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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: [QB] The Ep definitely had some great information stuff in there about the human culture of boomers (Space-Boom-ers: I didn't realize that before). Got to see Nausicaans with an explanation of the origins of their strained relationship w/ humanity. Got to see some old style weapons and as The_Tom put it, some great continuity porn with the freight vessel classing structure. There were some pretty fantastic CG shots and a couple brief high energy firefights. Unfortunately I think they missed a couple of chances for some really interesting drama. The most obvious of which would be for Archer to get conflicted about what to do with the Nausicaans. I thought his gut reaction when he sees the human ship under attack by the Nausicaans would be to open up on the Nausicaans, and sort it all out later. I mean, he wouldn't do that, but maybe he "belays that order" or something and instead has Hoshi try to raise the ships on coms instead. I also felt the backstory of the Boomer first officer was a bit much. It reminded me of MIB's false spoilers about the USS Indianpolis scene from Jaws with Robert Shaw (except far less interesting). On the other hand I liked the way the scene was handled where Ryan and Mayweather are sharing Boomer stories. Where Ryan tells him that his parents were on the North Star and it isn't overtly explained what happened right away. I also liked the line "You know that's not what we're saying." where Archer confronts Ryan about the Nausicaan captive. Ryan seemed to consent a bit too easily here and as MIB brought up, I thought he capitulated far too easily at the climax (I think he'd need to be wounded or his buddy would have to be killed before he saw the light). So, I didn't buy a couple of things about Ryan's character, but I thought it was a pretty good episode over all... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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