The science channel had a special on Gene Roddenbury and Star trek last night.

It got me thinking about this thread and how this promising series has gone South.

Roddenbury achieved his success by making St about the nobility of humanity and hope for the future.

What better scenario could there be than a second chance for humanity in a pristine world.

Surely, there are lots of story lines about the challenges they would face. without the dumbed down soap opera they have given us.

Digressing somewhat, There was a recent BBC series called "Outcasts" with a very similar plot. It was canceled after the first 8 episodes

The series was about establishing a colony on a rare earthlike planet to escape a depleted Earth.

No dinos but they had the same rag-tag rebel band that had split off. It was a complete bore in spite of the Brit's attempt to make it intelligent.

Take away the dinos and put it in a dreary Euro setting and you have Terra Nova/Big Brother