http://trekmovie.com/2011/02/09/rick...y-ds9-voy-ent/
Rick Berman Writing Star Trek Memoir + Talks Roddenberry, DS9, VOY & ENT
Four years ago, shortly after he ended his tenure at Paramount, producer Rick Berman said that he planned on writing a memoir of his Star Trek years. Noting much had been heard from Berman since, but apparently he is still working on it. In a new interview with the official Star Trek site, Berman says:
Berman also says that he has been traveling, doing charity work and that returning to writing and producing is "on the backburner".
Some other highlights of the Berman interview
For the full interview at the official Star Trek site: Part 1 & Part 2 (a third part will be posted tomorrow).
Four years ago, shortly after he ended his tenure at Paramount, producer Rick Berman said that he planned on writing a memoir of his Star Trek years. Noting much had been heard from Berman since, but apparently he is still working on it. In a new interview with the official Star Trek site, Berman says:
I have been writing. I’m working on something that I hope will eventually resemble a memoir about my 18 years at Star Trek.
Some other highlights of the Berman interview
- Bristles at notion that he was a "a studio suit", noting he won an Emmy and "had been a writer and producer for 15 years of my life" before working on Trek.
- Attributes two reasons for Gene hiring bringing him on to TNG: being younger than rest of team and having no Star Trek knowledge
- Says he wasn’t interested in putting his own "imprint on Star Trek" but to continue on with "what Gene set out to do with TNG"
- Setting for DS9 on non-Federation station was to allow character conflict without breaking Gene’s rule that by 24th century "human conflict that exists today had subsided"
- Finds notion that DS9 show-runner Ira Behr "tricked" him into allowing controversial elements into show "hurtful" and "not true"
- Did disagree with Behr over DS9 war arc and felt it "went on too long" and conflicted with Roddenberry vision
- Still feels adding sexy Jeri Ryan to Voyager was right move, saying she became "a very three-dimensional and textured character played by a wonderful actress
- Says he was "reluctant" to do Voyager at first and noted it was "difficult" to keep the shows "from getting stale and repetitive"
- Also reluctant to launch Enterprise so soon after Voyager and admits it didn’t connect, noting "I could take the blame for it. I could put the blame into the scripts. I could put the blame into franchise fatigue. I don’t know why it didn’t work"
- Admits that Enterprise finale "These are the Voyages" failed, upset the actors and says "I would have never done it if I had known how people were going to react."
For the full interview at the official Star Trek site: Part 1 & Part 2 (a third part will be posted tomorrow).
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