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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [qb]But can all of you who accept and can rationalize this ship honestly say this is what you wanted to see?[/qb] [/QUOTE] Frankly, I would hate it if they gave everyone what they expected. Sure, there are things I'd have liked to have seen, like a new-old Klingon ship, but I don't think there is anything [i]wrong[/i] with what they've chosen to do. That, to me, is the big difference between the two segments of [i]Enterprise[/i] commentators. Some, like myself, say, "They're not doing what I expected, but they're not violating continuity so I can respect their choice." Others say, "They're not doing what I expected, and because of this they are slapping me (and other [i]true[/i] fans) in the face." [QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [qb]This is OK with you all in a show set 200+ years before TNG/DS9/Voyager?[/qb] [/QUOTE] Yes. I find that [i]Enterprise[/i] has a reasonable balance between [i]Trek[/i] staples and primitive technology. As much as tech fans would eat it up, it would be a horribly boring series to have the ship take three months to reach each adventure, never understand what aliens say, and so on. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but there have to be certain concessions to make the show fun. Since none of these concessions actually violate any canon facts about the time period, I don't have any serious objection to them. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [qb]If you wanted all this, why bother having a show set during this time period? Just so we could have more-arrogant Vulcans, pets on board, and officers in ball caps and neckties.[/qb][/QUOTE] How about so that we can see what happened in the decade before the founding of the Federation? That's why I'm interested; the technology (and even the good ol' [i]Star Trek[/i] "formula") are secondary. The argument that "we know what happens" doesn't hold up... or did anyone really expect that the Federation would lose the Dominion War? Did anyone think that [i]Voyager[/i] would be destroyed in the Delta Quadrant after four years? All we know about [i]Enterprise[/i] is that humanity survives and founds the Federation... we know nothing about where they go, who they meet, and the fate of the ship and crew. And really, how many options for a series are there? Setting the show in the twenty-fourth century or beyond has the difficulty of technology being so advanced that otherwise tense situations begin to lack drama unless new contrivences are invented to get around a [i]deus ex machina[/i] ending. This is magnified if you go even farther into the future, as Clarke's Law* begins to have increased relevance. Am I the only one who [i]doesn't[/i] want to see a multi-vector starship with light-year transporters, transphasic uber-shields, multispectral ablative armor, hypertorpedoes, transwarp missiles, Borg nanolaunchers, slipstream drive, a holographic helmsman, telepathic computer interfaces, and a family of Jem'Hadar living in the reconfigurable arboretum? Am I the only person who is rather sick of humans so "perfect" that they can't take a shit because there is a rather large stick blocking the way? No, give me a basic ship with realistic people and I'll be happy. If they explore strange new worlds along the way, all the better. :) * Sufficiently advanced technology is indistiguishable from magic. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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