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And here we go...
 From Emmisary: How do you respond, personally, to the
criticism that the new Trek shows, your children, have lost that appeal?
 I think the appeal of Star Trek has faded in terms of
ratings as television has filled up with more Star Trek shows and reruns
and new science fiction shows. I think a better gauge is the creative
quality of the series. I couldn't be happier with what Ira and the staff
have done with DS9. As for Voyager, a deliberate decision was made when I
left the show to do a different kind of series. The studio's research told
them that audiences were not happy with the direction that I had charted
for the series in its second season. This is my only true regret about my
Star Trek experience, because I felt creatively that we had turned a corner
in year 2, but apparently I was the only one who thought so. I say
'apparently' because I don't entirely trust research. And I have a feeling
that if Gene had been alive he would have told me the same thing he told me
when he asked me to stay at the end of year 3 of TNG, and that was that
this series needed one more year to really catch on. I think if we had
stayed the course that we would have had a similar breakthrough in Voyager
in year 3. But I really cannot complain because even my best friends were
not happy with the show. As for the current quality of the series, I think
they did a very nice job at the beginning of this season introducing Seven.
I have differences of opinion about other creative directions, which I
share with the writers and Rick on a regular basis. I would encourage all
viewers to clearly express their feelings about the creative directions of
both shows because your voices are listened to by this franchise and this
studio.
 Interesting insight into Voyager's history... and BRAVO for
such great responses!
 That's to hear actually - that we're not talking to a brick
wall!
 From TazoMan: Will the movie have cameos like Lt Barclay?
 Khan could use a cameo...
 I can't comment on cameos yet.
 hehe
 Can't comment... :-)
 Here we go folk... you'll like this one..!
 From HombuDojo: Why did TNG go seven, and only seven (a
good run by the way)?
 Because the studio wanted to make feature films.

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