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Post by Bartwald on Dec 29, 2004 7:32:38 GMT -5
Some news on the future of Star Trek: Enterprise... Star Trek: Enterprise News
Manny Coto, the executive producer of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise, told the Chicago Tribune that he wants to explore the founding of the Federation if the ratings-challenged series makes it to a fifth season next year. That's a big "if," Coto told the newspaper: "I haven't spoken to anyone [about] the [ratings] performance, so I'd be talking in the dark. I don't know if they're happy or not. It's still pretty much up in the air [whether there will be a season five]."
Enterprise's fate won't be announced until May, the newspaper reported. But UPN head Dawn Ostroff told the newspaper: "We've gotten great feedback from fans. … The show is at a great place [creatively], and we're very happy with the ideas and execution."
Enterprise reportedly has fewer viewers in its new Friday 8 p.m. timeslot, but UPN is earning higher ratings on that night than it did before Enterprise moved. As for the show's creative direction this season, which has included a guest stint by Brent Spiner, Coto said: "We consciously set out to make this season a real prequel, to really embrace the prequel concept. We've got ... great stories coming up, and I think there's a whole season's worth of great stuff, the founding of the Federation."
Coto added: "That's not something that can happen in three episodes at the end of the season, but we'll be headed toward the founding of the Federation [toward the end of season four]. I would love to make that a season-long arc. What's great about it is that it's a positive arc, instead of a story of pure conflict [like the Xindi arc]. It becomes an arc about trying to bring different cultures together, .... which is a really resonant idea for our time. I would love to come back, and we would do some serious research on the founding of the U.N., how that came together."
Source: www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/ |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Feb 3, 2005 0:16:15 GMT -5
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE - Cancelled!
Paramount press release:
UPN and Paramount Network Television have jointly announced that this will be the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise on UPN. [Production will continue until the end of this season, which will finish shooting in March.] The series finale will air on Friday, May 13, 2005.
"Star Trek has been an important part of UPN's history, and Enterprise has carried on the tradition of its predecessors with great distinction," said Dawn Ostroff, President, Entertainment, UPN. "We'd like to thank Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and an incredibly talented cast for creating an engaging, new dimension to the Star Trek universe on UPN, and we look forward to working with them, and our partners at Paramount Network Television, on a send-off that salutes its contributions to The Network and satisfies its loyal viewers."
David Stapf, President of Paramount Network Television, said, "The creators, stars and crew of Star Trek: Enterprise ambitiously and proudly upheld the fine traditions of the Star Trek franchise. We are grateful for their contributions to the legacy of Trek and commend them on completing nearly 100 exciting, dramatic and visually stunning episodes. All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to Enterprise, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future."
A prequel to the original "Star Trek" series, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE premiered on UPN on Sept. 26, 2001, and aired for its first three seasons on Wednesdays (8:00-9:00PM, ET/PT). On Oct. 8, 2004, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE moved into its current time on Fridays (8:00-9:00PM, ET/PT). Through its four-year run, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE produced a total of 98 episodes and earned four Emmy Awards.
Disappointing, but not entirely surprising. Even though I feel that this season has been really good, this series has struggled to find an audience almost from the beginning.
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Post by Quorthon on Mar 8, 2005 3:28:19 GMT -5
The problem was oversaturation. They crammed way too many Star Trek series' down our gullets waaaay too quickly. Deep Space Nine and Voyager came instantly on the heels of The Next Generation--the best series they made, and they greedily tried to capitalize on that success.
Deep Space Nine was boring, and mind you, anti-Star Trek as it focused on a space station that DIDN'T EVEN TREK ANYWHERE!!
Voyager was just insipid--good that it had a new, unique story, but... eh... It was all about trying to be too sexy with too little substance.
Enterprise, I liked--but it lacked the attitude that TNG and original series had. It was too weak, it seemed. The idea was great, however, but the execution was a tad "room temperature."
They should wait at least 5-10 years before making another series for fans to miss it and become hungry for the Trek again. And then, they should make it like TNG, set another generation (or two) after Picard ran the Enterprise, and featuring the Federation Flagship, Enterprise.
I always would've been happy with a new series featuring Riker as Captain of a new Enterprise, following the Next Generation. Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have got to go, though. They're butchering the heart of a great franchise the way Michael Isner is sodomizing the Disney name.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Mar 8, 2005 18:43:56 GMT -5
The problem was oversaturation. They crammed way too many Star Trek series' down our gullets waaaay too quickly. They should wait at least 5-10 years before making another series for fans to miss it and become hungry for the Trek again. I completely agree. And judging by the ratings of ENTERPRISE and the lackluster box office of the last couple of movies, I think everybody's just a little burned out on TREK right now. Time to lay it to rest for a while. People can always get their TREK "fix" on DVD. |
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 9, 2005 12:58:36 GMT -5
I think poor writing hurt the shows too. I remember watching a Enterprise episode where they turned into monkeys on some planet. That's when I gave up - GIVE ME A BREAK! When you resort to monkey humor your series sucks.
I am enjoying the new Battlestar Gallactica series on Sci-Fi however. That is everything Star Trek wished it could be!
