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Re: Not the right way to exit?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:50:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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You better hurry and make up your mind about ST:E since this is undoubtedly
the last season
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Really? That’s kinda funny, given the external circumstances. Stargate
recently started franchising, there are rumors that another B5 spinoff is in the
works, and after the whole debate of whether ST or B5 was superior or which show
stole ideas from which, I heard JMS turned them down cold when they asked him to
save their latest baby. Star Trek peaked in popularity during DS9 (the last
series to bear Roddenberry’s fingerprint), and they never quite got the magic
back. The only reason why I’ve even watched the bulk of ST:V is because a local
station was running it in reruns every weekday at 7pm, and it’s easier to
maintain interest in a show when the entire 7-year run can be compressed down
into just over 7 months. After all, it only takes about two months to get past
the Kazon. ;P
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the only reason they are limping through it is to get to the magical 100
episodes for marketing the re-runs.
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The Sci-Fi channel has picked up a lot of short-run shows (some of them only
consisting of one season), but they can’t be paying much for them either. And
ST:TOS can sell a 79-ep catalog by virtue of the fact that it has such a vocally
religious fanbase, but even the hard-core trekkies have been booing Enterprise.
If they do hit 100 eps, that’ll be about their only major selling point. I
kinda do hope they make it into syndication. I wouldn’t mind breezing through
everything in half a year just to see what I missed the first time around. The
general lameness of the show was only half of the reason I stopped watching, but
the severe reception problems I experienced because the local UPN station
consists of a bunch of dinky little ex-weather-stations that often come in no
better than stations that are 10x as far away pretty much killed any desire to
hang on in hopes of better days.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I'm not sure how any of that relates to ST:E only (most likely) lasting four seasons (Paramount cut their per episode charges by something like half just so it would get picked up for a forth season). However, yes, I like being able to watch a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) As far as you know;-) S P O I L E R-> I forget which season it is (the last perhaps?), but Seska makes one last return in a totally implausible but totally enjoyable episode:-) (...) I will say that some of the episodes were very enjoyable; (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) You better hurry and make up your mind about ST:E since this is undoubtedly the last season - the only reason they are limping through it is to get to the magical 100 episodes for marketing the re-runs. -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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