OT: Enterprise...What did you think?

[Daeromont]

I loved this show. The marriage between the setting of the past and yet the current technology of the real world was brilliant and quite elegant. The ship and sets looked great, and yet it had all the sign Posts of a very immature Starfleet. There is no Federation, Prime Directive, nor many technological advances taken for granted in the other three series.
The adversarial role of the Vulcans was quite well done and very believable as well. Personally, I even like the theme song, as it puts the audience in a different mindset. The point is well taken...this is not 'Starfleet as usual.'
Only time will tell if the character and story development will be satisfying as the series continues. Because the fans know the history well, the challenge will be to keep the stories fresh without compromising the integrity of the past series' and forgetting the main ideology behind the Star Trek universe.

[dmm]

Liked:
1) Vulcans consider humans to be primitive (besides being emotional), and don't entirely trust them. The "partnership" is unequal, and humans resent the Vulcans' paternalistic attitude and policy of withholding technology and information.
2) Ditto the point about the crew members not being competent in every area. I hope they keep that up. Even the captain shouldn't be able to fix the warp engines, command the vessel, do diplomacy, fight like a ninja, and also get the babes. (Just the Last four. )
Disliked:
Why does "adult" have to include constant foul language and gratuitous semi-nudity? How ironic that Hollywood portrays advanced Earthlings as being uniformly agnostic, yet still has them use "damn" and "hell" any time they get excited. Can't they come up with anything more clever to say when confronted with the unknown than "What the hell is that?" Not to mention that it's anachronistic. When's the Last time you heard someone born in the late 20th century use a curse word like "Zounds" or "Egad"? And when's the Last time you rubbed oil all over a coworker?

[tesco samoa]

Liked :

Pushing buttons to open doors.
Ship.
Gun fight with hardly anyone getting hit

Disliked
cold emotionless Vulcans vs. thoughtless, reckless humans
and what was up with the plates going off line. Hope they fix the science up in that one. Or does armour go off line???????
Archers humour. Man can that guy ruin one liners.
stun seems to work?????????????


Personally I always liked the time arc stories.
Doctor sucks.
And the bones rip off guy has got to go.



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[ZeroAdunn]

Once again a trek series falls victim to the three greatest trek failings:

1. Poor direction (the actors aren't necessarily bad but some seens should have been done in another take, poor camera placement, poor direction as a whole)

2. Poor editing (some things were underdramatized, some parts seemed to be missing, and some parts just didn't belong there)

3. Ratings grabbing. (hey we need lots of cursing, half naked females, and some really pointless special effects :P )

All in all though I would say this has the best pottential of all the series. I like the opening credits, I generall don't like when they choose a theme song instead of instrumental, but this one really fits, and adds to the gritty, low tech feel. (the opening credits I think really is an excellent way to show how far we've come and what were up against, unlike other shows, which pretty much just show off the ship)

Excellent crew diversity, though some aren't entirely believable. Excellent captain, finally someone who isn't perfect

Like was said earlier, to much time travel!!

I must say I don't like the ship. Too high tech. Like the outside, looks cool, but again too high tech. The inside: Wide corridors (don't like it, just an opinion, these are better than the standard trek) and everything else looked excellent. Didn't like the use of transporter, this is a big deal, not something to be taken lightly, especially for spirituall beings, brings up a whole can of worms. Would have been great to give its own entire episode.

I'm still gonna watch though. Sorry for the long rant.

[Suicide Junkie]

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and what was up with the plates going off line. Hope they fix the science up in that one. Or does armour go off line???????

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I take it this way:
- hull plating is ionized
- particle beams hit; the particles would tend to drain away the ion charge.
- When the officer says the plates are off-line, he just means the plate charge has been depleted, and the "power armor" is normal armor now.

Assuming that ionizing the hull plates has any defensive value, and that the atmosphere of the gas giant dosen't sap the charge faster than the bitty weapons fire.

[Deathstalker]

Except for one little, itty, bitty problem this is the Trek I have been waiting YEARS for...

The good: the ship, the people who actually seem COMFORTABLE in their roles (unlike the 1st season of any startrek series), the 'rustic' look, THE vulcan!!, the doctors wierd smile (man that was wide!!), the dog!!, the effects....

The BAD: 'PHASE-pistols'????? ISTR that in the first episode of the Original series they were using LASERS!!, Phasers were not invented yet! (Shatner refers to it in one of his books, the day the Enterprise actually got phasers.....think it was one of the recent ones...) Other than that small little quibble I loved the show....Sam...err...I mean Archer was great!

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"We are all...the sum of our scars"....(paraphrased) Matt. R. Stover-'Blade of Tyshalle'.

"Human existance is all imagination...Reality is no more than a simple agreement among its participants that this is where we shall meet, and these are the rules that we shall abide by."- Kevin McCarthy/David Silva "The Family:Special Effects"..

[Coal]

The 'Phase-pistol' thing could be explained by saying they're an eary experimental Version. They seemed to be normally issued some type of Plasma pistols and rifles. Maybe they went from plasma to phase to lasers to phasers. Some weird political/economical/scientific reason.

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