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Producer Goodman Tells Fans Not to Fear the Borg in Upcoming "Regeneration"

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Posted: 18:41:20 on March 18 2003
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Enterprise | stenterprise.com

ENTERPRISE consulting producer David A. Goodman has popped up online to reassure STAR TREK fans that the appearance of the Borg in the upcoming episode "Regeneration" will not be as disastrous as some have predicted.

"Everything you're worried about, regarding the Borg and Enterprise, will not happen," he wrote to fans at Trek BBS. "This episode doesn't violate continuity. In fact... it serves it."

"Regeneration" follows up on the events of STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (1996), with fragments of the destroyed Borg Sphere uncovered in the Arctic Circle. The installment is penned by Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong.

"They have done a great job with 'Regeneration'," Goodman said, praising the team that most recently wrote the teleplay for "Future Tense."

Viewers will have to wait until May 7th to find out for themselves.

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this has got to frustrate them...
By dx31701 ( ) at 20:39:28 on March 18 2003
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I'm as harsh a critic of B & B (and Ron Moore) continuity screw-ups as anyone, and I think most of their criticism is well earned. To me, continuity is absolutely essential to good storytelling. Just as an author should not contradict his/her first chapter in the last chapter, the Trek folks should go to great pains to make sure that every Enterprise episode doesn't contradict TOS/TNG etc. B & B often allow the staff to fail in this part of their jobs because they apparently don't think it's important.

That having been said, it has to frustrate them to have criticism of the Borg appearance on the grounds of continuity when there is no continuity error. In the post First Contact timeline, there now were Borg at Earth a couple of hundred years (or whatever) before was previously the case. This was established in the film as a change in the timeline. No problem. It's a change purposefully made through storytelling, not a continuity error.

It's funny - I groan at almost everything I hear from/about B & B, but this one, the one everyone's upset about, makes perfect sense to me...

Again, their criticism is well deserved, but maybe we've complained for so long that we've conditioned ourselves to jump on everything they do without really even thinking about it...

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RE: this has got to frustrate them... by cooper2000 @ 12:09:46 ET on 19 Mar
There haven't been any errors on Enterprise yet by Blok_Narpin @ 10:40:54 ET on 19 Mar
RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Steve Krutzler @ 22:19:45 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by dx31701 @ 19:23:45 ET on 19 Mar
RE: this has got to frustrate them... by the quickening @ 17:43:01 ET on 19 Mar
Thank you.... by Renton @ 10:54:39 ET on 19 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Brikar @ 21:31:27 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by rumandchocolate @ 22:14:10 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Corran_Horn @ 22:19:15 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by cooper2000 @ 12:30:03 ET on 19 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by starbaseops @ 16:37:04 ET on 19 Mar
RE: this has got to frustrate them... by rumandchocolate @ 15:38:55 ET on 19 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Brikar @ 22:23:08 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by rumandchocolate @ 15:36:31 ET on 19 Mar
RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Noraa @ 23:21:55 ET on 18 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by Brikar @ 00:10:05 ET on 19 Mar

RE: this has got to frustrate them... by VenomX1 @ 09:49:06 ET on 19 Mar

I've been wondering...
By Rat Boy ( ) at 19:58:05 on March 18 2003
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...will there be anything said or shown in the episode to specifically link it to First Contact, or will the audience just have to assume it?

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RE: I've been wondering... by Avilos @ 23:35:51 ET on 18 Mar

RE: I've been wondering... by Rat Boy @ 11:29:44 ET on 19 Mar

What else would you expect him to say?
By FishTank ( ) at 19:10:06 on March 18 2003
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I'm not as freaked out as some folks are about this episode. Might be great, might be ok, or might be a steaming pile of Porthos Poo�. However, David Goodman's word doesn't necessarily mean a heck of a lot. The guy's a paid member of the Enteprise production team. What's he going to say? Even if he personally believes it's garbage, he wants a paycheck like everybody else. Let's get some dirt from a pissed-off, disgruntled ex-producer instead.

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RE: What else would you expect him to say? by rumandchocolate @ 22:16:56 ET on 18 Mar
RE: What else would you expect him to say? by Cyrus @ 21:58:04 ET on 18 Mar
RE: What else would you expect him to say? by SeanValen @ 19:25:05 ET on 18 Mar

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