Paramount Says Enterprise Cancellation Is Final 583
Kethinov writes "The Save Enterprise campaigns appear to have been for naught. Paramount has declared that they will not be accepting any amount of money from fans to continue to produce Star Trek Enterprise. With the decision final, Star Trek Enterprise will be the first Star Trek show since the original series not to run a full seven seasons." From the letter: "Paramount Network Television and the producers of Star Trek: Enterprise are very flattered and impressed by the fans' passionate outpouring of attention for the show and their efforts to raise funds to continue the show's production." Commentary also available from TrekToday.
Funeral Plans? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh no No *NO*! (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, what could the network possibly be thinking? Don't they understand that they're cancelling the most original, innovative and entertaining Sci Fi show of this generation? How can they cancel a show with such a devoted following? How can they turn their backs on well-developed characters with their flaws and nuances? What about the great staging and the inspired writing? How can they ignore such incredible potential?
What about the tremendous buzz behind the show? What about the devoted legions of fans who are careful to never miss an episode? The ratings on this have to be through the roof -- everyone I know watches it religiously! Christ, I know people who went out and got TiVO just so they could start going out on Friday nights again without chancing setting their cheap VCRs wrong and missing it!
I mean, I'm upset, I'm angry and most of all I'm just plain astonished. I just can't get my head around this. I mean really, it just doesn't compute. I think the SciFi network ought to be ashamed of themselv...
(whispering, pause)
Oh, wait, they cancelled Enterprise?!? Just 100% for sure this time? Pft, well duh! Gee, you really had to be Miss Cleo to see that one coming. All the attention this was getting, I just figured that they must have cancelled Battlestar Galactica! Heh, oh Jesus, don't scare me like that! Heh, my hands are still shaking, man, you freaked me out! Whew...
C'mon, are you serious? You mean there were actually people willing to pay to see more of this crap? Like, real money? C'mon! An online petition with two signatures I might buy, but *pay*? Riiight....
Cancelling Enterprise... Yeah, whatever. Tragedy for all three fans of the series, I'm sure. Heh, pft... "Save Enterprise". Yeah, let me get right on that! What will the galaxy do without the heroics of Captain Archer, inspiration to mildly retarded people everywhere? What about all the memorable characters we know and love, like... er.. You know, hick-sounding white guy! Or british-sounding white guy? Or the chick in with the big boobies? (okay, 100% seriously: I will miss those boobies, but then again there's always the internet). LOL, "Save Enterprise". Ooh! We got to save Enterprise! Because, you know, it's, um, like a TV show with spaceships or something. Heh.
Whew.
Hey, is it July yet? Man, I couldn't believe that cliffhanger -- I tell ya, I haven't been genuinely surprised by a TV show in ages...
Good riddance to bad TV (Score:5, Funny)
It's never worked with my parents either (Score:4, Funny)
"I'm sorry son, we'll never allow a hooker in this house, and that's final!"
OH SNAP (Score:5, Funny)
The real reason (Score:5, Funny)
Good riddance, if you ask me.
Let me be the first to say... (Score:2, Funny)
Nooooooo (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's never worked with my parents either (Score:5, Funny)
No wonder you chose to live in their basement!
Re:Rephrase (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe because it's getting cancelled after the fourth season?
Re:Finally. (Score:3, Funny)
Netcraft confirms it!
=D
Quantum Leap Storyline (Score:4, Funny)
Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
It's dead Jim (Score:2, Funny)
The real message (Score:4, Funny)
Re:... Sigh ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just like TOS (Score:3, Funny)
Horrible casting will doom any show and that's what happened with Enterprise. Personally, I'm happy to see it go. Maybe there will be a new Star Trek with a real captain again.
Re:Let me be the first to say... (Score:1, Funny)
CAAAAAAAAAAANNED!!!
Re:Let me be the first to say... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obvious (Score:3, Funny)
> accepting *any amount of money* from fans to
> continue to produce Star Trek Enterprise."
>
> This should tell you something important.
It does. Para mount translated from Spanish is "for sex." They want sex, not money.
Good (Score:3, Funny)
Imagine an Australian Federation Starship (Score:2, Funny)
"First streaker in Space maaaaatee!!!"
"I shower in Romulan Ale!"
"Sorry, the captain can't communicate with you Mr Romulan commander, he's watching the State of Origin"
"Spock, what is that person doing in the window of that Australian starship?"
"It appears that his pants have dropped and his buttocks have been glued to the glass Captain"
"Captain, the warp core is nearing criticality!"
"She'll be alright!"
"Starfleet calling USS Drongo! Starfleet calling USS Drongo! We will be engaging the Borg at Wolf 35..."
"Bloody radio! Anyway, me and chas were streaking through engineering..."
(Australian Starfleet officer is confronted with a Klingon weilding a Bat'leth)
"That's not a knife!"
"Why are the Klingon guests so angry sir?"
"They don't like eating Chiko Rolls for lunch - they say they taste terrible!"
"We Romulans demand that you apologise for invading our space!"
"Well... let's just say that we express regret..."
"Attention. This is your captain speaking. We have decided to attack and invade this planet because scans from other ships have revealed that they are armed with weapons of mass intergalactic destruction. Even though our contribution to this invasion goes against Federation law, we must show the galaxy that we can lick arse with the best of them!"
"Sir! If we fire the photon torpedoes now, we'll destroy the USS New Zealand!!"
"Good!"
"Sir, the leader of this planet is a black man who wears a skirt"
"Geez... you getter ask him to take his shoes off in case he has a bomb in them!"
Re:Just like TOS (Score:3, Funny)
In the case of Firefly, I can tell you why...
Basically, just about everything a network can do to not encourage a following, they did.
s/Firefly/Action/
s/Firefly/Family Guy/
s/Firefly/Greg The Bunny/
s/Firefly/Undeclared/
Every season Fox trots out another surprisingly witty show to plug the gap between When Midgets Attack and Close-Up Animals With a Wide-Angle Lens Wearing Hats. Despite critical acclaim, the "filler" shows rarely see a second season and die before their time. Someone at Fox likes taunting us.
Re:Just like TOS (Score:2, Funny)
(my first instinct here was to go with: "If you don't like Marcus... then you're a fuckhead!" so I think I may be a fanboy. Oh dear.)