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Space Channel Promo

2007-09-08T16:03:00.000-07:00

I found this great commercial on youtube. It's a promo from Canada's Space Channel for the debut of Enterprise. The embedding is disabled though, so I have to post a link instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2760OoAVg

Brannon Braga Responds To TrekMovie Community

2007-08-20T16:26:00.000-07:00

After his appearance on stage at the Las Vegas Convention, Brannon Braga took the time to sit down with TrekMovie and reply to the comments and rants of its readers from the original article posted on his stage appearance. Check it out here.

Both this and the previous article are some really good lengthy reads. There's some great info never before revealed and Braga speaks candidly on the mistakes that he made. And it's nice to see Braga and his detractors go head-to-head.

Brannon Braga Speaks At VegasCon

2007-08-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

Brannon Braga took to the stage at this year's Creation Las Vegas Star Trek Convention, which he called a ‘nostalgic experience.’ for him. Braga invited to fans to ask him questions and get whatever they wanted off their chests.

"I wanted to stop by to say hi to you guys and to ask any last lingering questions you had. This may be the last one I do so this is your chance to get out your final gripes and questions."

Braga was asked if he had any regrets and what he would do differently.

"I honestly have to say that creatively probably nothing. There are certain episodes that are really stinky that I wish I hadn’t done, but how can I go back and change that. There were also episodes that turned out great that we thought were going to be terrible."

Later Braga voiced his regret on the Enterprise finale 'These Are the Voyages'.

"I do have some regrets about that final episode. It didn’t quite creatively align with the rest of the season. ….The final episode was very controversial and I do have some regrets about it. What we were trying to do was send a valentine to all the Star Trek shows. Enterprise just happened to be the show on at the time and it turns out the episode was a failure. It had some great stuff init and it was a cool concept, but it was languid. I don’t know if it fully delivered and it really pissed off the cast. It was a hybrid show. Rick [Berman] and I were involved in the franchise for years (Rick for 18 - me for 15). We felt like we wanted to send a valentine to the show, but I do concur it was not a complete success."

Braga went on to add this.

"It was the final episode, we knew the series was over and we could do anything we wanted. Trip was always my favorite character on the show and I wanted to….I just wanted to kill him. I cant give you a coherent response. We wanted to do something that had emotional impact and had consequences which is something we were never allowed to do."

Braga agreed with the fans about the direction Manny Coto took Enterprise in the fourth season.

"I thought Manny Coto did a great job. One could argue that Enterprise might have been that from the beginning. When I was seeing what Manny was doing it was like “you know what? Maybe this should have been the show from the start.”

A question regarding canon, specificially regarding the Vulcans on Enterprise came up.

"Contrary to some people’s opinions we paid very close attention to continuity. There has always been a perception that we spit in the face of Star Trek canon and nothing could be further from the truth. One of the biggest beefs is that we violated the Vulcan culture, that we did things with Vulcans like the mind melds that clearly were not kosher with regards to the Original Series. But remember, cultures change. This show took place a long before the Original Series and Vulcan culture was different then. We got to explore that Vulcan culture was not like it was by the time of Kirk…in the same way that American culture is not the same as it was 200 years ago. Things change, technology changes…mind melds change."

[and how did thing’s change to where all Vulcans could perform mind melds?]

"They learned how…Community College!"

Braga also defended the decision for Enterprise to look more futuristic, despite being a prequel.

"It is a paradox. How to make the show look cool by today’s standards and yet not cheesy like some parts of the Original Series by nature of the 1960s designs. This is certainly something that J.J. Abrams is dealing with and his prequel. You just have to bite the bullet and say that is probably more important to make the show look cool than be completely accurate… We certainly tried to make it look more futuristic than we have today, but less than Kirk’s time. But look at the stuff they were using on that show. They got communicators that are bigger than any cell phone. The laptops they used on Voyager were gigantic…they were ridiculous."

