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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Bravo, Wes. Crobato: So this is your logic: Braga is co-creating Enterprise. Braga was somehow responsible for Seven of Nine's costume (he wasn't). You find an emphasis on sexuality in Star Trek as the mark of a bad series. Jolene Blalock is an attractive woman. Therefore, Brannon Braga got Blalock cast for the sole purpose of dressing her up in Saran Wrap so as to cover up inferior writing. Therefore, Enterprise will suck. *rolls eyes* I'm very familiar with Okuda's reference work. I like it a lot. But I do have the good sense to know that Okuda filled in the spaces between straight canonical facts will perfectly logical conjecture that is therefore semi-canonical. The 2218 date is an example of this. McCoy said that there'd been 50 years of conflict between the Klingons and the Federation, IIRC. Since there were no dates ever firmly established in TOS, that means nothing. Then, in later Trek incarnations, TOS was nailed down to 300 years after the episodes aired. Therefore, conflict with the Klingons began around 2218 and ended with the Organian treaty in 2268. In "First Contact," Picard (IIRC) said that first contact with the Klingons was disastorus event that led to "centuries of hostilities." Now, 2367, the date of the episode, is 149 years after 2218, and we know that there has been peace with the Klingons for at least the previous decade. So a minimum of 140 years of contact prior to TNG. IMHO, it was a reasonable conclusion on the part of Okuda to assume that there had been Klingon-Federation conflict continually from this disastrous first contact to "Day of the Dove", and therefore when compiling the Chronology he put two and two together and make the conjecture that Klingon-Federation first contact took place in 2218. Now, Picard's line of "centuries" makes this slightly suspect as 140 years is a bit on the low side to justify that moniker. But he could be rounding up to make a decent a figure of speech. (I doubt we could explain anything away by Picard being wrong--he was quite the historian, and I think a basic date like that would be pretty well known to all Starfleet captains.) Here's a theory: [*]Premiere of Enterprise (at a guess, 2140) - "Disastrous" First Contact [*]2140-2180 - Open conflict with the Klingons, beginning with Earth and Qo'noS and later the Federation and Qo'noS. [*]2180-2220 - Brief period of peace, or detente, or something that makes for a lessening of hostilities. [*]2220-2268 - Open conflict again, stopped by Organian Treaty. [*]2268-2293 - "Cold War" between Fed and Klingons [*]2293-2340 - Gradual warming of elations, though not without ups and downs [*]2340-2371 - Genuine Peace with Klingons. As per the above, Picard, looking back from 2367, would be able to truthfully say that following first contact in 2140 there'd been centuries of hostilities, because there had indeed been a 200 year period that had been predominately full of hostility. And McCoy, looking back from 2268, could say there'd been 50 years of conflict with the Klingons. Is it a cheap explanation? Yes. Does it make a several-year old encyclopedia less accurate? Yes. But I've just demonstrated that Enterprise's slight modification of dates that we had been used to accepting can be incorporated into the Trek canon with a bit of creative thinking. One more thing: [QUOTE]but this is the first time Star Trek has gone to using a major lead star from another TV series, and probably paying record fee for it. You don't think they picked Bakula because he's got a command presence in screen do you? Is it the name? The Quantum Leap fandom? [/QUOTE] So you're implying Bakula was cast solely as a marketing move because the suits thought he'd make the show more profitable. Bullshit. For starters, Avery Brooks was quite prominent before DS9, but I don't regret that casting decision. I disagree with your assertation that Bakula has a name that will draw in fans, because honestly not that many people's faces light up with recognition when you say his name. Even when his casting was first leaked, it was always accompanied by "best known for his work as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap". I doubt legions of people are going to watch the show solely because of his name value. But what may keep people who watch the show coming back for more is his acting talent. The guy won a fucking Golden Globe and was nominated for a pair of Emmies, for Chrissakes! Are TPTB meant to avoid casting anyone who's had a degree of success in the past? If you don't think he's the right sort of actor for a captain role, that's your opinion. But I will assert that such an opinion is ill-founded because you haven't seen a shred of footage of him in the role. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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