Enterprise TV Movie

[ChristopherPike]

Plenty of potential in this but as pointed out, no real desire from anybody at the studio. Enterprise was cut off at the knees by a previous administration and few calling the shots at Paramount now had contracts there during its run. So it's seen as not their problem...

Continuing this fantasy scenario for a few sentences longer, I do still long for one last screen mission for Archer, T'Pol, Trip, Reed, Phlox, Hoshi, Mayweather and Shran (of course). Given the distance from the show now, the characters would have to be re-introduced running the risk of having them seem inconsistent. But then that was happening during the show, such as Hoshi's backstory in "Observer Effect" or any number of contradictions about Archer between B&B's tenure and Coto's. I do feel there's a wrap-up story for the 22nd Century out there somewhere, that does the show some justice and possibly even convinces those firmly anti-ENT, it has earned a place alongside other Trek series.

 

[commodore64]

I don't think there will be a movie. I think the same obstacles that helped create the demise of Ent are still there. It's more likely that the new TOS (a la JJ Abrams) will have better lift off.

 

[KimMH]

If we fans ever do get a TV movie that at least serves as a better finale, it'll be years after JJ Abrams has had his run with Star Trek (If this upcoming film does well, they have two sequels on the drawing board from what I hear).[/quote]
{orig posted by NONAME GIVEN}


At least there's that. Everyone go at least six times to plump up the box office receipts to ensure another couple movies!

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Won't happen.

 

[pookha]

it wont happen as long as moonvess is around.
but one wonders as reruns of enterprise at times was beating first run battle star if people at sci fi were wishing they had an enterprise mini series.

 

[miraclefan]

it wont happen as long as moonvess is around.
but one wonders as reruns of enterprise at times was beating first run battle star if people at sci fi were wishing they had an enterprise mini series.

Nope, unless those reruns were bringing 10-12 million viewers, I doubt SYFY would go for it. Thay would have said it wasn't ''cost'' effective to continue the series!(Which I belive they had said multiple times) Don't get me wrong I love enterprise, but I don't see it happening.

 

[joncreed]

I would love for "Enterprise" to get a better send-off than they received but I have to agree that a TV movie is not going to happen. The introduction of the JJ Abrams Star Trek movie is Paramount's way of starting over from the BermanBraga era of Trek. It's a re-boot in all but name. The auction at Christie's of memorabilia from TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise was "cleaning-out" the office of previous management. A TV movie with a wide-spread marketing campaign from the previous creative team may conflict with Paramount's goal of making a fresh start with Trek.

In my humble opinion, they should use the direct-to-DVD route like "Dead Like Me" and "Babylon 5." An "Enterprise" direct-to-DVD movie would target the specific fans of "Enterprise" and the marketing would be limited . A direct-to-DVD "Enterprise" movie would cost roughly the same as a TV movie and Paramount wouldn't need to sell commercial time for ratings- the profit would come from the direct sale or rental of the DVD. I think it would be win/win for everyone.

 

[ChristopherPike]

In my humble opinion, they should use the direct-to-DVD route like "Dead Like Me" and "Babylon 5." An "Enterprise" direct-to-DVD movie would target the specific fans of "Enterprise" and the marketing would be limited.

Something like Stargate did with Continuum and the ones before it. Self-contained movies. Their aim to sign-off SG-1 and its characters, but not totally unaccessible to non-fans. Not only climbed the DVD charts, but bought on Blu Ray and Pay-to-view too if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Trekwatcher]

I think few would be more interested in such a TV movie than I, but I think we have seen the last of the crew of the NX-01. Grumble...

 

[Temis the Vorta]

If Trek XI is a big success, which I certainly hope it will be, then the rational thing to do is to capitalize on its success - which means at that point, Trek will mean Kirk/Spock/Enterprise/23rd C even moreso than it does now. ENT and the other spinoff series will be more forgotten than ever.

Hey I want a DS9 movie/continuation TV series. But I see no realistic way anyone withe the $$$ to do it is going to want to. Ditto for TNG, VOY and ENT. It's just the way it is.

How about a more realistic goal? Get Connor Trinneer his own series. He certainly could carry one.

Something like Stargate did with Continuum and the ones before it. Self-contained movies.

The idea now is to revive Star Trek as a premium brand. Stargate is not a premium brand, never has been, never will be, so it doesn't hurt them to do cheapo things like straight to DVD movies. Star Trek can't go the cheapo route - it looks shabby and undermines what the people in charge of the brand are trying to do with it.

