HELP SAVE ENTERPRISE

POSTED BY: ZiggyKarlos
UPDATED: Sunday, August 8, 2004 05:45
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ZIGGYKARLOS

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:57 AM

Hi,
I'm trying to spread the word on a campaign to save Star Trek Enterprise. So I've decided to go around to a bunch of message boards. So this is the first one I came to, because us Browncoats really know how to get things done =) So now I'm asking for anyone who watches Enterprise, or any of the Trek's to step up and help out. This is serious, the last movie bombed, there may not be another one, and there's no way they would invest in another installment of Trek in the future if Enterprise gets the axe.

the links are:

www.saveenterprise.com
http://www.theapostleofgod.com/vidcaps/saveent.htm

there are many more, but these are the two I am a part of.
these are the adresses for writing in...

Mr. Brannon Braga / ERE ENTERPRISE
Cooper Building Room 205
Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038-3112
U.S.A.

Mr. Eric Kim
Director of Programming
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025

If you can only write one person right Mr. Kim

Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff - President
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Mr. Leslie Moonves
President and CEO
CBS Television
CBS Television City
7800 W Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036

thank you very much,
-Karl

OKKAY

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:24 AM

Unfortunately, I'm of the opinion that Enterprise should be canceled. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of the biggest Star Trek fans you'll find, but I feel that Enterprise is an insult to the Star Trek name. I don't think a cancellation of Enterprise will doom the entire Star Trek franchise, it's still too popular for them to get rid of it forever. They just need to cancel Enterprise, get rid of Bermaga, and wait a couple years before trying a new series.

If it were up to me, Enterprise would be gone next week.

ROCKETJOCK

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:03 AM

I'm not as averse to Enterprise as many browncoats are -- some people on this site suffer from severe nacelle envy in my opinion -- but I find that I no longer sweat bullets at the thought of missing an episode.

The show has several strong points, starting with Scott Bacula's wonderfully subtle and gradual development of Captain Archer's personality, and I'm in awe of the job the prop department does in coming up with items that at once look more advanced than today's technology while simultaneously seeming more primitive that the stuff Kirk and company had -- this is the artistic equivalent of climbing fifty meters straight up while remaining underground at all times.

But -- my head starts to ache whenever they deal with time paradox, or the "temporal cold war" story arc, which obviously has no set goal in mind except to excuse blatant continuity gaffes. And they keep missing obvious bets -- why bring the fricking Ferengi into Archer's timeframe when you could use Orion pirates to fill the same stock-figure storytelling niche? Why advertise the "old west" episode as taking place on a parallel world -- which set me up to expect a Kirk-style "Parallel planet development" scenario -- when in fact it's just another "displaced earthlings" story?

When they get it right -- the treatment of the Andorians, for example -- the show shines. But for the most part, season-long story arc or not, it seems to be treading water at Warp five.

I used to joke that Deep Space Nine was nothing but methadone for the Babylon 5 addict; these days, Enterprise seems like nothing except methadone for the Firefly fanatic.

Best wishes on your campain. I'd like to see the show survive to become something better; but I don't have enough energy to worry about saving it as it is now.

"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein

WINTERFELL

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:12 AM

I am a huge trek nerd.. I have watched every series but stopped loving it after DS9 ended. I thought Voyager was crap until I watched Enterprise (now they both share that title).. and YES, I watch it..every damn week.. cause I am that much of a fan that I will watch a show that I don't even like. Am I gunna lift a finger to save it when I could be devoting my time and energies to causes more worthy (ANGEL anyone).. hell no.. let bragga and berman fall.. we need a rest, and a new creative team. no more prequel shit. the only thing that can redeem this show is if Q shows up and says whoops.. this was all a mistake and ends all of it.

PS.. from what I have been told about the creation of DS9 vs B5 was that B5 was originally pitched to paramount and they turned it down and then engineered DS9 ripping off b5 anyway. though IMHO b5 wasn't all that and a bag of chips and DS9 didn't get good until all the Next Gen writers came on board and sisco lost his hair.

INSANESPIKE

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:25 AM

I'm a huge trek fan, and have watched every single series. However, I have to say that having Enterprise cancelled wouldn't bother me much at all. Compared to the rest of the shows in the Trek franchise, Enterprise just doesn't hold a candle. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's absolutely HORRIBLE, but it's just not up to Star Trek standards. It's time to give Star Trek a break, and work on something new for few years.

"How drunk was I last night?"

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:35 AM

Long live Star Trek, but I think Enterprise has got to go. In my opinion, it's the worst of all Star Trek.

I started a thread a couple of weeks ago about the next Star Trek series being set on the Klingon World.

Idea for future Star Trek TV
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=8&t=4204

I'd like to see a fresh new idea come from the Star Trek verse, I have faith. There are still places to go where no one has gone before, besides back in time.

SPACEMONKEY

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:42 AM

I happen to agree with everyone here. Enterprise sucks. It's not worth the title "star Trek", much less the effort of being saved.

Firefly really spoiled me as to what GOOD sci-fi can be. If Enterprise where to go off the air tomorrow, I wouldn't miss it. I haven't seen an issue of it since Firefly first aired cause of how BAD it truly is compared to Firefly.

I think Star Trek needs a break from TV and Movies, and then after a few years of nothing new, make a new mini Series that really has good character development. Something you can really set your teeth into. People you care about. As it is now, I could careless about the whole trek thing in general.

The only exception to that rule would be the novels By Peter David. Now he can write Trek! (He also happens to be a Firefly fan, and personally knows Jewel Staite)

STEALTH

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:05 AM

Hi From Downunder,

While I have to say that I have enjoyed Enterprise mainly from the second and now the third season where it's starting to find it's feet and following a plot/theme somewhat I don't know how much more can be done that hasn't been done a thousand time before but it has improved since season 1.
Note that as far as good television goes we're some what starved down here hence I may be biased due to the lack of comparison.
At least it got a fair chance to shine unlike the love of our lives that got pulled halfway through the first season.
Finding something decent to watch is getting harder and harder.
I would still miss it!

ATHERTONWING

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:11 AM

I have never actually watched star trek due to the tags it carries, so i dont really care.And from what i have read there really isnt much point of rallying around to save a show as (or so i've heard) bad as this one, i mean what good will it do you in the end? look at the collosal angel campaign maybe the biggest ever but here we all are waiting in limbo...and in my opinion thats a show that deserves saving so on some level i can sympathise.

TALONPEST

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:19 AM

I've been a Star Trek fan since I was nine. Now, thanks to Voyager and Enterprise, I'm embarassed to admit it. Take Enterprise out back and put it down like the dog that it is!

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