I just wanted to write down how much I am enjoying enterprise, I never thought I would like the series but I have blazed through season 1 & 2, watching daily on my commutes to work and have really enjoyed what I have seen so far.
Just a couple of notes on some episodes I have watched recently, I really enjoyed s2ep17: Canamar where Trip and Archer are accused of smuggling and are put on a prison ship headed for a penal colony, I just really enjoyed the lengths to which Archer will go to get his way, even if it means actually posing as a smuggler (of what I wouldn't know).
I also really enjoyed the episode I watched today s2ep21: The Breach. I can't say it was the best of stories in the trek universe but it is almost like a trek - to kill a mocking bird, in that it makes us realise there is unneeded prejudice in the world (or galaxy) which we should try to overcome.
Can't wait to get onto season 3! Did the series get better from here or was this the point of decline? In any case I will continue to watch!
Get's better!
I enjoyed all of Enterprise, but season 3 & 4 are especially great. Some awesome stories, acting, etc. I think you will be impressed at how good it is. Still makes me sad that many had stopped watching by then.
Cool, I just finished rewatching season three.
Manny Coto (executive producer of 24) improved the show in season three.
From his wiki page:
"Coto joined the writing crew of Enterprise in 2003, when the show was in its third season; his episodes include "Similitude", "Chosen Realm" and "Azati Prime". He became a co-executive producer later that season. In the fourth season he became executive producer of the show, alongside series creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. According to his bio on StarTrek.com, he has been a fan of Star Trek all his life and once wrote a Star Trek comic book"
To bad about the network reorganization that ended Enterprise early.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Coto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Coto)
Like the others said, I am sure you will really like Season 3 and 4. I thought the first two seasons were alright, there were a few episodes that might not have been the best, but overall, I thought the seasons were pretty solid. I agree with what Dave says as well, once Manny Coto came into the fold, he sort of renergized Enterprise and took it to another level. I think that is what made it most disappointing for me when they canceled it, as there was so much more they could do with the show, and never got a chance to do that.
Yep, Manny Coto really knows Trek. He would be one of my top choices to helm any future new Trek TV series.
You could have done some cool stuff with it too Rico! RICO for Writer/Producer of the next Trek series!
Quote from: moyer777 on January 11, 2011, 11:48:23 AM
You could have done some cool stuff with it too Rico! RICO for Writer/Producer of the next Trek series!
Yes! And he can do it all in 3D!!!! ;)
Quote from: moyer777 on January 11, 2011, 11:48:23 AM
You could have done some cool stuff with it too Rico! RICO for Writer/Producer of the next Trek series!
Thanks! Actually, I think I could make it pretty darn cool. Get back to the roots of what makes Trek great. Of course Katee would have to get a part on the show. ;)
Quote from: Rico on January 11, 2011, 12:49:11 PM
Thanks! Actually, I think I could make it pretty darn cool. Get back to the roots of what makes Trek great. Of course Katee would have to get a part on the show. ;)
Omg, I can see it now:
Star Trek: Aurora - Revenge of Starbuck
Love it! And I am partial to the Starship name, Aurora. :)
I hope this isn't too far off topic.
Saw the NX-01 refit diagram on Doug Drexler's blog: http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/nx-01-refit-diagram/ (http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/nx-01-refit-diagram/)
By the fifth season of Enterprise the need for an enhanced drive and more available power would have been realized and the ship refitted. The engineering section moved to the secondary hull and the ship would get a familiar deflector dish.
more examples at the Modelers Miniatures and Magic site
http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=26713 (http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=26713)
Thanks for your comments guys, I can't wait to get onto the next two seasons! Nice enterprise there too Dave!
I felt the same way about "Enterprise". But people kept saying to give it a try, and when I finally did, I really enjoyed it. I was actually surprised by how much I liked it (and the characters).
I think it can really help your enjoyment of a show you're not too sure about when you watch it later on DVD. Questions get resolved faster, and little things that may get on your nerves if you have to wait a week between episodes don't really bother you.
Quote from: davekill on January 11, 2011, 07:38:46 PM
I hope this isn't too far off topic.
Saw the NX-01 refit diagram on Doug Drexler's blog: http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/nx-01-refit-diagram/ (http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/nx-01-refit-diagram/)
Maybe it's just me, but it looks pretty ugly and kind of forced. I really don't like it and pretty close to hating it.
Just finished season 2! Onto the third! What a great last episode with the borg's. Scary stuff.
I think the 'forced' look of the secondary hull is part of the attraction for me. Here's a ship that was never designed to this specification yet grew to fulfil it out of necessity rather than anything else. That design then went forward to become standard on future ships of similar classes. How the 'classic Starfleet' look was born...
(I'm sure all of the above is utter drivel but it justifies the whole design to my mind and I hink would have made a cool intro to another season of Enterprise.)
Didn't really want to start a new topic, but I've just gotten around to season 2 of Enterprise, never really caught it the first time around in the UK, due to many different events but I had enjoyed what I had seen. Found it a bit patchy so far, not quite as good as season one, which doesn't make it bad TV. The first disc of the season 2 box set is really good TV, disc 2 was OK, but I fell asleep, two times each, whilst trying to watch both Marauders & The Seventh on consecutive nights.
It's heartening to hear that seasons 3 & 4 are better and I will get around to them sooner or later, as I watch my box sets, the only way I consume TV apart from live sport, in an entirely random way.
I must also say I like the whole ensemble, though Travis & Sato are criminally under used. I also had a hard time with Reed, but he has grown on me, but the real reason I had a problem with him was I couldn't get his character, Tony from 'Desmond's', a late 80's, early 90's Channel 4 comedy out of my head.
Well it went out with a bang, even if it wasn't great all season. Not as much fun as season 1, but I hear three and four are excellent. Just watching the extras now. All in all, I'm sorry I didn't make time for this as it aired and Phlox makes it very hard to rank the Trek doctors, as both the McCoys (Kelly & Urban) are great, I like Pulaski's one season and Crusher and Bashir, although slow burners, grew on me and became much better characters, although less so with Beverly and where to you start with the great Robert Picardo. I could rank them one day and change my mind the next.
Off to my random generator to see what's next.