But REG...
What about Braga??? He's as much (if not MORE) the blame as Berrman is for Trek's downfall. Coto's not totally off-the-hook either (he did START last year as Braga's 'understudy', and he didn't really improve anything...need I point at the rating...again).
I think that Trek needs better 'thinkers' and writers (the Judith-Stevens are good, though I like Peter David better), but is slightly off topic.
You also forgot a catagory JALU13: 4) a combination of two or all three subjects.
Oh, and for my money: Trek is about exploration; both external and internal. It also looks at the tough issues of the day (war, prisoners of conscious , poverty, and so on), and plays it against a fictional backdrop (the future), to show ideas of 'how to deal with'...though sometimes even Trek doesn't give 'hard and fast' answers:
both 'Best of Both Worlds' and 'Chain of Command' were about simular themes (prisoners of no crime, of being stripped of one's humanity, being forced to comply with orders...), and neither gives solutions other than 'don't get caught' (well, with the Borg that's not really bad advice). Hell, one of the best Voyager episodes (IMHO) was 'Critical Care', which covered a alien worlds failing health care plan/system...boy, talk about paralleling the 'fiction' with the 'reality'.
I've heard people say "I turn Trek off when it becomes 'political'...", but really...is Trek not a little bit 'soapbox' as well as the 'rest'...just some thoughts.
...and that's about the time it hit the fan...
Truisms I know:
1) Marvel is NOT better than DC (nor should EVERYTHING be ‘ULTIMITED’),
2) D20 is NOT the best gaming system out there (nor should EVERYTHING be ‘crammed’ into it),
3) And No matter how ‘THEY’ dress it up, Regardless of how ‘THEY’ title it, and even if ‘THEY’ say “BASED ON…”; “ENTERPRISE” IS NOT STAR TREK!!!
4) 'Reality' T.V. ain't 'Real'