OT: Enterprise New thread....

[Deathstalker]

Barring major disaster, I believe this will be my favorite of the Trek series...My favorite character is quickly becoming the Comm Officer (Hoshi?), followed by the captain (and of course, the dog ..)

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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"..

[dmm]

I liked how the chief engineer did NOT want to spend all of his time in engineering, and how the comm officer did NOT want to go on the away mission. Only other time I've seen that kind of realistic human whining on ST was a Voyager episode where Janeway went on a mission with 3 misfits. But then we never saw those characters again, which was a shame -- everyone else was so earnest and capable. (gag) I'm not forgetting Q. A shallow, selfish, jerk -- so human. But he wasn't a crewman. Ditto with Quark. Oh, I did forget Reg! LOL! A neurotic crewman -- whoever thought him up should get an award. And ooops! How could I forget Bones? A cranky old guy who hates new-fangled tech. (Plus, with no sex appeal, yet he had a couple of love interests. Will we ever see anything like that again, I wonder? Why ARE all the non-alien/non-AI crewmembers so young and buff? Smacks of genetic engineering to me.)

[dmm]

I didn't like how the two alien ships encountered both had WAY WAY higher tech level than Enterprise. How the heck did humans manage to put together the Federation, and be so dominant in it? They must have "Godlike" intel bonuses, or else the alien empires are run by circa 2001 AIs that trade good tech for worthless tech. Or maybe it's because we're walking aphrodisiac factories?

[Puke]

what the heck do you mean Bones had no sex appeal? I thought he was 'distinguished.' one of the benefits of being a guy is that you get to age gracefully. and what space-girl can turn down a doctor? their mothers would be ashamed..

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[Cheeze]

I don't get the total hostility on the ship, but I really enjoy Enterprise already. I wonder how extensive are the Vulcans, or are most 'empires' just not in existence or no more than a few planets.

This show is so like Space empires in my estimation it's hilarious! The battle scenes so far have been great for that!

I was sitting in the episode thinking..."Get that ship back to Earth and Analyze it for tech!!"

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That's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

[geoschmo]

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Originally posted by dmm:
I didn't like how the two alien ships encountered both had WAY WAY higher tech level than Enterprise. How the heck did humans manage to put together the Federation, and be so dominant in it?

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This is not that far fetched when you take into account the whole of Trekdom. Historically the Human Race in Star Trek is always a little more eager than everybody else. More curious, always wanting to explore and expand into other regions. So far "Enterprise" is right on in this regard. So our ships usually get pasted in the first encounter with any new race. (Except those named Enterprise of course. ) We are always protected from anialation as a race by the fact that it's always on "their turf" and they never seem to come looking for us until we've managed to come up with a way to defend ourselves. Also in the generally accepted Trek history (as much as their is one) the Humans usually seem to have better engines, and worse weapons than anyone we meet. That allows us to keep the conflicts at a distance from Earth as well.

Think of it in SEIV terms. It's a lot easier to wipe out other races explorer ships poking around your space than it is to send a fleet to wipe him out in his home system. At least early on anyway.

Geoschmo

[Suicide Junkie]

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I was sitting in the episode thinking..."Get that ship back to Earth and Analyze it for tech!!"

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LOL! That's exactly what I was thinking too . Then, seconds later, "Oops, too much damage: [seinfeld soup nazi]No shields for you!!"[/seinfeld soup nazi]