Scott Bakula's Take on the New Movie & Fan Reaction

[Carpe Occasio]

"The trick is, they've got to bring it up to date and make it hip and sexy and fast and all the things they can do with effects now, and keep the diehard fans in the theater. I'll be curious to see if they'll be successful with that. I hope they are."

"We were trying to make that bridge with our series, and we had resistance. There was no question that some of the Star Trek fan base was not ready to go there (laughs). They just didn't want to do it. A guy stopped me, and he said, 'Oh, I loved that show, I loved it, loved it, ... except for the theme song' (laughs). I was like, 'Man, people should just ...' But they're not willing to give it any slack. If they don't like it, they're vocal about it. But if they like it, then you're made. ... The trailer looks fantastic. And, obviously, [director J.J.] Abrams knows how to make a movie. And, hopefully, he will have succeeded, and the studio will say, 'We shouldn't have canceled Enterprise' (laughs)."


http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/quantum-leaps-20-and-scot.php#more

 

[Borgminister]

Good guy... But my 16 year old son wouldn't have used the word "dated", but rather, "lame".

 

[urbandk]

I like Bakula. He's a class act.

 

[perigee]

http://themomblog.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/03/crying-baby-giant-eyes1.jpg

[Hotlinked image converted to link. - M']

 

[urbandk]

http://themomblog.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/03/crying-baby-giant-eyes1.jpg

classy.

 

[perigee]

What can I say - I'm from Philly. We calls 'em like we sees 'em.

 

[Borgminister]

Same photo can apply to so very many people. Bakula's not one of them--he's got gainful employment.

 

[perigee]

True - except for Shatner, in which case we'd have to blow it up to poster size. Maybe even put it on one of those billboards in Time Square.

 

[cubbie]

Bakula is a class act. He is clearly pointing to problems that existed during his Trek tenure, but still wishes Trek well.

 

[Alrik]

Bakula is a class act. He is clearly pointing to problems that existed during his Trek tenure, but still wishes Trek well.

That's pretty much what I got from it.

 

[perigee]

My own take is different - to me, he's saying that ENT tried nobly to make the jump, but was shot down unreasonably by people who hated the show for such petty reasons as the theme song.

Which really wasn't too good. ~grin~

Clooney good naturedly admits to killing off the Batman Franchise for years - I'd much prefer to see Bakula say something along the lines of "Maybe we shouldn't have had so many Time-Nazi-Aliens..."

 

[cubbie]

Yeah, well the writers should be apologizing for that, not Bakula

 

[perigee]

No doubt - but if there were flaws that affected the show's acceptance, you can't blame the fans for not giving the series "Any Slack." The theme song didn't kill ENT - the writers did. By the time they started to turn it around, they were already stuck with their head on the chopper. How many years 'slack' would have been fair?

 

[cubbie]

No doubt - but if there were flaws that affected the show's acceptance, you can't blame the fans for not giving the series "Any Slack." The theme song didn't kill ENT - the writers did. By the time they started to turn it around, they were already stuck with their head on the chopper. How many years 'slack' would have been fair?

I enjoyed Enterprise, but I do agree with what you said. There was a lot more wrong with Enterprise aside from the song.

 

[Valandil]

No doubt - but if there were flaws that affected the show's acceptance, you can't blame the fans for not giving the series "Any Slack." The theme song didn't kill ENT - the writers did. By the time they started to turn it around, they were already stuck with their head on the chopper. How many years 'slack' would have been fair?

I enjoyed Enterprise, but I do agree with what you said. There was a lot more wrong with Enterprise aside from the song.

I think what Bakula was saying was that this was someone who loved the show, but still was critical about the song. It is just the song, after all. I think he was pointing out that even when he loved everything, he was still vocal about the one thing he didn't like. Which is quite representative of how a lot of people treated Enterprise, I guess.

 

[Borgminister]

No doubt - but if there were flaws that affected the show's acceptance, you can't blame the fans for not giving the series "Any Slack." The theme song didn't kill ENT - the writers did. By the time they started to turn it around, they were already stuck with their head on the chopper. How many years 'slack' would have been fair?

I enjoyed Enterprise, but I do agree with what you said. There was a lot more wrong with Enterprise aside from the song.

There was something wrong with every series.

 

[perigee]

I think people were kvetching about every theme from DS9 onwards; Voyager especially took flack for their dead theme when the show ran. But they never changed the theme, and the show had a full run. Enterprise had a lot going for it - unlike voyager, it didn't suffer from "Space:1999 Syndrome" - lost in space, new alien every week, we-come-in-peace, oh-no-they're-evil, run away - they had an established home base (until they stranded the series in Zindiville).. The opportunity was squandered.

And, for what it's worth, I liked the song well enough. As a song - not as a theme, though.

 

[cubbie]

There was something wrong with every series.

Agreed, but I think fans became more unforgiving or vocal with each new series came up.

 

[MisterPL]

ENT would have made a great Trek reboot. Bakula made a solid Kirk. Make Spock female to heighten the sexual tension. An alien McCoy makes more sense than a human one.

The cast was in place. They even had the right title. Ah, what could have been...

 

[JiNX-01]

Gee, not even the mods seem interested in sticking to the topic.