languatron
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Life could be this beautiful without NBC-TV in it.
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We are witnessing the sad consequences of former "Star Trek Staff Writers" manning virtually every current, Science Fiction television series in production. With the possible exception of the "Stargate" tv series, every other Science Fiction television series currently in production or slated for production has former "Star Trek" staff writers manning the creative (cough) reigns. From "Trekkie Star: Galactica", to the "4400", to "Dead Zone."
Ronald D. Moore has already proven (with endless demonstrations of his arrogance) how a former "Star Trek" staff writer short on imagination and long on endless boasting can craft a production VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL to every "Star Trek" sequel series that has come before, and have it have NOTHING to do with "Battlestar Galactica" except in its title. Former "Star Trek" staff writers like Ronald D. Moore are the most CREATIVELY DEFICIENT, CREATIVELY IMMOBILE, and RIGIDLY "STAR TREK" group of writers to ever pollute the television industry. What we are getting with this group of writers, is television series after television series of IDENTICAL THEMES, TONES, MOODS, STYLES OF CASTING, STYLES OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, STYLES OF PRODUCTION PHILOSOPHIES, STYLES OF STORYTELLING that is presenting a VERY REAL DANGER to the future of Science Fiction television. With "Star Trek" staff writers holding a virtual monopoly on the Science Fiction television profession, other television producers with fresh perspectives on how to develop Science Fiction television series WILL BE BLOCKED OUT OF THE INDUSTRY by studios unwilling to take a risk on someone who is not a former "Star Trek" staff writer. THIS IS THE REAL TRAGEDY HERE, as these "Star Trek" staff writers are UNTALENTED CRETINS who ENDLESSLY REHASH their old "Star Trek" ideas for new television series initially conceived as not having anything to do with "Star Trek!!!" So, what if a new television producer comes along (not from the "Star Trek" stable of staff writers) who would like to try a TOTALLY FRESH IDEA for a Science Fiction television series? He will either be SQUEEZED out of the profession entirely by the MONOPOLY the "Star Trek" staff writers hold on it, or the studios would force this new producer to have his new ideas GHOST WRITTEN and RE-HASHED by the "Star Trek" staff writers they have on staff. When that happens, guess what? This new producer's fresh ideas will be RE-HASHED into former "Star Trek" ideas. The "Star Trek" staff writers would argue and say "Conventions Of The Genre."
1970's Science Fiction television does have one strong characteristic. Every series produced for that decade benefitted from a LARGE POOL OF DIVERSE writers and producers who truly came up with something FRESH & DIFFERENT each time they tackled a new Science Fiction tv series. Whether it be "The Phoenix", "Fantastic Journey", "Space: 1999", etc. Even Glen Larson's "Battlestar Galactica" and "Buck Rogers" was visually and literally unique enough to establish a unique self identity that looked like nothing that came before in Science Fiction television. Even if the Science Fiction tv series produced in the 1970's were hit or miss, there was at least enough imagination within each one to differentiate each tv series from the other one.
No such luck with these former "Star Trek" staff writers serving up the same OLD recycled CLAP-TRAP no matter what new television series they tackle.
A former "Star Trek" staff writer has already DESTROYED "Battlestar Galactica." I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH.
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