Who's bright Idea was it at paramount to add T&A on ENTERPRISE? did they really think that was going to get people to watch? I myself was a tad turned off by it all. I mean, I know the saying SEX SELLS! but aparently nobody got the memo with Enterprise. So, what do you think? should ENT have had more or less skin? should TPTB even botherd with that? Was it just a desperate attempt at fast ratings?
I had no ploblems with what I saw on my DVDs (didn't see Enterprise during it's first run). I thought it all worked well.
I tend to be conservative in many of my views, and no, I didn't think there was an excessive amounts of skin, T & A on ENT.
It was an integral part of ENT from the start, so I have no idea what you mean when you say they added it. Maybe you're referring to T'Pol's scene with Trip? If so, I think it was high time modern Trek became less prudish. Sexuality is a normal part of life and therefore should be a part of drama, too. HBO series are usually overdoing it, but they could have done a bit more with it on ENT, I think. Overall, it was ok. The catsuit, however, was sort of stupid.
I'll admit I thought the same thing the first time I saw Enterprise, but then I realized that it is no different than the original series. Yeomen in miniskirts and Kirk without his shirt every other episode. Maybe this is one of they ways they were trying to be more like TOS than TNG.
I would have gone along with a different Uniform for T-Pol than that Catsuit. It could have been a little tight across the butt and around the Bust but not too much. Season four when t-Pol joined Star fleet she should have worn a Star Fleet Uniform. Jolene was beautiful enough to give Ent al of the Sex it needed. Hell Hoshi had her own brand of sexuality. No T&A just for the sake of T&A. Of course, in two Days and Two nights they could have had T-Pol go to the surface and go swimming in a brief Bikini.
Miraclefan, yeah, I think at times the writers thought they could shortcut things by providing T&A as if we wouldn't notice flaws. I have nothing against T&A, but think having a well-constructed story with interesting characters are much more important. I wish the writers did, too.
Middleman, neither can I but it sure conjurs up some daydrams. I once invisioned Trip and T-Pol on a beach. t-Pol first comes out Nude and trips tells her that she has to put on a swim suit, then t-Poll comes out in a Gay 90's Swim suit tha goes fron the neck down the the ankles. Trip racts violently. Finally t-Pol comes out in a bikini and Trip grins like an idiot. I do fatanzie at night.
While I agree with the sentiment, the problem is that the de-con scene in the pilot was completely asexual while trying to be sexual. It was two sexually attractive people in their undies rubbing gel all over each other while having a sober conversation about politics and the psychology of a third party. It was ridiculous. If they were trying to sexualise Trek then they'd get no complaint from me, but they were just just throwing T&A into a regular exposition scene and the whole thing was pathetic.
Like the catsuit the decon scenes were just silly. While showing the difference to later Trek with its bio-filters was a good idea, the decon chamber was just introduced for gratuitous T&A. I should stop thinking too much about ENT, though, otherwise it loses a lot of its appeal to me.
There was practically no T and A at all. It's only very very slightly more sex content than the other series, really because we see Trip and T'Pol together for one scene. You see Ezri and Bashir together rather erotically in one episode (I think the finale) of DS9 and it's no sexier than that. It's totally behind every other tv show out there as far as sex content goes. I agree that the decon scene was not even remotely sexy. Trip running around in his undies when everyone was asleep was a sexier episode. Personally I don't want T and A, I want good storylines and if there is erotic/romantic subtext and tension ALL the better.