Enterprise 10-08-03

[ColonelHardisson]

I missed the connection between the trellium-D and the Vulcan psychosis. Was it poisonous to them?

Yes.

If so, how does that stop the crew from lining the hull of Enterprise with it? Can't it be placed in such a way that T'Pol can't come in contact with it?

They're going to have to hold off lining the hull until Phlox finds a way to innoculate T'Pol against the radiation.

 

[Orius]

Ok, well, I just saw it, and I'm kinda not sure what to think. The closest plot I can think of is TNG: The Naked Now.

However, something struck me as weird: did it seem that some parts seemed sped up during the action shots (e.g. a zombie Vulcan jumps out at Archer, and it seemed a little quick)?

Yeah, they did that a couple of time throughout the episode. I thnk they did it in the "Anomaly" episdoe too, when Archer put that mouthy alien in the decompression chamber. I guess it's supposed to make things seem edgy or something, but I don't like, I think it simply looks like crap.

 

[Orius]

Plus, the asteroid field scenes were cool.

Yeah, they did a pretty good job with the asteroid field. Always got to put a hot shot pilot in an asteroid field, it's a sci-fi tradition started by Han Solo. And both Archer and Mayweather think of themselves as hot shot pilots.

 

[Orius]

I'm not meaning Campy. I'm meaning Wacky. Strange things and
general weirdness. Out-There concepts. High imagination. Cosmic
adventures. TOS had it all, but beyond a few episodes it's been
missing in the TNG-era stuff. When they originally said that ENT
would be more TOS-like, that's what I hoped for and I still do.

Yeah, but Star Trek takes itself way too seriously these days to do that sort of thing, i'm thinking.

 

[Orius]

Not bad, though Resident Evil meets Star Trek really isn't my sort of thing. At least it kept my interest, and it wasn't mind-numbingly boring.

The fact that Trellium-D is poisonous to Vulcans is an interesting twist as well. One of the biggist cliches in Star Trek is that Vulcans are immune to stuff that messes up humans, and Enterprise has pulled that cliche out at least two or three times so far, and that's what I remember off the top of my head. It's an interesting twist to have something that messes up Vulcans yet human are immune to it.

 

[Shadowdancer]

I really enjoyed this episode. It was basically a big haunted-house-in-outer-space episode, or as already pointed out, a zombie-house-in-outer-space.

I was glad to see that the secondary story -- the mining trip to the asteroid -- wasn't used as comic relief to break the tension of the main story. "Enterprise" has done that a few times in past episodes, and I don't think it worked very well.

I also loved the homage to the old Asteroids video game? Anyone else catch it?

And I also like how this entire season so far has felt like one long, continuous story. Events in one episode are referenced in and impact subsequent episodes.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Well I just finished watching this episode and I must say I enjoyed it. Granted I have enjoyed Enterprise all along, but thats besides the point.

This episode was quite well done. It had enough of a creepy vibe to it, without over doing it or being extremly graphic. The asteroid field was very cool.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yeah, but Star Trek takes itself way too seriously these days to do that sort of thing, i'm thinking.

It does take itself way to seriously, to the extent that
the seriousness of it all often breaks my suspension of
disbelieve.

 

[Kesh]

Finally saw this episode on Sunday. I have to say, it's the best Enterprise ep I've seen so far. Personally, I would've preferred a two-parter, since it felt a little rushed...

I have to agree with other posters here that the asteroid field was extremely impressive. One of the best I've seen in sci-fi to date.

Also, the make-up artists deserve an Emmy for this. They did an incredible job on the infected Vulcans, and of making T'Pau gradually look more and more ill as the show went on. When she awoke from her nightmare, the green flush to her face was perfect.

Oh, and now that I finally saw it, the idea of Marines on the ship seems good. I love the guns... very reminiscent of an MP5, or even an old MP40. This particular soldier's attitude was well played, and I hope the actor gets more airtime during the series. Of course, having a bunch of Marines onboard is like having a bunch of redshirts.

So, yeah, finally a good episode.

 

[myrdden]

They're going to have to hold off lining the hull until Phlox finds a way to innoculate T'Pol against the radiation.

Thanks. I missed the fact that it was radioactive. I thought it was just poisonous to vulcans. This makes more sense.

Myrdden