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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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Scott Bakula killed Enterprise | Report this post to moderator
By: Omnedon (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:35:37 on Jul 18, 2005

What killed Enterprise was the choice of Scott Bakula as Captain. Mr. Sensitive types don't have the presence to play a commander of anything, especially not the Enterprise. (I'm trying to avoid saying no one wants a wussy for a captain.) I just couldn't watch it. I cringed every time I saw his face on promos.

Trek is itself. To make it BSG II is to have BSG III.

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RE: It's not "grit" that they want. | Report this post to moderator
By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:51:08 on Jul 20, 2005

Funny how some "Trekkies" can take the grit thing instead of the quality thing and run with it. I got what they meant, they were saying Trek lost it's relevance and stopped taking chances, something Gallactica does.
Sure, there will still be the fans of Trek who cant stop defending it even though it became a stinking turd, I am sure some are shooting down Galactica without ever having seen it simply because it is NOT Trek, but you need to watch Galactica to appreciate it.

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By: Omnedon (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:30:22 on Jul 18, 2005

What killed Enterprise was the choice of Scott Bakula as Captain. Mr. Sensitive types don't have the presence to play a commander of anything, especially not the Enterprise. (I'm trying to avoid saying no one wants a wussy for a captain.) I just couldn't watch it. I cringed every time I saw his face on promos.

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By: Omnedon (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:28:03 on Jul 18, 2005

What killed Enterprise was the choice of Scott Bakula as Captain. Mr. Sensitive types don't have the presence to play a commander of anything, especially not the Enterprise. (I'm trying to avoid saying no one wants a wussy for a captain.) I just couldn't watch it. I cringed every time I saw his face on promos.

Trek is itself. To make it BSG II is to have BSG III.

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RE: Scott Bakula killed Enterprise by Omnedon @ 16:44:51 on Jul 18
RE: Scott Bakula killed Enterprise by MattJC @ 16:36:54 on Jul 18
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