Star Trek fans waste money trying to save Enterprise
Made by the UPN TV network, the latest spin-off from the hit sci-fi show is due to end in May after four series.
But fans around the world have pitched in to pay for the advert, which had the headline "Save Star Trek".
They are also asking the Sci-Fi Channel to pick it up from UPN and will stage a rally in Los Angeles on 25 February.
The advert described the Star Trek franchise as a "cultural icon".
Enterprise stars former Quantum Leap actor Scott Bakula as Captain Archer and is set before the original 1960s Star Trek series.
"Captain Archer and the crew of the NX-01 need your help to continue their journeys!" the advert said.
It also included a cut-out coupon for fans to send to UPN's parent companies Paramount and Viacom plus the Sci-Fi Channel. It also urged supporters to join the rally outside the Paramount studios.
Fan website Trek United is hoping to raise $32m (£17m) from donations by the end of March to pay for a fifth series. More than $23,000 (£12,000) has been pledged so far, according to the site.
The 98th and final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise will air in the US on 13 May.
The fourth series has averaged 2.9 million viewers per episode - half the amount it got in its first series.
Star Trek: Enterprise began in 2001 following other Star Trek spin-off series The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
Oh God, what will we do with our lives without another season of a substandard Star Trek series? Get a grip.
Next thing you know people will be trying to defend Voyager.
Oh wait... that happened.
Fafhrd
And the weeks before that were fun because they had Shran.
What they should have done with the show is put an Andorian in the crew and forget about Vulcans.
That would have been nice. Sick of Vulcans!
But it really has been a LOT better lately. Maybe having less money for FX has helped.
Jeffrey Combs is talented.
Though I will always remember him best when he played the part of Weyoun on Deep Space Nine.
What aboot Herbert West... Hmmmmm?
They should mind their own business.
Is my contribution to Star Trek tax deductible?
That actor is great.
Jeffrey Combs is talented.
Though I will always remember him best when he played the part of Weyoun on Deep Space Nine.
that is right, over $3 million dollars.
They got $3 million dollar pledge from 3 (something like that) 'anonymous' donors who also gave a ton of money to the private spaceship program(s).
1. This week's Enterprise was REALLY REALLY REALLY good.
2. My cousin (the only bigger Star Trek nerd in my family than me) if flying out to California to join "throngs" of Star Trek fans in protesting the cancellation of Enterprise.
I think he's insane!
Yeah that Andorian captain is one of my favorite characters. He should be nominated in the Bad Ass category.
That actor is great.
What aboot Herbert West... Hmmmmm?
:huh
They have raised $ 3,078,120 as of right now.
that is right, over $3 million dollars.
They got $3 million dollar pledge from 3 (something like that) 'anonymous' donors who also gave a ton of money to the private spaceship program(s).
Enterprise's budget has been cut in half lately.
If my memory serves me correctly....they went from 1.3 million to make an episode to 800 thousand.
If they were to do 22 episodes for next season....
they would need roughly 17 million 600 thousand US american dollars in donations.
However.... I really hope that this doesn't happen....
I already came up with theories explaining the advancement in technology and lack of record keeping on Enterprise pretty damn well...
and I don't want them to muddle with the precious Earth/Romulan War.
That would just destroy all my previous kick ass theories makin' sense outta non -sense.
They should put that money to better efforts like people who really need it...
and not to some mediocre sci fi show that should have died a long time ago.
Enterprise has had a handful of good episodes at best.
The characters never had any character development.
There were MAJOR time line errors as if B & B were playing some kind of sick joke on us all.
It needs to die.
It will die.
By my hand if it has to.
*Get's transporter ready to beam B & B's insides on the outside*
:D
Budget is irrelevant. That's not the problem with the show. More special effects or less isn't going to change the problems it has had.
But it really has been a LOT better lately. Maybe having less money for FX has helped.
Yeah...
Berman says that Star Trek has reached franchise fatigue.
It sounds like a load of cat poop if ya ask me.
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