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Not music to my ears, but a piano falling down a flight of stairs.
By Schpock

Well, this is how I think things are going to play out...

Rick Berman will produce ST:XI and it will either be good or it will be bad. But the numbers will be short unless he can produce something that the fans will be willing to check out and spread enthusiasm via word of mouth.

I think that Rick Berman has had plenty of chances to prove himself. If NEMESIS and TATV aren't good indications that this guy is wrong for this job, then I don't know what the thought process over at Paramount is regarding this whole process.

What Rick Berman fails to understand is this, STAR TREK could remain on the air continuously for 100 years if there were good stories to tell, but Rick Berman has lost the essence of what Star Trek is, assuming he ever did understand.

What exactly does Berman mean by "quality"? The look of the show (ENT) was generally fine. It was the writing and the stupid situations that the poorly fleshed out crew were involved in that was the problem. If anyone has franchise fatigue, it isn't the fans, it's Rick Berman himself. He's been doing this for quite a while now, and he's more clueless than ever. He's writing a show for people who are smarter than he is and his contempt reveals itself at every opportunity. If they must have an untalented person running Star Trek, surely they can get someone who is less expensive to retain for their...services.

Rick Berman has been given one more chance by the studio to produce a Star Trek film. Whether it's any good or not may be irrelevant. Lately I've been meeting a lot of new people who are Star Trek fans, and you'd never know it by looking at them. Without fail, they were all disappointed by ENT, but even more disappinted that the show was cancelled after it improved. People who are casual fans are aware of Rick Berman's lousy input to the show and it would appear that his name is a black mark on Star Trek in the eyes of the fans. If Rick Berman delivers another crappy Star Trek film, then Paramount might as well not do any more Star Trek again, ever. At least until the current fans grow old and die. Nothing here exists in a vacuum and I don't think that the fanbase has a short memory.

I wish someone could provide me with one good reason why Rick Berman should remain as exec producer of TREK. It seems to me that he has done more damage than good lately. I also think that he has never understood or appreciated what he's affiliated with. Additionally, I think that he's even more out of touch than he ever has been.

ST:XI may be Rick Berman's last hurrah, but the fans won't cheer until he is removed from the franchise. Maybe Rick Berman enjoys the distinction of being the most hated man in science fiction. He certainly has my vote.

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