I don't know why it's so important to me that I have an opinion on stories like these -- of course they don't involve or affect me in the slightest -- but it's the kind of thing I'm inclined to rant about. Sorry...
Not sure where I stand on this one. On the one hand, I'm not sure Activision has any real right to complain. I can't imagine that any promises were made to them that Star Trek would maintain a certain level of quality, because such a promise would be impossible to guarantee in a creative pursuit like television and film production. But I think I'm leaning toward rooting for Activision on this one, because whatever you personally think of the current state of the Trek franchise (and just to be clear, I think it's a festering, puerile, embarrassing, derivative pile of donkey dung) you have to admit that Enterprise on its own makes for a much weaker franchise than a few years ago, when we had Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and a healthy and ongoing series of TNG movies.
I suppose that in this case, it's all a question of licensing and whether Activision are making good games with the stuff they've got to work with. And I'm not sure they've been doing that even when they had good source material... although there have been some decent Trek games on Activision's watch (Bridge Commander was reasonable, and the original Elite Force was truly one of the best things ever to carry the Voyager name) they've also produced some less than stellar ones, and failed to fully exploit the material at their disposal (DS9 could have been the source of some fantastic computer games, but the opportunity was squandered).
So, it comes down to the lesser evil. Activision have been negligent in exploiting the license, churning out mostly uninspired drivel. But Viacom really have let the franchise stagnate -- under Berman and Braga's continuing leadership, viewers are turning away in droves knowing they've seen it all before, a decade ago, except that back then it was done much better. I'm rooting for Activision, but not because I think they're totally right. I just want to see a court rule that Star Trek sucks. It'll be good ammunition for flamewars.
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