Die 4.Staffel

[Oliver-Daniel]

wie der TCW gelöst wird, darüber läßt sich noch nichts definitives sagen, aber das er aufgelöst werden soll, das zeichnet sich mehr ab. Die ersten vorsichtigen Meldungen besagen, dass die Romulaner in der fünften Folge eine gewichtige Rolle spielen, doch denke ich mal das dies nichts weiteres ist als GErüchte.

[UH|iceman]

Dann muss T'Pol zugeben, dass sie(die Vulkanier) die abtrünnigen Romulaner wegen ihrer widerwärtigen Gefühle verstoßen haben.

Bearbeitet 14. Juli 2004 von UH|iceman

[pollux]

ICh finde es ja höchst intererssant, das wir in der 4 Staffel höchstwahrscheinlich so Leute wie Brent Spiner und W Shatner zu Gesicht bekommen=)Das könnte den Quoten gut tun

[T'Jara]

Dann muss T'Pol zugeben, dass sie(die Vulkanier) die abtrünnigen Romulaner wegen ihrer widerwärtigen Gefühle verstoßen haben.

Nicht zwingend.

Abwarten. Denn eigentlich wäre das ein ziemlicher Kontinutätsverstoß.

Eigentlich darf die Crew nicht mal einen Romulaner sehen.

[Mr.T]

also das würde meiner Meinung auch zu weit gehen, in TOS war das ja die große Überraschung dass die Romulaner (oder bei TOS auch mal Romulanier genannt ) so aussehen wie die Vulkanier.

Aber wer weiss, bei Regenaration wars ja auch so...

[Commodore Stewart]

Möglich ist alles, heißt es so schön.

Aber was wir den Autoren und Produzenten von Enterprise wünschen sollten, wäre

- mehr Liebe zum Detail (Nicht wieder in 4 Tagen von Erde bis Kronos bei Warp - 4!!!)

- mehr Kontinuität ím Kontext von Star Trek

weniger

- künstlerisches Davonschweben (was sicher auch seine Berechtigung hat).

und mehr neue Ideen zu Storys.

Leider haben wir bei ENT viel zu häufig Storys und Themen gesehen, die schon mehrmals in den anderen Serien behandelt wurden.

Star Trek ist SF, aber Star Trek besitzt einen Rahmen

Der Xindi-Handlungsbogen (war bis auf ein Paar ausrutscher) das Beste (nach DS9) was man im Franchise finden kann, allerdings einge Male weit über die Grenze hinaus.

und dem Franchise das, was Star Trek verkörpert - mehr Toleranz!

Grüße ans Forum.

[Olivier Zeidler]

Jedenfalls hoffe ich auch das auch der Konflikt zwischen Vulcan und Andor geklärt wird, denn sie gehören ja zu den ersten Mitglieder der Föderation. Shran würde ich gerne wiedersehen und natürlich auch Andor.

Falls man Rick Berman glauben darf, sollen die "Romulaner" erst wieder im nächsten Kinofilm auftauchen, das ja ein "Prequel" sein wird. Die Romulaner wollen sie sich dafür jedenfalls aufheben und sie werden nicht wieder in "Star Trek - Enterprise" auftauchen. Man sieht hoffentlich dann mehr von denen als in "Nemesis"

[logan3333]

Es ist offiziell! Brent Spiner aka Data wird in einem 3 Episoden Arc in der 4. Staffel mitspielen!

Another trade publication, The Hollywood Reporter, has confirmed (also via Yahoo!) that Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner will appear on Star Trek: Enterprise in a three-episode arc. Spiner will reportedly play the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Noonien Soong, the creator of Data - both characters Spiner portrayed on Next Gen.

Quelle: Trektoday

Quelle der Qullle: The Holiwood Reporter (Magazin)

[pollux]

also steht es jetzt fest? Spiner und shatner sind fest eingeplant?

Ich meine wie glaubhaft ist der Hollywood Reporter?=)

lol

Ich würde mich jedenfalls freuen, wenn es so währe

[Timothy Anderson]

Spiner ja, bei Shatner laufen noch die verhandlungen

[logan3333]

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE resumed production last week with the fourth season premiere "Storm Front, Part 1," the beginning of a multi-episode storyline that will find Archer stuck in a Nazi-dominated 1944 in which the World War II villains are being aided by an alien race called the 'Na'khul'.

