On one hand, Berman and Braga definitely learn about writing Star Trek. Berman helped co-create TNG with Gene Roddenberry and Maurice Hurley, and have become the first producer when Roddenberry’s poor well being pressured him to step except for the collection. Berman additionally co-created DS9 with Michael Piller, Voyager with Jeri Taylor, and Enterprise with Braga. For his half, Braga started as an intern on The Subsequent Era and rose as much as a chief artistic within the franchise, ultimately turning into showrunner of Voyager earlier than co-creating Enterprise.
On the opposite, the 2 males depart behind an advanced legacy. Berman specifically has been charged with nixing homosexual characters within the reveals (Berman defended himself by saying he selected allegory over illustration) and with numerous types of sexism, most notably the skin-tight catsuits worn solely by feminine characters Troi, Seven of 9, and T’Pol.
Terry Farrell, who performed Jadzia Dax for six seasons on DS9 has been most open about these expenses, blaming Berman for her early exit from the present. “The issues with my leaving have been with Rick Berman. In my view, he’s simply very misogynistic,” she stated within the ebook The Fifty-Yr Mission: The Subsequent 25 Years: From The Subsequent Era to J. J. Abrams. “He’d remark in your bra dimension not being voluptuous. His secretary had a 36C or one thing like that, and he would say one thing about, ‘Properly, you’re simply, like, flat. Have a look at Christine over there. She has the proper breasts proper there.’”
Curiously, the friends did concede that generally, Trek may embrace trendy vernacular. “One of many causes we wished to do Enterprise was to loosen that up somewhat bit and have characters that talked somewhat extra such as you and me,” shared Braga.
After all, Enterprise continues to be one of many least-loved of the ’90s collection, if not within the franchise altogether. Which both proves their level that Trek works greatest when avoiding trendy speech, or proves that each one has a least favourite Trek and, due to this fact, their level isn’t price noting.
