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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 721653" data-attributes="member: 4779">I'm glad we agree.  It's best to keep shows like Trek in context.  TOS was aired at a time where space travel was something new and exciting.  It captured the exploration aspect of humanity and gave it a positive spin.  It was idealic and full of optimism.  If you put ENT in the same context, it is easier to enjoy.  I like the submarine-style of the ship, it makes things feel not so foreign, like it could almost happen.  I like the fact that they get their butts handed to them on a weekly basis, while still getting a chance to shine in their own way.If none of that does it for you (the people who don't like the show's style/direction/feel, etc.) then how would you handle it?  It's not enough to just say:  Make it more like DS9 or any of the other series.  What kind of plots would you introduce, what actors would you have chosen and what storyline would not only work within the timeframe, but make sense for Star Trek as a franchise?  Keeping in mind that not every episode will contain a historical event, what can the crew do on an episode by episode basis that would be entertaining?  I think they have started to go in the right direction (we saw how Red Alert started, they are fleshing out the Andorians and Vulcans).  What else can they do?Note:  This is in the spirit of the thread, meant to continue a rational conversation about the show, not to slam people who aren't satisfied with it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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