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YankeyMCC

(8,401 posts)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:55 PM Nov 2012

Maybe I'm in a minority but I Like Star Trek: Enterprise

"I Like Star Trek: Enterprise" at least the first 2 seasons

And I liked that on this Veteran's day the episode I just watched happened to be one about averting a war. "Cease Fire"

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Maybe I'm in a minority but I Like Star Trek: Enterprise (Original Post) YankeyMCC Nov 2012 OP
Now that's a show that never came close to it's potential. wyldwolf Nov 2012 #1
all of them took time johnsolaris Nov 2012 #2
I always liked it as well. Capt. America Dec 2012 #3
Me too exept... progressoid Dec 2012 #4
They were originally going to use a different one... wyldwolf Dec 2012 #5
Wow getting old in mke Dec 2012 #6
That theme was in Star Trek: Generations. GaYellowDawg Apr 2013 #13
loved Enterprise refrescanos Jul 2013 #15
Ooh...so do I..Jolene Blalock is brilliant as T'Pol... Tikki Dec 2012 #7
She had me feeling that T'Pol was an older woman Babel_17 Jun 2013 #14
Actually, she is what I didn't like. OrwellwasRight Jan 2014 #16
My favorite of all time is Hoshi…she made me realize how vulnerable we are going to be early on... Tikki Jan 2014 #17
How vulnerable who was going to be? OrwellwasRight Jan 2014 #18
Well, you and I will probably not be around at early contact, but hopefully someone will and I hope Tikki Jan 2014 #19
I loved that series too. gtar100 Jan 2013 #8
It certainly theKed Jan 2013 #9
Time for a new Star Trek tv series jambo101 Jan 2013 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Aaronquah Mar 2013 #11
Oh, same here. GaYellowDawg Apr 2013 #12
Well, I'll join you in the minority! Pterodactyl Feb 2014 #20
It was starting to get interesting in the 4th season 47of74 Mar 2014 #21
I loved it back in the day. nt lady lib Jul 2014 #22
Watching them back to back on Netflicks, I enjoyed them more Telcontar Apr 2015 #23
I agree. Another year and it would have been banging. ladyVet May 2015 #24
Netflicks. Best $10 a month I spend Telcontar May 2015 #25

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
1. Now that's a show that never came close to it's potential.
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 03:13 PM
Nov 2012

I watched it faithfully - hoping it would get better. And if finally did in it's last season - too late.

johnsolaris

(220 posts)
2. all of them took time
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:32 AM
Nov 2012

Hi,

All the Star Trek tv series took a bit of time to gel. Jonathon Frakes said in an interview that The Next Generation did not really come together until the 3rd season, when everything just started working as he put it.

It is usually this way with all tv series, the best years are the last few years of the series. Star Trek Enterprise was the same way, that last season was Great.

Capt. America

(2,482 posts)
3. I always liked it as well.
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 03:32 PM
Dec 2012

It did take 3 seasons to get rolling. Season 4 was brilliant. My absolute favorite was the "dark universe" two part episode. I also loved the fact that we got to see a bunch of old school species like Andorrians, Gorn, Tellarites, and Orions.

I think Enterprise was robbed.

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
5. They were originally going to use a different one...
Mon Dec 10, 2012, 05:59 AM
Dec 2012

... and I actually saw a Paramount/UPN clip using it. Here is a reproduction of it by a fan.

GaYellowDawg

(4,886 posts)
13. That theme was in Star Trek: Generations.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 03:10 AM
Apr 2013

I always thought it was a wonderful theme, and deserved to live on in a series. Perhaps this is silly, but I honestly think that Enterprise would have been more kindly received with that as a theme.

refrescanos

(112 posts)
15. loved Enterprise
Sun Jul 21, 2013, 10:17 PM
Jul 2013

Loved the theme song also
But to each their own

Ahhh, I liked the song with lyrics...

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Still gives me goosebumps...I was going to sing at my mother's funeral 5 years ago.

Tikki

(14,796 posts)
7. Ooh...so do I..Jolene Blalock is brilliant as T'Pol...
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 12:52 PM
Dec 2012

The second best Vulcan in the whole franchise. Roxanne Dawson
earned her chops in writing, producing and directing there on Enterprise.

