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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] This thread is the result of my growing frustration with people who make the claim that [i]Enterprise[/i] violates later continuity but make no attempt at elaboration. What I am asking for here is for critics to post any perceived [i]objective[/i] continuity violations. If none are provided, then I submit that they will have to start saying "[i]Enterprise[/i] violates my preconceived version of the 22nd century" if they want to be intellectually honest, rather than the usual, unsupported, "[i]Enterprise[/i] destroys/spits on/shits on/otherwise violates continuity." In case anyone isn't quite sure about that objective part, let me elaborate. An objective criticism is one that all parties, given the same evidence, can agree on. Saying that [i]Enterprise[/i]'s appearance violates continuity is not objective unless there are specific elements which [i]can not[/i] exist in the 2150s; for example, phasers. One can say that [i]Enterprise[/i] doesn't feel like it fits in the 2150s, but this is subjective opinion. Note: there is nothing wrong with subjective complaints, and there is nothing wrong with dicussing them. Just don't make a claim that [i]Enterprise[/i] violates continuity when you mean that it violates [i]your preconception[/i] of continuity. Before we begin, let's look at some possibilities: [*][b]Klingon First Contact:[/b] Must be prior to 2160s ("First Contact" [TNG]). [i]Enterprise[/i] is prior to the 2160s. Anything later, such as Okuda's 2218, is a [i]real[/i] violation. [*][b]Transporters:[/b] Development must be prior to 2209 ("Realm of Fear" [TNG]). [i]Enterprise[/i] is prior to 2209. Any complaint is subjective opinion. [*][b]Phase-pistols:[/b] Semantics or not, they are [i]not[/i] phasers, and thus don't contradict "A Matter of Time" (TNG). Any complaint is a matter of opinion. [*][b]Lasers in "The Cage" (TOS):[/b] Nothing about phase-pistols suggests that they are in any way superior to lasers, aside perhaps for having two settings. No canon, including "The Cage," contradicts an inferred progression from plasma pistol to phase-pistol to laser pistol to phaser pistol. [*][b]Cochrane:[/b] Cochrane disappeared in 2117 according to "Metamorphosis," but "Broken Bow" shows him alive 32 years before 2151, or in 2119. Strangely, this minor detail is the only claim I can think of that has any objective basis, even if it requires an unnatural precision of dialog. Even the most ardent [i]Enterprise[/i]-basher would probably agree that missing one date doesn't destroy continuity, but I grant this one. ;) So, any takers? This is your big chance! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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