Did They Jump Too Far?

[JRoss]

For those saying the stakes lower for centuries past did that have an impact on watching Enterprise?

Actually a bit, yeah. But at least ENT showed us how our heroes came to be where they were in the 23rd and 24th centuries.Again, though, it's not the same timeline. Most certainly for seasons one and two, but definitely for the others. That type of time jump, where someone gets displaced like that, is like what Spock did in NuTrek. Seasons 3 through 5 "don't happen" in the future of the main Star Trek. So the stakes remain uncertain.

 

[fireproof78]

Actually a bit, yeah. But at least ENT showed us how our heroes came to be where they were in the 23rd and 24th centuries.Again, though, it's not the same timeline. Most certainly for seasons one and two, but definitely for the others. That type of time jump, where someone gets displaced like that, is like what Spock did in NuTrek. Seasons 3 through 5 "don't happen" in the future of the main Star Trek. So the stakes remain uncertain.

I'll take your for all of it because I can't even begin to parse this as an idea. If the story has stakes, I'm bought in if the characters are bought in. That's kind of the whole point of the story. I don't expect the heroes to die, I don't expect the bad guys to win. So, the whole "the stakes are gone" thing makes me go "Well, the stakes were never really there to begin with."

 

[The Wormhole]

I've never understood the whole "the stakes are gone" argument in regards to watching a 24th/25th century show since Disco arrived in the 32nd century. You know damn well watching any Star Trek series regardless if it's a prequel or in the "present" that Earth won't be destroyed, the Federation won't fall and everything will turn out okie-dokie by the end. That's simply what kind of show Star Trek is, and knowing the Federation is still around in the 32nd century doesn't change that at all.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

When you're keeping the Sphere Data away from Control (which I STILL maintain should have been called "KAOS"), there is no such thing as "too far."

 

[Nerys Myk]

When you're keeping the Sphere Data away from Control (which I STILL maintain should have been called "KAOS"), there is no such thing as "too far."

 

[Noname Given]

For me,yes. IMO the tech they show isn't advanced enough and aside from the name, why not just have miniaturized replicators instead of "programmable matter"?

From what I've seen of the latter, it's a downgrade from what 24th century replicators have been able to do/produce 800 years earlier.

Also, it got ridiculous in that everything harkened back directly to just the 23rd and 24th centuries.

The Burn happened hust a century earlier from the 32nd so, in the 800 years of Federation history, it was still only Archer, Kirk, Picard and Janeway (and the Starship Voyager) they talked about?

Please.