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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] God, what's NOT to like with this episode? Rock on, Coto! -Possibly for the first time since "The Voyage Home", the bridge of a Klingon ship is NOT the same set premiered in that movie! The room is a pastiche of old sets dating back to DS9, and while some elements of the set walls are from the old Klingon set, the characteristic upper level, freestanding consoles and door are nowhere to be seen. The freestanders are originally from DS9, and while the chair is Klingon it's on a single pedestal - there are no steps anywhere. -Is there a particular reason Soong is being kept in a Starfleet facility? Does the interstellar nature of his crimes put him in their jurisdiction? -Enterprise has apparently been moved back to its original spacedock, so they could use that stock footage again. :) We first meet the crew on the bridge in civvies, as they're being recalled to duty as the fastest ship in range. Sounds a lot better than "the only ship in range", anyway... -Ahh, the new bridge! The first time we see it, the new chair is covered only to be revealed later. The set has been repainted to be slightly LESS grey, and it's lit a little warmer. I believe there are new sound effects to match the more red and yellow LCARS... Did anyone else hear the bouncing "pyoingyoingyoing" sound taken from TOS before now? -The floor is also blue in places - not clear if it's padding or plating, but it's new... -The chair has understandably had its panels replaced with blinky lights... Which seems to be a new motif on the bridge. Maybe it's the new paint or lighting, but the bridge seems a whole lot blinkier. -VFX - the launch sequence IS changed. The overhead shot during the launch has had the two guys in spacesuits removed, and I'm sure the ship is seen from a slightly different angle as it goes into warp. Is this is the case, the new shot uses the same older spacedock model as from the premiere! They deliberately dug it up to keep it consistent. Well done! -A Y-class freighter is seen in orbit as Enterprise pulls in. I'm guessing that it's either an oversight, or a batch of humans in a piddly little warp 2 transport with one plasma gun can handle more than we are led to think in such hostile territory. -The set improvements continue! The transporter chamber has been modified, looking more red and with swirly things in the back to make it look more TOSey. Another good move! -As we saw last year in "Raijin", the slave market is a potpourri of known and unknown species. A Tellarite was prominently shown at one point - he's the guy that buys T'Pol. -Rebar manufacturers rejoice! Aliens will one day flock to earth to buy your wares to make cages out of. :) -Enterprise carries 18 kilos of tritanium cobalt. Whatever it is, it must be an alloy, not an ionic compound. -Hey! Archer goes to two prisons this episode, and he's NOT a prisoner either time! -Anti-jiggle breast tape. Hyup. -As has been seen before, the Klingon ship's corridors are made from pieces of Defiant corridor. -A new interview with "Malik" actor Alec Newman reveals that most of the augments are actually wearing hairpieces to evoke the 80s hairstyles seen on Khan and his followers in "Wrath of Khan". So what - is the mullet a genetically inbred trait?! -One wonders if that strategic command room is still there. Was it installed for the Xindi mission, and would it be removed if they didn't need it anymore? The brig's still there... -Hey! The one female MACO is still there! And she gets shot - again! Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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