The second part of "Storm Front" is slated to go before cameras next Monday, and TrekWeb has learned that the episode will involve more temporal craziness. As 'Vosk', the alien leader who seems to be leading their effort to help the Nazis occupy the East Coast of the United States, seeks to determine whether temporal agents are foiling their plan.

Vosk's new assistant 'Kraul' is charged with investigating prisoners' status as temporal agents and is satisfied that they aren't. Meanwhile, we also learn that Vosk maintains a temporal conduit in his compound, and Archer works with other resistence fighters to prevent the Na'Khul's interference with Earth's past.

"Storm Front, Part 2" will be directed by David Straiton from a script by Manny Coto. The episode will air likely in September.

Sturm Front Teil II:

Archer arbeitet mit dem Widerstand zusammen um die Eingriffe der Na'Khul in die Vergangenheit der Erde zu verhinderng, Vosk hat einen Assitenten namesn Kraul der Gefangene verhört um sicherzustellen das keine Temporalen Agenten den Na'Kuhl in die Quere kommen....

Quelle: Trekweb

also steht es jetzt fest? Spiner und shatner sind fest eingeplant?

Ich meine wie glaubhaft ist der Hollywood Reporter?=)

lol

Ich würde mich jedenfalls freuen, wenn es so währe

Ist von Startrek.com bestätigt!!!

Bearbeitet 20. Juli 2004 von logan3333

[UH|iceman]

Also so wie ich die Sache jetzt sehe, wird man in der 4.Staffel wieder auf Action setzen und greift dazu endlich den TCW auf und macht ihn nicht nur alle 10 Folgen mal zum Thema. Bleibt zu hoffen, dass sie dieses Thema auch abschliessen werden.

Archer works with other resistence fighters to prevent the Na'Khul's interference with Earth's past

Hier frag ich mich wieso sie es sich so schwer machen. Da die Vergangenheit eh schon verändert ist, sollte es nicht so schwer sein, mit nem Schiff im Orbit, was mehrere GigaJoule Leistung hat, die Osteküste wieder zurückzuerobern. Propellerflugzeuge und Panzer sind da ja keine Gegner.

[logan3333]

^ Das Problem ist wenn sie in den Krieg eingreifen, müssen sie eine Menge Truppen der Achse vernichten um ihn zu gewinnen, das würde Bedeuten das einen Menge Menschen sterben, und da die Deutschen eben auch nach 45 eine Menge für die Raumfahrt getan haben kann sich das auch sehr schlecht auf die Zukunft der gesamten Menschheit auswirken.

[logan3333]

Enterprise Spoilers Revealed

Rick Berman, executive producer of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise, revealed to SCI FI Wire several spoilers for the upcoming fourth season, including the possible casting of original Star Trek star William Shatner (Capt. Kirk) in a familiar role. "We're still discussing it with Bill," Berman said in an interview at UPN's fall press preview in Los Angeles. "He had a terrific episode [idea], and we had a nice long lunch meeting with him a couple of weeks ago. And there's a lot of things that need to get ironed out in terms of scheduling, in terms of money. ... But he would play an incarnation of a Kirk, yes. He would not be playing another character."

Berman added that the upcoming season will feature several stand-alone episodes and "miniarcs" of two or three episodes, as contrasted with season three's season-long Xindi storyline. "We're going in new directions for the fourth season, and hopefully there's going to be a mixture of smaller arcs," Berman said. "The first two episodes are going to be a small arc. And then there's going to be a single episode. And then there's going to be a three-episode arc. And there's going to be some levity, and there's also going to be some heavy subjects dealt with."

Among the other spoilers Berman and cast members revealed to SCI FI Wire:

•In addition to the previously announced guest appearance of Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner as an ancestor of Data's creator, guest stars will include Girlfriends' Golden Brooks and The Sopranos' Steve Schirripa. "He plays a character in 1944," Berman said, referring to the season premiere.

•T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) may find herself getting married in episode three, Blalock said in an interview.

•The long-standing Temporal Cold War arc will be resolved in the first two episodes.

•The new season will be the first shot entirely on high-definition digital video instead of film as a cost-saving measure. UPN renewed the ratings-challenged Enterprise in part because Paramount, which produces the show, agreed to lower its license fee for the series.

•Manny Coto, a writer (Showtime's Odyssey 5) who joined the series in the third season and was responsible for many of the Xindi storylines, has been promoted to "show runner," in charge of the day-to-day operations and writing, while previous show runner Brannon Braga steps back into a more executive role.

