Not all of them according to Lower Decks; I also proposed a shift to animation where that would not be an issue. VOY featured Hirogen of about that height; it becomes of course more difficult if you want very tall main characters in live action.
What would you change in Star Trek: Enterprise to make it better?
Not all of them according to Lower Decks; I also proposed a shift to animation where that would not be an issue. VOY featured Hirogen of about that height; it becomes of course more difficult if you want very tall main characters in live action.
First, the term "Earth Alliance" was used in Babylon 5.
What might Earth's first warp 5 ship look like? Perhaps similar in appearance to the Warp Soyuz. Scroll down to a post by uniderth, #36. The Warp Soyuz mostly looks clunky, a primitive bucket of bolts. But there are hints of Kirk's Constitution class Enterprise.
Because humans at this stage are well behind in technology, I would expect that their most significant contribution to ship design would be segmented and/or modular ships.
What might Earth's first warp 5 ship look like? Perhaps similar in appearance to the Warp Soyuz. Scroll down to a post by uniderth, #36. The Warp Soyuz mostly looks clunky, a primitive bucket of bolts. But there are hints of Kirk's Constitution class Enterprise.
Because humans at this stage are well behind in technology, I would expect that their most significant contribution to ship design would be segmented and/or modular ships.
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I would just give it three more seasons which slowly ramp up into the Romulan War and then birth of the Federation in its aftermath.
Personally, I would have given the ship a different name, probably named after one of the other Space Shuttles, like Discovery, Columbia or Atlantis.
I also would have introduced the Tellarites earlier and used them more often.
Personally, I would have given the ship a different name, probably named after one of the other Space Shuttles, like Discovery, Columbia or Atlantis.
I also would have introduced the Tellarites earlier and used them more often.
I like the idea of Enterprise going into a really deep dive on the Andorians, much like how DS9 fleshed out and developed the Bajorans, Cardassians, Ferengi and Klingons.
I wonder how the show would have changed if the token bridge alien was an Andorian, instead of a Vulcan?
Love all the references to Mayweather being literally the most experienced spacefarer on the bridge, possibly even more than T’Pol, who was, IIRC, a diplomatic aide, not crew on a Vulcan ship. Would have definitely liked to see more of that.
Less of Hoshi’s plethora of neuroses. Yikes, every other episode of first season she seemed to have a new phobia or hang-up, and that was not a good look for her, the captain who argued for her presence on the ship, or, most importantly, the writers who thought that wasn’t weird and vaguely misogynistic.
Less distractingly shiny lip gloss on Reed.
Regarding Hoshi...
One positive about her various fears in season 1 was it was a great way to track her development throughout the series.
Early Hoshi would not been defiant enough to Dolim that she not only made their efforts harder to open the Xindi weapon but was just about to off herself to prevent herself from being used by them further. Also wouldn't have stood her ground with the Prime Minister in "DEMONS" to fire on just his say-so.
Her changes were subtle, but Linda Park certainly brought a lot more to the role than she might have been given on paper.
One positive about her various fears in season 1 was it was a great way to track her development throughout the series.
Early Hoshi would not been defiant enough to Dolim that she not only made their efforts harder to open the Xindi weapon but was just about to off herself to prevent herself from being used by them further. Also wouldn't have stood her ground with the Prime Minister in "DEMONS" to fire on just his say-so.
Her changes were subtle, but Linda Park certainly brought a lot more to the role than she might have been given on paper.
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While I do wish she didn’t have to start so deep in the hole, she did progress out of it nicely.
I thought it was funny when they visit Risa and the captain has trouble with an alien spy/agent, Trip and Reed get mugged by shapeshifters and Hoshi… does what you’re supposed to do on Risa and gets lucky.
I have been thinking about this again.
It should not have been Klingons in the pilot, but Kzinti...
Keep the date of first contact as being 2218, as in the TNG episode 'First Contact'.
It should not have been Klingons in the pilot, but Kzinti...
Keep the date of first contact as being 2218, as in the TNG episode 'First Contact'.
No, a show that was supposed to be about the formation of the Federation (that came about because of the aftermath of the Romulan War) should have had the Romulans as the protagonists from the start.
I think having multiple antagonist parties almost on top of each other, is the better move
Kzinti a known threat - Munch. Hmmm good tasting.
A new party shows while Earth is busy, with the Kzinti. Not all at once, but close.
Kzinti a known threat - Munch. Hmmm good tasting.
A new party shows while Earth is busy, with the Kzinti. Not all at once, but close.
Larry Niven owns the rights to the Kzinti, not Paramount. So they would have had to negotiate with him for their use in ENT, which they were loath to do.
Perhaps in the right marinade, but even then I doubt it.
I'm a huge fan of Niven's Known Space and its connection to Star Trek (as my post history shows). That said, I don't think the IP rights are exactly heavily contested in the TV space. Getting rights to use the Kzinti would probably be pretty easy.
I would have loved to have seen the Kzinti in ENT. I don't remember where I saw it (maybe a concept sketch for the Ships of the Line calendar?), but I was under the impression their inclusion was planned for season 5.
There was a Kzinti ship that was designed, but that was as far as it got. Don't even know if permission was ever even gotten to use them. And the ship looked nothing like the ship from "The Slaver Weapon" and only bore a superficial resemblance to Kzinti ships from Star Fleet Battles.
Did they have to negotiate with him (or estate) for the ensign in Lower Decks or their namedrop in Picard?
Similarly a couple of FASA ships have appeared in the background. Would be interesting to know how tangled and messy all that stuff is these days.
Probably. But I was referring to their possible use in ENT back in 2004.
I believe CBS/Paramount can use any FASA design they want, since FASA no longer exists and the designs aren't owned by anyone and can easily be regarded as intellectual property, since they were when Paramount gave FASA a license way back when. But there might be some micro-laws that may prevent them from doing so because of the slight possibility they'd have to pay a fee to someone.
Yeah I was curious if things had changed since then.
That might explain why they've only been blink and you'll miss it background shots.
Laws are messy and people are petty, eh
Thankfully, he's still with us. Does anybody know if he's a Trekkie?
We're the Kzinti ever explicitly the first contact species in anything Star Trek?
In TAS:
SULU: "The Kzinti fought four wars with humankind and lost all of them. The last one was two hundred years ago, and you haven't learned a thing since."
Two hundred years ago would have placed the last war in the 2060's. Of course one needs to take this date with a grain of salt because the 23rd century wasn't yet established as the date for TOS during TAS.
Also, I doubt "200 years" is accurate to the decade. Probably looking at pre-ENT post-First Contact.
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