The second last one had bad reviews and mediocre business. They wait four years, then release Nemesis; reviews are lukewarm and business was the worst of any film in the series. If the people won't come out, they won't make the films. And there is no interest in DS9 or Voyager, and Enterprise was cancelled becuase of low ratings. Paramount may have squeezed this property dry, and the writing is on the wall.
And Star Wars is bigger than ever! 😄
In a recent interview Patrick Stewart said he'd been to Paramount and they're interested in doing a new movie, the only problem is that at the end of nemesis,
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riker and troi got married and left, crusher left too, and data died, and worf is in some sort of limbo career wise
which leaves only picard and la forge... 😬
i loved ds9, but its been six years, and again they'd have to come up with a decent plot to reunite the crew...
hated voyager so no... 😬
enterprise had a decent cast, just some abysmal writing imo... done well it could be great...
my suggestion would be to start over, new crew n the lot, and have it set after nemesis... they could introduce a brand new villain(and race) and make something good of it...
I don't see why star trek doesnt deserve to be kept alive... solid fanbase, available on multimple mediums, some of the best tv writing ever seen imo...
and in fairness, there were at least three good movies imo(wrath of kahn, undiscovered country and first contact), i think star trek is far from dead...
It's an interesting juxtaposition that the relaunch of Trek came at almost the same time Dr. Who died, and then the re-launch of Who came at the same time the relaunch of Star Trek died (with Enterprise's cancellation).
Still, lesson in both cases there is, when it comes to classic sci-fi, nothing is ever really dead.
some of the original st's were good even for bad animation like Wrath of Khan and stuff but then they tended to get retarded. And I liked Enterprise and the Xindi season especially until they did the thing with the Nazis and murdered the entire show. I never watched it again... that was the approximate of taking the wookies out of Star Wars, ends it right out.
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some of the original st's were good even for bad animation like Wrath of Khan and stuff but then they tended to get retarded. And I liked Enterprise and the Xindi season especially until they did the thing with the Nazis and murdered the entire show. I never watched it again... that was the approximate of taking the wookies out of Star Wars, ends it right out.
You know, that's a shame, because if you are a Trek fan, the stories after that appalling Nazi one are quite good.
Trouble is, they were SO much for fans only that they were never going to pull in a wider audience. But still, it's striking that Enterprise's final season, first episode aside, was far from its worst.