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Scott Bakula Says Paramount Did Not Support ENTERPRISE

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By GustavoLeao / 02:15, 6 October 2005 / Enterprise

The latest issue of the German magazine Space View features an exclusive interview with ENTERPRISE star Scott Bakula. Here are a few excerpts (translated from German)

SV: What was the difference working on QUANTUM LEAP and STAR TREK ENTERPRISE?

Bakula: The main difference was that I had six colleagues on ENTERPRISE and we shared the work. On QUANTUM LEAP, Dean [Stockwell] and I were alone. [...] For example: during the shooting of the ENTERPRISE pilot, I had more free time than on four and a half seasons of QUANTUM LEAP.

SV: Did you watch THE ORIGINAL SERIES, when you were young?

Bakula: Not when I was a child, but I saw it regurlarly during my college days - and I couldn't get enough of it! I loved it! I saw all movies with the original crew, but then I lost contact with the franchise until I came back as an actor on ENTERPRISE.

SV: How do you explain ENTERPRISE's cancellation?

Bakula: It definitely wasn't because there are not enough fans anymore, but because of the TV politics. If we were not forced to work with UPN, we would actually talk about Season Five. But we were at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong politics. There are so many people who supported us, but those people were not at Paramount anymore. In the short time we were there, the studio changed totally. We simply started at the wrong time. (laughs) On the other hand... maybe we hadn't been there, if we hadn't started four years ago.

SV: Do you think, that fans will like ENTERPRISE on DVD?

Bakula: I think they will like it. I actually hope that it will be a great hit, so that all critics will see and realize what they let go. But ironically [...] these ENTERPRISE DVDs will be sold and watched somewhere on this world twenty years from now, but all those series now airing on UPN, won't be remembered. That's not meant with evil intent, but it's the nature of the genre!

Thanks to TREKNews.de for the excerpts.

The full interview can be found in the latest Space View magazine.



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RE: Thumbs up for Bakula. | Report this post to moderator
By: Schpock (Odo's file, contact) @ 00:47:13 on Oct 07, 2005

What's sad is that these people wouldn't have lost their jobs if Enterprise was done right from the start. It was so severely flawed that it didn't stand a chance from day one. If you can't see that it was crappy for the most part early on, then I think (opinion) that you're a bit clueless.

It's not that it's a civil war among the fans, it's that the fans don't want bad Star Trek, which invariably is what Rick Berman likes to create.

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