Star Trek: Enterprise returns to UPN on Oct. 8 in its new 8 p.m. ET/PT Friday timeslot.

Der Berman Spicht bei SciFi Wire:

Gaststars aus Golden girls und Den Sopranos treten in Sutrm Front auf.

Der TCW wird in den beiden ersten Folgen gelöst.

T'Pol kommt unter die Haube, in der 2. Staffel.

Oh, Manny Coto hat das sagen und gefilmt wird in Digital.

[Obsidian Order]

Japp... wir schreiben die News auch, wie man am rechten Rand des Forums sehen kann...

[pollux]

ja also nach all dem was so an news in den letzten Tagen durchgesickert ist. freue ich mich wirklich auf die 4 Staffel=)

Wann ist nochmal Oktober?=\

[logan3333]

07.21.2004

Producers Reveal Tidbits about Season 4

WARNING!  CONTAINS SPOILERS!

A 22nd-century Dr. Soong, a shadow of the Eugenics Wars, a Vulcan civil war and the possible reincarnation of Surak ... these are some of the epic ideas being developed right now for the unfolding fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Tuesday night UPN held its annual summer party for the Television Critics Association (TCA) — like every network does — where reporters get to mingle with the producers and cast members of its various shows. This year the party took place at Shutters, a ritzy hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, on an upstairs outdoor deck overlooking the ocean.

Attending from Enterprise were producers Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Manny Coto, and actors Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, John Billingsley, and Linda Park with her boyfriend Tom Hardy (yes, the Picard clone from "Star Trek Nemesis"). We managed to catch up with most of them throughout the evening, but today we will bring you our interviews with the producers, and save our conversations with the actors for a later article.

We were particularly excited about the chance to speak with Manny Coto, who came on last season with the title of co-executive producer and is now considered a "show runner." Coto has been widely praised by the actors, his fellow producers, and fans alike for bringing a creative shot in the arm to Star Trek: Enterprise, beginning with his script for "Similitude." He had just come from the Showtime series Odyssey 5, which ended after one season, but Berman and Braga saw the show and liked his work, and after interviewing him hired him as co-executive producer.

We asked Coto, what unique creative vision does he think he brings to the show? "Well, first and foremost, I bring a passionate love of all things Star Trek," he said. "I've loved Star Trek since I was a little kid. When Star Trek Communicator magazine was doing a little article on me, I went through my box of old photos, and I found a shot of me at age 11 watching Star Trek on TV, with a picture of Spock on the screen. In that same box I found a comic book that I had written — I must have written this when I was 10 — and it was a Star Trek comic book, with 'Beam me up Scotty' and all this. And I realized, 'Oh my God, I've been doing this my entire life!'"

He attended conventions in his hometown of Orlando, Florida, and has followed the subsequent series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, "all the way."

We asked Coto to elaborate on the "showrunner" role he's taken on with Enterprise. "What's been publicized, that Rick and Brannon have stepped back and I've moved in, is not exactly true. I've kinda moved in with them, so to speak, so we're all three running the show. I'm actually more in charge of writing, I guess, dealing with the writers and the 'writing room,' coming up with stories that Rick and Brannon approve or not approve, or give notes on."

"A lot of the stories that we're doing this season — so far, the first half of the season — are stories that I've come up with, or that Rick has come up with or that Brannon has pitched, and then we flesh them out in 'the room.'"

We asked if he could elaborate on some of these story ideas — especially pertaining to the recently reported guest role of Brent Spiner in three episodes. "Well, it's a very exciting arc. Brent is going to play an ancestor of Dr. Soong, the creator of Data. However, this character is more of a Dr. Frankenstein. He is not a benign individual. He has brought to life 20 embryos from the Eugenics era. So you have Soong who's leading a band of Khan Noonien Singh's, so to speak. He believes that genetic engineering was on the right track! He wants to improve humanity, and he believes that the Eugenics Wars were an aberration, that these individuals are the future of humanity. Of course he's wrong — they get away from him. They get out of control, and it becomes this three-episode saga that's kind of like 'Apocalypse Now' — Enterprise becomes kind of like a ship going up river, trying to find these individuals, with Soong on board."

