Subj : Re: Rumor thread To : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise From : The Merry Piper Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 04:44:00 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:26:29 -0500, Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote: >On 2005-09-20 22:23:20 -0500, The Merry Piper > said: > >> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:10:16 -0700, Wandering Wastrel >> wrote: >> >>> In article <1BNXe.15521$mH.24@fed1read07>, aevansjr3@cox.net says... >>>> I dunno I read in sci-fi mag as well thier was a small hint it may come >>>> back. I wish sci-fi channel would buy it and add it to thiier >>>> excellent friday line up! >>> >>> If they would reimagine it the way they did BSG -- start over, get a >>> new cast, leave out the Suliban/Future Guy time-traveling crap (and the >>> idiotic Xindi arc) -- I'd watch. But if they just took up where they >>> left off -- season four improvements notwithstanding -- why bother? >> >> I agree. The timeframe is rich with possibilities. > >Oh God, no. Do NOT do to Trek what they did to BSG. Trek is not like >that, it's not supposed to be a show so depressing it makes a Bergman >film look like a comedy. That's what I like about Trek's vision of >humanity - it's risen above all those weak flaws. Trek is about hope, >optimism and no small amount of idealism. Not a "humans are scum" kind >of thing. Well, I didn't really say all that. FWIW I agree with you about Trek and never stated otherwise. Still, re-imagining ENT to bring it more into line with the other established Trek TV series would be a good thing. Re-imagining a series doesn't necessarily mean making it "dark & depressing." -- The Merry Piper [http://tmpiper.livejournal.com] If you want to dance, you'll have to pay ... me! .