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Bugg 02-09-05 10:15 AM

If the show had enough fans to raise over 60million dollars, then the show would not need to raise 60 million dollars to stay on the air.

bboisvert 02-09-05 11:13 AM

No amount of campaigning or money raising will bring this show back. Face it, the show was actually cancelled *last year*. This year was simply to get enough episodes for syndication deals.

Trek will be back. There are strong rumors that there will be a live action Star Wars show in 2006. Once that happens, everyone will jump onto the sci-fi series bandwagon, including Paramount. I just hope they have enough time and patience to actually create a decent show.

Deftones 02-09-05 11:18 AM


Originally Posted by bboisvert
No amount of campaigning or money raising will bring this show back. Face it, the show was actually cancelled *last year*. This year was simply to get enough episodes for syndication deals.

I do believe it's falling 2 episodes short of the 100 mark.

Tracer Bullet 02-09-05 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by Deftones
I do believe it's falling 2 episodes short of the 100 mark.

Still enough for syndication.

MEJHarrison 02-09-05 11:36 AM


Originally Posted by regent
Somebody shove me out an air lock if DS9 ever comes back.

Since no one else is stepping up to the plate, I'll volunteer. Anyone who doesn't appreciate DS9, deserves to be shoved out an airlock.

riley_dude 02-09-05 11:45 AM


Originally Posted by mikehunt
I'll pay $11 to get to beat the living shit out of B&B with a baseball bat

Me too. I'll chip in to have him flown out to a secret location and all people who love Trek can kick him once and say, "What have you been thinking the last 10 years?"
So you raise the money for the show and all the Actors salaries? Thats millions of dollars. Are you anywhere close yet?
The sooner people come to terms that this show is going to end, the better you will be.


Since no one else is stepping up to the plate, I'll volunteer. Anyone who doesn't appreciate DS9, deserves to be shoved out an airlock.
People that like Enterprise and Voyager as opposed to DS9, I think, are missing the whole point of what Rodenberry wanted from the beginning , and that's to tell stories about the human condition; something the shows above have forgoten to address. If you want explosions and little character interaction go rent Episode one and two of Star Wars.

Jadzia 02-09-05 11:47 AM


Originally Posted by maxpower
The pathetic fans are the ones who bitch and moan about how terrible the show is and continue watching it as well as the ones who continue to post in threads about a show they claim to have not watched in years. That is pathetic.

But in answer to your question...the minority are usually the most vocal. Those deriding the show are in the minority. Those who like the show for the most part do not make their voices heard.

Many people who are die-hard Trek fans watch Enterprise out of obligation, not out of enjoyment. I still love the franchise and I feel I must watch any incarnation of it as long as it is on the air, even if I don't like it.

I guess it's like going to a wedding of a cousin you can't stand. Even if you don't have fun, it's still family.

That is why I am happy Enterprise is being cancelled. I will get an extra hour every week back.

Count Dooku 02-09-05 11:52 AM

Instead of spending the money "to save" Enterprise, you could do this 11 times:
http://www.imbuddy.net/buddyicons/d/...10-IMBUDDY.jpg "Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay. Eternal happiness is just a dollar away."

riley_dude 02-09-05 01:17 PM


Originally Posted by Jadzia
Many people who are die-hard Trek fans watch Enterprise out of obligation, not out of enjoyment.

Obligation? To whom? Supporting sub par Television is why they kept cranking out spinoff after spinoff, each getting worse than the last.

So how much has been raised so far to bring the show back? I am curious.

boredsilly 02-09-05 03:00 PM


Originally Posted by das Monkey
Yeah, the <i>Roswell</i> group did a good job. Of course, in the modern era of "Save Our Show" campaigns, no one has come close to the effort the <i>Farscape</i> group put together. Holy shit, that was amazing, and they had to fight against the backlash of the disaster that was the <i>Roswell</i> return on top of everything else. It's hilarious that the guy claims no one has ever tried this before. rotfl

Oh right! I always forget about that because I came on board all late and out of date, only watching the show after it was cancelled. So I didn't get to see it all happen.

