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Trek Producers Will Provide World A Break
David Crumpton writes "Star Trek Producers have finally agreed that Star Trek fans are oversaturated with the show, and are planning to provide a break. This does not mean they wont bring something new to the screen; they will just wait a few years. They are convinced the ratings dropped due to the show competing against other Trek re-runs."
Today's NY Times also has an article on the impending death of Enterprise.
"Or perhaps not calling it Star Trek for two years didn't help?"
How do you figure that? The opening title clearly says "StarTrek: Enterprise"
NO MORE TIME TRAVEL!
Seriously, time travel episodes are really silly. And over done. A lot.
Did i mention they were over done?
The lack of continuity. Show one new episode.. and then three weeks of reruns? Not a way to keep a captive audience..
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But for most different reasons than Berman suggests. He seems to imply that too much of a good thing is just too much no matter what the subject is. I disagree. Life Long Star Trek fan but like a lot of people, I started losing interest in the Deep Space Nine 9 era. For me the shows got worse and worse each iteration (although there are some great Next-Gen epsiodes that rival what the original did) but it finally reached the point where that bar was way below what was acceptable to average people. Star Trek Fanatics might argue that Enterprise is improving but for me 0+1 isn't exactly a big leap. Too many repeated concepts and themes. It seems like the show really had run out of steam way back at DS 9 and that's before Voyager, and Enterprise ever hit the air. I just think a break from Trek is overall a good thing. There is plenty of precendent from other media. The Batman movies, Battle Star Galatica, Dr. Who, etc. I think we need to have a break for some time to pass and someone to bring it back with a new take and a new vision but still holding on to the core concepts of what makes the show special. I'm at a lost myself to point specifically at any one thing except to realize that the franchise has been off-track for a long time. I'm glad Enterprise is done. I'm glad Star Trek is done for a bit. And here's to someone coming along in a few years to breathe some life into it. It's not like Star Trek is going away forever or anything. The franchise is too valuable and has made too much money for it to ever go away. Someone just needs to have a new compelling vision for the show that resonates with a modern audience. In other words I need to miss it before I can welcome it back.