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kmma
I am a big Star Trek fan and I am wondering do you think Enterprise will last? I am hoping it does last. What do you think?
Dax
To be honest I started watching it but got bored by the start of the second series!

I know some huge fans though who say its the best so far!
vanner
I never really got into 'Enterprise' I can watch it but it didn't strike that 'Chord' for me.

To be honest, I think it's Scott Bakula that was the problem. I kept half
expecting Dean Stockwell to appear with his hand held gizmo, then everything
changes !!

DS9 didn't do it either, yet I thought Voyager was great !! unsure.gif
Dax
mmmmm, I was wondering to start with about how much of a QL thing would be there
after a while you forgot he was in QL and he fitted in to the role as catian ok, the dog is good!! laugh.gif portous! (think I may of spelt the pooches name wrong!!) laugh.gif
Eckie
I'm a long term Star Trek watcher and I find Enterprise extremely tedious and boring. There was an episode the other week where the Cap lost his memory and the most extreme things happened that were quite exciting but then it turns out that it didn't happen so we were back to the boring old story lines, nothing had changed. The writers don't seem keen to have any story lines develop. The Western one last week was just a rip off of 1960s Star Trek. It's all been done before, can't they think of new and exciting stories?
This 3rd season is just Sept 11 attack and the Iraqi war tarted up with spaceships and tight costumes.
The Xindi are terrorists who kill many innocent people in a surprise attack on Earth (Sep 11 WTC attack), Enterprise is the US armed forces going to the Xindi homeworld (Iraq) to sort them out. I bet that when they get there they will find a Saddam type leader and they will liberate the Xindi from him.
I must lay down now in a darkened room blink.gif
kmma
Well I respect your opinions but my husband fought in the war. I am proud of him cause he fought what he believed. Bush did something, his dad never did was capture Saddam. But I am not going to start no arguement everybody has their opinions. Free will. But I find Enterprise funny but some episodes are boring. But my fav is Trip. He is funny.
The Doctor
I hope so. biggrin.gif I don't see any reason why not at the moment........despite the fact they still haven't replaced that theme tune. laugh.gif We can hope.......

Anyway, I feel that it's warmed up a lot after the first series - although the current series reminds me a lot of the final episodes/series of ST: DS9, where you really need to watch them in order to follow the 'Xindi' plot. I really am enjoying them at the moment. In the UK, SKY 1 bring them out fairly quickly too. biggrin.gif

I can't see myself buying Enterprise on VHS tho, as I did with Voyager - which I bought every single video over 7 years. I'll wait for the DVD versions this time, less space they'll take up. laugh.gif

I'm a big fan of Scott Bakula before too from his Quantum Leap stardom. thumbup1.gif robot.gif
Eckie
Kmma, must clear something up here, I was not making any comment upon the war, I was explaining how, in my opinion, the writers of Enterprise are lazy. By using recent events in the world instead of creating their own original stories I think the program suffers. Hope that helps.
Dax
I really dislike that theme tune! Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

its been a long time......... blink.gif
a shame coz all the others have had such great themes, classic and bassy and they just scream ST, so what happened to this one???
Eckie
Have you noticed that the theme music has been slightly changed this year. Up till now it was kind of power balledly, now its got an accoustic guitar strumming over it and sounds a bit out of time with the rest of the song.
Either way it should have better music, something striking........ perhaps the original 60s Star Trek theme might be appropriate wink.gif
The Doctor
QUOTE (Eckie @ Mar 6 2004, 02:05 PM)
Have you noticed that the theme music has been slightly changed this year.

Yes, they have added a 'beat' too. biggrin.gif Makes it a little better perhaps. tv_horror.gif laugh.gif Bit like with DS9, they added more 'movement' with a beat in the theme music in about the 2nd or 3rd series.
Jethro
Actually didn't like Star Trek (original), DS9, or Enterprise smile.gif

But got right into STNG and Voyager .... Capt Janeway was hot biggrin.gif
vanner
QUOTE (Jethro @ Mar 6 2004, 09:35 PM)
Capt Janeway was hot biggrin.gif

I have the same birthday as her !! cool.gif rolleyes.gif

Not counting the original series, TNG & Voyager were my favs, with Voyager
having the best theme tune and TNG having Marina Sirtis !! wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif
The Doctor
QUOTE (Jethro @ Mar 6 2004, 09:35 PM)
Capt Janeway was hot biggrin.gif

Yeah, she was quite nice on a good day. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Kes was quite tasty too when she had long hair in the episodes, until she became irritating. laugh.gif
The Master
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Have you noticed that the theme music has been slightly changed this year


I'm a big 'Enterprise fan', but this series music is a little weird .. too upbeat.

