In 2005 when the show got cancelled? Zero.
Archer and the original Star Trek XI plans…how was it supposed to work?
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In 2005 when the show got cancelled? Zero.
I think mattman's suggestion was that it could've been done as a series of films instead of as a weekly series.
Ah, ok. However, there's no way UPN would have done that.
Writers clinging onto that line in TOS where Scotty says the Romulan ship is only operating on simple impulse.
I could see them trying a Halo-ST crossover special if they thought it would draw more interest to Halo.
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I think it depends on what the plots are. A lot of ENT episodes could be condensed into movies
The space boomers episodes, the Orion episodes, Ferengi episode, "Bounty", “Canamar” ,“Precious Cargo”, and “Anomaly” could be combined into one. As some boomers & pirates film, with a lot of drama, action and comedy.
The TCW, Suliban, and Klingons episodes could be one film.
Vulcan vs Andoria is another film. Maybe it could spawn two films.
The four Romulan episodes combined with the several Xidni episodes (“Twilight”, Stratagem”, “Azati Prime”, “Damage”, “The Forgotten”, “The Council”, “Countdown”, “Zero Hour”) for a proper Romulan War movie. Or Romulan War quadrilogy.
“Vanishing Point” and “Daedalus” could work combining two weak episodes into one film based around the transporter.
“Fusion” and Vulcan segments of “Stigma” as a film dealing with mind meld AIDS.
The Denobulan parts of “Stigma”, along with “The Breach” and “Doctor’s Orders” as a film based around Denobulans.
“Fight or Flight”, “Silent Enemy”, and “Vox Sola” as one first contact film, confined to a starship and based around the universal translator.
“Civilization” “North Star” “Desert Crossing” and “The Communicator” as another film surrounding first contact, this with the crew being more in the thick of things.
“Dear Doctor” and “Cogenitor” for a third film based around first contact, based around moral dilemmas.
"Strange New Worlds", "Shuttlepod One", and "Dawn" combined into one film, based around members of the crew being stranded.
“The Seventh” and “First Flight” combined into a prequel film for Archer, Trip and T’Pol.
Yeah, they could have probably made a decent film series out of Enterprise. And got rid of a lot of filler in the process.
Are you talking about TV movies here or do you mean you think any of the above could have actually flown at the Box Office?
If we are talking early 2001, in a universe where it was decided Enterprise would be a theatrical film series instead of a tv series, yes.
If we are talking 2005-08, after Enterprise was cancelled, no its not a theatrical release. And that’s more on NEM being a box office bomb than about ENT as a series.
Though, for the unused Star Trek: The Beginning script, had it gone into production, ENT deserved more than a line saying the crew was vacationing on Risa and a brief Shran cameo. It should have been more like what was done with Chekov and Scotty in GEN - give them 15 minutes of screentime and leave it at that.
I wish SNW or more shows followed ENT's S4 format, 3-episode arcs, a filler, a duo, then a 3-episode arc, then filler, it worked wonderfully, imo.
I have had thought about WI this was adapted for the other seasons, like a reimagining of S1 or 2.
Especially. Prior to Netflix taking Enterprise off, I was midway into S3. I enjoyed S1. A quarter into S2 I felt it dragging.
I hate these Enterprise movie plots. They completely ignore the fact that they're.... well, Enterprise movies. The main cast should be the Enterprise cast.
I have had thought about WI this was adapted for the other seasons, like a reimagining of S1 or 2.
Especially. Prior to Netflix taking Enterprise off, I was midway into S3. I enjoyed S1. A quarter into S2 I felt it dragging.
I hate these Enterprise movie plots. They completely ignore the fact that they're.... well, Enterprise movies. The main cast should be the Enterprise cast.
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What I am hoping they would have done if it had had gone ahead as a trilogy is that the Enterprise had showed up at least in the third film. I don't mind they weren't in the first film because I think they were trying to have these new guys stand on their own and wouldn't be certain on cast availability anyway. I was listening to Treksperts interview with Erik Jendresen and it sounds to me like the second film would be all the Spartan crew stuck on the Romulan ship trekking home for a year and maybe doing a first contact or something, and he compares the first film to the Iliad and the second film to the Odyssey, although that's probably just very broadly. So I wonder if the second film was the breather episode and the third was going to be a second Romulan assault and that's really where I hope the Enterprise would have made an appearance, leading everyone into battle.
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