What is 'Enterprise' missing?

[myrdden]

Re: Re: What is 'Enterprise' missing?

I do not care if it shows up in later series in their chronology or if basic common sense safety precautions have been ignored for those same later series. If they want this series to seem more real and pertinent to our own times then let's get with the program and buckle the hell up!

That is one of the reasons it feels more like the later series than TOS (although they didn't have seatbelts either!) to me. I agree with what you have posted - the tech level needs to be more evolved from the present. It needs to be recognizable yet feel advanced. It sure is a challenge, but then that's the price for creating an ambitious series like Star Trek.

For fans of the show, its not ONLY good storylines that is necessary. Part of the fun is seeing the special effects and technology portrayed in a realistic or plausible manner. I own a couple of the technical manuals simply because it is fun to speculate and think about the technology of the show. One of the draws of this show for me was the anticipation of seeing pre-TOS technology and watch how things developed. So far - I haven't been satisfied on this point.

Myrdden

 

[theT0rmented]

About the shields

I could be wrong, but I remember reading a novel, 7 or 8 years ago, about a young James T. Kirk. He was the one who invented "deflector" shields. The book was written by William Shatner, IIRC, so it's to take with a grain of salt (I personally don't like William Shatner; but that's for another thread).

Like I said, that was a long time ago, so my memory may be off, but I remember feeling "ya, right..." when I read that part of the book, like Shatner pushing his own character...

 

[jonesy]

Now I know! It's so simple: Enterprise is missing pies. Lots and lots of pies.

 

[Mark CMG]

Now I know! It's so simple: Enterprise is missing pies. Lots and lots of pies.

There have been a number of Pecan Pie references already. So there!

 

[Gizzard]

These guys kind of remind me of the people who ran the XFL.

Lol. I've caught very few episodes of Enterprise, but whenever I do, it seems someones rubbing the scantily-clad Vulcan babe with gel in the de-contamination room.

Not that theres anything wrong with that; but its not SciFi. It might be SciFi seen through the lens of the XFL though. ;-)

 

[Mark CMG]

I've caught very few episodes of Enterprise, but whenever I do, it seems someones rubbing the scantily-clad Vulcan babe with gel in the de-contamination room.

Not that theres anything wrong with that; but its not SciFi.

Depends on the gel...

 

[John Crichton]

Depends on the gel...

And the Vulcan. *shudders*

 

[Mark CMG]

And the Vulcan. *shudders*

The needs of the one...

 

[John Crichton]

The needs of the one...

... outgel or outrub the needs of the many. *kaff*

I smell a spinoff.

 

[Mark CMG]

... outgel or outrub the needs of the many. *kaff*

I smell a spinoff.

In the episode when they placed both Hoshi and T'Pol in decon with Malcolm, I thought they might have been pushing their luck...but I forgave them.