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!!NEWSFLASH!! BRAGA DONE WITH TREK
« on: November 14, 2005, 01:35:38 pm »
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=33262

Braga: I'm Done With Trek

Longtime Star Trek producer Brannon Braga told SCI FI Wire that he's done with the franchise, at least for now and for the foreseeable future. "At the moment, yeah," Braga said in an interview. "There will be a lot of fans cheering about that," he added wryly, referring to the often caustic fan criticism directed at him during his 15 years as a writer and producer on Trek series and movies.

Since the end of Star Trek: Enterprise earlier this year after four seasons on the air, there have been no plans announced for either a new Trek film or TV series for the first time in 18 years. But Braga said that, even if there were, he would likely turn down any chance to be part of it. "At this point, most likely not," Braga said. "Just having come off so many years on the show and having done something different, I just don't think I would be ready now. Nor do I think they would necessarily ask me. But if they came to me today, I would have to be very flattered, but politely decline."

Braga served as co-creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Enterprise. Braga began his tenure with the Trek franchise in 1990 as a writer/producer on The Next Generation. In 1995, he was appointed executive producer of Star Trek: Voyager. Braga wrote more than 150 Trek episodes, including the Next Generation series finale "All Good Things ... ," which earned him the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing. Braga also co-wrote the movies Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, which became the highest-grossing of the nine Star Trek films. Braga worked closely with the other longtime executive producer of Trek, Rick Berman.

Braga is now an executive producer on CBS' new SF drama Threshold and has left Trek behind. "You know how it is," he said. "You did something for a long time. Star Trek was very good to me. And I certainly did my best to contribute to Star Trek. But there just comes a point where I'm not sure what else I would have to give. I certainly could see the financial value in it, but at this point, creatively, I would not want to be involved in something that I couldn't give to."

Threshold moves to a new timeslot, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Nov. 22.
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2005, 01:59:11 pm »
Yipee!  The down side is that it leaves the door open.  I wonder if this was the political style "I'm done and moving on of my own desire" where you've pretty much been told you're done, but allowed to retire or go elsewhere without the embarrasment of having been publicly given the boot.  I remember seeing some interview somewhere where some guy said that a lot of the garbage wasn't B&B's fault.  If not them, who?  Probably the janitor pressured the executive producers into it, right?  Ugh!  I haven't seen Threshold yet, but I find myself hoping it will die a fairly quick death.  Maybe the move to tuesdays...
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2005, 02:59:49 pm »
and someone please shoot him in the @ss on the way out......



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Re: !!NEWSFLASH!! BRAGA DONE WITH TREK
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2005, 03:56:15 pm »
Trek is not making money for Paramount anymore. So, is it a surprise to anyone?
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2005, 06:29:24 pm »
Good. It's time for someone else to take charge and re energize Star Trek. Braga was burned out.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2005, 08:00:49 am »
IMHO ..   not everything he did was bad ...  but that said between him and his other "B&B" counterpart they drove the "Enterprise" series in the dirt.  You can see the arrogance of certain officials eeking out of "Threshold".  Perhaps that is where Brent Spinner belongs as well.  (I think they make a good couple).

Yes we do need to see life back into Trek.  I saw a model that someone did that would make an excellent refit for the "E" if they would use it.

Or ...  if they chose to do another intermediate step between the NX-1 and the TOS era would also be cool.

There are always possibilities, if they will only look at it ....  and take the time to develop it properly.  I guess that is why I hated to see "Enterprise" die as it did.  They were just starting to "connect the dots" properly.  Then the last couple of episodes stunk so bad ....  I hated the way they killed off Trever ( I think that was the one) ...   

OY ..  I'm ready for some positive stuff to be written for Trek now !
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2005, 08:22:33 am »
Don't give Up Buzz, Between the Fan Fiction, and the Novels, I think Trek will be around for a long long time. If we could just Get Garfield/Stephenswritting some new Episodes, We'd have IT made.

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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2005, 10:20:42 am »
Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on November 15, 2005, 08:22:33 am
Don't give Up Buzz, Between the Fan Fiction, and the Novels, I think Trek will be around for a long long time. If we could just Get Garfield/Stephenswritting some new Episodes, We'd have IT made.

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Not that my writing is better than anyone else's, but this is the first time that I've been moved to write Virtual Seasons..... I've got one episode done, and more in the works. Have a look http://startrekenterprisevirtualseasons.blogspot.com/if you're curious. I'd love opinions.....



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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2005, 10:35:53 am »
I will do just that Kapact.

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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2005, 10:58:41 am »
Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on November 15, 2005, 10:35:53 am
I will do just that Kapact.

