More typical Braga "spin"....hence stupidity at its best!
By Scorned

Just when you thought the summer was going to really have nothing new posted we get this idiot and this interview. My God where to begin....

Quote:"And then the third element to the film to come along was the idea of the great Zephram Cochran, who I think was depicted in TOS."

"I think"??? Had Braga even bothered to watch TOS he would of known that they did. There was an entire episode about him. It is clear that they get someone who has watched TOS to give them an outline. Just like Braga thinks the Vulcans and Androians are enemies because he saw a clip of a "blue guy stab Kirk". Braga, his stupidity never seems to end!!!


Quote:"We thought it would be interesting to have this crew meet Zephram Cochran, but he is not anything like anybody thinks--he’s a drunk.

A drunk? Well they must of been when they came up with that dumb idea because in TOS he was not depicted as a drunk. Continuity baby!!!! Go look it up!


Quote:"So this was a character to sort of introduce to the audience what STAR TREK was all about, and the philosophy of STAR TREK and what it means.”

They should of asked her what Star Trek was about because these 2 jackasses don't. Its a case of the blind leading the blind.


Quote:"We used that template for years to come on VOYAGER where we really expanded on the Borg mythos

No the word is "overused" character which people got sick of seeing week after week. Braga was involved in VOY and hence why it sucked so muched. When in doubt do a "Borg or time travel" story to help sagging ratings and shitty direction.


Quote:"Braga says the studio really wanted a “voice” for the villains of the piece, and the ringing cacophony of the drones speaking at once--good enough for television--wasn’t going to cut it.

Why not? By making the "queen" character you took a great idea and turned the borg into "bees". You were told the Borg are all "ONE". There is NO leader. Then FC comes around and they give you a "queen" because some dummy in the studio thought that they knew what fans wanted etc. More of this ridiculous marketing/ so called "research" crap from Paramount. FC took the borg idea and just about ruined it.


Quote:"So we came up with the idea of the Borg Queen, which really brought a lot to the movie--then the Data becoming more human arc was born.”

Yes it brought in a sense of changing the Borg idea again to a point which now contradicted the original premise. NO continuity strikes again with Braga the idiot!


Quote:"“I really liked [Krige] from the movie GHOST STORY because she had a creepy sexiness, which I thought was perfect for the Borg Queen, who was sort of a kinky, weird lady,” Braga continued. “We thought the Borg Queen should be a sensual character, tantalizing Data with the prospect of flesh. One of my favorite moments in the film is that little patch of skin that she blows on--the blow job scene [laughter]--and the little goosebumps that came up, I thought that was really cool. There has always been an element of sensuality to some degree in ST, like the moment in the film when Data says he’s fully functional, that was in the first season of TNG. There’s always a playful sensuality.”

This only proves that Braga needs to get a girlfriend and get laid! Have the "SaveEnterprise.com" people start a "Braga_needs_a_hooker_fund".


Quote:" Michael went so far as to suggest that Krige’s turn as the Queen makes FIRST CONTACT the “kinkiest” of all the STAR TREK movies.

Ridiculous!


Quote:"“Well yes, but I thought in INSURRECTION when Data and the boy come out of the haystack, that was pretty sexy!”

Ridiculous! What a stupid thing to say unless you are a pedophile. I think Braga is a closet homosexual.


Quote:" Braga told the audience it’s hard to come up with completely original stories

He has been out of any ideas for years now. It is time to move on. He thinks he is a writer yet he does no other writing. This so called writer never went out and did other things. Things that help expand a writers mind and make him a better writter. It is good to see that the ego has been bruised and he knows it.


Quote:"Even still, he said Gene Roddenberry’s universe and its underlying rules foster good storytelling.

Please, he never seen TOS and the continuity mistakes are so sloppy. Now he is just mentioning "Gene" in order to get a sound bit from the crowd. How pathetic!


Quote:"“This is just my opinion but I think constrictions are good when you’re trying to write drama,” he said. “You want parameters and I personally love Gene’s universe

WHAT the hell is he talking about? Parameters which he doesn't follow. The mistakes and rehashed stories are a joke and an embarassment to him. How can he love "Gene's universe" when he pisses on the TOS so much. Maybe someone can buy a set of the TOS DVD box sets and give it to him and show him the TRUE foundation of Trek.


Quote:"and I don’t want to write for a show where people are at each other’s throats, it’s more interesting to do it metaphorically through the aliens that they meet and so forth. Although we did find times to have the characters in conflict, for instance here with Picard and Worf.”

What show is he talking about? At each others throats? All the characters I guess have to "hold hands and sing songs". In the early DS9 days, the characters were not "buddy, buddy" and look how good DS9 turned out. Braga sit down and shut up!


Quote:"We had a great season. In part due to a writer named Manny Coto, who’s right there in the audience,” as Braga pointed him out. “He wrote some great shows. We’re very happy to have been picked up.”

No it was in part that they B&B did almost NO writing for it. A season which was dedicated to that boring Xindi arc which they "quickly ended" in order to give us the Nazis. HOW F'ING SAD is this!


Quote:"“We always talk about it. Q kind of got de-fanged over the years. He was so great at the end of the finale of TNG and then he came back on DS9 and VOY and he was fairly soft. So if we bring Q back we want to bring him back with an edge to him.”

Who's fault is that making Q defanged? The WRITERS! THAT IS Braga!! Overing using the character didn't help either! Does this guy think that he does no wrong?


Quote:"“Ron Moore and myself wrote for days while we were writing GENERATIONS�"and we joke [now] that ‘All Good Things...’ should’ve been the movie because it would’ve made a better movie.

Moore and Braga must be idiots! If All Good Things was the movie instead of Generations. It would of TANKED. I would NOT of paided 10 bucks to watch 2 hrs of the "chicken and the egg" mentality of All Good Things.

Maybe they should of done that instead that way they wouldn't of killed Kirk in such a pathetic way!


Quote:"“For a millisecond I’m actually in the far right side of the frame, which is a real drag because on cable they don’t run the letterbox so I’m not in it at all!”

Good! Who the hell wants to see his sorry ass? Maybe except cleaning out your desk at the Paramount lot.



I find this entire interview to be nothing more than "fluff". It has all the "nice" questions and answers". Instead of doing the "typical nice easy" questions. How about having Braga under the microscope? Put him through the ringer and give him the real tough questions. Point out the mistakes and overall decline of Trek due to his poor writing. But no, we get a nice little "Oprah" piece.