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Experts Say TREK Not Enough Like GALACTICA

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By TRexx / 09:24, 15 July 2005 / General Star Trek

"A panel of STAR TREK experts and enthusiasts said Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con that the reason the now-canceled ENTERPRISE series cast the future of the franchise in doubt was that it wasn't enough like the gritty new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA," writes Jeff Dillon for SignOn San Diego.

Robert Meyer Burnett, maker of FREE ENTERPRISE, a film about "dysfunctional TREK fans," said that unlike the ORIGINAL SERIES, which reflected the social turmoil of 1960s America, later STAR TREK shows became increasingly about spatial anomalies and other oddities.

"BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is basically a naval show set in space. It's World War II," Burnett said. "STAR TREK used to be about our world. Now, it's not 'real'."

Dillon points out that episodes of the survival-epic GALACTICA have dealt with contemporary issues such as suicide bombers, civil rights, torture, and the paranoia of a society fearing infiltration by those who wish to destroy it.

"We need to ask the tough questions because the press isn't," said Burnett. "And GALACTICA has attempted to do that."

Panelists said it seemed unlikely Paramount would revive TREK within the next few years, though the network might be pressured by the growth of independent fan films distributed over the Internet.

Daren Dochterman, producer of the special edition of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, says "We need to let STAR TREK die for now. We know it will come back, just like Spock."

Read the complete article at SignOn San Diego.

"Like all great science fiction, GALACTICA is less about outer space than inner lives," notes Robert Bianco for USA Today. "It is not, however, a pretty world. Driven by violence and rage, GALACTICA is perhaps the darkest space opera American TV has ever produced."



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RE: Why was there a link to the USA Today article? | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:30:13 on Jul 16, 2005

Quote from Bucky:
It really had nothing to do with the San Deigo Comic Con story. Unless you enjoy quoting from other "experts" ie. people with a (digital) soapboax about how great BSG is.


Bianco's observation -- "Driven by violence and rage" -- further suggests how Moore's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA is unlike STAR TREK.

Is BSG great? It flopped at NBC, last Saturday (see "Where Sci-Fi Need Not Apply").

Wacko Baltar and his invisible bunny made BSG S1 unwatchable for me.


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