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Rick Berman Talks Brannon Braga's STAR TREK Departure and Internet Project

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By GustavoLeao / 22:58, 19 January 2006 / General Star Trek

The latest issue of STAR TREK Magazine features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK producer Rick Berman. Here are a few excerpts.



Regarding former TREK producer Brannon Braga recent comments that he is "done" with STAR TREK (story), Berman said "Brannon mentioned that to me, and I looked at the whole statement somewhere on the Internet. It was very overrated. All that Brannon said was that he's on another project and he's not doing STAR TREK right now, and he thinks if someone asked him tomorrow to do STAR TREK again he's probably say the time wasn't right, but that he wouldn't rule it out. A lot more was made of that than should have been."

"As for myself, I have no idea if I'm done with STAR TREK. Since there are no STAR TREK projects in television even being discussed right now and since the idea of the next STAR TREK movie is far away, or does not seem to be imminent, for me to say 'I'm done with STAR TREK' isn't something I'm going to say. I can't make any kind of definitive statement on that."

Asked about how much influence he feels THE ORIGINAL SERIES has had on him over the years, he said "I was a fan of THE ORIGINAL SERIES in that I had watched a number of episodes, maybe a third of them, and I'd enjoyed them. I didn't closely follow it. Gene [Roddenberry] created THE NEXT GENERATION. He created every character and he set the tone and the style for it. Even though he stepped back after the second season, it was totally his creation. I watched much more of the original show than people think, though. If we were doing VOYAGER or whatever show and a question of continuity came up, we very often would find ourselves in the cutting room, screening a video or DVD of one of the original episodes.

"A lot of fans like to berate me with the idea that I don't care about the continuity of the series, but it was something that I in fact cared greatly about, and it was something we always tried not to hurt."

About future projects, Berman revealed "There's something going on with the Internet, something STAR TREK-related, but it's something that's way too early to discuss."

More from Berman, including his comments on the late Michael Piller, can be found at Sci Fi Pulse.

To read the full article, get issue #125 of STAR TREK Magazine at your local newsstand.



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RE: Berman done with Trek | Report this post to moderator
By: Capricorn Two (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:48:23 on Jan 23, 2006

What's equally amusing is all the news about STXI is coming from Patrick Stewart - not Rick Berman, that the TPTB speaking directly with Stewart - not Berman. Stewart, not once, said he Berman approached him about his involvement in the next ST film.

The fact is Rick Berman is not a creative man; more importantly, he's not Brad Gray's kind of producer - one who is creative and a producer who keeps the project on budget and delivered on time for release.

Berman - despite the criticism - is clearly a good producer - delivers product on time and in budget but his creative side is found wanting and he manages to drive away creative individuals. For whatever speculation Berman allowed too many people not to participate in the ST endeavour and keep ST a viable commodity. Worst - he has shown himself to be involved in revisionist history and refuses to claim failure in the devaluation in ST as commodity. He has officially stated that the fault lies with the former Paramount management - the same management that gave him a sweet contract and protected him.

Yes - he is done with STAR TREK but he will forever be part of STAR TREK. He is Gene Roddenberry's heir and we cannot change history.

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