From the good-god-I’m-a-dorky-fanboi department comes this story care of Slashdot reporting that Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and Dark Skies creator Bryce Zabel collaborated on a pitch to Paramount for a new Star Trek series with the intention of reinvigorating the franchise. The series would have been completely separate from any existing series, and well…the Trekkie in me can’t help but pray to the gods of Trek for this to actually happen. It probably won’t, but considering that my two favorite sci-fi series of all time are (in alphabetical order) Bablyon 5 and Deep Space Nine, well…it sort of goes without saying that this would have to be The Greatest Thing Ever.
On a less-exciting, but still kinda cool note, is word that Manny Coto (who let’s face it, sounds like a sci-fi character himself) is joining Enterprise as a show runner next year. While I haven’t watched Enterprise for a long time, and at all in over a year (due to its ever-increasing mediocrity), Coto’s addition might help the show out a bit. Coto is the creator of the short-lived Showtime series Odyssey 5, which I suspect I was the only one actually watching, let alone enjoying (there were many reasons why I enjoyed it, but the fact that one of the cast members was really cute didn’t hurt).
with no dis-repect intended…I am sooo so sick of everyone saying how “bad” the current Enterprise is. Has not anyone watched this season at all? Killer storyline that went through the entire season had me hanging on to the final scene (but wtf was that btw).
Not just here, but everyone jumps on the “it has bad ratings, so it must suck” Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise never were top 50 shows, so why should this series be any different? Promotion is what Paramount lacks most of, hell even Activision is suing them because of this.
If you get a chance, watch this season from start to finish, it will not disappoint IMO.