# Braga: I'm Done With Trek **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042 "2005-11-14T20:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/1 "2005-11-14T20:04:51Z")
From the SciFi Wire news item: > [@](#): > > Longtime Star Trek producer Brannon Braga told SCI FI Wire that he’s done with the franchise, at least for now and for the foreseeable future. “At the moment, yeah,” Braga said in an interview. “There will be a lot of fans cheering about that,” he added wryly, referring to the often caustic fan criticism directed at him during his 15 years as a writer and producer on Trek series and movies… ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/2 "2005-11-14T20:10:20Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > From the SciFi Wire news item: Ding Dong, the Witch is dead! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/3 "2005-11-14T20:11:10Z")
That’s the first smart thing he’s done in 15 years. Now if can just convince his partner in crime to go along with him. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/4 "2005-11-14T20:19:35Z")
Well, at least he waited until the serieses (seres? serii) were over before giving up. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/5 "2005-11-14T20:24:34Z")
(And there was much rejoicing.) ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/6 "2005-11-14T20:30:37Z")
Good news on two fronts – as I’ve said many times, Braga is IMO a good sci-fi writer who cannot write good Trek. I’m quite enjoying his Threshold, and many of the Trek episodes he penned were great but could have been set on any other spaceship in any other sci-fi universe unlike stuff written by, say, Ron Moore. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/7 "2005-11-14T20:37:14Z")
Does Braga have legal ownership of the franchise? If he’s done with it, does that mean _no one_ can do anything with it? Surely there’s a talented and interesting writer/director out there somewhere who could do something fun with the franchise in a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/8 "2005-11-14T20:45:02Z")
WOOOOOO-Frelling-HOOOOOOOO! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/9 "2005-11-14T21:01:55Z")
So much for the witch of the East, now about that wicked witch of the west. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braga-im-done-with-trek/331042/10 "2005-11-14T21:11:10Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Does Braga have legal ownership of the franchise? Paramount is the legal owner. They can retain Berman, they can rehire Braga, they can fire both or either and extend an offer to somebody else, like J.M. Straczinski or Uwe Boll if they wanted. Or me. Hint hint.