• Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPM
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    2 days ago

    Not that I think going straight to the source will sway you, but…

    Brannon Braga:

    It was late, but I was so excited […] He [Rick Berman] really liked the idea but he had the stroke of genius, ‘Make it a Borg babe.’

    Jeri Ryan:

    I knew exactly what I was in for when I had my first costume fitting. Clearly my character was added to the show for sex appeal, which remains the one way to get attention very quickly. I don’t think it’s the only way to get viewers to watch strong women, but it worked.

    So no, “spandex are very scifi” doesn’t hold a lot of water in this case.

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      1 day ago

      Whoa TV producers have sex-brained politics and just want mass appeal, you don’t say?

      Doesn’t change the fact Voyager still did better on this issue, and the article says a lot about how a boys club mentality was embedded into Enterprise.