The Sum Of Its Parts
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Originally posted by Cat:
If you look at the earliest episodes of ST:TNG you can see Theiss-style miniskirts still present, which disapear later on (although Deanna still gets to keep her lust-counselling inspiring garb). I’m still sure I saw some men wearing those miniskirts…
It was a different thing for TNG, the storylines were fairly good, the acting and the costumes (Troi’s ridiculous hairstyle) and some obvious cliches, made the first season look pretty bad.
The opposite is true of Andromeda, the CGI, the acting and the costumes are fine, but a large portion of the storyline has left a lot to be desired.
Also Star Trek survived it’s first season in my mind for two reasons, the franchise carried a lot of interest anyway (but you had those that were opposed to it, due to their loyalty to Kirk and Spock), and the model and CGI effects were oustanding for the time.
Andromeda doesn’t have that headstart, the CGI is nothing exceptional, and hasn’t got the weight of a predeccessor behind it.
But I think that the interest in Kevin Sorbo, and the obvious interest in Lexa Doig, are two strong factors for Andromeda, and that it was Gene Roddenberry creation.
If it had neither, then I’m inclined to believe that Andromeda would not survive beyond it’s first season. The same is true of Enterprise, a big gamble taking it to a time before the federation, Q and the borg, but it will pay off as Scott Bakula is there and it has the weight of Star Trek holding it up…of course Enterprise is likely to have a blinder of a first season, as Rick Berman is now fully aware of what it takes to produce good Star Trek.
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