I think that I remember watching a documentary about Rodenberry and how they forced him to change that episode to its final form.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I'd rank the Trek series' endings as follows, best to worst: > > * TNG - irritating as hell with another time travel story, but at least > Picard finally let his "hair" down and played poker with the gang > > * DS9 - actually a satisfying ending, but Sisko's abandoning his family > still angers me, so not number one. And note that, will time travel isn't > critical to the story, there is a time travel element with Sisko's newfound > powers > > * Voyager - at least they got back to Earth. But over usage of the Borg, > and another time travel story?! > > * Enterprise - crappy in writing, acting, and execution, a complete > non-story. And like DS9, time travel per se isn't critical, but there is > time shifting since Riker and Troi are telling history story. Crap. > > Again, what the hell is the fascination with time travel from B&B?? > > Oh--the OS doesn't count because it didn't get a planned ending, but the > last aired show sucked. Named "Turnabout Intruder", it's the one where an > old jealous girlfriend of Kirk's literally changes bodies with him and takes > over as Captain. A sexist show: she did it because women just couldn't be > captains in Starfleet, and the last line was a trip. Of Janice, Kirk says, > "Her life could have been as fulfilling as any woman's, if only...." the > idea being, "if only she'd accepted her limitations as a woman and just > learned to be happy". > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:48:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Series That Ended Badly > > > > The V-Word series was a waste of both space, time and money, Daryle. And > you hit it spot-on, calling "Endgame" the worst expected ending ever. > (Pardon me... The Worst Expected Ending EVER. Deserves capitalization, > that.) The only reason I tune din for it was because I'd caught this > disgusting rumor that Paramount was going to take V-Word to the big screen, > to replace Next Gen as the theater franchise. So I watched, hoping that I > was wrong. > > Boy, was I. > > "We'regonnadiewe'regonnadiewe'regonnaDIEtheBABY'SHEREwe'regonnaDIE -- hey. > We're back home." > > May all involved end in thirst. > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Daryle Lockhart < > dar...@darylelockhart.com> wrote: > >> >> >> "Voyager". What a complete waste of time. >> >> If you'll remember, I recently decided towatch the show from the beginning >> at the suggestion of Garrett Wang. I have now watched every episode of >> Voyager. "Year Of Hell" and "Unimatrix Zero" are worth the price of >> admission (episodes that remind me remarkably of where the "Lost" finale >> went left, but I digress) . But Endgame was the worst ending of any Star >> Trek show in history -- INCLUDING "Enterprise". >> >> >> On May 24, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: >> >> >> >> The talk of "Lost" and the less-than-spectacular ending (no Spoilers!) >> made me think of "The Sopranos", whose ending angered many fans. And that >> made me think of BSG, whose ending angered many fans. BSG made me think of >> "Enterprise", whose ending angered many--get the drift? >> >> So I was thinking of shows that we loved or at least were attached to, >> which ended in less than satisfactory methods. >> "Enterprise" ticked me off by using another time-travel type device, by >> killing Trip, and by inserting Riker and Troi unnecessarily. >> >> What other series can you think of whose endings you anticipated, but >> which disappointed you? I'm talking about shows that actually got an ending, >> not those that were canceled and simply stopped airing new eps. This can be >> scifi, animation, or any real life drama. >> >> >> > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
