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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] I think CaptainMike's right about the Argon. Some quickie thoughts: [b]Plot:[/b] Very oddly paced episode in that there's a rather heavy preface of character development before the actual A-plot kicks in. It does give the first half a very Deep Space Nine-ish feel, which I think many fans will like. The only problem seems to be that the actual crisis gets all worked out and solved in the remaining half hour, which comes off as a bit punctuated. At least the five minute resolution here doesn't leave you feeling like a Voyager episode which spent 55 minutes building up predictibly to the conclusion. [b]Acting:[/b] Bakula rules. He had some uneven lines in the pilot, but he seemed geniuely passionate and interested throughout the episode. Park is very much taster's choice, I think. Personally I found her strong and believeable, but I can understand why people might think she's coming off a bit hammy too. [b]Directing:[/b] Interestingly, its been noted that James Conway didn't treat us to larger establishing shots of the crew on the new sets during the pilot, preferring to do tighter close-ups on the characters. The same holds true here, with little artistry as far as settings are concerned. But Kroeker does get a little artsy in placing characters faces during conversations, especially in the spacesuits with the lighted faces and such. What are emerging as typical camera positions on the bridge are far more visually interesting than anything on Voyager, probably owing to the far better-layed out bridge set which actually allows one to get three different characters in a shot without backing out so far as to make their faces unreadable. Widescreen is the greatest thing to happen to Trek yet though. It just looks better. I saw West Wing immediately afterward, again in widescreen, which only reaffirmed my belief that going the 16:9 makes something that was pretty well-directed to begin with look even better. [b]Music:[/b] Jay Chattaway is far more daring than McCarthy, and we get some rather nice newish sounds this week. There's some guitar thrown in there and a bit of percussion thumping during the climax. I like. The big news is that [b]the end credits theme has been scrapped and redone[/b]. The somewhat-listenable acoustic version of Faith of the Heart has been booted off to the land of Star Trek trivia questions after a one episode stand and we now have a kinda nondescript but still fairly unique orchestral-type theme. Of course, my local station had to dub over most of it with an inane announcement about what's coming up on the nightly news, so I probably missed the most interesting parts of the music. [b]Eye Candy:[/b] The VFX are fairly tepid in scope when placed next to Broken Bow but still rather beautiful, especially the shuttle sequence. My only gripe is some really awful bluescreen work that would look bad on first season TNG... there's some very obvious matte lines around T'Pol's hair during the scene in the captain's dining room and some less awful (but still noticeable) matting around Sato and Phlox on the planet at the episode's end. (But hey, it wasn't the cave set.) I like look of the torpedoes, although they aren't jaw-droppingly visually impressive. [b]Miscellany:[/b] [*][i]Enterprise[/i] has lettered decks. Hoshi lives, or lived anyway, on E deck. [*]The space suits kick ass... up close you can see they're made of some rather funky material that's far more form-fitting than one would have guessed. [*]The Decon Room makes a reappearance. At least they remembered it should be seen even when gel-rubdowns aren't planned. [*]I like Phlox, OK. I really do. The humour thing is working thus far. That's how Neelix <u>should</u> have been done. [*]I don't think Tucker and Archer walked quite around in a circle and ended exactly where they started, but they did certainly make an elaborate path of it. Perhaps they're still a little unfamiliar with the ship ;) Nonetheless, that's one huge honking hallway set, and the different layout is a change from the old one with every single corner familiar to us. [*]Hoshi hasn't been trained in the operation of a phase pistol, but has been taught how to use an "EM-33," which one gets the impression is the name of the plasma pistol we saw used last week. Reed cracks out the rifles, and we get a pretty good look at them, though I'm not quite sure they're Jem'Hadar redresses like Mark's said. Certainly big honking mean guns. [*]T'Pol really, really likes using that viewer thingy. [*]The Captain's Dining Room appears to have doors on three sides... one to the main mess hall, one to the kitchen, and one out to a hallway. [*]Mayweather gets short shrift again as far as doing stuff goes. Alas, poor ensign. [*]Reed's fun, although one fears he may be slipping into one-note form. Keating is great at the whole dry humour thing. Hopefully he'll get to stand relatively alone in the spotlight sooner rather than later. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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