most cinematic ENT episode?

[jefferiestubes8]

Okay which ENT episode do you guys think was the most cinematic in cinematography & just action and all around movie quality?
I'd say 'Azati Prime' #318

2nded by 'Anomaly' Ep.#302 .

I'm not asking for your favorite ENT episode but which ones are like a Trek movie from a action/adventure and production quality?

 

[SchwEnt]

Yes, "Anomaly".

Not even because you asked the question, but I was just always impressed with that eps. Very cinematic. That's always been my recollection of it.

And now that you've asked the question, well...

 

[BillJ]

Bound

 

[Reanok]

Northstar if you listen to the director's commentary on dvd ,he mentions wanting to film this show in the classic tradtion of old western movies.

 

[JiNX-01]

I'd say the Babel One/United episodes in season 4.

 

[eepruls]

I agree, Anomaly and Azati Prime both made me go 'wow' the first time I saw them. Everything about them felt grandiose and movie quality. I'd also add 'Impulse' to the list as well. Terrific stuff.

 

[ChristopherPike]

"Storm Front, Part I & II" just needs added graphic violence and more casual racism, and it's practically B-movie exploitation, produced by Quentin Tarantino.

Bound

Double your pleasure? A double-bill with "Bounty". Probably showing in a sleazy flea pit somewhere off the alley, frequented by old men in dirty raincoats.

I'd say the Babel One/United episodes in season 4.

One of my favourites. Add "The Aenar" to make it last two hours, minus credits and recaps.

I think unseen Romulans would have worked brilliantly in further stories. Just needed the right plot and actor with a sinister sounding voice, playing cat and mouse with the Enterprise. Terrorising them with misleading coded warnings and disappearing just when Starfleet thought they'd traced their source. Probably that V'Las guy (from "The Forge" trilogy) out to get revenge on Archer.

Actually, yeah, "The Forge", "Awakening" & "Kir'Shara" are as cinematic as this show gets...

...and at least they didn't screw up the colour of the sky on Vulcan!

 

[Kirks_Flying_Wig]

Northstar if you listen to the director's commentary on dvd ,he mentions wanting to film this show in the classic tradtion of old western movies.

I quite liked the washed-out cinematography in the planet scenes of this episode.

 

[Reanok]

I think E2 looked cinematic the way certain lighting and scenes were shot like Young T'Pol meeting the with the older T'Pol the two Enterprises flying the corridor to confuse the kolvans was a neat special effect. I liked the Vulcan 3 part episodes were filmed and The Babel episodes with teh Aenar and the Romulans. I also liked the Klingon episodes where Trip has to leave columbia and get to the Enterprise to stop the ships engines from explodind was a exciting scene.

 

[bluedana]

In A Mirror Darkly, parts 1 &2

 

[DonIago]

Twilight

 

[Admiral Shran]

...and at least they didn't screw up the colour of the sky on Vulcan!

Got that right!

 

[Noname Given]

Okay which ENT episode do you guys think was the most cinematic in cinematography & just action and all around movie quality?
I'd say 'Azati Prime' #318

2nded by 'Anomaly' Ep.#302 .

I'm not asking for your favorite ENT episode but which ones are like a Trek movie from a action/adventure and production quality?

I'd agree with either of these. Hell Azati Prime had the stunt with the crewman on fire in the engine room - usually TV productions don't go that extra step - that was a feature film type stunt shot right there.

 

[eepruls]

I'd agree with either of these. Hell Azati Prime had the stunt with the crewman on fire in the engine room - usually TV productions don't go that extra step - that was a feature film type stunt shot right there.

That's right, it did! It's a great episode with a terrific battle sequence. You're right when you say that they went that extra step with the movie quality action. It also had the wall exploding and the engineering team getting hit and that guy flying over the railing. And it also had the hull breach and crew members flying out! We never saw that sort of production in DS9 battles. Usually it was just an explosion here or there. Enterprise never seems to get the credit it deserves.

 

[DonIago]

I wouldn't exactly call DS9's battle scenes "an explosion here or there"; that seems a bit unfair...and more how I'd characterize TNG's battles.

I'm not clear as to how far FX advanced between DS9 and ENT, but it is possible that for DS9 to do it in their day would simply have been too impractical. I know that's why they unfortunately had to rely on a fair amount of stock footage in later FX-heavy episodes.

 

[eepruls]

I wouldn't exactly call DS9's battle scenes "an explosion here or there"; that seems a bit unfair...and more how I'd characterize TNG's battles.

I'm not clear as to how far FX advanced between DS9 and ENT, but it is possible that for DS9 to do it in their day would simply have been too impractical. I know that's why they unfortunately had to rely on a fair amount of stock footage in later FX-heavy episodes.

I wasn't talking about CG effects. DS9 of course had awesome battle sequences. I'm talking about what was happening inside the ship. There was always some shaking and explosions, but not the level of death and destruction that we saw in 'Azati Prime'. Again, I'm talking real stunts inside the ship.

 

[DonIago]

^I think my point about budget may still hold up. Emphasis on "may" though.

 

[Bad Atom]

The first episode I thought of was "Regeneration". The horror-movie opening, some exciting action sequences on and off the ship, and a fantastic, movie-quality score. David Livingston was one of Trek's best directors and always brought a unique visual style to his episodes.

 

[RAMA]

Anomaly was one of the most cinematic. Several of the Xindi saga episodes were also. The pilot was shot pretty expansively as well.

 

[SFRabid]

The site of an aquatic ship coming apart was as big a WOW moment as anything I have seen on a big screen since Jurassic Park.