Posted:
12:12:09 on May 21 2002
By: GustavoLeao
Dept: Enterprise | www.stenterprise.com
The May 5-11 issue of TV Guide features an exclusive interview with ENTERPRISE co-creators and executive producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, in which they discussed their working relationship, their impressions about next Star Trek movie and writing for the new show. Here are some excerpts :
Q: What's the long-term prognosis ?
Berman : "I think we are in extraordinary shape. Enterprise is right on target and a strong sucess for UPN, and there is great eletricity about the movie. The footage - the dailies - look more like a Ridlet Scott film or a John Woo film than a classic Trek movie. I think - contrary to rumors - that this is very, very likely not going to be the last movie. If this one does well as I believe it will, it will be a mere matter of weeks - make that days - before Paramount comes to me and says "So, when are we going to get to work on number 11 ?"
Q : Which brings us to Enterprise.
Berman : "Well, after 526 episodes, of those three spin-offs, I felt it was time for a big change. To me, the only direction that made any sense for us was backward - that is, taking Gene's [Roddenberry] idea to an ever earlier time when humans weren't accustomed to space travel, when the equipment and technology were still rough around the edges, where they could wear baseball caps and be seen in their underwear. In other words, people much closer to us."
Q : Give us a sense of how you work. At the risk of sounding mushy, do you complete each other ?
Berman : "Now ? Yes. Brannon and I have had a varying relationship over tha last 10 years. We started off with me being his boss's boss and ended up with me being his partner, so the dynamic has changed. Working with him on Enterprise has been the most fun I have ever had.
Braga : "I think I speak for us when I say that we have more of a passion for this show than for the others.
Q: Talk about young reputation for being the Brawn and the Brat. Rick, you're the guy who has made the muscle, the one who handles the big brass at Paramount. Brannon, you're the irreverent one, the shake-up-the-vision-and-see-what-we-get-guy.
Braga : "The Brawn and the Brat is a highly overrated concept."
Q : Overrated or incorrect ?
Berman : "It's past its time. When Brannon - if Brannon - was ever correctly categorized as bratty, it was a long time ago. He would hate me to say this, but he is very responsible."
Braga : "I'm always looking for ways to turn a story on its ear, to shake up the franchise. I have been accused of being iconoclastic, of not respecting the franchise, but nothing could be further from the truth. I don't think a week, even a day, goes by when we don't stop and say we have to keep in mind what Star Trek is all about and not to stray too far."
You can read the full interview at BrannonBraga.com.
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