Star Trek Enterprise

[Princess Ivy]

Sorry, I stopped watching halfway through series one! I occasionaly catch snippits (my husband watches) but when they met and defeated the borg (that in itself is a travesty as the borg they encountered were supposed to be the ones from First contact and were highly evolved) when the borg only were encountered in TNG when Q introduced them. I don't care what explanations were tarted out. That was just rubbish!
Season four is starting on 8 March on Sky One. My husband will be watching. I'll be upstairs doing the ironing!

[Circus Cranium]

Yeah. I hear ya. Even though it kind of makes me melancholy at the thought of there being no Trek on television, I understand why this got canceled. I don't know what they were thinking. If they wanted the premise to be the first starship to leave the solar system, then they should have stuck to that. It wasn't long before they fixed those 'phase cannons' and suddenly the ship was looking more like the Enterprise D. Also, the writers didn't really come up with anything original; we encountered Ferengi, The Endorians, and then The Borg? Imean, come on. I thought maybe they were going somewhere with quantum cold war the Space Nazi thing, but that ended up just all bad.

[Princess Ivy]

the real question is, with the show being cancelled due to poor ratings, will any of the petitions to have it re-instated work?
Lord I hope not.

[I, Brian]

Well, there's a campaing to get Enterprise re-instated. I started a thread on the campaign site to get it reinstated asking why Enterprise was worth bringing back. They basically grumbled "Because it's Trek - we like Trek - and some of us like Enterprise" then they locked the topic. Seems sad that they can't even justify the campaign to outsiders.

Anyway, more on that story:
http://www.chronicles-network.com/ne...rise_camp.html

[Princess Ivy]

meh, its because i like trek that i don't want it re-instated. in fact i want it stricken from the anals of trek altoghether! It messes up the continuity in such a huge way and panders to the great majority, rather than staying true to the original ideas and ideals of gene roddenberry.
And then there is Scott BAcula - sam becket. he always was and always will be. I kept waiting for al to appear from his holo chamber to offer advice! humph! Very few actors can move from one franchise to another (kevin Sorbo the obvious exception)
The rest of the characters are weak and insignificant. I kept wanting them to be devoured by some alien mennace (except the aliens weren't all that menacing)
There are so many petions going? as a matter of interest, which one did you tackle?

[Tsujigiri]

I think most afficionado's of the Star Trek universe tend to frown at Enterprise due to the rehashing of old plotlines and the rewriting of established Trek history and canon.
The earlier stuff had some promise, but then they just fell back into familiar patterns.

I think that the whole Star Trek setting took a huge kicking from Babylon 5 and then Star Gate, both of which (but especially B5) had dynamic new universes with mystery, interesting characters and often unexpected plotlines.

Star Trek in general could benefit from employing writers who aren't steeped in the Star Trek ethos.
By all means have expert advisors who can sit there int heir anoraks and make sur ethe scripts don't contravene established ST history (they really should have done that with Enterprise) but for gods sake, let some new blood at the writing!

[Princess Ivy]

I've read some of the fanzies (official and unofficial) I'm telling you, there is a pool of very talented star trek fans out there who could take the baton of trek and revitalise it!

[LensmanZ313]

Well. Star Trek: Enterprise is ending here soon and Rumor Control has it that some of the cast are, well, sickened, by the series' final episode.

Titled "These Are The Voyages . . . ." the last episode is rumored to reveal that the last four years have been nothing more than holo-novel, viewed by Riker and Troi while they're on the Enterprise-D.

Has anyone heard the same thing?

[Tsujigiri]

That would be both fitting and ironic. It would nicely clear the damage tot he established timeline of the Trekverse and clear the way for whatever they are up to next.

[Princess Ivy]

i've not heard that one, t hough i have heard several others, from people who've supposedly downloaded the final eppisode.
Please let me know, as i can't be bothered to watch the series and find out for myself

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by LensmanZ313

Titled "These Are The Voyages . . . ." the last episode is rumored to reveal that the last four years have been nothing more than holo-novel, viewed by Riker and Troi while they're on the Enterprise-D.

If so, it would be one final kick in the teeth to the people who actually stayed loyal to Enterprise.

Hopefully not true.

[Circus Cranium]

I really hope they don't do that. It's like the producers are trying to say "Just kidding!" because the show didn't do so well.

[rougetrader]

i would like for the last episode to be somthing along those lines. i have never been a big fan of the series and something like that could be used to explain away alot of the mucking up done by the producers/writers. even better would be if it was just a bunch of kids playing in the holodeck the whole time

[Princess Ivy]

um, anyone actualy watch this and have an answer?

[I, Brian]

Also, just to add, that the "save enterprise" campaign was wound up last month, after a pretty firm "no" from I think Paramount.