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When I read the first spoiler for "The Expanse", immediately 9/11 came to my mind. I only hope it won't develop to yet another endless fight against an invisible enemy.
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-"Youse gonna blow us up in 400 years!" -"Ship retrofitted for war" -"photon torpedoes" -"Xindi" -"That expanse that turns you inside out" -"New new meow meow"
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Loath as I am to disagree with certain posters whose work I greatly admire, the idea of the ship being retrofitted to fight does not strike me as an intrinsically bad idea at all. I mean, weirdo scary aliens aside, there is a war with the Romulans coming up as well, or so we had kind of assumed, and with Enterprise being one of the few ships Earth has that can actually fight somewhere that isn't essentially in Earth orbit, it makes sense for the NX class to be placed right on the frontlines of that conflict or any other, whether the ships are ready for it or not.
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Oh, and regarding the banner ad I got when I actually bothered to read the article: LeVar Burton AND Traci Lords? FINALLY.
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What the fuck...Xindi??? Can we say "3rd Season bring in a previously unheard of bad guy wannabe scenario" all over again??
Heh, well..."a mysterious probe from space will blast a swath of destruction across North and Central America, causing epic explosions and annihilating everything between Florida and Venezuela,"
I guess that is one way to finally get rid of Castro....
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Er, also, now I am less pleased. It is like John Carpenter's Star Trek. Or, maybe, Star Trek: The Fog. Because of the skin-inversions, see. Or was that only in that episode of The Simpsons? Which I thought was a reference to The Fog. Adrienne Barbeau can guest star! Star Trek: Swamp Thing!
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quote:Even Jolene Blalock's 'T'Pol', as a result of resigning from the Vulcan High Command, "will sport a new cat suit and hairdo next season."
Ugh....first, 3rd Season Dominion wannabes, now 3rd Season 7 of 9 clothing trends....now all they have to do is kill a main character and they have run the gamut.
"...a first for STAR TREK" indeed Mr. Berman...
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Dax also got a different Hair-do in Season 3 DS9 - luckily it didn't last. DS9 also were preparing for a war with a secret enemy - who made a pre-emptive strike on the Federation during the season ender of season 2.
DS9 also had it being outfitted for war.
*sigh*
Berman = Viacom Monkey "Not seen in Trek Before/I'm exicted about the new directions in the new season" = retooled due to ratings/and or as a directive of the Viacom suits.
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Are the Xindi a name-drop that got mangled by the drop? We did have the Xendi in "The Battle", or at least the Xendi Sabu system with a "Xendi starbase" nearby. (I was half expecting yet another Kzinti tie-in here! If any species requires timeline alteration to fit into the Trek continuity, it's these felines...)
In a way, I'm relieved to hear that this kinda continues the Temporal Cold War thing, instead of truly attempting to create some sort of a new theme for the show. And if this only lasts for about 5-6 episodes, then perhaps not much damage will be done.
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