> BK>Imagine the single most "contraversial" script during the
> BK>TOS run.. I tend to think that Harlen might have been
> BK>happier to see it done nowadays. Look at the fun they had
> BK>to with David Gerralds episode. :)
 
 
 
> BK>                              BK
 
> I read Harlan's book "The City on the Edge of Forever".  In it
> he prints his original screen play plus excerpts from later rewrites.
 
> Although Harlan's story is interesting, I don't see it as
> undying art compared to the as filmed version.  That's just me.
 
You'd then have to factor in how the production crew would translate it into 
"film".
 
 
> The book itself was a fascinating look into the darker side of
> Gene Roddenberry and the whole Trek phenomenon.
 
Read Bob Justman and Herb Solow's book, they spent a fair amount of time 
discussing the making of that episode. I think you'll find it's more a case 
of the realities of production then anything to do with "the darker side of 
GR" However if you want "the darker side", etc.. there is a healthy dose of 
reality about the goings on during the TOS era.
 
 
> The problem with Voyager is that they are too wedded to the
> "Action/Adventure" format.
 
I'd have to qualify this by saying I haven't watched Voyager that much. It 
lost me early on.. and when I can back to watch "Flashback" I quit watching 
it after. I really don't consider what I was watching "Action/adventure".
 
 
There was a great potential for Voyager.. but it's just plain flat/mediocre 
writing. Do you know that on their scripts.. it's just dialog.. nothing else.
Do you realise that the writers don't have the capacity to try and pass along 
the "concept" of their writings?
 
I've got a good Voyager script sitting here and it has been for about 2 years 
now. I wouldn't bother with it since I feel there are parts of the "Concept" 
that need to be put forth for the production crew (specifically CGI).. why 
bother if I can't?
 
    
>  David Gerrold described what was wrong with
> that idea in "The World of Star Trek".  If they were cut loose from
> format restrictions, then they could do a really, really good show.
 
Well, if I had the time.. I could get into a really good discussion of the 
writing with you.. Personally I think there's far more involved with the 
problems there. I just don't have the free time for that involved of a 
discussion.. :/ 
 
> They aren't as restricted in the types of stories that they tell.  If
> P'Mound took the low-brow action/adventure shackles off of Voyager then
> it might produce stories comparable to anything that TOS did.
 
It's been my opinion since "T&T" (DS-9) that they still have the potential.. 
they could easily do a good TOS era show and have a ball doing it *IF* they 
can do it without the consistent writing problems that they've shown for some 
time now.. and *IF* they remember that a big part of TOS was crew chemistry.. 
and not Treknobabble.
 
Get rid of the politics, open up the writing resources.. and GO for it. Heck 
they have a good part of a classic Constitution Class already built and in 
storage.
 
 
> OTOH, it might be too late for them now.
 
Nope, not with the Paramount resorces. Voyager will go on.. bad ratings and 
all.
 
 
                                     BK
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