Trek United

Since Star Trek Enterprise was cancelled, the Star Trek activist group Trek United has attempted to get a fifth season of Enterprise put on the air. Shortly after Enterprise was cancelled this seemed to be a feasible goal. However, it has been almost a year since Paramount announced the cancellation of Enterprise and Trek United is still trying to get new episodes of Enterprise produced. While I would very much like to see this goal realized, it is honestly an exercise in futility. However, saying so on Trek United’s web site would almost be heresy. Most of the actors and people who produced the show have been released from contracts, and all of the sets have been torn down. It would cost as much or more money to get Enterprise “up and running” as it would to put a completely new, and possibly better, Star Trek series on the air. Sadly, Trek United does not seem to realize this. They continue to pursue an outdated, outmoded agenda, and which will frankly only succeed in wasting their time. Instead of narrow-mindedly continuing to attempt to get only Enterprise back on the air, they should change their mission directive to include Star Trek as a whole. In other words, they should attempt to get Enterprise or a new Star Trek series on the air. This would have a much better chance of succeeding because it would appeal to a larger portion of the fan base, creating greater pressure on Paramount to create a new series. Trek United is well intentioned however they have failed to realize that Enterprise had been decommissioned, and that in order to have any chance of success they must change with the circumstances.