They should stick to the old, 'dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum woooo oooooo etc '

The Master
nisse
QUOTE (The Master @ Mar 8 2004, 10:54 AM)
They should stick to the old, 'dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum woooo oooooo etc '

Isn't that the Doctor Who theme you're thinking of?
Eckie
It's Dr Who of course, for a minute there I thought it was the Addams Family title song wink.gif I was clicking my fingers and everything.
The Master
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Isn't that the Doctor Who theme you're thinking of?


Yes, although I prefer to think of it as the "Theme to the show with the Master in it .. and some other bloke".

The Master
Igor
I hated the music at first and found the 'low tech' approach a bit hard to swallow but I think the character development (whilst slow) has been pretty good. I'm enjoying the series and really hope it won't be axed. Really, really hope so.

And I like the music now! tongue.gif It fits with the series I think! smile.gif

Igor laugh.gif
Dax
hot of the press! (scifi.com's press that is! laugh.gif )

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Scott Bakula, star of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he is especially excited about the development of his character, Capt. Jonathan Archer, in the fourth season of the show. "The way the series is laid out, I've been presented with a lot of character adjustments and explorations that in a lot of series you don't get," Bakula said in an interview. "Entering the fourth season [gives me] an opportunity to take some of the lessons from last season and the choices we made and see where he goes this year."

In the fourth season, Archer and his crew will deal in part with the effects of last season's yearlong Xindi war story arc. Bakula said that he's been satisfied with the way the producers and writers of the show have given Archer an opportunity to grow since the series began. "We've all worked together to give this guy an interesting journey," he said. "In year one, when he was this very naive kind of closed-off Starfleet brat. That was his whole world, and he's come far in the last three seasons with all of the catastrophes and challenges that he had last year. The ways that he had to deal with them and the places he had to go to make some of the choices that Archer had to make this year becomes fortunate for me."

Bakula said that he saw the potential for the character's growth as far back as when he was enlisted to shoot the pilot episode four years ago. "I looked at the pilot scripts, and I thought, 'This is a guy who has the potential to be interesting for a few years and be interesting for me to play for a few years,'" he said. "The reality is with Star Trek you're in some kind of moral or ethical dilemma. That's part of the history of the show, and that's interesting anyway, but this guy is still growing and maturing. I feel very lucky I'm in the fourth season, and I'm still finding out stuff. Hopefully it's exciting for the audience, too."
Dax
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Joanna Cassidy will guest star in Star Trek: Enterprise, playing T'Les, the mother of Vulcan officer T'Pol (Jolene Blalock), TV Guide Online reported. T'Les urges T'Pol to dump crewmate/boyfriend Trip (Connor Trinneer) for an arranged marriage, the site reported.

Cassidy, a veteran actress who appeared in Blade Runner, told the site that she got the Enterprise gig because the show shares casting people with HBO's Six Feet Under, on which she has a recurring role. "There's very little loyalty in this town, and when that rears its head, it's a beautiful thing," she told the site. "That's wonderful. They know they can count on me. You don't hire people who are not going to do the job."

Cassidy said her character "could be conniving, but she's really not. She's a very honorable, respectful woman, and she believes in a good cause. T'Les is a giver; Margaret Chenowith [the character she plays on Six Feet Under] is a taker. Big difference."

Cassidy added that introducing her character in the fourth season of Enterprise helps flesh out T'Pol's character. "I think they're giving T'Pol some weight," she said. "She is a huge part of that show, but she's been left in the air somehow. I don't want to reveal what happens in the mother-daughter relationship, but let's put it this way: They're testing Jolene Blalock's acting chops by giving her heavy stuff to play. She did well."
Ogre
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Scott Bakula, star of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he is especially excited about the development of his character, Capt. Jonathan Archer, in the fourth season of the show. "



Thats it then. Kiss of Death or what ?

Ogre cool.gif
Eckie
Perhaps his character will end up possessing the body of a black woman in the 20s....... hold on wasn't that another series??????
The Doctor
QUOTE (Eckie @ Oct 29 2004, 02:46 PM)
Perhaps his character will end up possessing the body of a black woman in the 20s....... hold on wasn't that another series??????
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Sure you're not thinking about Quantum Leap there Eckie?! tongue.gif laugh.gif

<Quantum Leap fan here!> tv_happy.gif
Eckie
I might have been wink.gif
The Doctor
QUOTE (Eckie @ Nov 6 2004, 10:52 PM)
I might have been  wink.gif
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Oh boy! tongue.gif
Eckie
I think psychic Derek Acorah must be a fan too, doesn't he talk to Sam?
The Doctor
QUOTE (Eckie @ Nov 12 2004, 10:18 PM)
I think psychic Derek Acorah must be a fan too, doesn't he talk to Sam?
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LOL! Do you think he stops smoking that cigar of his when that happens?!
Eckie
There's always a waft of smoke coming from Mr Acorah's back when he's talking to Sam. I think it's one of those never ending cigars. blink.gif
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