They need to let the franchise die for a bit. Grow fallow or whatever, and bring it back in 5 or even 10 years when they have a new idea or just some great writers lined up to tell some awesome stories. The movies and tv shows. Look what it did for TNG.

latenight 02-09-05 03:15 PM

I'll pay $11 as long as I have total control of the show. I mean I can't do any worse than they have.

mikehunt 02-09-05 04:03 PM

I liked voyager and enterprise
not as much as the later part of ds9 but I still like them

calhoun07 02-10-05 12:14 AM

What happens if people donate the money and the show still gets canned? Where does all that money go?

Chew 02-10-05 06:05 AM


Originally Posted by calhoun07
What happens if people donate the money and the show still gets canned? Where does all that money go?

"Save the Humpback Whale Foundation"

Shannon Nutt 02-10-05 08:00 AM


Originally Posted by calhoun07
What happens if people donate the money and the show still gets canned? Where does all that money go?

Bakula's residual checks.

klandersen 02-10-05 01:11 PM

There's an easier way. There is a petition at petitionsonline.com that has 4540 signatures on it, I signed it yesterday and was number 4105 so that is a good 500+ people per day signing it.

http://www.petitiononline.com/NX01/petition.html

I'm not sure how effective these things are, I've signed a couple of petitions on that service but I don't know how seriously they were taken or if they were sent to the right people.

das Monkey 02-10-05 01:31 PM


klandersen

I'm not sure how effective these things are, I've signed a couple of petitions on that service but I don't know how seriously they were taken or if they were sent to the right people.

If you want the truth, they're completely ineffective and not taken seriously in any capacity by anyone with the power to effect change.

das

Red Dog 02-10-05 01:58 PM


Originally Posted by klandersen
I'm not sure how effective these things are, I've signed a couple of petitions on that service but I don't know how seriously they were taken or if they were sent to the right people.



They're about as effective as those don't-buy-gas-on-this-day 'protests'.

calhoun07 02-10-05 03:31 PM


Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Bakula's residual checks.

I appreciate the humor, but it's a serious question. Really, what are the chances that this will work? Some some fund raiser will have 11.00 each from people all over America to save some show, but the show will not be saved. Does that individual then pocket the money? Return it to the people? I suppose if I read the actual online proposal for this, it would answer my questiosn, but what is to stop people from scamming money out of people with false fundraisers to save TV shows in the future?

latenight 02-10-05 05:12 PM

Please correct me if this doesn't make sence. But would you really pay people that are probably already rich to continue a sub-par show, that if it was good in the first place, there would not be this problem. This, if it is real, seems insane to me. The importance placed on this is scary. Send your $11 to the Tsunami victims or something. Lets get a grip people.

riley_dude 02-10-05 05:35 PM


Originally Posted by das Monkey
If you want the truth, they're completely ineffective and not taken seriously in any capacity by anyone with the power to effect change.

das

rotfl

I know how one can feel when their favorite show is cancelled. I tried to help get Farscape and Angel back but Enterprise is a different story and it's been way too many chances already. Time to let it die!


"Save the Humpback Whale Foundation"
Humpback People?
(S.T. 4)

kvrdave 02-10-05 06:18 PM

Double Dumbass on you all. I liked the show. I certainly liked it over the alternative of not having it.

MvRojo 02-10-05 07:30 PM

I love Enterprise and want it to continue, but there's no way I'm going to give money to pay to produce the show. That's just ridiculous and it's coming from the uber-desperate fans. I'll write my letter and use a stamp, but beyond that I can't justify spending my money.

mikehunt 02-10-05 08:15 PM


Originally Posted by kvrdave
Double Dumbass on you all. I liked the show. I certainly liked it over the alternative of not having it.

:up:

Bugg 02-11-05 12:18 AM


The importance placed on this is scary. Send your $11 to the Tsunami victims or something. Lets get a grip people.
Fuck the Tsunami victims! If someone wants to spend $11 of their earned money to keep some show on the air, that's their right, so spare us the "People are starving in China" type guilt trips.


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