Comments on: Braga On Enterprise: The Good And The Bad

By: tsheater

tsheater — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:54:00 +0000

I think Enterprise had great potential and and in some episodes lived up to it. Connie is right about the Roddenberry vision for the future, that is the driving force behind all of Star Trek.

By: Joe Dempsey, Sr.

Joe Dempsey, Sr. — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:15:00 +0000

@Connie1071 Thank You! I couldn’t have said it better myself. The term “franchise fatigue” is just code for “we blame the fans”.

By: Groov99

Groov99 — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:26:00 +0000

It’s ironic that the Enterprise episode that he says was bad was titled ‘Terra Nova’, and the new show he’s working on is called “Terra Nova”.

By: B.D.

B.D. — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:34:00 +0000

I agree. Franchise fatigue was not an issue. Since Voyager, characters started behaving like teenagers – Kim and Paris were overgrown adolescents – and the relations between the crew and Janeway was less than professional, it was emotional. The crew seemed to need to please the Captain as if their self-esteem was in jeopardy! Voyager must have lost 12 shuttles, and never needed much maintenance after season 3. Ridiculous! After Michael Pillar left and Braga filled the void, Voyager went downhill… A single ship taking on the Borg sucessfully? Oh, puhleeaase…

Come to think of it, Voyager and Enterprise share the same narrative backbone: a single ship, alone, in unchartered and potentially hostile territory… Instead of a “Borg babe”, a “Vulcan babe”, and again, same adolescent behaviour, and all crewmember seemed to need the Captain to be proud of them… And “fiction” in science-fiction was so extreme it was appalling… I mean, Hoshi could learn a language by listening to people speaking??!! Vocabulary has to be learned even if you can intuitively discern structure! Star Trek was dumbed down so much that many people must have changed the channel rolling their eyes…

If there is ever again a new series, please don’t design it to please uneducated testosterone-driven teenagers…

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:15:00 +0000

“Dear Doctor” was a scientific and ethical train wreck. Like Voyager’s “Threshold,” it was clearly written by someone who does not understand what the word “evolution” means.

There will be some bad episodes, sure, but it’s painful to hear him single out such a failure as a success ten years later.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:15:00 +0000

“Dear Doctor” was a scientific and ethical train wreck. Like Voyager’s “Threshold,” it was clearly written by someone who does not understand what the word “evolution” means.

There will be some bad episodes, sure, but it’s painful to hear him single out such a failure as a success ten years later.

By: Mike DeLaney

Mike DeLaney — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:36:00 +0000

Hmmmm… well, my post was deleted, so I guess I can cross this site off my list. If you aren’t interested in comments, why did you turn them on after years?

By: Connie1701

Connie1701 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:59:00 +0000

I so hate to hear anyone blame “franchise fatigue” for the demise of Enterprise. Believe there is no such thing among the true fans. But, when those in charge insist on diverting from the very thing that made Star Trek so memorable they are causing it’s failure among the fans and those who could be fans. Star Trek does not have to be “darker and more realistic” as I have heard said. That’s not what made it popular. It was upbeat, hopeful, entertaining fun, filled with a wonderful crew, excited about their adventures, caring about each other and the aliens they met. Get back to Roddenberry’s dream and all that “franchise fatigue” will go away.