Spiner's character will be named Arik (like "Eric") Soong. The backstory, Coto explains, begins 20 years prior to the time of Enterprise (presumably 2134), when Soong stole the 20 embryos which were secretly stored in a Starfleet facility, and brought them to term. Arik Soong is a notorious criminal, and Coto even compared him to Hannibal Lecter — "He's tried to escape many times, and he's feared, because Earth is still terrified of anything having to do with the Eugenics Wars." But his help is essential in tracking down the renegade "genetic supermen" who could ignite a war with the Klingons.

The adventure leads the ship to the "Borderland," which is an area of space between the Klingon Empire and the Orion Syndicate. This will be the first encounter with the Orions, and we will get to see the green "slave women" introduced in "The Cage."

"What I really wanted to do this season is make the episodes that I as a Star Trek fan would have to see. You know, as a fan of the original series, if I heard that they were doing the Orion slavers and the Eugenics Wars, I would have to be in front of that TV."

But we had to ask about the place of the Eugenics Wars in the Trek universe. In "Space Seed" it was clearly established that the Khan-led conflict occurred in the 1990s. However, in "Hatchery," Archer mentions that his great-grandfather fought in the Eugenics Wars (which would probably put them in the mid-21st century). How is Coto dealing with the chronology issue?

"I'm not dealing with it. There's no point. They were in the 1990s because the old series ran in 1966 and that was the future then. Clearly, we're in 2004, and there haven't been any Eugenics Wars that I know about! So, simply, the Eugenics Wars 'happened' — they happened in the past [relative to the current show]. I don't know how else to do it."

There is another three-episode story arc being planned for later in the season that Coto is tremendously enthused about, one that deals with a civil war on planet Vulcan. "If you've watched Enterprise and you watched the old series and Next Gen, you know that there's a difference between the Vulcans of our era and the Vulcans of later eras. Our Vulcans lie, our Vulcans are monolithic, our Vulcans are not pacifistic. What we've done is develop an idea: What if an individual appears on Vulcan who is saying to the populace that we have strayed from the teachings of Surak? This individual is like a Martin Luther. And he spawns a Vulcan civil war."

He nicknamed it "Vulcan of Arabia" because it's an epic story taking place almost entirely on the hot, desert planet. "It involves a Vulcan Reformation," he continued. "I'm equating the Vulcan High Command with the Catholic Church, which in medieval times strayed from the teachings of Christianity; similarly, the Vulcan High Command has strayed from the teachings of Surak. This individual wants to bring us back to those teachings, but it causes instability on Vulcan because he's preaching pacifism, he's preaching pure logic, he's preaching a return to the old ways. But, he not only believes in the teachings of Surak, he believes he is Surak. He claims that he possesses Surak's katra. Is that true or isn't it? We'll find out. But what happens is, with the instability on Vulcan, you have the Andorians trying to take advantage, and it threatens to destabilize the entire region. And of course, Enterprise will be stuck in the midst of this turmoil, and by the end of this three-episode arc, we will begin to see Vulcans approaching what they were in the later eras. We'll see the beginnings of a new Vulcan."

"It's gonna be a blast. I'm picturing the scene where two Vulcan armies are poised on the desert — what's gonna happen, will they or will they not fight?"

In this epic story arc, he also promised a subplot which will unravel into a very intriguing plot twist.

Of course, these ambitious plans beg the question of whether there will be enough budget to realize such imaginative visions, given reports that UPN is paying Paramount a lower license fee for the show. "The budget has gone down slightly, but it's not gone down as much as has been reported. We're not slaving under a horrible miniscule budget at all. You're not going to notice," he promised.

"It should be a fun season."

We also caught up with one of Coto's partners in crime, Brannon Braga, and got him to talk about the first story arc of the season, the followup to the cliffhanger of "Zero Hour" starting with "Storm Front" (which is in production right now). It's been rumored that this "Nazi story" will wrap up the Temporal Cold War throughline. Is that true?

"Our intention is to resolve the Temporal Cold War once and for all," Braga replied. "It lingered for three seasons, and we would like to finish it off in grandiose fashion, and move on to new territory. So, with these episodes, it will be the last of Daniels, and the last of all of those elements." We will see Silik and the Suliban once again during the Nazi story, but Braga added that "most likely" it'll be the last time. "It's hard to say for sure, because we're so early in the season, but our intention is to be done with it."

Will the identity of "Future Guy," Silik's shadowy boss, ever be revealed? "Well, we've been debating that for quite some time, and I'll leave that question open. We haven't decided yet. We have some ideas about him — or her — or it. But we haven't settled on any one identity yet. It's still a question mark. The Temporal Cold War may resolve without Future Guy's identity being revealed."

