I was kinda bored at work the other day so I was on wikipedia reading up on all the series and movies in the Star Trek universe. And you know what? It appears that while Gene Rodenberry had a great idea for Star Trek initially his influence may not be what made it great. I recognize what he did with the Original Series is great but he may not have made the transition too well into more modern Trek times. I always heard how Paramount had issues with him and how his ideas and input was not always the best. And some of the rules he had for writers, like the “no interpersonal conflict among the characters” handicapped the creative process. They tried to keep some of that in Next Generation with Roddenberry as Producer on the show and to me made it a kinda shallow show that, the earlier season, just don’t hold up. And in my opinion the episodic nature of the show prevented the plot and character growth. My favorite Trek is Deep Space 9, which Roddenberry is reported to have hated and went against everything his “Utopian Vision” of the future. It had a lot of character growth, interpersonal conflict, and long serialized story arcs that I LOVED! Now sure, since DS9 Trek may have begun slipping. I wasn’t enjoying Trek until the 3rd season of Enterprise when they brought people on who had the right idea for a prequel (we won;t mention the series final slap in the face to the cast tho). So seriously, is the hype behind The Great Bird of the Galaxy Gene Roddenberry overblown? I am interested in hearing your opinions…
I now await your replies in my flame proof bunker!
