I'd have Silik die in "Storm Front, Part II" with more flourish and personality. Almost four years of being an on-again, off-again villain and he basically croaks in less than fifteen seconds from a Nazi Mauser bullet in the back. What a load.
If you could change a single scene in Enterprise...
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Dead stop, id have had the person kidnapped by the computer mind link be a non main cast person. Then let archer show hes a good captain by caring for someone whos only a guest star for the ep. Not a main cast.
Actually, that was "Breaking the Ice."
And in fact, considering the kids' age group, it was more realistic than asking about warp drive and how it works.
Initial XINDI attack in 'The Expanse'. It made absolutely no freaking sense..."We want to destroy the human race, so let's test our weapon on their home planet. Let them know we are coming." What the Fuck. Ruined the entire story-arc before it even started.
I mean seriously. There were no class-M planets in the Expanse to do your trial runs on.
It was at this point I knew that Rick Berman was out of gas.
I mean seriously. There were no class-M planets in the Expanse to do your trial runs on.
It was at this point I knew that Rick Berman was out of gas.
"Rogue Planet" should have had far less plant life on that world. No sun or natural light? The whole place should have been a dirt or rock ball. But since that wouldn't have worked given the hunting subplot or given the crew any neat and lush scenery to view through the light of a campfire or through infrared headsets, we were stuck with one of the most scientifically implausible planets in all of TREK history.
Rouge Planet. Hell it was not even close to a Star so it would have been a Ball of Ice. the entire atmosphere would been frozen solid. No plant or animal life could exist in those conditions. Never mind that it would be near absolute Zero on the Planet. Implausible is a mild word for this episode.
Seconding (or thirding?) Captain X's first post WRT "Harbinger." It's an episode that, to put it lightly, left a pretty bad taste in my mouth and set up a rather poor foundation for what Trip and T'Pol's relationship would be like for the rest of the series.
Where is it written that photosynthesis is essential for all plant life everywhere in the universe? Life has been found around thermal vents at the bottom of our own oceans. Not a lot of sunshine reaches those depths.
As some famed sci fi character once said, "There are always possibilities."
As some famed sci fi character once said, "There are always possibilities."
The stretchily, marginally plausible plant life did not bother me. My problem with that episode is that I can't think of a single reason why the plot needed the planet to be rogue in the first place. If the plot needed darkness that could have been obtained on a planet that rotates so slowly its day lasts for, say, 10 Earth days. A single night on Earth is long enough if you're spooked.
Besides if you want to have a rogue planet, deal with issues related to being rogue. They could have explored the struggle to hang on that a sentient, pre warp life form might face if its planet indeed went rogue. And then the confliction that "cultural contamination" caused by assistance would inevitably create and the subsequent contribution the experience would give to the development of a prime directive.
Merryjinxmas. You still need heat. Even on the ocean floor the vents provide that essential to life. Lots of liife forms on Earth never see the light of day and still exist in thier environment but they all need a source of heat. the rougue Planet would ave been in a space void No light, no heat unless there was an awful lot of internal heat given off by the planet. enough to sustain the atmosphere in gaseous form. Otherewise the cold of open space would have frozen the atmosphere solid and nothing could have exited on the planet. Jupiter gives off enogh internal heat to keep it's atmosphere gaseous while Pluto does not and it's atmosphere is frozen solid.
It is the atmosphere around Earth that keeps us from freezing solid and the atmosphere remains gaseous by the heat given off by the Sun.
But Ent is a SciFi series and anything can be done in one of those.
It is the atmosphere around Earth that keeps us from freezing solid and the atmosphere remains gaseous by the heat given off by the Sun.
But Ent is a SciFi series and anything can be done in one of those.
Especially when you leave the science out of the equation.
I remember someone at the time theorizing that the planet sustained that much plant life via subterranean heat and tectonic activity or that it was basically an artificially-sustained wildlife and hunting preserve kept fluorishing by artificial, sophisticated means known only to the races who hunted there. But the episode gave no indications whatsoever that either was the case...and even if subterranean heat and water kept the plants growing...what about photosynthesis? All the mild temperatures and water in the world won't save a plant with no light directed at it.
^Maybe the leaves grew so huge to catch starlight and such?
"Well, you guys looked like you had things under control..."
"Well, you guys looked like you had things under control..."
I would have Reed be a WILLING agent for Section 31. Willing, in full knowledge and a true believer. That would suit his personality well and be much more interesting.
I'd have had Harris of Section 31 infiltrate the ship itself posing as an Earth ambassador or Starfleet technician on transfer from another vessel or base.
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