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Titolo: Star Trek sta morendo?...

..L'ipotesi fa ridere Spock! ;-)
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LOS ANGELES -- Could "Star Trek" be dying? It's enough to make Mr. Spock
laugh.
"This is so funny," said Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock, directed two
"Star Trek" feature films and produced another. " 'Star Trek' has died
several times and come back stronger than ever."
There are reasons to question "Star Trek's" continued viability. Although
the feature film series has grossed more than $1 billion for Paramount, the
last two outings have sputtered at the box office. The most recent release,
"Star Trek Nemesis," could not hold its own against installments of the
"Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" film series in the summer of 2002.
And since "Star Trek: The Next Generation" received an Emmy nomination as
best dramatic series and left the air a legitimate hit in 1994, subsequent
"Star Trek" television dramas have slowly lost ratings ground. Completing
its third season last spring after a generally rough ratings year for TV
drama, the current series, "Star Trek: Enterprise," faced cancellation by
UPN.
In an echo of the original series' fate, it was saved after a fan
letter-writing campaign, but rescheduled on Fridays for the coming season.
Both UPN President Dawn Ostroff and Paramount Television President Garry
Hart point to the example of "The X Files," a series aimed at similar
viewers, that found its audience on Fridays.
Still, Friday has also been a graveyard for shows meant to appeal to young
adult viewers, including the original "Star Trek" in 1969.
Even Nimoy sees cause for concern. He likens the current situation to the
period after the first "Star Trek" feature film, when "I felt that 'Star
Trek' was like a beached whale," he said. "I think something similar is
happening now. 'Star Trek' is in this stranded situation. The ideas that
were propelling it have run dry."
Some people suggest the problem is audience fatigue. Some say it is
creative exhaustion. One solution to both, several actors, writers,
producers and directors of past "Star Trek" incarnations say, may be to
stop making new "Star Trek" stories for a while.
Bar set high
"As soon as one series ends, the next one begins right away," said Denise
Crosby, an actor in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as well as executive
producer of the new documentary "Trekkies 2."How can you sustain that? The
bar has been raised so high with sci-fi films. I'm not talking just about
special effects, but interesting, elaborate tales. You need to step back
and refocus on what's pertinent to this moment in time."
LeVar Burton, who directed 27 episodes of four "Star Trek" series and was a
star of "The Next Generation," also favors a hiatus. " 'Star Trek's' just
not special enough, not anymore," he said. "They need to shut the whole
thing down, wait five years, create an interest, an excitement, a hunger
for it again."
Trekkies are of two minds about the franchise's trajectory. "There's a
large group that thinks it's time to give 'Trek' a rest," said Michael
Malotte, president of the International "Star Trek" Fan Association, with
230 chapters worldwide. "There's another group that says, 'I enjoy Trek, I
don't agree with a lot of what they're doing, but I still enjoy watching."
Even if a pause could be creatively useful, commercial calculation will
probably determine "Star Trek's" fate, and its recent problems may not be
decisive.
"Movies cost so much to make that apparently the only thing that strikes
the studios as worth doing is franchise-related," said Nicholas Meyer, who
directed "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek VI: The
Undiscovered Country."Whether it's other movies, comic books, video games,
it doesn't matter, as long as there is some presale. Which is not to say
they can't turn out a good movie. A lot of good things are done for the
wrong reasons."
Although he acknowledges that the performance of "Star Trek Nemesis" was
disappointing, Rick Berman, the film's producer and the executive producer
of the current "Enterprise" television series. noted that it was the 10th
film in the series, "and I highly doubt it was the last." Discussions about
the next film are "in a very preliminary stage," he said, adding that the
story being considered "would not involve any of the casts that have
existed in previous films and television series."
Even if "Star Trek" pauses or stops, most people agree that the fan clubs
and conventions will continue. In some ways, fandom has become
self-sufficient. For years, fans have created and disseminated their own
"Star Trek" stories, first on mimeographed pages, then on fan fiction
Internet sites. Now, with increasingly accessible digital technology, they
are creating their own films.
"They are no longer bound by what the TV tells them to do," said Eugene
Roddenberry, 30-year-old son of "Star Trek's" creator, Gene Roddenberry,
who recently agreed to help produce a live-action fan film. "They can go do
it themselves, which I love."
Eugene Roddenberry is also working on a documentary called "Trek Nation,"
which highlights "Star Trek's" impact on world culture and its fans' lives.
Fan organizations typically do charity work and public service, and some
require it.
"Many fans live their lives by these philosophies like the Prime Directive
and I.D.I.C.," said Roger Nygard, director of "Trekkies 2." The Prime
Directive was to avoid interfering with less advanced cultures, and fans
have adopted it as a principle of noninterference. I.D.I.C. stands for
"infinite diversity in infinite combinations," the Vulcan motto adopted by
fans to summarize "Star Trek's" commitment to diversity and equality.
Jolan Tru
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 several times and come back stronger than ever."
Star Trek come Super Sayan ?