There was a time when the big man wouldn't show us a single frame of trek that wasn't kosher - after all we don' have Homer's altermate drafts of the Iliad do we? - there's no missing sheep shagging scene from the Gilgamesh legend - because these are works that transcend, that are greater than the act of being created - or something like that! I thought that was what Berman believed - that this was a sort of form of popular culture mythology, a modern day Biggles for out times - but noooo now every1 else is showing deleted scenes we must do what every1 else is doing, let's all bend over to the great god of entertainment.
Having said that I've seen 5 eps of season 2, and the first 4 were simply well made episodes of television, deleted scenes or no. The 4th was practically a classic. The 5th wasn't bad but - 'One night in sickbay' is its name - it was a bit dumb and pointless, and decided to make up for that by insulting my intelligence and turning T'pol into a sex object - when I'm perfectly able to do that myself thanks very much.
In summary, Berman's mistake is doing what every1 else is doing. Is he to be blamed for that? Yes. And for having no idea what to do with ST of course.
Posted on Oct 15, 2003, 3:36 PM from IP address 62.64.227.239