Enterprise 09-10-03 (Season Premiere!)

[Kesh]

D'oh! I missed this. Gonna have to see about reruns...

 

[Shadeus]

I watched some of the first season, but got bored quickly. But somehow a topless T'Pol works for me. Although she may not have been there for its current following, but it sure as hell reeled me in. Although I must admit, it didn't really fit in well with the flow of the story. Maybe they should just have her stand naked on the bridge and then that will remove the ackwardness.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Scans revealed that there were materials in the debris similar to those in the Xindi probe. They didn't see signs of a base otherwise. Whether or not they would have depends on if there was a base there, and how good Xindi are at concealing compared to the Enterprise's sensors.

The fact that they found Xindi materials in any quantities would be reason to further investigate. My point was there was some sort of Xindi outpost wether it was a military base, a homeworld or just a mining colony it was Xindi and should therefore be investigated. Yes it is destroyed now but there would still be clues there.

Are there any systems nearby? Well, if there are, the Enterprise would have to "move along" to get to them. If there aren't any nearby, or if they aren't sure what is nearby, they'd have to "move along". How then is it stupidity on the crew's part to go about doing the thing they'd have to do to answer your question?

The order was to go deeper into the expanse, not look around for other systems nearby. Head to the closest system in whatever direction and see if anyone is there who can answer quesions about thier nieghbor that was blown up.

 

[Wycen]

The order was to go deeper into the expanse

Deeper is a relative term in space.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Deeper is a relative term in space.

But in case of an expanse or nebula, it should be clear what is meant - don`t stay on the outer rim of the nebula, boldly go where no man has gone before. It would have been difficult if they said fly under the expanse or over it, but deeper is understandable

Mustrum Ridcully

 

[myrdden]

Finally got to see the episode...

The theme song definitely has to go. The original one had started to grow on me, but this faster more upbeat tempo just doen't do it for me at all. As another poster has stated, it is extremely at odds with the direction that the show is going.

I thought it was a decent episode and I hope this represents what the avergae episode will be this season. The "Archer-taken-hostage" angle is getting way to thin to be much interesting anymore (if it ever was). I do like the idea behind the Xindi, with several species evolving on a single planet and not all of them humanoid. It's about time Star Trek aliens started looking more alien.

The addition of the marines is welcome and their interaction with the rest of the crew should be interesting as the season goes on. Malcolm's headbutting with the Major may provide some much needed (if not interesting) character development. We'll see where it goes.

The T'Pol/Tripp scene was gratuitous, but not as bad as I was expecting. I think the relationship between these two characters has a ton of potential (not romantically or anything like that) if handled right. But then again so does the show if it is handled right. Personally I find Tripp to be the most interesting character on the show, next to the doctor - everyone else seems way to bland. Except for Travis - he's more of a bridge prop than a character anyways.

The debris field that may or may not be the Xindi homeworld will need further explaining. It's too early to tell what the debris field really means, we'll have to wait to see how the season plays out. Is there more to the story? Is it bad/lazy writing? Who knows...

Bottom line for me is that it was not a waste of my time watching this episode, which is more than I can say for more than a few past episodes. It was entertaining if not fantastic. If I use JC's rating system I would also give it a 2.5 out of 5.

YMMV with this show considerably.

Myrdden

 

[myrdden]

If you'd continued watching the scene, you'd have discovered that Archer was speaking rhetorically, to make a point. He knew full well what the space was for; he was leading Malcolm down a train of logic regarding their future behavior.

Surely you've done that, and have known people who do? Ask rhetorical questions as the beginning of an argument or making a point?

Now that you have framed the conversation in that light, I would agree with how the scene was intended. But when I first watched the scene, I too thought Archer was daft not to know what the room was previously.

Myrdden

 

[Datt]

I will just echo what has been said before.

The new theme has to go. I actually liked the old one, but could see how it didn't really build up the episode for action. But this new one doesn't either. It just doesn't sound right. To me, if you change the background music, go ahead and change the words. Once someone gets used to hearing words and music together you don't change one without it sounding wierd.

Also, I agree that the T'Pol/Tripp scene was not needed. They just threw it in there to get the young single males going, Wow!. Which I must admit I did go Wow! Just not for the reasons they wanted me to. I mean don't get me wrong, Jolene is a very attractive woman, it's just that scene didn't fit in with the rest of the episode.

 

[Viking Bastard]

From what I've heard on other boards, this remix of the theme is a temp. The new theme simply isn't ready yet, but will be attached after a couple of episodes.

 

[Wolf72]

I liked the old theme song too