Would Enterprise have been better as a comedy?
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I think it would have been better as a seven-seasons spanning series.
Trouble is that series already exists. It was called Red Dwarf and smegging great it was too!
You have hit on Enterprise's real weakness. Forget canon, forget characterization, over complicated time travel or even the theme song... It definitely had less humour than any of the other Treks. On the rare occasion it tried, the laughs always fell wide of the mark. Unexpected and A Night in Sickbay aren't exactly up there with Tribbles or even DS9's Ferengi shows.
You have hit on Enterprise's real weakness. Forget canon, forget characterization, over complicated time travel or even the theme song... It definitely had less humour than any of the other Treks. On the rare occasion it tried, the laughs always fell wide of the mark. Unexpected and A Night in Sickbay aren't exactly up there with Tribbles or even DS9's Ferengi shows.
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I think when the show didn't take itself seriously, it was a lot of fun -- A Night in Sickbay, Shuttlepod One, In a Mirror Darkly, etc. Then again, there are a few standout episodes - like Twilight - that are serious and good.
I think when the show didn't take itself seriously, it was a lot of fun -- A Night in Sickbay, Shuttlepod One, In a Mirror Darkly, etc. Then again, there are a few standout episodes - like Twilight - that are serious and good.
Maybe they could had some episodes that had the same type of science fiction comedy like Back To The Future.
"Enterprise is tapped in front of a live-studio audience..."
I agree, there were quite a few episodes that were good for a laugh. I would have loved to see more humor interspersed with the drama (like TOS managed to do quite well). And I would love to have seen more of Phlox on away team stuff because he always provided a unique and often humor perspective to each episode he was in that had him in the spotlight for more than a few minutes.
Could've worked better as a soap opera, IMO. :P
I did my part to make it a comedy, whether it was trying to be or not.
you mean it wasn't?!?
No, but I agree it should have been done with a lot lighter touch. When I saw the recreated sets of the Ent 1701 in IAMD, I knew that the show suffered somewhat because of the dreary seriousness of the ship (don't get me wrong, it was beautifully done, just tooooooooooo gray and sterile,) and, the burden of the Vulcan's heavy presence as mankinds overseers. 
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