I like the fusion myself - it's not "The Cage" and its not strictly TOS either; but it has musical elements of both (as well as 'future' Star Trek cues) as well as its own 'things'.
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At first I despised ENT's opening song, because dammit Star Trek doesn't have SONGS! When I got my head out of my ass and listened to the actual song alongside the other Trek themes, I realised how relevant it was not just to the series, but the franchise as a whole. Now, I love it.
"Faith of the Heart" slaps. There. I said it. I'm biased and flaunt it. 
Slaps what, generally speaking?"Faith of the Heart" slaps. There. I said it. I'm biased and flaunt it.
Your cardiac organ.
I did indeed have a heart attack the first time I heard it.
Normally it takes Chef's pecan pie to do that and several helpings.
Exactly it’s supposed to symbolize humanity’s journey to go from just sailing the oceans of Earth to flying above the skies and then the stars.
I love a good pecan pie with a good medium blend coffee.
If yer biased and ya know it, slap Cooleddie74!"Faith of the Heart" slaps. There. I said it. I'm biased and flaunt it.
If yer biased and ya know it, slap Cooleddie74!
If yer biased and ya know it and ya really want to flaunt it,
Then ya gotta take a swing and slap Cooleddie74!
Only if you slap me there.
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Please no. And that isn't due to the fact that I in general dislike the MU stories that have been done (most I have liked). But I am absolutely opposed to having them be not informative of our characters, Especially with having a limited run, I want to see our characters and what they experience, not other characters and what they experience.
I thought when ENT did this it was a massive insult to the audience. And outside of the fact that those episode are for the most part significantly better than the ENT finale, I find devoting to episodes to other characters when the production was very aware that it was extremely unlikely they would be renewed was a serious betrayal. Much in the way that people were offended by the final being about Riker and Troi looking back at history records, rather than seeing the events from the crews perspective, this is even a worse use. Though again those episodes were at least better.
Using episodes to tell someone else story that isn't from our characters eyes, was not something I am ever going to be a fan of. Imagine Picard telling this season but keeping it not our characters personalities and experiences by alternate timeline version.
Ok. I like it.
For me, Pike's wink at Georgiou and saying, "What Mirror universe?" is all I need from SNW for addressing it.
Looks like some form of time travel will happen in Season 2, and I wasn't looking forward to that (given Picard's second season overdoing it and screwing it up badly), but nothing I can do about that!
It definitely shouldn't be in season 1, that's for sure.
Really? I enjoyed it quite a lot. And being separate from the main series entirely (much like the TNG comic book I mentioned earlier) gave it more freedom to have fun with the mirror characters.
Betrayal? I think you're overselling your point, here. Nothing's stopping a show from doing a one-shot episode focusing on completely different characters. Like an episode focusing on technicians working obscure engineering stuff during a mission and having no clue about the actual mission, while we explore these nameless people.
I generally dislike time travel but one has to admit that some of the best TOS and DS9 episodes were in that category.
I agree, especially since one of the most highly-regarded episodes ever in serious Sci-Fi circles is a time travel story. But when it becomes more a crutch and is done way too much, then it loses some of the novelty and excitement.
Indeed.
Time travel is a crutch. It can be used well (rarely) but in my opinion Star Trek is best leaving it behind.
It won't but that's how I feel. No time travel story has really garnered my interest very much, save for maybe "The Voyage Home."
