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Rick Berman: Ep 18 Has a Name, Plus Talks Mythology Installment "Harbinger" (SPOILERS)

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By Steve Krutzler / 09:37, 4 January 2004 / Enterprise

Producer Rick Berman talks with the STAR TREK Communicator for the magazine latest Update in issue #148. In addition to revealing that the title of ENTERPRISE's eighteenth episode of the season is "Azati Prime," Berman offers some intriguing details about the February 11th installment "Harbinger."

"'Harbinger' is an episode where we rescue a strange test subject - almost like a canary that gets taken down a mine," he tells the mag, "except this is a character that gets taken into our galaxy by the people who built the spheres to see how things are going. It is an episode where a lot of exposition is going to unfold about the upcoming [ending episodes of the season]. There are also going to be some very interesting romantic turns."

Berman says the MACO military characters will continue to be felt through additional appearances of 'Major Hayes' (Steven Culp) and "some quite attractive female MACOs."

Asked about the tragic passing of actress Kellie Waymire ('Elizabeth Cutler') last year, Berman says the staff is discussing ways to honor her.

"We had hoped that Kellie would come back as well. We have discussed some way of honoring her and we'll be looking into that in the next few weeks."

Check out the full interview in the latest issue of the STAR TREK Communicator. Thanks to Matthew Rojanakiathavorn for the clips.



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RE: Now that's Rick at his finest! | Report this post to moderator
By: Hbasm (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:15:00 on Jan 07, 2004

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"I have no idea what the foundation for your love of Berman is based on."

For one thing, I am personally satisfied with the Star Trek, I see at the moment. Sure there have been times where I thought "Voyager is getting boring" or "DS9 went too far there" but this is reality of life - you don't always get exactly what you want. I have never seen Rick Berman as the ever returning culprit. I merely see him as one man in a team.

In general, I think Star Trek has stayed true to the roots. When Roddenberry died, I was thinking "now what's going to happen? It's not going to be the same. It's probably going off the road, sooner or later"... However, over time I was pleasantly surprised. It has become clear that the executive producers (namely Berman who stayed in that position) has done their best to stay very close to what Star Trek always was. Maybe even so close, that today we start to see a predictable pattern in every episode, hence people complain over ripoff's..etc.

But I was afraid, that the morality in Star Trek would suffer. That the series would plummet into the swamp of "sex, violence and bad language" and all the things that I personally find disgusting. The way it's glorified in many movies and series, is disgusting. I would stop watching Star Trek, the minute it falls into that category - and popular category I must add.

I have always considered Gene's Star Trek to be the opposite caliber; portraying a better world.

What YOU used to love in Star Trek, is probably more the ...hmm.. the creative aspect that means Star Trek was a NEW kind of show. People had never seen a serious sci-fi series on TV before TOS and TNG.. And I agree, THIS aspect has not followed Star Trek up to now. I agree that ENT is not a further creative and visionary step, the way TNG was.

I imagine this is a major reason why Star Trek has declined: People in general don't care about morality. Why would TV be full of crap, if they did. The want to see something new.

But I can't see, why you are so convinced that it's going to save the franchine, just if someone else replaces Berman. As I said, he is only one man in a team. The creative aspect could be pumped up, by getting someone new into the team. Berman does not seem like a man who blocks for new inventions, as long as they stay within the parameters that define Star Trek... Okay, okay: The parameters could need some expansion but if they get too loose, noone will recognise this show anymore.. It's important to see this does not contradict what Star Trek used to be.

Exactly this method - getting new people into the team - is what they are trying at the moment. Lets see how far that goes.

I can imagine a worse fate than now: That Star Trek is recreated by someone who turns things upside down, to create THEIR version of Trek. Sure it might be very serious and maybe the result would be so fresh that people start to watch the series again.. (Not that it will ever reach TNG status, when there are several other series available today).. But the more creative it gets - the more it's going to change! And the more risk there is... I know, that I'm not the only one who wants to KEEP what I've got, and KEEP being fasinated like I never saw it before. But this is not possible. One thing, will go up the air.

I don't know what's best for the franchine, but I know that I'm personally satisfied with the Star Trek, we have at the moment.

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"You still haven't answered my question about who is responsible for the decline of Star Trek?"

You are! And now you're getting angry with me. No, I'm just kidding. But since you try to start a revolution by convincing everybody that Star Trek has turned into crap, you are contributing to the decline of current Star Trek. You sure realize that.

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By: dewleaf (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:01:57 on Jan 06, 2004

I'm not sure exactly what an Excutive Producer does either but, I think it is a wonderful place to stick Berman & Braga. Keep them away from the writing of the scipts & I think that things will continue to improve. It wouldn't bother me a bit if someone else was hired to be the Executive Producers & both B&B were shoved in a corner like Roddenberry was at the beginning of Next Generation & given the role "Official Consultants" but having little nor no say over how the show was produced or written. I know that this sounds brutal but, it wouldn't break my heart if it happened. I would also like to see B&B's jobs slowly fazed out with Paramount.

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