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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Fine, let's call the exchange from "Trials..." a continuity error. There was a line that gave a strong indication that Archer's ship never existed. It's really not significantly worse than the "Lt. O'Brien" debacle, or the blown dating references to the Eugenics Wars, or James R. Kirk, or Vulcanians, or Sisko's father being dead, or the Mirror Universe having cloaking devices etc. etc. But were we supposed to expect [i]any[/i] producer, whether it be Berman or Braga or a fanboy god like JMS or ISB or RDM, to have allowed one line of dialogue to prevent a chunk of an entire series' premise from existing? The name "Enterprise" is thematically linked to the series and the franchise on the whole, not to mention incredibly financially lucrative. The adventures of the Spaceship [i]Endeavour[/i] just wouldn't have cut it for the Paramount suits and probably wouldn't cut it for a large chunk of the general public, too. Of course there were bound to be errors about Archer's Enterprise when you look back on previously made Trek. It's a simple fact of life that if a show is made for 30 years without a planned backstory, there're bound to be issues when you try to write in a new one. The very fact that the ship isn't named "USS Enterprise" and doesn't bear a 1701 registry shows a conscious decision on the part of the creators to try and get around most (but admittedly not all) of the possible dilemmas. As I see it, they could go ahead with the awareness that they were bound to scratch continuity here and there or just not make the show at all. I find it disturbing that some fan's near-religious obsession with canon is such that they'd prefer the second option. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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