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Dajjer · 02-05-2005, 09:35 PM

To all who have skipped Enterprise this season, you are missing one gem of a series. I too was a very early detractor but Sci Fi is such a rareity on episodic Television. I still continued to watch.

The first two seasons were abysmal. No doubt about it. The show was suppoesed to be a precursor to TOS but it seemed nothing like that at all. They took a potentially good idea and did nothhing with it. Enterprise's idea of conflict was to have The Vulcans putting the humans down. Say What? They also threw in a Temporal War conflict so that they could play with some futuristic gadgets. I am certain they were hoping the Time War would have allowed them to bring in Janeway, Sisco or Picard for a rating boost. And wasnt't it strange that Enterprise's (Actually Earths_ first missions to deep space the crew seemed like deep space veterans. Sheezz.

But seaon three was very good. They sorta took the B-5 tact of making a season long story. True, as mentioned in Morgeruat's post above, they did take a lot of silly side track stories but overall the season was surprisingly good and ended almost on a perfect note.(cough nazis cough)

This year they (StarTrek) brought in the guy who was the head honcho (Manny Mota?)of Oddysey 5. A nice little Showtime Sci-Fi show that only lasted one seaon.

So far this season, Enterprise is leagues better than season three which was good. And if they keep it up, this years series will easily be on par with the best of TNG. The sexual tease factor is almost all gone. The on board romances have thus far taken a back seat to the stories. And Bakula seems more like a Star Fleet / Star Trek captain.

Now I know some of you may be thinking that the actors and writers are just hitting their stride and that may be the case. But it's not the full story. The writers have taken a unique angle for this season. They have taken to making their good stories 3 episodes long. No more wrapping things up in in the last 5 minutes. They are taking the time to develop the stories and the three episode story arc is really working.

Thus far they have resolved the Temporal war story. 3 episodes

2) The showed the background of Data's creator and how he may have come up with the positronic brain. 3 episode (Brent Spiner was a guest in those stories)

3) They resolved the problem of why the vulcans were hostiel to humans and how they some what came back to being beings of logic. 3 episdoes.

4) They are currently in the middle of how the Federation may have got started and they are hinting at the beginning of the Romulan war.

What has been promised in future episode is why there is a descrpency in the facial features of the Klingons from TOS to the current ridged features.

I would have never thought it possible because Star Trek producers Brannon and Braga seemed to be on cruise control with compelte disdain for the fans, but Enterprise has really turned it around. Try to locate some of this years episodes from a friend or on the net and see what I'm talking about. This season's Enterprise is a great show.

02-05-2005, 09:35 PM	#8
Dajjer The Magister Join Date: November 24, 2001 Location: California Age: 75 Posts: 121	To all who have skipped Enterprise this season, you are missing one gem of a series. I too was a very early detractor but Sci Fi is such a rareity on episodic Television. I still continued to watch. The first two seasons were abysmal. No doubt about it. The show was suppoesed to be a precursor to TOS but it seemed nothing like that at all. They took a potentially good idea and did nothhing with it. Enterprise's idea of conflict was to have The Vulcans putting the humans down. Say What? They also threw in a Temporal War conflict so that they could play with some futuristic gadgets. I am certain they were hoping the Time War would have allowed them to bring in Janeway, Sisco or Picard for a rating boost. And wasnt't it strange that Enterprise's (Actually Earths_ first missions to deep space the crew seemed like deep space veterans. Sheezz. But seaon three was very good. They sorta took the B-5 tact of making a season long story. True, as mentioned in Morgeruat's post above, they did take a lot of silly side track stories but overall the season was surprisingly good and ended almost on a perfect note.(cough nazis cough) This year they (StarTrek) brought in the guy who was the head honcho (Manny Mota?)of Oddysey 5. A nice little Showtime Sci-Fi show that only lasted one seaon. So far this season, Enterprise is leagues better than season three which was good. And if they keep it up, this years series will easily be on par with the best of TNG. The sexual tease factor is almost all gone. The on board romances have thus far taken a back seat to the stories. And Bakula seems more like a Star Fleet / Star Trek captain. Now I know some of you may be thinking that the actors and writers are just hitting their stride and that may be the case. But it's not the full story. The writers have taken a unique angle for this season. They have taken to making their good stories 3 episodes long. No more wrapping things up in in the last 5 minutes. They are taking the time to develop the stories and the three episode story arc is really working. Thus far they have resolved the Temporal war story. 3 episodes 2) The showed the background of Data's creator and how he may have come up with the positronic brain. 3 episode (Brent Spiner was a guest in those stories) 3) They resolved the problem of why the vulcans were hostiel to humans and how they some what came back to being beings of logic. 3 episdoes. 4) They are currently in the middle of how the Federation may have got started and they are hinting at the beginning of the Romulan war. What has been promised in future episode is why there is a descrpency in the facial features of the Klingons from TOS to the current ridged features. I would have never thought it possible because Star Trek producers Brannon and Braga seemed to be on cruise control with compelte disdain for the fans, but Enterprise has really turned it around. Try to locate some of this years episodes from a friend or on the net and see what I'm talking about. This season's Enterprise is a great show.