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Fans Attempting to Pay for Enterprise

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the maybe-for-firefly-but-not-for-enterprize dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What started of as a suggestion to pay for season 5 of Enterprise has actully snowballed into a project that no one has ever attempted before, that of getting fans to pay for the production costs of a tv series. It has brought on board a raft of people including lawyers. I wonder if the quoted $50 to $80 million is reachable." I gotta say that Enterprise has been better this season, but I feel like it's still only mediocre. Battlestar Galactica might be the best SciFi airing right now. And I woulda chipped in for more Firefly in a heartbeat.

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  1. We can save money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    By taping in my basement and wearing our homemade costumes! Live long and prosper.

    1. Re:We can save money by FesterDaFelcher · · Score: 5, Funny

      By taping in my basement and wearing our homemade costumes! Live long and prosper.

      You mean your Mom's Basement.

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  2. Currency by Lev13than · · Score: 5, Funny

    The main stumbling block, of course, is securing a suitable source of gold-pressed latinum.

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  3. Re:Proposal doesn't go far enough by snorklewacker · · Score: 4, Funny

    How much extra would it cost to fire Berman?

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  4. Never going to happen by EvilGoodGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no way both fans have that kind of money.

    1. Re:Never going to happen by triumphDriver · · Score: 3, Funny

      That is not true!!! They save a lot of money not having Girl friends and living in their parents basement.

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  5. Re:Sad! Man this is Sad! by Steffan · · Score: 4, Funny
    Good god people, what's this world coming too? Way to let "The Man" know how much of our soles he ownes!
    "The Man" does not own any parts of my shoes.
  6. Obviously Gene Rodenberry's message got to you by Infonaut · · Score: 4, Funny
    Fuck'em. I would rather give my cash to Star Trek than anymore ungrateful third world bastards.

    I think your comment neatly summarizes the Star Trek ethos pretty well.

    Or not.

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  7. Re:Who owns it? Who approves scripts? by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I was paying for an entire run of a TV series, I'd at least want to read the scripts. Get a bunch of Star Trek fans involved with a script approval process and you'll have a riot.

    No, *I* get the cameo walk on role...

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  8. Re:Proposal doesn't go far enough by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 5, Funny
    How much extra would it cost to fire Berman?


    Out of a cannon? At $5/ticket it'd be PURE PROFIT, BABY!!

    heyyy... maybe we've finally discovered what the "???" part of "The Plan" might actually be!!

    1. Take over production of Enterprise
    2. FIRE BERMAN OUT OF A CANNON (SELL TICKETS)
    3. Profit!!!
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  9. Re:Sad! Man this is Sad! by lsmeg · · Score: 3, Funny
    I watched the show a few times and it was just plain bad. The Captain is just a female version of Kirk.

    I can't tell if you're confusing Enterprise with Voyager, or if you're making a subtle comment about Archer. :)

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  10. Here's how they can finance the new season. by mabu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Attach a dynamo to Gene Roddenberry's corpse and play the first few seasons of Enterprise at his gravesite. Sell the electricity generated from his spinning corpse to the power companies and it should be more than enough to finance several more seasons of the show.

  11. Re:Proposal doesn't go far enough by istewart · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd laugh if this now becomes incorporated into the Slashdot meme. That is to say, every future "Plan" post, no matter what the subject, somehow features firing Rick Berman out of a cannon and selling tickets. It'd serve him right. I mean, look how quickly the "old people in Korea" thing caught on.

    Hm, I'd better get started propagating.