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Posted: 14:22:14 on June 26 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | stenterprise.com

In an exclusive for TrekWeb visitors, the Star Trek Communicator has provided a preview of executive producer Rick Berman's update with magazine editor Dan Madsen from the upcoming issue, on newsstands in a couple weeks.

The interview was conducted just over a month ago, before the ENTERPRISE season finale aired in the U.S. and even before December 13th was officially announced as the release date for STAR TREK: NEMESIS. As usual, going to press for print publications makes this delay almost inevitable.

Berman says that NEMESIS director Stuart Baird is working day and night editing the film for a studio preview a few weeks from now. Madsen asks him about the next STAR TREK movie and Berman has some interesting remarks that make the future of the feature franchise sound more secure than ever.

"I think that to say there won't be another movie is silly," he says straight out. "There will be STAR TREK movies for a long time -- whether they are going to be NEXT GENERATION movies or movies based on other series or ENTERPRISE or movies based on brand new characters, I just don't know."

He says he hopes to be involved with the film franchise for the forseeable future and that there has been zero discussion as yet for anything beyond NEMESIS.

On the ENTERPRISE front, Rick is pleased with the ending episodes of the show's first season.

"I am extremely happy. We have one episode called 'Desert Crossing', which is undoubtedly one of the best episodes we've done," he raves about the show featuring Clancy Brown as an alien seeking Archer's help in resolving a planetary conflict reminiscient of international events today. "The final episode is undoubtedly one of the best two or three episodes of the season. I think it will blow people away... We've had three or four episodes during the course of the season that were below average but I think, all in all, we're turned out terrific episodes for a first season show and it will end on an exciting note."

Although speaking before the writing staff had returned from its spring hiatus to begin work on season two, Berman offered up several broad strokes to look forward to come this fall.

"We have plans to bring back both recurring characters and aliens we've seen before. There are some things we stepped on a little too many times this season," he says referring to the Vulcans, who he says will not be as prominent in year two. "We want to continue with episodes that continue to show us this first group of travellers and the excitement and trepidation that goes along with traveling through space. There are no major seasonal arcs that we have planned yet," reiterating recent comments in the UK's STAR TREK MONTHLY that the premiere and a couple stories beyond have been broken.

The COMMUNICATOR also asks him several questions about honoring previously-established STAR TREK continuity, be it from THE ORIGINAL SERIES or the other three. Once again assuring readers that the writing staff is reverent without letting its hand be tied, he offers some interesting revelations about first season pitches the staff received.

"There are always people who want to revisit characters from THE ORIGINAL SERIES," he begins. "There have been at least four or five pitches that we have received in the last six months that have dealt with characters from TOS that could have somehow, either through time travel or through being much younger, touched the 22nd century. As of yet, we haven't found one that worked but we aren't closed to it."

In closing, Berman says he and Brannon Braga "are pretty familiar with everything that has been done since the original show. You know, you get to the point where there are over 600 episodes of STAR TREK produced. It's kind of hard for stories not to rub up against each other at times. But we don't make ourselves crazy about it."

You can read more of Rick Berman's latest interview inIssue #139 of the Communicator, currently shipping to subscribers and appearing on U.S. newsstands July 16th. Look for Scott Bakula on the cover.

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