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Now I'm nostalgic for DS9...the best Trek series... *Sniff* I'll go watch some tapes. *Watches "Emissary," "Trials and Tribblations," and "Sacrifice of Angels."* Ah, that feels better. I'll just watch Enterprise "because it's there." I used to watch DS9 just for the ships, then I started watching for the episodes. Still, the ships are good...
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I think Enterprise will attract people to Trek who wouldn't normally enjoy it. Another thing they need to get some better producers. Berman and Braga only want jobs. If Paramount hadn't said do another series, there wouldn't be one.They should bring back the DS9 writting staff.
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Communications Director Toby Ziegler: I think this time we're all collectively da man, sir.
Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn: I accidentally slept with a call girl.
Communications Director Toby Ziegler: Accidentally? Did you trip over something? ----------------- The West Wing
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"If Paramount hadn't said do another series, there wouldn't be one."
Er, yes. Obviously. What's your point?
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No but do we really want to be like that. You have to admit it's a different direction for Star Trek, and I think that's pretty exciting. We're going back to the origins of Star Trek. That could be really cool. I think the show has the potential to be really great. I'm going to reserve my judgement until after I have watched it. If it has crappy writing, then I won't like it. If the acting is terrible I won't like it. But right now, I have not seen enough to know about those things.
About 'Roddenberry's Dream'. Did you ever see the scene in Pulp Fiction where Harvey Keitel is convincing Quentin Tarantino to let them use their sheets? "Were your Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny millionaires?/No./Well your Uncle Marcellus is. I'm positive if Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny were millionaires, they would've furnished you with a whole bedroom set, which your Uncle Marsellus is more than happy to do. (takes out a roll of bills) I like oak myself, that's what's in my bedroom. How 'bout you Jimmie, you an oak man?/Oak's nice." For some reason that came to mind...
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I'm of the same frame of mind as I was when Andromeda came out. I'm excited about the new series and think it has potential. Im going to reserve judgement untill I've seen one season. Didn't really like Andromeda the first few episodes, but it gradually grew on me. Now I'm eagerly awaiting the season premere! Hopefully Enterprise will turn out to be or become as entertaining. Just let the characters become familiar/comfortable with their personas before ya decide the show sux. Looking back on the first seasons of TNG and DS9, it was clear to me that the show became much better after the characters became comfortable with themselves and their castmates. FYI for those who want to bash continuity, its very easy to do in any franchise as long running as Trek. After what, 40 years of Trek, their bound to crop up. When the Klingons got their turtle heads in TMP, did the universe come to an end? Though the looks are important, the relatively minor continuity issues some seem to have with Enterprise (the hull is the wrong collor, the nacells have a blue glow, ect.) take a second place IMHO to good story telling.
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quote:What does matter is the speed within a single episode. It is impossible for this ship to get to any other star [outside of those multi-star systems such as binaries and trinaries etc.] within an hour--- travel times would literally take at least a day.
And we all know that every episode is filmed real-time, don't we?
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