Plus what's not to like about Scott Bakula?



Tikki

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
14. She had me feeling that T'Pol was an older woman
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 09:50 AM
Jun 2013

who had a body that was young looking.

There was a mature, bemused and amused, quality to her interactions with the younger humans.

She never phoned it in and I shared her anger when the powers that be decided to erase Enterprise from Trek Canon. "Oh, it was just a virtual experience" my ass.

OrwellwasRight

(5,211 posts)
16. Actually, she is what I didn't like.
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 08:37 PM
Jan 2014

I watched some episode in which she was basically vengeful, war hungry and violent, in total contrast to the Vulcan philosophy. Since I'm not into pre-quels that don't even take the time to understand the series they are pre-queling, I got disenchanted. This was not the first thing that seemed to rewrite Star Trek history -- there was also the episode in which they came across the Ferengi, which was an "unknown" species when TNG encountered them. Just sloppy, sloppy writing overall I thought.

Tikki

(14,796 posts)
17. My favorite of all time is Hoshi…she made me realize how vulnerable we are going to be early on...
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 11:41 PM
Jan 2014

and she was anything but violent, even though she was both mentally and physically very strong.



Tikki

OrwellwasRight

(5,211 posts)
18. How vulnerable who was going to be?
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 11:24 AM
Jan 2014

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Humans in space?

I liked how she had to do the same job as computers did in later Star Treks. that kind of kicks ass. Though in some episodes she seemed kind of ignored.

Tikki

(14,796 posts)
19. Well, you and I will probably not be around at early contact, but hopefully someone will and I hope
Sun Jan 26, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jan 2014

that concepts from shows like this Stark Trek will push technology and higher education along in terms of
what could happen in a first contact and early contact.

I bet a real live Hoshi would appreciate the down time.


Tikki

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
8. I loved that series too.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 10:41 AM
Jan 2013

I think it had a great build-up and conclusion and good character development throughout the whole series. I've seen it twice and was more impressed with it the second time through. I'll join you in that minority.

jambo101

(797 posts)
10. Time for a new Star Trek tv series
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:52 AM
Jan 2013

I doubt theres a single episode from any Startrek series that i havent seen, I thought Startrek Enterprise was great and was very disappointing when the show was cancelled. I'm having Startrek withdrawal syndrome,we need more Startrek.
Guess i'll have to settle for a movie every couple of years, the upcoming one looking great.


Response to YankeyMCC (Original post)

GaYellowDawg

(4,886 posts)
12. Oh, same here.
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 03:12 PM
Apr 2013

I thought that Enterprise did a GREAT job with that 2 parter. I thought the best thing about it was that they didn't try to have the two Archers meet - they just took an old Star Trek episode and used it to influence the alternate Enterprise universe. I thought it was awesome.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
21. It was starting to get interesting in the 4th season
Sun Mar 9, 2014, 09:14 PM
Mar 2014

When they started focusing the series on the rise of the Federation and delving a bit more in to the backstory behind the original series is when I got interested Enterprise. I watched it off and on during the first two seasons but the third season seemed with that Xindi arc seemed like a colossal waste of time. Other than North Star and a couple other episodes I didn't really watch the 3rd season.

 

Telcontar

(660 posts)
23. Watching them back to back on Netflicks, I enjoyed them more
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:06 PM
Apr 2015

I think one more season and they woild have hit their stride

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)
24. I agree. Another year and it would have been banging.
Sun May 10, 2015, 05:25 PM
May 2015

I loved TOS from the get-go, though my father wouldn't let us watch it when it originally aired (I did manage to sneak a couple of episodes) because he'd heard it was really "adult" oriented. No idea what that was supposed to mean, but we didn't get to watch "The Naked City" because he thought the same thing. Plus, naked.

It took me a while to really get into TNG, and my Trekkie brother never liked it. I liked what I saw of Voyager and Deep Space 9, but I had no cable/satellite TV during most of those seasons and missed a lot.

Liked Enterprise, though didn't like how they either didn't know, or didn't care about the stuff that came before. That Ferengi stuff was atrocious, and the whole Xindi thing wasn't much better. But, hey. Star Trek!

I wish SciFi channel (or somebody) would replay all the Star Trek series, so I could catch up, and enjoy the different series again.

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