Yes. It's beyond ridiculous, but it's what "purists" do.
TOS Purists of TrekBBS - Unite!
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Yes. It's beyond ridiculous, but it's what "purists" do.
I don't think of it as chains, I think of it as guidelines, and a history to follow. I use it as reference when I'm designing a starship kitbash, or in one of my poor attempts at fanfic. I don't hesitate to enhance it or work around it when I want to, but I try very hard not to ignore it or contradict it.
I think of it as optional.
Canon is a little bird tweeting in a meadow; canon is a wreath of pretty flowers which... smell bad.
Sorry, but I have to ask, tos purist, were you by any chance once known as Tabernus on a transformers forum?
It's just that he once made a similar thread over there, it was the 'purists
Only' comment that made me wonder.
That works too.
Merriam-Webster said:
I am not a TOS purist. It does have a "soft spot" for me, in that TOS was not only my first indoctrination into Star Trek, it was the first sci-fi series I'd ever seen. And years later in my young adult life, I saw TNG and immediately thought it was a bad imitation. Knowing how much I liked TOS, I'd have expected that anything Star Trek would appeal to me. But I found the series sub par, except for the special effects. But then when a rather teasing preview spot appeared about the start of Season 3, I decided to give it another try. For me TNG started with Season 3, and I liked it.
DS9 was kind of a continuation of TNG, in a different setting. What bugged me the most about it was the "soap opera" feel to it in the beginning. I didn't care if I missed an episode here or there. Then later on, things got interesting. I really liked the latter half of DS9.
VOY took some time getting used to. I certainly liked the concept... FINALLY we're getting back to deep space exploration and the encountering of unknown aliens in an unpredictable environment. I didn't like Kate Mulgrew's Janeway at first. It took a long time before I began to have respect for that character.
ENT was harder to like than VOY. The liberties they took with what had been previously established in TOS and TNG annoyed me. Thankfully they got their act together by Season 3... I was really looking forward to this series going for 7 seasons. It was a real shame it got cut down in Season 4.
It would've been easy for me to stand on a high horse saying nothing that came after TOS could ever be as good. But I kept an open mind. There are some real gems scattered about the other series. I admit, I have enjoyed them. So no, I'm no TOS purist. But if I had only one series to take with me on a desert island, it would be TOS.
Would season 5 of ENT have been kind or cruel to us?
Gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure.
That kinda depends on if you ever liked ENT in any measure or not... I started out liking it, but it hit the crapper in season 2, and by the time Manny Cotto came in to save it, and began introducing TOS elements into ENT, it was too late to save the show.
Now, that being said, if you are a DIE-HARD purist, and hate ENT with a venom, then it's likely it would not have been kind, as you may have seen the continuation of TOS elements in ENT as retconning TOS canon into the events of ENT.
If you had any shred of liking for ENT, then maybe yes, it would have gotten kinder, lol. Just my two cents.
