There could be mid movie, a sensor glitch in one of the dyno-scanners.
The girls will be screaming in the aisles.
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I Hate The Klingon Race
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The girls will be screaming in the aisles.
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I was bored with Enterprise and stopped watching it before the Xindi came along, so I can't comment on them, but I agree with you about the Romulans. They were awesome in the original series, and they were mysterious enough in TNG's earliest seasons to hold my interest then, too, but TNG gradually made them moustache-twirling, black hat-wearing and boring villains. The coolest thing about the TNG-era Romulans was Andrew Probert's still-amazing design for the Romulan D'Deridex Warbird.
The bias in your bost is obvious to such a degree so as to make your credibility on the matter non-existent, Relayer1.
I agree with this, the Xindi were excellent. Interesting history (with one of their species extinct), factional discords, bound together. Very well done and would be very happy to see more of them or read some Xindi trek-lit.
I think DS9 dropped the ball on Romulans. It did give us a highly intelligent, given to machinations and philosophy race that managed to intrigue, repulse and stir up our sympathies. The Cardassians. The Romulans could have been all that but they were came across more as bureaucrats.
The bias in your bost is obvious to such a degree so as to make your credibility on the matter non-existent, Relayer1.
Tongue in cheek statement !
I must admit though, whilst quite liking Enterprise (especially season 4) I found both the Xindi and Temporal Cold War arcs awful...
If that makes me biased, I suppose I am guilty...
Great point. I suppose it's a concession to dramatic license. Keeps things simpler for the strories. But I guess in a series there should be plenty of time to explore the diversity.
I'm sure "someone lurking in the grey" was interesting a decade ago but after 10 years of being forced to swallow gratuitous moral ambiguity, it's become tedious at best.
Because without one we'd be plagued by a continuing cavalcade of negative space wedgies, holodeck malfunctions, and whatever the hell Star Trek: TMP was supposed to be.
The same characterization that went into the Xindi could have easily been put into the Romulans, we didn't need to reinvent the wheel. If they had used the Romulans, we wouldn't be left wondering why the Xindi apparently dropped off the face of the Alpha Quadrant.
In other words, Star Trek:The Motion Picture.
That's an interesting point. Had it been the Romulans that attacked Earth in 2153, that could have been the first shot in what would have ultimately have been the Romulan Wars.
Exactly! We would have had everything that was good about season 3 and at the same time make it more friendly with continuity and more a part of the wider Star Trek continuum.
Actually DS9 kind of implied that the Romulans did attack Earth at some point during the Romulan War.
But I wonder how they would have worked around not letting the main characters see the Romulans, in order to not break continuity. It would be quite a challenge, and one that I don't see the writers or studio feeling too good about at the time.
The aborted movie Star Trek: The Beginning was to show the opening of the Earth/Romulan war as a week-long battle in Earth orbit, fought between cloak-equipped Romulan drone ships and Earth fighter ships.
I wonder how many people with remember the first gulf war (operation desert storm) a century from now? Combat lasted one hundred hours.
The Romulan War is very much remembered a century later, a monitored barrier still existed, the border was patrolled.
A one week battle in Earth orbit is unlikely. A multi-year war involving hundred (or thousands) of warships from numerous allies and possibly millions of casualties, is much more likely to be remembered a century later.
I wonder how many people with remember the first gulf war (operation desert storm) a century from now? Combat lasted one hundred hours.
The Romulan War is very much remembered a century later, a monitored barrier still existed, the border was patrolled.
A one week battle in Earth orbit is unlikely. A multi-year war involving hundred (or thousands) of warships from numerous allies and possibly millions of casualties, is much more likely to be remembered a century later.
Poor analogy.
Funny enough, I was in the Gulf War and have no doubt that it will be remembered. While the ground campaign was cut short wayyy too soon - yah, I said it - whatever - there was also the air campaign. The pilots, who were not taking care of business over Iraq, but were conducting the CAP over the Persian Gulf, as well as the Navies who were patrolling the Gulf will remember, as will the countless number of civilians in Kuwait, Israel, and Qatar who had Scud missiles lobbed at them. There are many many millions other who won't forget, either. Especially people in Iraq.
Thanks, I'll get off my soapbox now.
In any event, I also have no doubt that a one week battle conducted in Earth's orbit would be such a spectacular event on so many levels that it would also be remembered a hundred years later.
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