Some interesting thoughts by Kyle about Ron Moore's drive to innovate the expectations of science fiction writing:
So, being the nerd that I am, I'm painting away in my studio with the special edition of Star Trek Generations playing on Mr. iMac with the commentary on. Generations being written of course by Brannon Braga and Ron D. Moore. Moore went on to write and run the amazing revamp of Battlestar Galactica, while Braga went on to co-create and run the Lost in Space bore-fest Star Trek Voyager.
Two things become very evident with this commentary:
1. Branna Braga was probably the biggest proponet of the Voyager "reset" button, claiming that you can't shake up the status quo on a television show or else the audience will be lost. Moore, who would later make the term "status quo" forbidden on BSG is pretty quiet after this statement, which is probably the most polite thing he could think of doing.
2. The key plot points of BSG were in Moore's head for years, and if he couldn't make them work while Berman and Piller were in charge of TNG, he would get to them eventually.
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