Does anyone wish this show was still on the air?

[darkshadow0001]

It's been 7 years without a Star Trek series (and I never thought it would happen, since we had consistent Star Trek shows run for that long each), and I miss my weekly Star Trek. Been watching episodes of DS9 and Enterprise through Netflix, and wish at least Enterprise was still on the air, so I could see what the Starship Enterprise was up to next.

Any others??

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'd have liked a better ending, certainly. And maybe one more season. But, considering how much I loved the last movie (and am anticipating the next one), which would never have happened had Enterprise not been cancelled, I'm gonna say "no"

Stargate Atlantis gave me years of excellent and fun space opera after Enterprise's demise.

 

[Skywalker]

Even if ENT had managed the traditional seven seasons, it still would have ended in 2008. I do wish the show had continued for a couple more years, but I agree with KingDaniel that we probably wouldn't have gotten ST09 if that had happened. I know some people would say that would have been a good thing, but I would respectfully disagree with them.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Completely agree. No I would not like it to still be on the air but I sure would have liked at least a season 5.

 

[Ladybug]

I would have loved to have the full 7 seasons.

 

[jespah]

Definitely wanted more time with the crew.

 

[BillJ]

Should have been cancelled sooner. Good thing it was on UPN, or it would've gotten the hook after the first season.

 

[Ezri D]

Sure, I wished Enterprise or DS9 was still around. Understood, you would need new characters from time to time. Nobody can say, you always have to have the same characters year after year. Like the military, you never have the same people at the same place year after year.

 

[Bones]

They were intended to be the next movie crew. So the show would still be "on the air" had it been successful, in the sense that we'd probably be looking forward to another movie or two at this point.

 

[JiNX-01]

YEP. I feel cheated that we didn't get seven years. That jerk Les Mooves took it away from us.

 

[Dukhat]

While I'm not a huge fan of ENT for many reasons, ironically I felt that it should have gotten a fifth season (and sixth and seventh), because I thought it was steadily improving with Manny Coto at the helm.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Once a week at least.

Stupid to think that way of course. Had Enterprise run it's proper course, the same length as all the other modern Treks, it would have ended 4 years ago anyway.

 

[sonak]

it's frustrating that it was cancelled as it was finally hitting its stride. Seasons 1 and 2 were meandering and the episodes frequently awful, but ENT seasons 3 and 4 compare favorably to some of the best television Trek seasons out there.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Once a week at least.

Stupid to think that way of course. Had Enterprise run it's proper course, the same length as all the other modern Treks, it would have ended 4 years ago anyway.

After giving us another 66 episodes (more if Bakula could have been talked into it) and closure for intriguing continuing storylines and Shran as a regular and more character development and the Romulan War and the founding of the Federation and maybe even ARCHER'S SPEECH without cutting it off to see some blathering between two characters from a whole nother series about a problem that was solved in a completely different way back when they did the same plot on their show.

And if Enterprise had broken the 7-year ceiling and continued because it was on a network that 1) respected it and was proud to have it on the air [hello, Fringe?], 2) promoted it, and 3) left the producers alone to do good work, I would be happy to be watching Season 11 wrap up right now. That, or anticipating the release of the second Enterprise movie this summer.

 

[Skywalker]

Once a week at least.

Stupid to think that way of course. Had Enterprise run it's proper course, the same length as all the other modern Treks, it would have ended 4 years ago anyway.

After giving us another 66 episodes (more if Bakula could have been talked into it) and closure for intriguing continuing storylines and Shran as a regular and more character development and the Romulan War and the founding of the Federation and maybe even ARCHER'S SPEECH without cutting it off to see some blathering between two characters from a whole nother series about a problem that was solved in a completely different way back when they did the same plot on their show.

If that had all happened, I think fans' overall opinion of ENT would be much different than it is now.

I still don't think the ENT crew were ever going to get their own movie, though. The general audience wouldn't have had any clue who they were.

 

[horatio83]

As much as I like ENT, my wild guess is that the show would have faced two structural problems. First, how to get back into explorer mode after the cruise-around-the-neighbourhood season, second, how to tell the Romulan War without repeating themes from the third season.
I'd nonetheless have loved to see two or three more season (one would not have sufficed to finish the open story lines).

 

[Reanok]

Yes I's would've wanted to see at least 7 or eight seasons that dealt with whe Vulcan reformation the Earth/ROMUlans wars and it's aftermath,Also the founding of the federation and Trip will still be alive and be with T'Pol.Also it would've been nice to see more of Shran and Soval too.

 

[T'Girl]

how to tell the Romulan War without repeating themes from the third season

Good point. Or just have it be a basic variation of the Dominion War.

Completely agree. No I would not like it to still be on the air but I sure would have liked at least a season 5.

If Enterprise had a successful seven year run, we could by this time be watching the next follow on series, whatever that might be.

Endless endless Star Trek.

considering how much I loved the last movie (and am anticipating the next one), which would never have happened had Enterprise not been cancelled, I'm gonna say "no"

Opinions of the last movie aside, I would much rather have four seasons of episodes, than a single movie in the same time period. Approximately eighty hours of Star Trek, verses two hours.

 

[Ezri D]

They were intended to be the next movie crew. So the show would still be "on the air" had it been successful, in the sense that we'd probably be looking forward to another movie or two at this point.

It is a idea. I do not see that the idea of the show being in the 21 century was the problem, or the cast members. I felt it needed to be about hope like TOS. Not a negative show that wanted to be like Voyager and DS9. The NX-01 never really won a space battle, it never really prove itself being alone. We had a hopeful song and a unhappy hope of the next century. So, I do not see a Star Trek movie being about anti-hope.

 

[ialfan]

how to tell the Romulan War without repeating themes from the third season

Good point. Or just have it be a basic variation of the Dominion War.

I think the ENT-Relaunch and more specifically the Romulan War novels show how the war could have been depicted without being a repeat of either of those. It would have been a lot bigger and broader than the Xindi conflict while being a lot grittier and more costly than the Dominion War (to our characters and as depicted on-screen).

I would have loved a full 22-29 episode fifth season to continue the build-up to the Romulan War, feature the Mirror Universe again, develop the characters and 22nd Century more and take advantage of a few more opportunities ENT had as a prequel series. After that ideally I would have loved either a sixth season covering 2156-2161 without any filler and focusing on the war and ending with the BOTF or maybe even better a half-dozen or so tv movies to accomplish the same thing.

The 2009 reboot still could have happened and ENT would be seen as a more complete and worthwhile series that actually fulfilled it's premise and fan expectations.