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TrekUnited Campaign Ends

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the darwin-executed-enterprise dept.

ForteMaster writes "TrekUnited, the controversial campaign to save Enterprise from cancellation, has ended its campaign today. Interestingly enough, the article mentions that "a multiple of the money raised by TrekUnited so far" was being offered, with "further details to be released shortly". A case of counting the chickens before they've hatched, maybe? Here is some commentary from TrekToday on the subject."

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  1. Re:Sad by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's all here: Trek Report: "Bound"

    Paramount is owned by Viacom, whose owner is a bitter rival of Rupert Murdoch, who owns SkyOne, one of the participants in the deal.

  2. Re:Show Quality Is Often Irrelevent by Reignking · · Score: 4, Informative

    Way to make things up! Ellen was canceled, like many shows, because the ratings sucked.

    Joan Garry, executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said the cancellation was a disappointment but not a surprise. "We're all disappointed ABC made a decision based on ratings. We really wish that they had seriously considered the impact of Ellen's work and looked at it from a broader perspective," she said.

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    One man's Funny is another man's Offtopic.
  3. Re:Save Enterprise? No. by gowen · · Score: 3, Informative
    The term "undiscovered country" comes from a Shakespeare play (Henry the V I think)
    Hamlet. It's from the soliloquy that starts "To Be, or Not To Be".

    "the dread of something after death,
    The undiscovered country from whose bourn
    No traveler returns, puzzles the will
    And makes us rather bear those ills we have
    Than fly to others that we know not of?"
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    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  4. Re:Donations by Aurin+Wildfire · · Score: 5, Informative
    Now they call off the battle and wow, look they are $144,173 richer.


    "Our final proposal was knocked down by Paramount. We will not see a season five for Star Trek Enterprise," wrote Jane Braz in a post at the Trek Fans United Forum, speaking on behalf of TrekUnited founder Tim Brazeal. The group said that it would begin refunding donations on Monday or Tuesday."
  5. Re:Health care? Domestic violence? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'm getting so damn sick of these posts.

    The money that I would have given to save Enterprise would have been spent on a DVD set of a different show or something. Or maybe a new Xbox game. It wasn't being "thrown away" - it was part of my entertainment budget anyhow. I already donate to a few causes every year and I give my time once in a while to help people in need. But my entertainment money goes towards entertainment. That may be video games, may be a movie, may be trying to save a TV show.