Stephen


thanks. Feel free to email me about it if you want..... you should be able to click on the little email button..... or just use this..


kapact@xtra.co.nz



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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2005, 01:29:29 pm »
I also wrote a short story for one of Nanners servers ..   It was actually several pages long ..  not just a few paragraphs ..  I should clean it up and put it up some where.
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2005, 01:45:22 pm »
Quote from: OlBuzzard on November 15, 2005, 01:29:29 pm
I also wrote a short story for one of Nanners servers ..   It was actually several pages long ..  not just a few paragraphs ..  I should clean it up and put it up some where.


send it to me if you want... I'd like a look at it....



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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2005, 03:39:16 pm »
They're a bit rough (IMHO) ...  and several pages.

The setting is late TNG ... as we also used a number of names from various active fleets in the SFC community (at least they were active then).

It would need to be rewritten, cleaned up ...  and some of the names changed to be more apropos.

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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2005, 09:51:10 pm »
To change to subject a bit, I think the idea someone just brought up here is good- a series dealing with the period after Archer's prototype starship leading up to Kirk, Spock, and McCoy lugging their luggage off the Constitution-class NCC-1701 after five years of spitting at Klingons and Romulans.

That is, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE FOUNDING OF THE FEDERATION AND INITIAL WARS WITH KLINKS AND ROMS!!!
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2005, 09:54:05 pm »
Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on November 15, 2005, 09:51:10 pm
To change to subject a bit, I think the idea someone just brought up here is good- a series dealing with the period after Archer's prototype starship leading up to Kirk, Spock, and McCoy lugging their luggage off the Constitution-class NCC-1701 after five years of spitting at Klingons and Romulans.

That is, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE FOUNDING OF THE FEDERATION AND INITIAL WARS WITH KLINKS AND ROMS!!!



This isn't quite what you're talking about I don't think, but my Virtual Season Five will kick off the Romulan Wars. I have Major Stiles as a MACO right now. He'll see a quick promotion to Captain.




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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2005, 10:03:03 pm »
I hope you guys are not refering to the 100 year war between the Feddies and the Klingon ...

After all .. it never took place in Trek.  That was a SFB thingy.

(sorry .. not trying to start anything)
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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2005, 10:05:36 pm »
Quote from: OlBuzzard on November 15, 2005, 10:03:03 pm
I hope you guys are not refering to the 100 year war between the Feddies and the Klingon ...

After all .. it never took place in Trek.  That was a SFB thingy.

(sorry .. not trying to start anything)



I'm not. I'm talking Romulan Wars..... and no real declaration of war with the Klingons.... just ongoing skirmishes.....


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« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2005, 10:11:32 pm »
Quote from: KBF-Kapact on November 15, 2005, 10:05:36 pm
Quote from: OlBuzzard on November 15, 2005, 10:03:03 pm
I hope you guys are not refering to the 100 year war between the Feddies and the Klingon ...

After all .. it never took place in Trek.  That was a SFB thingy.

(sorry .. not trying to start anything)



I'm not. I'm talking Romulan Wars..... and no real declaration of war with the Klingons.... just ongoing skirmishes.....




hmmm

interesting !
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« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2005, 10:13:02 pm »
Quote from: OlBuzzard on November 15, 2005, 10:11:32 pm
Quote from: KBF-Kapact on November 15, 2005, 10:05:36 pm
Quote from: OlBuzzard on November 15, 2005, 10:03:03 pm
I hope you guys are not refering to the 100 year war between the Feddies and the Klingon ...

After all .. it never took place in Trek.  That was a SFB thingy.

(sorry .. not trying to start anything)



I'm not. I'm talking Romulan Wars..... and no real declaration of war with the Klingons.... just ongoing skirmishes.....




hmmm

interesting !


I'll add a link to the public posting I have for my episodes.....
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« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2005, 03:24:47 pm »
Quote from: KBF-Kapact on November 15, 2005, 09:54:05 pm
Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on November 15, 2005, 09:51:10 pm
To change to subject a bit, I think the idea someone just brought up here is good- a series dealing with the period after Archer's prototype starship leading up to Kirk, Spock, and McCoy lugging their luggage off the Constitution-class NCC-1701 after five years of spitting at Klingons and Romulans.

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This isn't quite what you're talking about I don't think, but my Virtual Season Five will kick off the Romulan Wars. I have Major Stiles as a MACO right now. He'll see a quick promotion to Captain.






I thought Federation Rank had it as Ensign, Junior Lt., Lt., Lt. Commander, Commander, and then Captain?
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