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Jasom np-Legend-Goldsmith

P.S. I've heard this one is supposed to kick a$$!!!

P.S.: I'm all for another one, just as long as it ain't with the DEEP SPACE NINE or (especially) VOYAGER crew. Well, I wouldn't mind them using Seven of Nine in the next film alongside the NEXT GENERATION crew.

Anyway, Harve Bennett (who cowrote and produced Treks 2 through 5, as well as TV's SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN) hatched STARFLEET ACADEMY around the time of STAR TREK V -- the Original Cast wasn't getting any younger, and he pitched it to Paramount as an alternative not just to the aging actors, but as a means of regenerating the series (and, perhaps, bringing it in for cheaper, since the whole Original Cast kept lobbying for more and more money with each sequel). The precise sequence of events escapes me now -- it's well covered in any of the Trek memoirs available -- but Bennett wound up bounced from the series after STAR TREK V, Nimoy and Nick Meyer delivered THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (my least favorite until INSURRECTION came along), and then followed the TNG films.

"Who Wants To Marry A Star Trek Character?"

"Mystery Star Trek character chooses from among 50 contestants (there can be two versions, one with men and one with women) to marry them, then leave on a two week honeymoon on Risa."

His namb-pamby, love child influence on the whole franchise has drained all attitude and imagination from something I once loved. Insurrection left such a bad taste in my mouth that it is the ONLY Trek film that I have not bothered to see again in any form. I own all the previous ones on video (even Final Frontier) but that film remains a bad memory. It is telling that it was plagued the most by Bermanisms.

No more squishy plotlines, no more aliens with mishapen, knotty foreheads, no more bland characters, no more cop-out story resolutions. It's time for a change.

As for Starfleet Academy, I have heard that is the title for the next show, however it would be as I said above.

As for the next movie, I hope it includes more than just the TNG cast, preferably cast from all 3 spin-offs.

And to keep this somewhat on-topic, am I alone to think David Newman would be perfect for composing an Star Trek movie score, if Jerry Goldsmith were to ever pass the film? After hearing Galaxy Quest I sure think he would be an excellent choice.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

Scott

Also in perfect agreement with the views on Rick Berman's tenure as shepherd for this franchise. While there HAS been some quality product, his egotistical need to distance himself from What Came Before (read almost any interview with him since about 1992) has lead to lots of errors in an established "history" that the fans DO pay attention to. I can understand the desire to see one's work stand on its own merits; I just cannot understand the compulsion to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Frankly, Rick, the franchise existed because of talent and love for a LONG time before you beamed aboard.....

The refusal to steep in ST lore and plot has also led to not a little bit of author/screenwriter intrusion, which I reject reflexively.....

All of that notwithstanding, I am excited about the prospects for a new movie. Always will be. Let's just hope that it is well written, shot, scored, and performed. Also that if characters die, that some sense and/or nobility will surround same. The film makers need to understand that this (like it or not) is Iconography. I pray that they have respect for the audiences who have Made It So.

NP: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 5/5*