757man From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 370 posts, RR: 1 Posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 628 times:
Hi all,
I'm in danger of breaking into a sweat today - This is the second topic I have started in the space of 4 hours!
I was wondering if anyone in the US is watching the latest Star Trek series, Enterprise. It is due to premiere here in the UK tomorrow night at 8pm on Sky One, but I haven't heard if it is meant to be any good. Can anyone enlighten me and tell me is it worth watching? The trailers look promising.
I'm not a Trekkie by any means, but I do like to watch the various series such as TNG, DS9 and Voyager.
Capt.Picard From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 595 times:
Well, I'm always interested.......I used to watch TNG when it was on BBC 2 in the early 90's, then again on KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporration!) when I moved there soon after.
My username reflects my ex-enthusiasm for the series; Q was also a favourire of mine. But at 20 years of age, I don't think I derive the same enjoyment from watching the TNG anymore (I hated all the other clones...) .
Philly phlyer From United States of America, joined May 1999, 317 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 592 times:
I enjoy it, but the first show in the series is slow and not the best one. [Too many introductions, etc.] I found that the series began to be much better about the third show.
What I like is the fact that things go wrong (the technology isn't all powerful and perfect) and the crew members don't have all the answers.
Let us know what you think of it when it has run for about a month.
DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7595 posts, RR: 22 Reply 3, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 583 times:
I personally think it is the best of all of the series.
Lets face it, all the previous series were a bit campy. They relied on their technology and the greatness of their humanity a bit too much. In Enterprise humans are far from perfect and far from all knowing. You will enjoy it, but give it a few weeks.
Stop drop and roll will not save you in hell. --- seen on a church marque in rural Virginia
757man From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 575 times:
You've hit the nail on the head, DesertJets. The really annoying thing in a typical close shave situation in the Next Generation would read like this:
Data: Captain, the Romulan torpedoes have rendered our propulsion systems inoperative
Pickard: Damn. Any suggestions Number 1?
Riker: We're stuck Sir. I guess we'll have to go down fighting.
Wharf: There is honour in death - SET RAMMING COURSE!!!!!
Pickard: NO - Wait!! Mr La Forge has a suggestion
La Forge: Sir, If we re-routed the flux capacitors around the war coil conduit, it would increase neutrino emmisions pumping more condensed cellular interphasable energy to the secondary back-up drive which was very luckily installed only yesterday....If we did that, it might just restore propulsion
Pickard: Do it Mr La Forge
(La Forge presses a few buttons, with the assistance of Mr Data)
La Forge: YES! Thats done it - Propulsion restored!!
And so the Enterprise launches to warp factor 9 and avoids destruction by the Romulan death fleet.
Heck, I reckon the series producer of Enterprise should hire me to write a few episodes!
Delta-flyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2676 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 571 times:
But at 20 years of age, I don't think I derive the same enjoyment from watching the TNG anymore (I hated all the other clones...)
Pity.... I am over 50 and still enjoy them. I was a college freshman when the original ST started and we had quite a Trekkie cult, even back then.
Metwrench From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 750 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 559 times:
The jury ie still out.
I read a fair amount, I burn through a novel in 5-6 days. In a book, it takes a bit to set the scene, I think that is what the Enterprise Producers are tying to do.
I'm watching.
Nobody is ever going to get the chicks like Kirk did though.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 28959 posts, RR: 66 Reply 8, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 539 times:
Metwrench...I think Captain Janeway could have.
757man...You left out DATA giving odds on the ships survival
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
Killjoy From Finland, joined Dec 1999, 646 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 534 times:
TNG didn't always come up with freaky new technical solutions that somehow saved the ship. Technology was used a lot, but several if not most of the plots were focused on the characters and their moral issues.
And even when technology saved the day, the solutions were fairly inventive and logical instead of just pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
For example, an episode I rewatched today had them flying the Enterprise extremely close to a star while trying to beat a superior enemy, which was accomplished by using a special type of shielding introduced earlier in the series. This was both imaginative and consistent; they didn't just suddenly invent a new particle. (I've heard Voyager was really terrible in overusing technology, but I haven't seen it myself)
I've seen some Enterprise-episodes, and it seems like a promising show if the producers get their priorities straight before making a laughing stock out of it. Star Trek is *not* a show that's supposed to cater to the lowest common denominator (if you've seen the scene in which two of the crew rub goo over each other's half-naked bodies, you'll know what I mean...).
The characters are a little flat, but how much character development can you expect in half a season...
NJTurnpike From United States of America, joined May 2000, 580 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 533 times:
Heh Killjoy, that scene just proved to me that the pointiest parts of that Vulcan's body were not the ears.
AWspicious From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 531 times:
I like the Enterprise series. However, I'm a trekkie to some degree. Not all sci-fi shows work for me, though. My interest in Babylon 5 wavered quite a bit, for example.
(if you've seen the scene in which two of the crew rub goo over each other's half-naked bodies, you'll know what I mean...)
Which episode and series was that?
Yeah... Kirk, that celestial male slut. He da man!
757man From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 370 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 535 times:
I've just seen the pilot episode of Enterprise - All in all, very promising start. Better than Voyager's first episode.
Looking forward to the next episode and rest of the first season. I'll deliver a more detailed verdict when I've seen a few more episodes.
ADG From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 529 times:
I've seen to Ep 11 ...
It's not to everyones taste but I really like it. I do think they could have chosen a better actress for the Vulcan woman but hey! she seems to have something the guys like!
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 36 Reply 14, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 508 times:
I don't really like it too much.. DS9's my fave... And I agree with ADG.. That actress for the vulcan woman is the wrong choice, IMHO.. Just doesn't seem too..well.. Vulcan..
Chris
Lets do some sexy math. We add you, subtract your clothes, divide your legs and multiply
Hawaiian717 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3039 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (10 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 500 times:
(if you've seen the scene in which two of the crew rub goo over each other's half-naked bodies, you'll know what I mean...)
Which episode and series was that?
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