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Actually, no, I assumed he meant "tripe", since it makes sense (syntactically, anyway). "Triple" never even occured to me (though it does make sense, now that you say it).
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I agree with Bernd, but I also know that it will be at least another one and a half years before Enterprise will hit the screens here in Germany. By then, of course, all of us here will know how the first season has turned out thanks to the wonders of the web. But get ready with the mallet...I'm a hypocrit too.
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I take issue with the statement that no show finds its legs until midway through the second season. Look at the archetype for the franchise.
In the first season alone, there were very good episodes like The Naked Time, The Menagerie, Balance of Terror, Shore Leave, Space Seed, This Side of Paradise, Devil in the Dark, Errand of Mercy and City on the Edge of Forever. Even today, they feel like TOS at its classic best. In the second season, just about every second episode was good. Meanwhile, I cringe at every single first season TNG ep, and most of the second and many of the third. TOS was magic, no doubt about it.
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For me TNG first made me sit up and take notice when the 2nd season show 'Time Squared' aired. And it just got better and better from there, with minor exceptions of course. I agree with Tech sergeant Chen in that many 1st season eps were pretty cringe worthy. But you've gotta shrug and say the likes of '11001001', 'We'll Always Have Paris', and 'Conspiracy' weren't half bad.
I liked DS9 immediately, and perhaps one its best and strongest episodes 'Duet' is from the first season. Voyager I also loved initially, then it went rapidly downhill. By season three I getting very disappointed with it. But then Seven appeared and it livened up a lot after that - in more ways than one.
In an ideal world, I would love it if they had two Trek shows running simulataneously like the good ole days. Run the 22nd century 'Enterprise', and continue the current era 24th century adventures in a brand new series. New ship, new crew etc etc.
Because the worse thing for me about 'Enterprise' (and you never know it might be ok in the end), is that I'm really gunna miss the 24th century. I just can't get over that.
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Hell, one of the most chilling Trek moments ever for me was in "Conspiracy", as they're searching the debris field to find out what ship it was. The music was perfect. The lack of dialogue as we saw the itty bitty chunks of twisted metal float past on the viewscreen, accompanied by the sound of the scanners...
--Jonah
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