I'm Going to a Critic Screening of Star Trek Monday Night

Yeah, I wonder how much was paid to him to show his face in that worthless movie.

Okay - what's he doing?

You wanna know what this movie had?

Balls. Big fucking brass ones, pants around the ankles for the world to see.

I feel young, as when the world was new.

^Kickass perhaps, but I felt deprived. Kirk never even got his shirt off.

Though the bloody lip was cool.

Yup.

the Cowboy Captain is BACK (suck it Picard)!

Personally, I credit Mal Reynolds.

I'm not at all reluctant to bash Berman. His Trek sucked. TOS was a hit in syndication; I can't even stand to watch a rerun TNG episode. TNG was good in its day only because we were hungry for TOS goodness, but TNG was the only game in town. It hasn't stood the test of time IMHO. The first couple of seasons really blew donkey dicks, but we hung in there and watched because it was at least something Trek.

DS9 was good more thanks to Ron Moore. In the latter seasons, especially with the Dominion War, it was great because it took chances and went in unexpected directions.

VOY and ENT? Both had the potential for greatness, but failed miserably. And I blame Berman as much as Braga.

Fuck 'em! I'm glad they're gone. I just wish Paramount had the good sense to get rid of them before they made a mess of the best sci-fi franchise ever.

I'd credit Ira Behr more for standing up to Berman and the studio as the reasons why DS9 was as good as it was.