Regarding the last two Trek show's treatment on UPN:

"I think it damaged the show. If you don’t mind booting Brent Spiner later on I could stay up here all day and talk about this one subject. I think it hurt Voyager and much more with Enterprise, to be on a constantly shifting fledgling network that in some parts it was on channel 92 if you could find it and you needed the foil rabbit ears. Here we were shooting this beautiful show and posting it in high def and people were watching it on the crappiest stations imaginable. Tons of problems being on that network. Also we didn’t have a lot of money to promote. So I don’ think it was a great thing for the franchise. I cant blame it all on that. There were other problems of course, but it was truly frustrating."

Braga was asked why they never showed a romantic relationship between Seven of Nine and Captain Janeway on Voyager.

"There is nothing I would love to see more…maybe with B’Ellana. The homosexuality issue was always one on the show, even since Roddenberry’s time. As we understood it, it was Roddenberry’s feeling that ‘how would you know if somebody was gay?’ It was so accepted in the future, that if you try and dramatize it you just call attention to it. However, I still wish we did something more overt. Regarding Seven and Janeway: no way. The studio would not have let us…not with the captain. Plus it would have been dangerous for Janeway…you don’t know what kind of borg implants are down there."

Finally, a very young fan came up to the mic and told Braga “I just wanted to tell you I loved Enterprise - it was my favorite show” and Braga joked “you are actually the first person to say that…thanks.” But then thanked him sincerely and also seemed to be genuinely touched by the young fan.

Braga's last words leaving the stage were:

"It has been an honor doing this work for you guys and I enjoyed it as much hopefully as you enjoyed and I appreciate you coming very much."

Thanks to TrekMovie.

Today Is E-Day!

2007-08-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

Today, August 5, is E-Day: A Celebration of the Past. A Path to the Future. Please visit the TrekUnited Forums for all the fun and activities. =)

Long live Enterprise!

Star Trek: Enterprise - Temporal Cold War

2007-08-01T08:56:00.001-07:00

Temporal Cold War is an awesome looking Half-Life 2 mod currently in development. Check out the website here. Absolutely can't wait for this!

Enterprise Direct to DVD Petition

2007-07-31T05:58:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't signed it already, here's a link to Enterprise Direct to DVD Petition. Currently, the petition is up to 16820 signatures.

I've been in favor of this sort of thing since the series was first cancelled. Even then I almost preferred a television movie, DVD movie, or mini-series over a fifth season. This way they can make something truly epic and cinematic. A Romulan Wars movie... Oh, the joy it would bring to me. Talk about a gap it would fill in the Enterprise legacy, as well as Star Trek's legacy in general. I think I could die a happy man if that happened.

Paramount's direct to DVD division is a huge boost of hope for making this a reality. Come to think of it, this petition could ride on the (let's hope) success of Star Trek XI.

Buy More. Buy More Now. Buy More Now And Be Happy.

2007-07-26T08:05:00.000-07:00

What is the best thing a Star Trek: Enterprise fan can do to help the Save Enterprise project? Buy the show, of course! Currently, there are no less than FOUR different ways purchase the series. They are: DVD, Amazon Unbox, Xbox Live Video Marketplace and iTunes. Now, if you're a Trekkie(er) and are reading a Save Enterprise blog, you most likely already own the DVD's. But that still leaves THREE other avenues to purchase the series and help our cause. Do them all, I say! Having already purchased all four seasons on DVD, I'm currently in the process of re-purchasing Enterprise on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace (in HD, no less) and am up to 'Dead Stop' in Season 2.

Think of it. You could end up spending $1000 on Star Trek: Enterprise TOTAL! Doesn't that make you feel... err... happy? =)

Announcing E-DAY

2007-07-25T01:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my Save Enterprise blog, a sub-blog, if you will, of my Star Trek Buzz Blog. This blog is meant to help spread the word about the Save Enterprise campaigne as well as be a forum for me to post my own personal musings about the show.

Save Enterprise is a campaign dedicated to the continuing hope of bringing Star Trek: Enterprise back to celluloid in one form or another. And on August 5th, 2007, the Save Enterprise campaigne is launching E-DAY, a one-day festival to celebrate the show and further help the cause.

For all information on the day's activities, please visit the Save Enterprise Forum at Trek United.