court99
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I like Enterprise - it's a good show , but all who have watched it, especially those who have seen other series must admit it has flaws. However once you pick out where it went wrong, you can stop addressing it with blind aggression or worshiping fandom, and sit back and enjoy it for what it is.
Now, the series got a lot better for the most part in seasons three and four. It was the writing in the first two seasons which was a let down. It didn't intellectually engage us enough, I'm afraid they underestimated the intelligence of a lot of their viewers. There weren't enough episodes which addressed moral and social issues of our society. They also failed to create that comforting "the universe is our backyard" kind of feel, which is characteristic of the other series. Because this series was a prequel, it in many ways separated itself from the star trek universe we know and love. It could have been more successful if it was more carefully approached, but breaching continuity (Damn you Brannon Braga, you just had to have that Borg episode didn't you! .. I get angry every time I think about it) was a sure fire way of leaving startrek fans angry and disgruntled. Another thing I became very angry about was the exploitation of T'pol. The startrek universe is an idea of the future where humanity has evolved beyond poverty, racial descrimination and exploitation . Communicating these ideas, and then so blatantly and unrealistically flaunting T'pol's body about like a piece of meat equates into one big giant hypocrisy.
I was also very displeased in the way they handled the T'pol/Trip relationship. This was a relationship that needed to be approached veery tactfully in order to be realistic but still romantic in nature. The delivery was devoid of tact, class and realism, it was quite obvious that many of the Trip/T'pol stories were written by old, balding and sexually frustrated men - perverts! The only way I feel that the romance could have worked, was for Trip and T'pol to slowly develop and grudging admirations and respect for one another, and then for Trip to eventually grow to love T'pol, and her, though harbouring deep and beautiful feelings for him, unable to reciprocate his affections. Trip would then become tired of pursuing her and give up and move on to someone more attainable, leaving T'pol still deeply and secretly in love with him and perhaps in the finale, dies to save his life. Him leaning over her broken, dying body, and her squeezing his hand with a knowing look so that he finally realises she loves him - but then she dies. Classy, tactful, realistic (well.. more so than their storyline) and romantic. A little off track there, sorry... The thing is, they spent so much of season three and four building up their relationship, only to have it fizz and die out in a distasteful and unsatisfying way. The only way for me not to smash the CD in a torrent of disappointed frustration was to devise my own scenario.
The casting was another area which could have been improved. I'm all for Scott Bakula, Connor Trineer, Jolene Blalock, and the doctor, but all the other characters were weak. Take DS9 (my favourite series), You have Dax, Keira, Quark, Dukat, Kai Winn, Odo, Bashir, Garak, The Chief (my favourite character) and many more, all distinct, strong, unique who contrast and work together on screen brilliantly. Where as in Enterprise, you only really have four strong characters, leaving the episodes unvaried in nature - as the episodes which focus on minor characters, such as Travis, Reed and Hoshi *shudders at whining, nagging insufferable character who should have been shot to increase the ratings* are usually snores.
They should have had different uniforms as those ugly jump suits made them all look the same.
On a positive note, I really liked the exploration into vulcan culture in season four, as it hasn't been done in that type of depth in any of the series. Seasons three and four were very good and it is a pity that it ended as early as it did. I like the andorians! If it is watched, without previous viewing of any other startrek series, it would be considered by many to be pretty damn good. If other series have been seen however, many a viewer, including myself realise that it pales in comparison to all the other series which are uniquely brilliant. I still like it though, as I can look past its flaws and appreciate the good episodes.
I like Enterprise - it's a good show , but all who have watched it, especially those who have seen other series must admit it has flaws. However once you pick out where it went wrong, you can stop addressing it with blind aggression or worshiping fandom, and sit back and enjoy it for what it is.
Now, the series got a lot better for the most part in seasons three and four. It was the writing in the first two seasons which was a let down. It didn't intellectually engage us enough, I'm afraid they underestimated the intelligence of a lot of their viewers. There weren't enough episodes which addressed moral and social issues of our society. They also failed to create that comforting "the universe is our backyard" kind of feel, which is characteristic of the other series. Because this series was a prequel, it in many ways separated itself from the star trek universe we know and love. It could have been more successful if it was more carefully approached, but breaching continuity (Damn you Brannon Braga, you just had to have that Borg episode didn't you! .. I get angry every time I think about it) was a sure fire way of leaving startrek fans angry and disgruntled. Another thing I became very angry about was the exploitation of T'pol. The startrek universe is an idea of the future where humanity has evolved beyond poverty, racial descrimination and exploitation . Communicating these ideas, and then so blatantly and unrealistically flaunting T'pol's body about like a piece of meat equates into one big giant hypocrisy.
I was also very displeased in the way they handled the T'pol/Trip relationship. This was a relationship that needed to be approached veery tactfully in order to be realistic but still romantic in nature. The delivery was devoid of tact, class and realism, it was quite obvious that many of the Trip/T'pol stories were written by old, balding and sexually frustrated men - perverts! The only way I feel that the romance could have worked, was for Trip and T'pol to slowly develop and grudging admirations and respect for one another, and then for Trip to eventually grow to love T'pol, and her, though harbouring deep and beautiful feelings for him, unable to reciprocate his affections. Trip would then become tired of pursuing her and give up and move on to someone more attainable, leaving T'pol still deeply and secretly in love with him and perhaps in the finale, dies to save his life. Him leaning over her broken, dying body, and her squeezing his hand with a knowing look so that he finally realises she loves him - but then she dies. Classy, tactful, realistic (well.. more so than their storyline) and romantic. A little off track there, sorry... The thing is, they spent so much of season three and four building up their relationship, only to have it fizz and die out in a distasteful and unsatisfying way. The only way for me not to smash the CD in a torrent of disappointed frustration was to devise my own scenario.
The casting was another area which could have been improved. I'm all for Scott Bakula, Connor Trineer, Jolene Blalock, and the doctor, but all the other characters were weak. Take DS9 (my favourite series), You have Dax, Keira, Quark, Dukat, Kai Winn, Odo, Bashir, Garak, The Chief (my favourite character) and many more, all distinct, strong, unique who contrast and work together on screen brilliantly. Where as in Enterprise, you only really have four strong characters, leaving the episodes unvaried in nature - as the episodes which focus on minor characters, such as Travis, Reed and Hoshi *shudders at whining, nagging insufferable character who should have been shot to increase the ratings* are usually snores.
They should have had different uniforms as those ugly jump suits made them all look the same.
On a positive note, I really liked the exploration into vulcan culture in season four, as it hasn't been done in that type of depth in any of the series. Seasons three and four were very good and it is a pity that it ended as early as it did. I like the andorians! If it is watched, without previous viewing of any other startrek series, it would be considered by many to be pretty damn good. If other series have been seen however, many a viewer, including myself realise that it pales in comparison to all the other series which are uniquely brilliant. I still like it though, as I can look past its flaws and appreciate the good episodes.
