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Problems with Trek
By David-Seattle

Here is the quote I have the biggest beef with:

"all the kinds of things that we think STAR TREK viewers expect."

It sounds to me like these people do not have a rock-solid idea of what makes good Star Trek. They seem to be grasping at straws as to "what they THINK the viewers want".

In my opinion, Star Trek had four significant peaks: The Original Series with Gene Roddenberry and Gene Coon; The Feature Films with Roddenberry, Nick Meyer, and Harve Bennett; Seasons 3-5 of The Next Generation; and Deep Space Nine with Ira Steven Behr. These were periods when Star Trek was really clicking. It was "in the zone", so to speak.

I was watching the 25th Anniversary Special of Star Trek last night and listened intently to Roddenberry's interview. His premise for Star Trek was simple: explore the human condition in a future, space-age format. And built on that, he brought in the writers and creative team that understood that philosophy and created good drama, imaginative and thought-provoking stories, and well-developed and interesting characters.

I think the writers need to be truly "inspired" by the show and its concepts, premise, and characters, not chugging out material they hope the viewers will watch. Sometimes if you blindly try to please everybody, you end up pleasing very few. For example, if I were a chef working in an Italian restaurant, but I didn't particularly care much for Italian food, what kind of a chef would I be? Where would be the creativity or the quality in the meal? Sure I could cook up something I thought the customers would like, but without the inspiration or interest, how successful would I be?

Same thing applies to Star Trek. Maintain the premise, and write the stories that inspire you, the writer, not bland material you think the audience will like. Please return to what made Star Trek great in the first place.

In the meantime, I will continue watching with all the hope in the world.

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None of us is as good as ALL of us.

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