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Post by spacer on Mar 10, 2005 3:03:59 GMT -5
Oversaturation is the right word to describe what happened.
After the great success and high standards of Star Trek TNG with its brilliantly cerebral crew it was really very hard to maintain the level.
There's the other problem too. Almost everybody that was fascinated by the series and its plot developped deep relationship with Captain Piccard and it was virtually unimaginable to visualise ST without him.
When the series ended abruptly the Deep Space Nine tried to hold all the Trekkies and gain other viewers. It was uneasy for me to see someone who is not Piccard to play the central role in Trek movie, but I must say that the pilot of the DS9 was very very good and brilliant. It was a very good idea to make a bridge joining the old series and the new ones. Next parts weren't as good but still I enjoined them. There were some good ideas exploited here which were quite fresh like the wormole to the other distant sector. The supporting actors were quite good too, but the lead role was only so so.
I didn't deplore the fact that the station was not mobile too.
But the next series Voyager was a complete misconception and here I agree with Quorthon completely Yes the series became then completely oversaturated and stale.
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Post by Quorthon on Mar 12, 2005 23:04:33 GMT -5
Did you guys know that the idea for Deep Space Nine was pitched to Gene Roddenberry and he flatly refused to do it? Right after he died, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga dug right in and tried to score as much money as they could off the Star Trek brand. Way to honor a great man, no?
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 15, 2005 12:36:58 GMT -5
Did you guys know that the idea for Deep Space Nine was pitched to Gene Roddenberry and he flatly refused to do it? Right after he died, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga dug right in and tried to score as much money as they could off the Star Trek brand. Way to honor a great man, no? That's really sad. |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Mar 26, 2005 14:15:39 GMT -5
From IMDB:
UPN has announced the voyage of Star Trek: Enterprise will come to an end on May 13 with two back-to-back episodes, "Terra Prime" and "These Are the Voyages." A news release by the network said that "These Are the Voyages" will take place six years following "Terra Prime." In it, "an emotional Captain Archer [Scott Bakula] and the crew return to Earth to face the decommission of Enterprise and signing of the Federation charter, ratifying the newly-formed alliance of planets they helped forge. Star Trek: The Next Generation's Jonathan Frakes guest stars as Riker and Marina Sirtis guest stars as Troi in this special series finale."
It'll be interesting to see how they incorporate Riker & Troi into this episode, since at the time ENTERPRISE takes place, those characters aren't even alive yet.
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Post by Quorthon on Apr 3, 2005 22:45:23 GMT -5
From IMDB: UPN has announced the voyage of Star Trek: Enterprise will come to an end on May 13 with two back-to-back episodes, "Terra Prime" and "These Are the Voyages." A news release by the network said that "These Are the Voyages" will take place six years following "Terra Prime." In it, "an emotional Captain Archer [Scott Bakula] and the crew return to Earth to face the decommission of Enterprise and signing of the Federation charter, ratifying the newly-formed alliance of planets they helped forge. Star Trek: The Next Generation's Jonathan Frakes guest stars as Riker and Marina Sirtis guest stars as Troi in this special series finale."It'll be interesting to see how they incorporate Riker & Troi into this episode, since at the time ENTERPRISE takes place, those characters aren't even alive yet. That sounds kind of dumb. Sounds to me like they're desperate to grab some last-ditch ratings by any means necessary. For obnoxious. |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Apr 4, 2005 0:36:05 GMT -5
That sounds kind of dumb. Sounds to me like they're desperate to grab some last-ditch ratings by any means necessary. For obnoxious. Since it's the last episode, I don't know that it would matter even if the ratings were through the roof. Besides, I read a while ago, long before it was announced that the show was being cancelled, that those two characters were going to put in an appearance this season. Guess they just wanna go out with a bang. |
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Post by spacer on Apr 19, 2005 1:40:41 GMT -5
What would be next  |
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Post by Bartwald on Apr 19, 2005 14:49:03 GMT -5
The hell with the Trek-TV if it sucks! I just bought a cheapo (but handsome) VHS tape with Star Trek: Nemesis. Worth a look or a steaming pile? Please tell me, guys, cause thanks to this I may actually get back on track watching the Trek films!
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Post by Quorthon on Apr 20, 2005 0:03:52 GMT -5
Here are how the "Next Generation" Trek films go, in order of quality (best to least good):
First Contact
Nemesis & Generations (tie)
Insurrection
I thought Nemesis was really quite good. Very dark, with interesting surprises. Generations was really good as simply a full-blown, "out-there" SF film--like those classic films that were just a-wash with bizarreness.
Simply, as a Borg fanm, First Contact is about my favorite Trek film.
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Post by spacer on Apr 20, 2005 1:54:23 GMT -5
I'm an alien fan and a lover too ;D
Borgs are great and inspiring but still there so many interesting races in the Star Trek.
While Borgs are fascinating it is difficult to love them but it completely different with bunch of other species.
My favourite ones are Klingons especially after The Next Generetion series where we could learn a lot about their culture, language (I'm simply thrilled when I can hear even short sentences in Klingon) looking at Lt. Worf.
Cardasians cunning as foxes are my next choice, then cool as cucumber Volcans, Romulans are a bit too similar to people.
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