I was just wondering what people thoughts were on Enterprise overall? At the time it was on I was too interested only watching it occasionally. However having since watched it all I found it very enjoyable and far superior to STD. THOUGHTS?
Well, I’m currently on a mega-marathon so for the past few months I’ve been watching almost nothing but Star Trek beginning with TOS.
I’m now on the 17th episode of S1 of ENT and it’s much better than I expected. This is the first time I’ve seen the series so everything is new.
My thoughts:
1. Everything seems grittier and you get the impression that the humans exploring space are pioneers who are a bit out of their league but eager to have new experiences.
2. Lots of weird medical stuff like animal glands and decontamination gel replace the sterile lasers that the doctors in later seasons used, so it feels like you’re taking a trip back into the past when the human explorers had few comforts.
3. However, the food looks amazing. Instead of eating odd-colored food cubes they’re chowing down on Chilean sea bass and prime rib. This show makes me hungry and I’m wondering how they manage to eat so well up in space though I guess it’s all reconstituted molecules (hopefully not poop).
4. I love how the Vulcans are portrayed since I’ve always considered them to be arrogant and insufferable occasionally. While they are a wise and intelligent people, it’s nice to see some of their flaws.
5. The Andorians are fantastic thanks to Jeffrey Combs, who has been a favorite actor of mine for decades.
6. As far as the crew is concerned, I think I like Trip the most so far. He is a bit of a hick but not so much that he seems totally unprofessional. Captain Archer is decent and I used to watch Quantum Leap with my grandparents as a kid so I’m fond of the actor. Malcolm sort of looks like Kane from Alien and that might be intentional. He’s been a good foil to Trip so far. Phlox is weird and slightly creepy but in a good way so he is my second favorite character. T’Pol is ok, though her collagen lips are a little jarring. That was sort of the fashion style back then when this series aired. Hoshi is ok but it seems like the Universal Translator has supplanted her a bit. Mayweather needs more development.
7. The opening music is dumb and I skip past it.
8. The Temporal Cold War doesn’t grab my attention. While I enjoy an occasional time-traveling episode, I wasn’t all that thrilled when they started introducing time cops in Voyager. I hope they don’t make this the focus of the series.