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Ratings, ratings...
By cdydatzigs

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...UPN gave the premiere episode almost 13-million willing viewers.

And like most shows, that number dropped off. So you can't use that argument to say that space-based SciFi was still popular. It was the premier of a new Star Trek show -- nothing more.

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All ENT had to do was hang on to a respectable chunk of these. TV viewers tuned out at a frantic rate while UPN kept ENT on life support.

And the reason? Enterprise was UPN's flagship show, just like Voyager had been. As long as those shows were on the air, so was UPN. They had to keep the show going, otherwise they would have had no programming worth staying around for - and they did long enough to amass 100 episodes for an attractive syndication package before they pulled the plug. Hardly a glowing review of what the franchise had become.

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The DS9 "stuck on a station" argument is laughably oblivious to common metaphorical scenarios, which, for example, also allow a wagon train to be replaced by starships for storytelling purposes.

In space-based SciFi which is almost always about exploring the unknown and "seeing what's out there", having 90% of the show be on a dark station is going to cause a lot of people to lose interest. Ask casual Star Trek watchers why they were not fans of DS9, and they will almost always tell you, "It was boring." Remember now... we are talking about the CASUAL audience, which makes up most of it. Their opinion is important whether YOU liked DS9 or not.

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The mechanics of storytelling should be understood by a competent filmmaker, which Abrams has shown to be.

I agree. But if J.J. used said competent storytelling with the current TNG cast, time period and recycled sets that Nemesis "enjoyed"? It would be a much more difficult road. Hence why other competent storytellers like myself think that a reboot in the vein of Batman Begins was the only way to go in 2008.

-- Steve

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