Reflecting on Star Trek Enterprise 10 years later...

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:18:11 -0400

I found this article on treknews.net and thought I would share and get my fellow sci-fi/Trek fan's thoughts.

http://www.treknews.net/2015/03/26/why-you-should-give-enterprise-another-chance/

Have the past 10 years changed your views on Enterprise? Would you revisit the show with a fresh perspective? Or, are there no redeeming qualities that could have Enterprise grouped with the rest of the TV franchise in terms of quality, story and cannon?

Why ‘Enterprise’ Is Getting Another Look and Why You Should Give It a Chance Too | TREKNEWS.NET

They say “absence makes the heart grow fonder”. As much as this statement is true in life, it certainly is true for Star Trek, specifically Trek on television. This May, it will have been a decade since we have last seen Star Trek broadcast as a weekly series. On May 13th, 2005, the Enterprise episode entitled “These Are The Voyages…” aired and it capped off an interesting period in Trek fandom because it not only marked the end of Enterprise...

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made May 14 at 2015 5:23 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:23:02 -0400

I did revisit the show. I enjoy it.

Not every episode of Ent is gold. Some are down-right awful (stop smiling, Capt. Janeway, you had your off-moments, too). But really, I'm enjoying the experience. You actually caught me in the middle of season 2, so I guess I better revisit this thread when I'm done.

Might have something more intelligent to say then "uh, yup".

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 14 at 2015 5:37 PM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:37:48 -0400

If you can get past the more-horrible-than-you-can-imagine opening theme the series has several promising episodes, but the series never hit a stride and as a prequel had a difficult time finding it's identity.

Response by PO1 John Miller made May 15 at 2015 12:23 AM

PO1 John Miller — Fri, 15 May 2015 00:23:51 -0400

Meh. I tried watching this show when it first came out, couldn't do it. I tried again when it came on Netflix. I got almost all the way through the first season before I gave it up.

Response by SSgt Donnavon Smith made Jul 22 at 2015 6:29 PM

SSgt Donnavon Smith — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:29:19 -0400

I liked it a lot, long erratic production pauses and timeslot changes in the Pre-DVR days killed it in my opinion. I could never determine when new shows were going to air.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 24 at 2019 12:29 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:29:04 -0400

Revisited it myself on a binge watch.
I....saw some bad errors, which were avoidable (phasers before they were invented, Borg and Ferengi first contacts, etc.) and didn't care for some of the episodes or plotlines.
However....MY Star Trek (how I perceive Star Trek) is not as a vehicle for stories that are metaphors about political or social happenings in the current, but as "the Final Frontier...to explore strange, new worlds", truly an exploration of space and frontier! As Roddenberry said, "Horatio Hornblower in space". Granted, I'm Navy and a history teacher, so the idea Hornblower/Captain Cook's voyages in space appeals to me more than pushing a narrative via a story.
In that regard, I think ENTERPRISE did very well on my rewatch, truly doing that exploring (hated the music and the limited appearance of the starship herself, but the visuals on the intro actually follow with that exploring theme) the final frontier, and wish they had more time to do more of the new species discovered.