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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AndrewR: [QB] Can I comment? :) I have to say I agree with Braga (SHOCK HORROR!) in part. The Vulcans - they have been handled wonderfully I believe - although I think the whole idea of Vulcan mysticism being changed within 100 years is a bit... unlikely. Braga though is an idiot - we never saw any of Vulcan culture through Tuvok - because the idiot didn't have STORIES for Tuvok - or if they started to do something with him - they stopped or fucked it up - i.e. Gravity. Berman was the one who said they weren't going to have ANTHING to do with the Voyager character's "Alpha Quadrant" lives from the word go, from season 1 and the series suffered ever since. It was only the Doctor and Seven who were really fabulous characters - as we didn't need any backstory to build on for them as they were basically blank slates that started when the series started/when they were introduced. I don't think Enterprise should have been re-tooled for season III - I've been watching season 2 at the moment (here in Australia) and the episodes have been really quite good. I loved the Andorian/Vulcan episode and the Tholian episode - good stuff. And back to continuity again - B&B and a LOT of Trek fans - just DON'T get what 'continuity' means. There is a difference between 'continuity' - which is what TNG and DS9 seasons 1-5 had and 'arcs' which is basically what DS9 season 6 and 7 and Babylon 5 had. Stargate SG-1 pulls off "continuity" superbly in a true TNG style. They didn't have to garishly refer to previous events every second. Enterprise is WAY better when it comes to continuity than Voyager was - which was just disgusting. Voyager not only re-wrote a lot of Trek history but there wasn't even internal Voyager continuity! That was really slack. Then by season 6 and 7 they were desperately trying to link back to the rest of Trek by overplaying 'links' and dropping Trek references in the middle of your head. Very messy stuff - and Braga is partially responsible for it. Berman would be the main culprit. So although I cut Braga a bit of slack - his work on Voyager doesn't give him much. I don't like this whole retooling idea - which is SO the Viacom suits at work. Enterprise atm (season 2) is working fine - they should have just left it as it is. Enterprise season 2 does NOT stink like season 2 of Voyager. Oh and one thing I'm worried about - on Voyager - as I mentioned - there is not internal consistancy. From season to season things changed as if they were starting a new show each year. This re-tooling of Enterprise sounds like the same thing as what they did in Voyager - which is NOT A GOOD THING. They can't loose site of the premise of the series. It's pretty easy for Enteprise - it was infact even easier for Voyager... "get home" - but by episode 2 they had ballsed it up. DS9 was the most difficult of premises - they did retool in season 3 and 4 - but for the better - and DS9 went from strength to strength once Ron Moore and Ira Behr were left alone. *end ramblings* [/QB][/QUOTE]
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