Rewatching Enterprise

[Hopeful Romantic]

Next week I'm going to restart my reviews, if everyone isn't already bored to death with them.
I'll try and be brief.

Not bored at all! Looking forward to more.

 

[Nyotarules]

I have no issue with the mafia being part of the resistance or with an invasion by an outside force leading to improved race relations.

Both seem pretty logical to me honestly.

You are right, in house human prejudices were eventually done away with after the Vulcans landed, or rather they found a different target

 

[Cane_danko]

I love enterprise. I probably enjoy it more than voyager and i really like that show also. Can’t say i agree with travis being a bad actor. I also enjoy every season. The xindi stuff is some of the best star trek imo. That’s just my opinion.

 

[ScottJ85]

I wasn't a big fan of Voyager myself, and I had some pretty mixed feelings about the first two seasons of Enterprise. It wasn't until the Xindi war arc that it all came together for me.

 

[1001001]

I really liked the Xindi arc too.

I want to see more of the Aquatics!

 

[ScottJ85]

It really reminds me of Discovery season 1, a war story as a sledgehammer-subtle allegory for contemporary issues.

 

[Reanok]

The Xindi Aquatics were cool aliens. I wish we would've found out more about them and the otherXindi aliens too.

 

[Gabriel]

Yes. I agree. I find the ENT crew to be very relatable.

I am currently watching ENT on H&I, basically watching ENT for the first time.

Like you, I have enjoyed watching the crew winging it, making it up as they travel along. The characters come across as gritty pioneer explorers.

I liked the story of "Flight or Fight", where Hoshi had to overcome her fears and had to learn to adapt to all that comes with deep space travel and get her space legs. Flawed but very human.

Also, to me, there is (figuratively) a blue-collar vibe about the crew. They seem ordinary and down to earth. I think the jumpsuits, (literally blue collars) that they wear, contributes to creating that working class vibe.

I saw "Desert Crossing" on H&I last night. In one scene, Trip hallucinated about food, specifically drumsticks, prime rib, mashed potatoes etc. There have been plenty of scenes, throughout season 1, of the characters eating, especially common Earth dishes.

The relatively plain industrial look of the interior of the ship, the crew having movie nights, eating, and stuff like that, I think it all adds up to making them seem ordinary.

And there generally isn't a pretentiousness about the ENT crew, unlike, say, the TNG ones. Picard and most of his officers have an air about them. They too often behave as though they have transcended from being mere ordinary humans.

So far, I have really enjoyed watching the series.

You know I feel the exact same way about picard. I mean he’s a great captain and I like him but he always seem to have a big ego and that they were better than earlier humans. I also didn’t like him calling the US Marine Corps uniform a costume. I always want to say to picard in that episode: says the The six-year-old man wearing pajamas in public. Although maybe the writers meant to put that irony in there.
Although to be fair sometimes i feels like I want to slap archer for not wanting to put weapons on his ship or put very little weapons in the beginning. I mean even picard who made it very clear Starfleet is not the military ( although I partially do not agree with that) would probably think having no weapons on the ship will be stupid. Because remember it’s not like today when you go out in the water. everybody in space has weapons not just the warships.

 

[peoplesvoice]

Re-watching Enterprise after last seeing it around 2004. Along with Voyager and TOS, I think it's the best Star Trek. I'm 12 episodes into the first season, just watched 'Silent Enemy', and really enjoying it. The crew feels more like a family than a military unit.

The Captain, Archer, is the best since Kirk. Warm, friendly, but with a steely edge. He's working class, not the over educated and stuffy, snobbish, Picard who would never get his hands dirty. Trip is wonderful, another working class hero. T'pol is the most attractive vulcan there has been, while Reed is a character with many layers. Phlox, the Doctor, is a wonderful alien with many human attributes.

I'm really enjoying this first season, and it just gets better and better. I've seen season one of Star Trek Discovery and that show doesn't have half the charm or character of Enterprise.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Welcome to the forum, peoplesvoice! It's always a pleasure to hear from another fan of Enterprise. Looking forward to more thoughts as you continue your rewatch.

 

[peoplesvoice]

Watched Season 1 episode 13 'Dear Doctor' today.

It's very much an examination of the character of Doctor Phlox and his relationship with humans. I was struck by the inviting warmth and positivity of the episode, it felt like I was in the company of friends. That's what marks out Enterprise as such a great show to me, its as much about the relationships between crew members as it is about contact with alien species and strange new world's. It has a very warm, friendly atmosphere to it - which is in direct comparison to the cold hostility and paranoia which pervades Star Trek Discovery.

 

[1001001]

That's an interesting take on the episode.

I think there's a fair number of people here who would argue the central plot was quite disturbing.

 

[peoplesvoice]

That's an interesting take on the episode.

I think there's a fair number of people here who would argue the central plot was quite disturbing.

Disturbing in what way? Star Trek often deals with disturbing and horrific situations, from genocide to murder and torture.

 

[1001001]

Disturbing in what way? Star Trek often deals with disturbing and horrific situations, from genocide to murder and torture.

I would start here

You can find tons of anti-Dear Doctor posts throughout this forum.

 

[Prax]

This episode is super controversial, but I think it's really great. It surpasses "Data's Day." Imo.

Oh, and you have just changed the course of this thread

 

[peoplesvoice]

I thought 'Dear Doctor' was an intelligent and compassionate episode. I'm surprised by how warm and inviting the main cast re in comparison to new Trek.

Oh, and the special effects (CGI ?) still stand up really well today.

 

[peoplesvoice]

The theme music is sooo catchy, I can't stop humming it! Sounds better now than it did nearly twenty years ago!

 

[sekundant]

I think there's a fair number of people here who would argue the central plot was quite disturbing.

I think those people have no clue about being a minority in a society which is not based on equal citizenship. If you think this kind of symbiosis works long enough and a part of society can be agree in long term with being lovely pet of another part, you live in a dream world. "Dear Doctor" gave Valakians and Menks the chance to solve their problem without blood shed.

As I first watch the episode, I remember that I was thought about Jews at medieval ages and how they perceived. At rewatching the episode, I noticed also that how responsible they handled with the issue, since they cannot stay with them for the next hundred years as Vulcans did with humans.

 

[1001001]

To be clear, I was not expressing an opinion one way or the other.

As I said originally, I thought it was an interesting take, given almost everything else I've read on this board about the episode.

 

[sekundant]

To be clear, I was not expressing an opinion one way or the other

Please do not be feel offended, sometimes virtual communication doesn't work well.