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Can Ronald D. Moore's Career "Wobble" Much Longer On Gimmicks, Stunts, And Stolen Brand Names?
As I said earlier, Ronald D. Moore is an "Eccentric Oddity" in Hollywood. Relying on stunts, gimmicks, fleeting novelty acts, and stolen brand names to keep himself employed and to get his next project on the air. Ronald D. Moore is no different than a "Carnival Side Show Salesman", trying to get customers inside his tent to see the "Snake Man", the "Lizard Girl", or the "Talking Bear." Once the customers realize they have been taken for their money, they never return.
The novelty of "Star Trek: Generations" didn't last too long, did it? Ronald D. Moore's "Gimmick" in this FIASCO was the death of Captain Kirk. It drew the audience in for a weekend, but after that; word got around that the general SHODDY TONE of this movie, combined with the RIDICULOUS and TOO EASY MANNER in which Captain Kirk got bumped off; KILLED the BOX OFFICE of "Star Trek: Generations" for good. Was the legendary Captain Kirk deserving of a death that amounted to nothing more than loosing his footing on scaffolding? Ronald D. Moore takes the limitless possibilities of every project he approaches, and flushes them down the toilet. How about if Captain Kirk went up in a puff of smoke defending a "Federation Starbase" from a "Klingon" attack?
Going back even further, when Ronald D. Moore tested his mettle as a "Star Trek" staff writer, the scripts bearing his name were the WEAKEST OF THE BUNCH. Usually, some "Gimmick" was at the core of his scripts; a "temporal anamoly", "Capt. Picard's defining moment in middle age", and other fairly uneventful topics along those lines. What nailed every last nail in the coffins of all of his scripts, was a straight 20 minutes of TECHNO-BABBLE (another GIMMICK) designed to HIDE THE FACT that there was maybe fifteen minutes worth of plot in the hour episodes.
Perhaps the ultimate manifestation of POETIC JUSTICE throughout this entire ordeal, is that Universal/Sci-Fi Channel has allowed Ronald D. Moore to SINK or SWIM based upon what he can do when his UMBILICAL CORD is severed from Rick Berman. And what can Ronald D. Moore do on his own? GIMMICKS!! My GOD!! The man has got ENDLESS GIMMICKS, ENDLESS TAG LINES, ENDLESS CATCH PHRASES, and ENDLESS UNDERHANDED TRICKS to get his CRAP onto our television screens!! Like the "Carnival Side Show Salesman", Ronald D. Moore promised a weekly version of "Hamlet", but only delivered "Bozo's Circus" instead!! Ronald D. Moore NEEDS GIMMICKS!! If he doesn't have them, HE CAN'T FEED HIS FAMILY!!!
1) "Redefining televised Science Fiction!!" - A GIMMICK and an INACCURATE ADVERTISING CLAIM!!
2) "Baby Killings!!" - A GIMMICK!!
3) "Vulgar Sex!!" - A GIMMICK!!
4) "Grim Faced Characters!!" - A GIMMICK!!
The GIMMICKS don't stop there with Ronald D. Moore!! NO SIR!!! His GIMMICKS extend right to the Internet!! He needs viewers to watch his show, right? He needs a FANBASE on the Internet, right? What better way to attain both than to have UNIVERSAL EXECUTIVES POSING AS BOTH over the Internet? Ronald D. Moore's LEGIONS of UNIVERSAL EXECUTIVE FANS implore us to "give Ronald D. Moore's show a chance." The Universal executives IMPLORE US to OVERLOOK and IGNORE the OBVIOUS FAULTS of Ronald D. Moore's production so that Moore's production will have a fighting chance of surviving and THUS, continue the DIRTY WORK of Universal Studios in ATTEMPTING to BURY the "REAL 1978 GALACTICA SERIES" for GOOD!! In essence, Universal Studios wants the public's support so that they can continue FUCKING OVER the public by MISMANAGING ad infinitum the "REAL 1978 GALACTICA SERIES." A disturbing DUALITY rooted in Universal Studios ECCENTRICITIES in CONDUCTING THEMSELVES. It's no different than an "INCESTUOUS PEDOPHILE" begging his teenage daughter not to tell the police that he's sexually assaulting her on a nightly basis, so that he can continue doing it.
Gutting Ronald D. Moore's production down to the bare bones, we have NOT ONE ORIGINAL IDEA. The brief times this production ceases to be a "bottle show", and actually goes out on location; no attempt is made to either make a futuristic environment or an alien setting. Instead, all of the location shoots look like what he have already seen in contemporary movies:
1) A smoking battlefield.
2) contemporary looking buildings.
3) Every external looking location shoot smacks of present day Earth.
The STAGGERING LACK OF IMAGINATION ravaging this production extending to the location scouts and second unit crews who go out to shoot this CRAP. At least Glen Larson's space fantasy shows made an attempt at creating futuristic settings.
How much longer can Ronald D. Moore keep this up? How much longer will Universal executives PRETEND TO BE HIS FANS over the Internet? How much longer will TV Guide REMAIN IN BED with Ronald D. Moore? How many more GIMMICKS, TAG LINES, and STUNTS are up Ronald D. Moore's sleeve? I doubt very much that Universal/Sci-Fi Channel will make it a daily routine of TERRORIZING CITIZENS in SHOPPING MALLS to try and get them to watch Moore's show. Even Universal/Sci-Fi Channel executives CAN BE ARRESTED FOR VAGRANCY.
We have had close to TWO DECADES of Ronald D. Moore's ENDLESS GIMMICKS. Are we going to see ANY SORT OF MANIFESTATION OF TALENT coming from this man in the immediate future? 
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