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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1442060" data-attributes="member: 8944">I suppose the last few second intro of Kirk would be cool...&nbsp;But I don't really think the idea of doing a &quot;history&quot; of the star trek universe is a good idea. Not only do malevolent demi-deities play havoc with the timeline on a nearly daily basis, but the strength of Trek has never been its consistency. &nbsp;Consistency in Star Trek sucks! Zephram Cochrane appears in an episode of the original series, and he looks nothing like the guy who plays him in First Contact. In the original series, the warp drive goes up beyond 14, but in TNG warp can never exceed Warp Factor 10. There are even inconsistencies from within each series (watch how ferengi change throughout the run of TNG, and then change more in DS9).&nbsp;The guy at AICN is right! The strength is in the characters, not the overarching storylines. Why did I watch trek? Because I cared about Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Sulu and Checkov. I gave a damn what happened to Uhura and even nurse Chapel, and ocaisonally Yeoman Rand. Why? Because they were these beautifully constructed characters. &nbsp;TNG was the same way! Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf (but not Troi. I draw the line at Troi) were all people that you wanted to spend an hour (or more) with every week.&nbsp;Even in DS9, it was worth the time to see Quark, Garak, and Odo (the rest of the characters, save the direct transplants from TNG, were total throwaways for me). &nbsp;Neither of the newest Treks have done that. 'Enterprise' hardly even LOOKS like Trek, and they've done precious little time exploring! No acidic concrete monsters! No hippie love flowers! Not even a planet filled with humans from Time Period X on earth. These are the things that make Trek! Bring them back!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 1442060, member: 8944"] I suppose the last few second intro of Kirk would be cool... But I don't really think the idea of doing a "history" of the star trek universe is a good idea. Not only do malevolent demi-deities play havoc with the timeline on a nearly daily basis, but the strength of Trek has never been its consistency. Consistency in Star Trek sucks! Zephram Cochrane appears in an episode of the original series, and he looks nothing like the guy who plays him in First Contact. In the original series, the warp drive goes up beyond 14, but in TNG warp can never exceed Warp Factor 10. There are even inconsistencies from within each series (watch how ferengi change throughout the run of TNG, and then change more in DS9). The guy at AICN is right! The strength is in the characters, not the overarching storylines. Why did I watch trek? Because I cared about Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Sulu and Checkov. I gave a damn what happened to Uhura and even nurse Chapel, and ocaisonally Yeoman Rand. Why? Because they were these beautifully constructed characters. TNG was the same way! Picard, Riker, Data, Geordi, Worf (but not Troi. I draw the line at Troi) were all people that you wanted to spend an hour (or more) with every week. Even in DS9, it was worth the time to see Quark, Garak, and Odo (the rest of the characters, save the direct transplants from TNG, were total throwaways for me). Neither of the newest Treks have done that. 'Enterprise' hardly even LOOKS like Trek, and they've done precious little time exploring! No acidic concrete monsters! No hippie love flowers! Not even a planet filled with humans from Time Period X on earth. These are the things that make Trek! Bring them back! [/QUOTE]

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