Posted by 23skidoo:
Posted by Storm Rucker:
Alas, TPTB seem stuck in this notion of permanent casts, static relationships, and total lack of character conflict.
This, above all else, is why ENT fails so miserably.
That implies that TNG was also a failure. Except for Yar's death and the changing of the doctors in year 2 (both of which were for IMO dumb reasons), there really wasn't much that changed over the 7 years. And any major changes that did occur (such as Troi and Worf starting a relationship) pretty much happened in the second half.
And TOS, by this logic, was a complete failure, because there was absolutely no conflict between anyone except for the occasional bitching by McCoy which was more comic relief and the redshirt deaths which quickly became a cliche.
I see a lot of conflict going on in ENT. I certainly wouldn't call it a failure. And as far as killing anyone off ... no Trek series has ever run its full length without changing some of the main cast members (i.e. those whose deaths would really make an impact), and some of these changes occurred due to death. There's nothing to say that a future cast change in ENT wouldn't be handled in a similar fashion.
Cheers!
Alex