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To: pabianice
Stop making Scott Bakula come across as Captain Janeway with a hairy chest.

It needs more testosterone. I need more testosterone!
2 posted on 02/25/2003 11:18:19 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: OpusatFR
It needs more testosterone. I need more testosterone

A tough thing to do with a gay actor.

In fact, most of the shows episodes have little in the way of testosterone.

It is a very feminine show throughout.

Not impressed by this series at all!

46 posted on 02/25/2003 11:50:36 AM PST by Cold Heat
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To: OpusatFR
1). How To Rescue the T.V. Show: HYPE the damn thing a little! I haven't seen a T.V. ad for Enterprise in over a year, and I'm both a frequent viewer of the station it airs on locally, and a long-time Trek fan. But I honestly don't even know for sure what day or time it airs. If you don't get in the habit of making time for a show, you're probably watching something predictable (FoxNews in my case).

2). How To Rescue the Movie Series: Stop killing off your most beloved characters when you're not even sure you'll make enough profit to make a sequel and resurrect them. (Two notes on this: Nemesis' $40 million gross is U.S. ONLY-2/3 or so of a movie's gross typically comes from overseas, so add that and video sales/rentals in and they broke even at the least. And as for Data, if some Xerox copy of his "soul" winds up in B4 I'll A). be glad he's still around, and B). puke my guts out because it's an unbelievable premise, and also because they already pulled that trick with Spock). Here's two ways to get the Movie Series back on its feet: 1). STOP RELEASING THEM THE SAME WEEK AS CULTURAL PHENOMENA WHICH YOUR FAN BASE WOULD PREFER TO SEE! I knew Nemesis was doomed when I heard they were dumb enough to release it four days before "The Two Towers" (best movie ever, that LOTR!) 2). Roll the dice and marry the DS9 cast and TNG cast in an all-out action flick- possibly centering on Worf, the Klingons, and a new and mind-bogglingly terrifying threat from the Gamma Quadrant.
Spend some money on it. You have to cast your bread upon the water for it to come back dough!
177 posted on 02/25/2003 1:42:31 PM PST by Burr5
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To: OpusatFR
Enterprise is certainly not the worst Star Trek ever... Voyager clearly holds onto that crown... my god 7 seasons and the only character worth a damn was the HOLIGRAM!

Enterprise however is very disappointing. Human's first voyage (for the most part) into deep space and we are lead by a captain whos thinks he's Jesus (every even they encounter her tells some historical parable or other) Who self doubts himself routinely, who has all the leadership ability of a box of exlax.... You're the captain, you don't have to justify your orders, and you don't have to debate the validity of them with some gal who's only reason for being on the show is T&A.

The series suffers from poor writing, more than anything else. There is so much potential here, and all we get are cookie cutter drivel more often than not. Again like voyager the only character of interest seems to be the Doctor.... Has the star trek universe forgetten what it is to be a CAPTAIN? Janeway they wrote so crusty that they overplayed her being in command (I guess because she was a woman, had to be overly hard nosed) Archer is written like a pansy... even when he puts his foot down, its hard to take him seriously.

T'Pal character is empty. Sure she's a vulcan, but she can have a personality, and can express it. The chemistry of Spock, Kirk and Bones worked, Tpal Archer and the other one don't... The writers need to get over the sanctimoniousness as well... I have no problem if you want to put a social commentary into your shows on occassion, but at least make an effort to have a plot around them that works, not invent the plot post facto, just written soley for the purpose of providing a hardly visiable cover over your hour long political diatribe.

You really need to work on the writing, there is so much potential here... and cookie cutter is what seems to be being produced.
329 posted on 02/26/2003 9:54:19 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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