Sadly, Michael Piller, a longtime executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, lost his battle with cancer yesterday. The co-creator of Deep Space Nine and Voyager and writer of Star Trek: Insurrection, whose most recent production was the ABC Family series Wildfire, died at age 57.Piller, who produced more than 500 hours of Star Trek, also had writing credits on Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, and co-created UPN's Legend and more recently USA's The Dead Zone.
His work will be missed.
I don't know of this fellow, but 57 is too young to die. Cancer robbed him.
ReplyDeleteI agree, J.D.
ReplyDeletetimely, as i sit here watching TNG on the telly as i read your post. My husband and i were just discussing how they should make a new star trek. (something goofy like have wil wheaton come back and be wesley crusher again since i really like him and read his blog)
ReplyDeletesad to lose talent so young.
Oh man, that stinks!
ReplyDeleteI think the current suits at Paramount consider Trek as something akin to toxic waste.
ReplyDeleteMaybe in a few years, or when new blood comes into Paramount, but I'm not optimistic, especially after what happened to Enterprise.
dak-ind: yes, and we can call it Star Trek: Die, Wesley, Die. We can abbreviate it as ST:DWD. It has a nice ring to it.
ReplyDeletehahaha did you see the bit on the i love the 80s 3d where wil wheaton is actually saying somethign similary... he keeps saying JUST SHUT UP WESLEY! hahaha
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