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By: katefan (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:40:40 on May 28, 2005

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Maybe "franchise fatigue, overkill" is just another way of putting it. We could be talking about the same thing, looking at it from different perspectives.

If you replace todays audience with the audience 18 years ago, what would happen? Would these people dig ENT? Possibly. Its possible they would consider it quite creative.

Those people 18 years ago were watching TNG, a very, very different show. TNG was not trying to be a prequel, it took place some eighty years later. It had a strong ensemble cast, as opposed to Enterprise concentrating on "the big three". It had a few interesting supporting characters like O'Brien, unlike Enterprise who couldn't even make time to make their core characacters interesting. They created the new Chief Engineer only at the last minute when Trip left.

And yeah, there was a woman running around in a catsuit. However, they did not reduce her to a mindless, brain damaged, drug addicted sex object.

Oh, and one more thing; people actually got promotions; Geordi from lt. j.g. to lt. Commander, Worf to lt., Deanna Troi from lt. Commander to Commander. Hoshi and Mayweather are still fucking ensigns by series end.

And don't give me any crap about rank increases being impossible; Worf, Geordi and Deanna all did the same job with higher ranks. An increase in rank is the military's way of acknowledging your skill, dedication and maturity by giving you more authority.

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Today we've also seen TNG DS9 VOY... With each episode, Trek has established more of its own traditions, that it needs to adhere to. ENT didn't do that entirely successfully. Some people say it broke canon. Other people say, the show was a remake. In particulary during the first two seasons. And people are getting tired of reset-buttons and standalone eps.

All true. And it points to B & B being unable to handle a new format, going with a tired old formula. No daring, no imagination.

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So its not an eye-opener because we are us.

...What?

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That's what I would call franchise fatigue. You could also say, its the quality of the show. Its two sides of one coin.

Who is responsible for the quality of the show? B & B. If Coto had been in charge of the series from day one then we might not have had this problem in the first place. You are just making excuses for the two guys responsible for driving this franchise into the ground.

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Berman just likes the show - so do I - and that's why some of us say ENT is a good show...

Berman is not exactly the most objective person. And you are far too forgiving.


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