UPN Renews 'Star Trek: Enterprise'

Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that 'Enterprise' has been renewed for a fourth season. UPN will make the official announcement on Thursday, but production executives already told the SaveEnterprise.com fan campaign the show will be back, and the show's actors have been ordered back to work. The only snag? It looks like 'Enterprise' might be moved to Fridays next year, and Firefly fans can tell you what a great place that is..."

Comments

Theme Song

[crapnutassneck]

Please tell me they are leaving that dreadful theme song behind.

Re:Theme Song

[Skater]

I'm gonna go out on a limb: I think the theme song is the best theme song ever written for any series. It captures the mood of the series perfectly. The first time I heard it I didn't like it, but then as I watched the opening sequence again I realized what they were trying to do and how well the song fit.

All good art is controversial. ;)

--RJ

Re:Theme Song

[Anonvmous Coward]

"Please tell me they are leaving that dreadful theme song behind."

There's an FAQ out there for the cartoon series Transformers. If you read the FAQ, there's a question about an acronym (the term of it escapes me at the moment) that defined an argument that would never disappear. There were two characters that were physically very similar, just different colors. (Rumble and ... Frenzy I think? The little tape dude whose arms turned into smashy things...) In the cartoon, the blue one was Rumble, and the black one was the other dude whose name I can't recall. In the comic book, the colors were reversed. The comic book people thought they were right, the cartoon people thought they were right. Result? A never-ending argument that just wound people up for no good reason.

Every time somebody mentions the Enterprise theme-song, I think of that FAQ. Why? Because the color of that particular Decepticon doesn't mean a damn thing to the show or the comic book. Everybody's right, yet it still goes absolutely nowhere. It's just some point for people to butt heads on.

Re:Good news...

[DrEldarion]

It's the same with the people who wish episodes 1 and 2 (and probably 3, when it comes out) of Star Wars weren't made because they think George Lucas "ruined" the series with them. Or people who wish that any Final Fantasy game past 6 was not made (even though 7 was the second best in the series after 1, you bastards).

Many people (myself not included) would rather have nothing at all than something they don't like when it comes to their favorite TV shows / movies / etc.

Re:Good news...

[RatBastard]

It's not that Lucas "ruined" anything. It's that Episode 1 and 2 were crap! They were badly acted (from actors we KNOW can do better!), badly written, badly directed and badly concieved. The only good thing about Star Trek were the special effects, but SFX are a dime a dozen. Good stories are much harder to find.

And yes, I'd rather not have to wade through pools of drek and offal when I want to indulge my craving for science fiction. I would rather have a few well crafted diamonds than a mountain of coal.

That mountain of coal exists because there are some people, myself NOT included) who will tolerate anything, no matter how badly made, just because it is science fiction.

The real answer is simple...

[Torgo's Pizza]

Renew Enterprise. Cancel Berman and Braga.

Re:Good news...

[LoadStar]

Well, this is good news. Enterprise is not my favorite flavor of Trek, but it's better than nothing. Besides, there have been a couple good episodes this season.

I'm sure some people would have revelled in an Enterprise cancellation... to them, I'd like to pose a question which always bugged me: if you don't like a show, you don't watch it, right? If you don't watch it why would it matter to you whether or not it is cancelled? It just seems so mean-spirited to wish for a show's cancellation-- over a hundred people lose their jobs as a result, and I'm not talking about high-paid actors, I'm talking about camera men, editors, janitors-- normal people. It's not fun losing a job, folks.

Is it really better than nothing? The fact is, a bad series can have an impact on the entire franchise. The fact that Enterprise has garnered lackluster ratings - at best - and has had very few really good episodes from a creative aspect makes the chances of more Star Trek (whether it be TV or movie) less attractive to both viewers and Hollywood executives.

To pull the argument that cancelling the series puts people out of work is rather pathetic actually. Does that mean that we should keep trash on the air, just because people worked on the series? Imagine a schedule full of shows like "The Mullets" just because people didn't want to cancel the series because it would put people out of work... *shudder*

Re:Good news...

[Shakrai]

The only good thing about Star Trek were the special effects

I strongly disagree with that statement. I wish I could search my history and find the previous lengthy post I made about TNG (it was a gem) but I let my /. subscription expire.

In any case, how can you say the only good thing was the effects when you had moral issue based episodes like these (off the top of my head in 5 minutes at the office):

• Measure of a Man (TNG - Individual Rights)
• Symbiosis (TNG - Drug Addiction)
• The Drumhead (TNG - Kangaroo Court run amok - scary when you consider what's going on nowadays)
• Who Watches the Watchers (TNG - Religion)
• The Hunted (TNG - Veterans Rights)
• The High Ground (TNG - Terrorism)
• Devil's Due (TNG - Religion/myth busting again)
• The Masterpiece Society (TNG - Genetic enhancement/engineering)

I'd also point out the good storyline based episodes:

• Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG - Federation at the height of a losing war -- probably the model that DS9 used for the last two years of it's run)
• Sarek (TNG - Picard has to absorb the emotions of Sarak -- a great acting performance by Stewart)
• Family (TNG - Followup to Picard's trauma inflicted by the Borg - no reset button like Voyager)
• The Wounded (TNG - Mission to stop another Federation officer who lost his family from getting revenge)
• Darmok (TNG - Attempt to communicate with an alien race - probably my favorite episode of Trek ever made)
• The Inner Light (TNG - Picard lives a lifetime as a member of another race - probably the second best episode of Trek ever)
• Relics (TNG - Scottie's comeback!)
• Chain of Command (TNG - Picard is captured and tortured by Cardassians - another fine performance by Stewart)
• All Good Things (TNG - Humanity's limitless potential is revealed - what better way to end the series?)

Those are just the TNG episodes that I can name off the top of my head (yes I'm a Geek -- but I don't know the stardates anymore). DS9 had quite a few standout episodes too -- though I think TNG tackled the moral issues more often.

Star Trek under Gene Roddenberry was always about the story. Under Paramount it's about T&A and appealing to the unwashed 16-24 male demographic.