You don't go to Chez Pannisse and expect to see a Big Mac on the menu. That's why Star Trek can't do straight to DVD movies.

 

[Daneel]

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing an Enterprise TV movie (especially if it helped to wash the taste of TATV out of our mouths), but as others have said, it ain't ever gonna happen. Even if Trek XI is a hit, that won't suddenly make Paramount forget that Enterprise wasn't.

 

[urbandk]

Sadly, I think the handling of Enterprise will go down as the most botched Star Trek series. The cast and crew of the TV show, not to mention the audience, deserved a lot better. But yeah, I don't think they'll rectify the situation with a decent TV movie.

 

[Praetor]

I don't think they ever will do an Enterprise movie (I have the slight feeling that the powers that are... or were... urgently try to forget that they ever did this series), but if they should change their minds, it should be a Romulan War special with a little bit more edge to it, along the lines of Battlestar Galactica: Razor.

+1 for that suggestion

++1

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

Impossible. They can't do an Enterprise movie without Commander Tucker unless they set it before TATV (which wouldn't apply for the juicy Romulan War storylines). Any attempt to bring him back to life would feel contrived and silly (even more so than Worf coincidentally showing up on the E-E for all those flicks).

 

[24thcenstfan]

I think it is highly unlikely, but it doesn't hurt to hope or stay optimistic about the potentials.

There doesn't always seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason for what path TPTB take. Other than their quest to make money and to continue to build on their brands. If someday it looks like an ENT project could draw in the viewers again (i.e make money somehow), they just might take a chance on it.

 

[The Academic]

Impossible. They can't do an Enterprise movie without Commander Tucker unless they set it before TATV (which wouldn't apply for the juicy Romulan War storylines). Any attempt to bring him back to life would feel contrived and silly (even more so than Worf coincidentally showing up on the E-E for all those flicks).

Not impossible at all.
'Trip' Tucker is NOT Enterprise, no matter what his most ardent fans might think. Enterprise doesn't need him. Life goes on, even in a fictional universe. The NX-01 continues her mission, the Romulan War is fought without him and Jonathan Archer and T'Pol go on with their lives. His absence would even make a movie more realistic, much more than some harebrained resurrection.
His death might have been different, since the events shown in TATV were just some holographic simulation and not necessarily correct depictions of what actually happened, but he's still gone for good.

 

[Mach5]

Trip' Tucker is NOT Enterprise, no matter what his most ardent fans might think.

Enterprise doesn't need him.

Earth needs Enterprise, Enterprise needs Trip. It's as simple as that.
-- Jonathan Archer

No, seriously, ENT without Trip... I personally wouldn't be even remotely interested in watching it, or reading about that (and I'm pretty sure I'm in a majority here, because it would have been much more practical for Pocket Books not to resurrect Trip in the relaunch, but they did it anyway).

BTW, Trip supposedly dies in 2161, and Romulan War happens prior to that, so there's absolutely no reason to exclude him. Plus, in 2161 the NX-01 gets decommissioned anyway and everyone goes their own way.

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

Killing Tucker was an obvious signal that TPTB never planned to do anything with ENT ever again.

Anyway, wasn't most the ENT junk auctioned off in the It's A Wrap! thing?

 

[Count Zero]

Too bad it's not going to happen. I'd really love to see the crew have one more epic adventure, especially since they got the worst final episode in Trek.
But ENT has absolutely nothing to do with Trek XI, and if the TV license holders wanted to profit from a possible success of the new film they'd rather make something similiar to the new film, not ENT. (Maybe a reimagining? I kid. )

 

[The Academic]

Earth needs Enterprise, Enterprise needs Trip. It's as simple as that.
-- Jonathan Archer.

That's a highly emotional in-universe remark fitting to the situation it was spoken in, but it doesn't cut it in the real world.

No, seriously, ENT without Trip... I personally wouldn't be even remotely interested in watching it or reading about that (and I'm pretty sure I'm in a majority here, because it would have been much more practical for Pocket Books not to resurrect Trip in the relaunch, but they did it anyway).

Exactly for the reason you mentioned, Pocket Books - quite cynically in my eyes - defied officially-established canon just to continue to cash in. Nobody should ever substitute much-needed social realism (even within the context of a science fiction series) with mere fanboyism (or with the attempt to appease the fanboys).

BTW, Trip supposedly dies in 2161 and Romulan War happens prior to that, so there's absolutely no reason to exclude him. Plus, in 2161 the NX-01 gets decommissioned anyway and everyone goes their own way.

Okay. When it works, it works...