David A. Goodman responds

[AlphaMan]

Originally posted by davejames:
If a future Star Trek series is ever going to work, it's gotta be back on sydication, I feel.

Not that Berman isn't to blame, but clearly Paramount and UPN have been putting pressure on the producers and writers to "dumb down" the show for quite some time, just like with Voyager. And then they wonder why the ratings go down.

The writers for DS9 had one important question they always asked themselves, "what is this story about?", that the staffs of VOY and ENT never have. Instead we get stories where the crew go on pointless, meaningless adventures where they don't learn anything, and we don't learn anything about them.

"Hey, they kidnapped the Captain. We need to rescue him"

"Hey, these aliens have taken over Enterprise. We need to stop them."

And that's as deep as it gets.

Don't these writers ever watch TV? The first 2 minutes of West Wing has more depth and substance and wit than the entire hour of Enterprise before it. Hell, 7th Heaven is more ambitious and edgier than Enterprise!

Please guys, stop playing it so damn safe all the time! Take some chances.

DING! DING! DING! TELL HIM WHAT HE WINS JOHNNY!!!

Yes.. you've echoed my entire problem with Enterprise!! and less so with VOY.

VOY did have a handfull of good eps and some of them were great eps, but ENT has been consistantly "empty" from day one. I don't mind popcorn TV at all, but at least take oppurtunity to say something to me every now and then while you have my attention.

[This message has been edited by AlphaMan (edited December 17, 2002).]

 

[Bucky]

This makes 101 posts. If you're still reading, Mr. Goodman, I'd like to add another voice to the chorus pleading for stories that could happen *only* in this series. Think of "The Andorian Incident" or "Silent Enemy." Whatever their faults, those episodes took full advantage of inexperience of the Enterprise crew and of its basic tactical disadvantage. Rather than deck out the ship with technology far too advanced for the period, please keep the stories in the time frame of the series.

Take advantage of the fact that's it's a prequel.

Bucky


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[This message has been edited by Bucky (edited December 17, 2002).]

 

[Top41]

...and this is 102. Closing for length.

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