It's been widely publicized that William Shatner could make a guest appearance on the show. What can he tell us about that? "There have been some preliminary discussions with William Shatner, but it's so far from being resolved that I hesitate to comment because I don't want to jinx it. We so badly want it to happen, but it's so early that I don't really have much to say about it. There's interest on both ends, but Bill is on a different series [boston Legal], and we're just starting our season, and so much has to be done before it actually happens. We all have our fingers crossed."

Any notion yet what kind of story Shatner might be involved in if he does come on to the show? "There are some ideas floating about, but we're hesitant to commit to anything or start actively developing anything, until we know whether it's a reality," Braga said.

Earlier in the day, UPN held a press conference for the TCA with Les Moonves, co-president and co-COO of Viacom, and Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment for UPN. The emphasis of the press conference was UPN's new shows and its revamped schedule in general, but Moonves — whose recent promotion puts him in charge of Paramount Television as well as UPN — and Ostroff took some time to speak about how Enterprise fits into the network's lineup.

Enterprise is moving to Friday at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT starting August 6, and the new episodes of Season 4 will begin October 8.

Ostroff commented that the Star Trek spinoff is one of the shows "that have the most loyal viewers on television," and expects the audience to follow it to Fridays. She said the season-long arc of last season "really worked well for us," but the fourth season mini-arcs "will allow people to come in and out a little more freely." She added, "We're very aggressive in 'stunt casting' this year, which I think will also bring in some viewers." She mentioned Spiner, but also noted that Golden Brooks of Girlfriends will guest star in the first few episodes. "And we're working on several other people."

Moonves spoke about the licensing fee cut (related story) that reportedly helped keep the show on the air. "Paramount came to us — that was before Paramount was reporting to me, so now I'm negotiating with myself," he joked, "and they made a very attractive offer to UPN to bring the show back... Obviously Paramount has a large syndication deal with Star Trek. They gave us a very attractive offer and therefore, it fit into our scheduling needs."

Moonves confirmed that, as Paramount chief, he would like to see Enterprise go a full seven years because of the syndication value. But as UPN chief, he has to make other considerations in the case of a show that's been seen as an underperformer for the network.

"If Star Trek had cost the license fee that it cost a year ago, a different decision may have been made," he said. "I can tell you right now the key, the priority goal, is building UPN." However, he believes the move to Friday for Enterprise, coupled with America's Next Top Model, is "a much better strategy. I think we'll do a much better number there with that show, and perhaps it can live for a number of years. We hope so."

OMG, Coto stürzt die Vulkanier in einen Bürgerkrieg, die Leute die nach Surak leben (Reformisten) gegen die Leute im Highcommand ....

Aber lest selbst, direkt von StarTrek.com

[pollux]

Fast noch erstaunlicher finde ich, das wie schon geschrieben, tatsächlich der TCW schon in den ersten beiden Episoden aufgeklärt werden soll?=) UNd das die Herren BBC=) uns doch echt vorenthalten wollen wer den nun der Future Guy war=) (OD dein Chancen steigen) =)

puhh da scheinen sich die Verantwortlichen ja ganz schön was vorgenommen zu haben für die 4 Staffel

Bearbeitet 22. Juli 2004 von pollux

[Obsidian Order]

Die news jetzt auch bei uns auf Deutsch.

@logan

Was hälst davon bei uns Redakteur zu werden, wenn du hier schon immer alles zu so unmenschlichen Zeiten bringst?

[pollux]

omg die nehmen sich ja pervers viel vor für die 4 Staffel=)

[Obsidian Order]

Das hab ich mir auch gedacht... mal schauen wie es umgesetzt wird...

[pollux]

könnte mir mal jemand in einer trashigen Kurzfassung etwas über die eugenischen Kriege erzählen?

[UH|iceman]

Naja abwarten und Tee trinken. Die Folgen wollen auch erstmal abgedreht sein. Bislang ist ja alles über die Mitte oder gar das Ende der Staffel nur reine Theorie. Obwohl es sicher möglich ist, dass das Eine oder Andere den Weg auf die Bildschirme finden könnte.

[Obsidian Order]

könnte mir mal jemand in einer trashigen Kurzfassung etwas über die eugenischen Kriege erzählen?

Guckst du hier.

[pollux]

K danke für den Hint=)

War selber schon am googeln=\