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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Holy frack on a stick, was this a fun episode. I haven't anticipated a part two since DS9, and this SO totally beat anything since then. These MU episodes don't HAVE a reset button, so anything can happen with the crew, and has. -While I can accept that Cochrane was the point of divergence, I'd rather re-state my belief that the MU is fundamentally evil, at least where humans are concerned. Everything else dominoes from here. As for the guy on the moon, given that it's a 2150s suit, I'd be willing to rationalize that as an out-of-place clip of a 2150s guy taking a stroll on his Empire's moon. -Likewise, I'd say that the Vulcan invasion force was a propaganda thing to help keep hold on the subjugated species. -The shot of a futuristic city getting blown up in the opening credits is from "Dragon's Teeth". The one with Enterprise fighting a fleet of alien ships is from somewhere in the latter third season, when she takes on a bunch of Xindi ships in an effort to stop the weapon. -We didn't think they did, but the epaulets HAVE a purpose here. Oddly enough, the Tellarite in the booth and ther two Vulcan stooges didn't have them, while everyone else did. -The female uniforms were ridiculous as expected, but... Screw it. HOSHI IS HOT. -Archer has darker hair here, but the REAL follicular change here is that Mayweather has MORE hair. His hairline is significantly more forward than usual, and you can see where it switches from real hair to the appliance in some shots. -The brig is identical to our NX-01, with two cells. It's a simple matter of the set guys not bothering to change it, but it's still kinda jarring how a recent refit in our universe translates over to theirs as well. -Are all the weapons on the ready room wall Archer's, or Forrest's? I'm guessing Archer didn't have the time to redecorate. Regardless, Cochrane's famous shotgun is now space dust. -The "typical" Tholian ship here apparently has but one pilot. It certainly looks like the stock model from its previous appearance, in look and size. -If you're the one pilot on a Tholian ship, and you have both male and female equipment, and you get really lonely on a deep-space mission..? -Being an engineer here isn't so hot. Trip (and the unscarred extras) apparently get regular doses of delta radiation from hanging around the core. Not waiting around to design a safe core ould be one reason behind the technological leaps these folks have. -The Defiant doesn't look damaged in the monitor photo. There's a Tholian webslinger in front of the saucer, and what could be its shadow. -They engage everything but aux power to cloak Enterprise. This further solidifies the horrid DS9 episode "The Emperor's New Cloak" as part of ANOTHER MU, really. -The asteroid facility looks decidedly NOT Tholian, having girders, cranes and stuff that don't match established design. It was likely built by their servants, I guess. -Trip implies that the size of warp coils are related to possible speed. He estimates Defiant can push warp 7 at least. -The Tholian web, while hardly the most complex effect ever, was the single coolest one all episode. Also, it possibly confirms tha notion that a webslinger works exponentialy faster when you have more than two ships, one of which was damaged. Still, it was odd that energy weapons (and presumably escape pods) penetrated the web while torpedo fire did not. And as the kicker, Enterprise fired while still cloaked. -I cheered when the Defiant's engines spun up, and so did you. I haven't cheered at a Trek effect since the Klingons came pouring out of the sky to turn the tide in "Sacrifice of Angels". -Forrest gets the blaze of glory he never got when our version was killed. And I still maintain that by the end of next episode, Archer re-names the Defiant "Enterprise". :) Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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