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Titolo: ENTERPRISE: "L'ULTIMA FRONTIERA HA UN NUOVO INIZIO"

UPN President Introduces Enterprise
Describing it as "TV history in the making," United Paramount Network
President Tom Nunan introduced Enterprise, the fifth installment of the Star
Trek franchise starring Scott Bakula, to the world at a presentation this
morning in New York.
The new one-hour drama will air in UPN's 2001-2002 primetime schedule on
Wednesdays at 8:00. "You all are witness to a show that guarantees instant
attention, recognition, anticipation and most importantly, success," Nunan
told a gathering of advertisers and affiliate representatives. That is
because "Star Trek is the most popular science fiction franchise in the
world."
"Set in the 22nd century, nearly 150 years before James T. Kirk and only 100
years from now, Enterprise introduces us to the pioneering days of space
exploration, when interstellar travel is in its infancy, and a universe —
and the unknown — portends both danger and awe," Nunan said. "Appropriately,
the crew of Enterprise exhibits a sense of wonder as well as a little
trepidation about the strange things and beings they will encounter. Being
among the first to explore deep space, they will have to prove they are
ready for life among the stars."
"Leading the crew is Captain Jonathan Archer, to be played by Scott Bakula
of Quantum Leap and 'American Beauty' fame," he continued. "Captain Archer
is the prototype for Starfleet captains to come. He's bold, intensely
curious and eager to venture where no man has gone before. He possesses all
of the traits that any NASA astronaut today would need to lead a crew into
heavens they had only read about or studied before."
"The final frontier has a new beginning"
Nunan then ran a promotional video recounting the history of Star Trek and
introducing Enterprise with the tagline, "The final frontier has a new
beginning." No footage from the new show — which started production on
Monday — was shown, but the video did include an Enterprise title treatment
(as now seen on 
STARTREK.COM
). Portions of interviews with executive
producer Rick Berman and other crew members were interspersed with clips
from the previous TV shows and movies.
"Star Trek has been sort of imbedded in people's minds. It's been around for
35 years now," Berman said in the video. "There's nobody out there who
hasn't heard of a photon torpedo or a Klingon or 'Beam me up Scotty' or warp
speed. It's part of our culture, and I think the familiarity of it is
something that is very comfortable to people."
"What's important about Enterprise is, it's a ship of exploration, and space
travel — interplanetary space travel — is a fairly new thing in this era,"
said Marvin V. Rush, director of photography on the new show. "Warp drive
has been around for a while, but not very long. Transporter technology is
also fairly new, and while it's proven, not everybody in the world trusts
it."
Regarding the interior of the new 22nd-century starship, Rush said, "The
controls are more tactile, mechanical. The buttons — you have to push them,
I mean, they're not all touch-screens." He added, "Mankind is learning about
other cultures, other spacefaring societies. It's a time of discovery, of
who we really are, where we fit in, into the cosmos."
Production Designer Herman Zimmerman reiterated, "This is a hundred years
from now, and a hundred years before Kirk and Spock. The Enterprise that
we're watching now is going to be much more hands-on for the crew." Of the
show's premise, Zimmerman added, "Basically we're getting a lot of
information about what's outside our [region of the] galaxy from the
Vulcans."
Berman concluded by saying, "Star Trek has always represented a very
positive, hopeful outlook of the future, and a lot of science fiction
doesn't. And I think that means a great deal to a lot of people."
During the rest of his presentation, Nunan pointed out that each spin-off of
Star Trek has launched with very impressive ratings. "Every version of the
Star Trek franchise takes off the launching pad at warp speed, with
thrusters on full, blasting away the competition, living long and
prospering." He said that UPN's decision to run Enterprise at 8:00 on
Wednesdays was based in large part on the competing lineups announced by the
other networks. That time period "is the perfect spot to stake a claim to
the young adult audience that is vastly underserved by the other networks."

 the young adult audience that is vastly underserved by the other
networks."
"Pubblico di giovani adulti"... insomma adolescenti... come per Roswell:
ci dobbiamo aspettare q.cosa di simile?
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Comitato per il ritorno di Bay su IFST
"I can tell you a story, an ancient legend among my people. It´s about
an angry warrior..."

 ci dobbiamo aspettare q.cosa di simile?
meglio sempre attendere il peggio, per poi tirare un sospiro di sollievo
:)
ciao :)
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Sat'Rain
Aderente al Comitato per il ritorno di Bay e Dashana su IFST
Io ci provo:
    "CAFFEEEEEEEEEEEE®"
    "PARAMETRI"
    ^________^
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 :)
Speriamo che ascoltino la 'logica', non solo gli ascolti!
P.S. ti ho rubato l'idea del CAFFEEEEEEEEE'®!
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Melora - Comitato per il ritorno di Bay su IFST
"I can tell you a story, an ancient legend among my people. It´s about
an angry warrior..." - CAFFEEEEEEEE'®!

 How do you do, Enterprise?  ;))
ROOOOTFL
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Laz

ROOOOTFL
Vuoi che ti spieghi come ti funziona ?
Eheh !
Karlo
You make me feel so alive
My memories of love will be of you
Aderente al Comitato per il ritorno di bay su IFST
FratelloŽ di K'Ehleyr

 P.S. ti ho rubato l'idea del CAFFEEEEEEEEE'®!
se puo' servire per far tornare Bay... :)
ciao :)
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Sat'Rain
Aderente al Comitato per il ritorno di Bay e Dashana su IFST
Io ci provo:
    "CAFFEEEEEEEEEEEE'®!"
    "PARAMETRI"
    ^________^
e-mail : sat(punto)rain(at)genie(punto)it

 se puo' servire per far tornare Bay... :)
Hai provato a fare un giro su free.it.startrek? 0;))
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