Why Enterprise Failed?

[Ranger REG]

I didn't like the pilot episode, and I say that even as a Fan of All Things Klingons.

Of the first 3 seasons, the only interesting episodes are when Archer & Co. encountered the Andorians. Mind you, that's only less than a handful (that I can count) of those 3 seasons.

HOWEVER, when the fourth season came around, it has better episodes, with and without the Andorians. Instantly, I converted from a critic to an ENT fan. Unfortunately, I wasn't enough to convince UPN to keep the show on air. It was a case of "too little, too late." Throw in Viacom's chief Les Moonves who has some grand scheme for UPN's programming format and ENT is kicked to the curb.

IOW, good for African-American viewers, sucks for sci-fi fans.

 

[Torm]

Why Enterprise failed:

Voyager.

If fans had not already been fed a seven year diet of almost complete junk, they might have given Enterprise the three year warm-up that, let's face it, TNG needed, too. As it was, Enterprise started looking like more of the same all too quickly, and people who held out hope that a new series would mean a return to good Trek gave up again.

 

[Tetsubo]

In today's highly competetive market, I don't know if you can really say that Enterprise "failed". Four seasons is not a failure when most shows don't last into their second season. B5: Crusade failed. Firefly failed. Enterprise didn't so much fail as not succeed as well as might have been hoped.

Firefly didn't fail. It wasn't even given the chance to fail. Fox Exec are morons...

 

[evildmguy]

In the fwiw category

Why Enterprise failed:

Voyager.

If fans had not already been fed a seven year diet of almost complete junk, they might have given Enterprise the three year warm-up that, let's face it, TNG needed, too. As it was, Enterprise started looking like more of the same all too quickly, and people who held out hope that a new series would mean a return to good Trek gave up again.

I agree, fwiw. I didn't watch Voyager after half of season one. I couldn't take it.

Have a good one! Take care!

edg

 

[evildmguy]

Firefly didn't fail. It wasn't even given the chance to fail. Fox Exec are morons...

YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!

I agree that Fox (tv) execs are morons.

Have a good one! Take care!

edg

 

[Asmo]

Why Enterprise failed:

Voyager.

If fans had not already been fed a seven year diet of almost complete junk, they might have given Enterprise the three year warm-up that, let's face it, TNG needed, too. As it was, Enterprise started looking like more of the same all too quickly, and people who held out hope that a new series would mean a return to good Trek gave up again.

Here we go again:the Voyager-bashers rears their ugly heads again..
(Were are the roll-eyes when you need them?)

Asmo

 

[John Crichton]

I can't directly blame Voyager. That's not at all fair. However, it was a factor. Just like the show being stuck on UPN and then getting the Friday night slot-o-doom just as the writing picks up. Both factors.

But the fact remains that the show went through periods of sub-par writting/plotting and never really had an identity. It got much better in season 4 but it started on the bubble. And while it may look like the fans brought it back, that's not reality. There could have been some influence but it was tiny. The reason for season 4: syndication. Enterprise needed to hit 100 eps to be sold to other networks (like Spike) and make Paramount some cash.

It also didn't help that the chief engineer was significantly more interesting than the captain. Voyager proved without a doubt that without a compelling and interesting captain that the show's quality will suffer.

 

[Torm]

Here we go again:the Voyager-bashers rears their ugly heads again..
(Were are the roll-eyes when you need them?)

I'm not a "Voyager-basher", although I can see why you'd think so. Voyager had an interesting premise, and characters that were all - in theory - interesting or at worst not horrible concepts. I wanted to like the show. But it lacked a guiding hand that knew what it was doing, that could have kept it from some of the overall problems it ended up with, and it didn't have that. It's almost like someone came up with good ideas, initially, and that person probably had good ideas for where to take things, too - but then they took the whole thing and gave it to clueless writers to play with, and didn't even let them talk to the originator, or something.

If you want to say I'm a basher of anything, consider me a "B&B Basher", because I blame them for what has happened to Trek. Manny Coto mostly took over this season on Enterprise, and look what happened - great episodes. But too little too late. :\

 

[mojo1701]

Don't forget lack of marketing.

And it being chained to UPN. If it wasn't for CityTV carrying it here, I never'd catch it (short of downloading it, but I want them to know I'm watching it).

 

[LrdApoc]

Why if someone posts an opinion of a negative view are they called XXX-bashers?