Stupid Trek

Most people know by now that the latest Trek series - Enterprise has finally been shit-canned. There's been a bit of questioning as to what went wrong with the series (well I'd start with the easy-listening AM theme song...). As cast member Jolene Blalock mused

"I mean, we started out with 13 million viewers on the pilot, and we somehow managed to drive 11 million of them away."

Alot of fans would speculate that Rick Berman had a bit to do with that.

One paragraph in this article really caught my eye.

There is an awkward silence when the subject of the final episode is broached. "I don't know where to begin with that one," she finally stammers. "The final episode is ... appalling."

How appalling? Well according to AICN (always an accurate and reliable source...)

"Oh F*** it...Trip dies at the end and the episode is a holographic program on the holodeck of the Enterprise-D (yes..."D" as in how DUMB can you get!)which Riker and Troi are observing. The series itself is not a hologram program, but the likelihood of bringing it back after this bullshit is practically zero. You may now commense your saber rattling.
It's a holographic recreation. They could always write that it was a different scenario being played out, but the bottom line is...that this will be the final episode if this is the final season (which is pretty certain, regardless of the hard work done by saveenterprise and united trek). I would say that is a pretty shitty way to go out...especially for a Star Trek series.”

That's right - four whole seasons of a television show is nothing more than a holo-deck adventure. Appalling is not the words I'd use to describe it - more like f@cked in the head.....

Oh well - at least there's a second season of Galactica to look forward to.