Comments on: Berman: ‘I have produced my last Star Trek’

By: Scorned

Scorned — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:08:00 +0000

So long RIck……

It would be nice to know if they would ask him how it feels to be the man who destroyed Star Trek.

I think PBS is hiring……

By: Surak II

Surak II — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:48:02 +0000

I believe the best Berman produced STNG were his partnership with Michael Pillar, starting with the third season. Then, once Pillar became tired, which is only human (witness the film Insurrection and even Gene L. Coon’s “Lee Cronin” work on TOS), and characterization and drama gave way to technogibberish, alas, entropy ruled, and there was no direction to go except down.

However, I did enjoy the beagle in Enterprise (not Mr. *Bakula*, please). MTV sex and violence and Lizard Nazis — highly embarassing to all concerned.

May the Force be with Mr. Berman; he may be weary as well.

By: WTF Why do they want my name?

WTF Why do they want my name? — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:09:27 +0000

Berman was a good guy and I have nothing but respect for him and the work he did for this franchise and thats that. Star Trek will forever be Roddenberry’s Berman did what he could with a franchise that wasn’t his.

I blame Braga more than anyone else the a hole even admitted when they brought him onto TNG he’d never seen a single frame of Trek (think about that trolls)

I say keep Berman, bring back Ronald D Moore and Jeri Taylor and Behr!

Screw Abrams he only knows TOS he doens’t even know TNG for crying out loud!!!!

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:10:10 +0000

Actually, TrekNerd, it was. Check out the info on David Gerrold’s massive involvement in the creation of TNG. Arguably, as writer of the series bible, he was more the creator of TNG than the Rodd-ster!

By: TrekNerd

TrekNerd — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:42:15 +0000

“Brian, Roddenberry didn’t handpick Berman: he was forced to take on Berman, because TNG was in such a mess at the time!”

So TNG was in such a mess before they even produced the first episode? So that’s why Roddenberry was forced to take on Berman as an associate producer while they were in pre-production of the series.

By: thewatcher

thewatcher — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:28:03 +0000

Clearly, you haven’t much watched The Original Series (especially the 1st season, where Roddenberry was completely in charge), or even the very first “restored episode” broadcast, “Balance Of Terror” — which just drips God & morality, sexual relations and otherwise. Here, a male and a female crewman (just to clear up your apparent confusion) approach an altar in the ship’s chapel [yes, that's the script description; also see "The Making Of Star Trek" p.340], kneel with closed eyes in a moment’s prayer, and stand to face the waiting ship’s captain:

“Since the days of the first wooden vessels, all ship masters have had one happy privilege, that of uniting two people in the bonds of matrimony. So we are gathered here today, you Angela Martine and you Robert Tomlinson, in the sight of your fellows, and in accordance with our laws and our many beliefs, so that you may pledge your …” [Capt. Kirk, before interrupted by a ship-wide alert]

Politics? “The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.” [The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language] You just don’t know much of Star Trek or the dictionary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:17:59 +0000

You’re FIRED!

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:25:43 +0000

I akin Berman to Eisner @ Disney; he eventually became the evil he sought to protect the kingdom from — and Trek’s been burned out for years.

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:18:48 +0000

Brian, Roddenberry didn’t handpick Berman: he was forced to take on Berman, because TNG was in such a mess at the time! The handpicking story is spin!

Whether or not people think Roddenberry was a hypocrite depends on a number of factors, including whether they are Star Trek fans or a ‘Church of Roddenberry’ fans.

As a Star Trek fan, I don’t think he was a hypocrite: I think he was a nutter in the end! Roddenberry stuck by his weirdo beliefs and even turned a spin-off of his only successful programme into a mouthpiece for his warped ideas (pun intended!)

The best thing about a ‘proper’ Kirk/Spock Star Trek film is that it might lead to a spin-off series based on Star Trek, for a change! ;)

By: The God Thang

The God Thang — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:16:35 +0000

I think you’re mistaken in calling Roddenberry a hypocrite… I don’t recall anywhere where Roddenberry put a “morality” on sexuality… Trek never seemed to me to have spearheaded any fight against adultery or celebrating marriage… in fact, it went out of its way to suggest that mankind had moved beyond the need for it in relation to sexuality. Especially in TNG, Sex became an activity rather than a hidden duty in the confines of marriage. I don’t necessarily agree with this very 60s interpretation… but his “morality” was to never restrict sexual expression. And no… it doesn’t mean perversion. And why bring politics into it?