not forget, this show is from Steven Freaking Spielberg. This is the man who got NBC to buy two whole seasons of Amazing Stories in advance and promise to air them in their entirety. Okay, maybe he's not quite as big and powerful as he was then, but he's still Steven Spielberg.

 

[bigdaddy]

But it's Fox.... The show has no chance anyways.

You're a few years behind the times. The old FOX regime that was too quick on the kill button hasn't been in charge for years. The current FOX regime is the one that gave Dollhouse two full seasons even though its ratings didn't even justify completing the first season. It's a much safer environment for genre shows than it used to be

No it really isn't.

As Futurama joked...

"The old morons at Box (really Fox) canceled us, but they were ground up and made into powder. The new morons at Box have rehired us!"

The one and only reason they gave Dollhouse a second season is because they didn't want another Firefly on their hands. It was more of a "We are sorry we canceled your best show, we will give your worst show a second season".

Also Dollhouse is cheap, there are sets and no CGI. I doubt the same can be said for Terra Nova.

 

[Vendikarr]

But it's Fox.... The show has no chance anyways.

You're a few years behind the times. The old FOX regime that was too quick on the kill button hasn't been in charge for years. The current FOX regime is the one that gave Dollhouse two full seasons even though its ratings didn't even justify completing the first season. It's a much safer environment for genre shows than it used to be

No it really isn't.

As Futurama joked...

"The old morons at Box (really Fox) canceled us, but they were ground up and made into powder. The new morons at Box have rehired us!"

The one and only reason they gave Dollhouse a second season is because they didn't want another Firefly on their hands. It was more of a "We are sorry we canceled your best show, we will give your worst show a second season".

Also Dollhouse is cheap, there are sets and no CGI. I doubt the same can be said for Terra Nova.

They also gave the Sarah Connor Chronicles a second chance when the ratings didn't quite deserve it. Face it, Fox is a little more forgiving these days. They actually want a hit genre show with the loyal audience that comes with it. it just has to have an audience that supports its cost.

 

[Christopher]

FOX was very nurturing to Dollhouse. In fact, the reason the show had such teething pains at the start was because FOX was too generous -- instead of putting it through the normal development process to work out the kinks, they immediately put it into production as soon as they bought it, so the growing pains and the learning curve had to happen onscreen instead of in development.

It is long past time to bury the kneejerk stereotype that "FOX hates genre." It's important to remember that FOX is not a living being with an agenda. It's a corporation that employs individual people. And the people who were in charge of it years ago are gone, and there are totally different people running it now. So it's nonsensical to treat it as a single continuous entity with a continuous "personality" just because the corporation still has the same name. That's like assuming that the policies of the President of the United States remain unchanged regardless of who holds the office.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Stephen Lang is on this now. I'll watch for that.

 

[Jax]

Braga = Cancelled

 

[Noname Given]

Oh well. It's about dinosaurs. How badly can he screw that up?



Right now, I'm so starved for actual, fun, imaginative sci fi that isn't a cop show in skimpy disguise that even Space Nazi dinos would be welcome.

Ummm - two of the characters get turned into proto-dinasaurs - have sex - and the result? Cro-Magnon man.
^^^
Scewed up enough?

 

[scnj]

Braga can be a solid writer, but I'd rather they found a replacement for Fury to assist. What's David Eick up to these days?

 

[RandyS]

Braga's not as good a showrunner or writer as Fury, but I think he's unfairly demonized for his work on Star Trek. Judging from his later work and interviews, I think a lot of the things he's blamed for were more the fault of the UPN network.

The more I hear, the more I'm beginning to slide over to this viewpoint.

 

[exodus]

You're a few years behind the times. The old FOX regime that was too quick on the kill button hasn't been in charge for years. The current FOX regime is the one that gave Dollhouse two full seasons even though its ratings didn't even justify completing the first season. It's a much safer environment for genre shows than it used to be

No it really isn't.

As Futurama joked...

"The old morons at Box (really Fox) canceled us, but they were ground up and made into powder. The new morons at Box have rehired us!"

The one and only reason they gave Dollhouse a second season is because they didn't want another Firefly on their hands. It was more of a "We are sorry we canceled your best show, we will give your worst show a second season".

Also Dollhouse is cheap, there are sets and no CGI. I doubt the same can be said for Terra Nova.

They also gave the Sarah Connor Chronicles a second chance when the ratings didn't quite deserve it. Face it, Fox is a little more forgiving these days. They actually want a hit genre show with the loyal audience that comes with it. it just has to have an audience that supports its cost.

This is TrekBBs.
We do not forgive or forget here.

 

[Mistral]

I never held his ST work against him. I always thought Berman's decisions were more to blame...

 

[Anwar]

It wasn't either of them, most of the problems with shows like ENT was UPN and in VOY's case Jeri Taylor and UPN.

 

[The Habs Fan]

It wasn't either of them, most of the problems with shows like ENT was UPN and in VOY's case Jeri Taylor and UPN.

Yes, and remember Braga wanted to do a whole Year of Hell season on Voyager with no reset button but the network didn't let him.

 

[FluffyUnbound]

It wasn't either of them, most of the problems with shows like ENT was UPN and in VOY's case Jeri Taylor and UPN.

VOY wasn't that good before Jeri Taylor was even on the show.

Did she wreck it using...time travel?