Subj : Re: Rumor thread
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise
From : The Merry Piper
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 04:21:36

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:24:14 -0700, Wandering Wastrel
<adequate@best.org> wrote:

>Agreed. In the case of ENT I would like to see it reimagined more along 
>the lines of what Coto was doing in season four. Unfortunately the canon 
>established in the previous three seasons would have imposed some limits. 

This is the general thrust of my post, though you've stated it far
better than I.  Like you, I like the new BSG but don't care to see ENT
go that way.  I do like the way Season 4 of ENT played out, at least
for the most part, and would love to see more of that type of
programming.  

>For instance, giving the Klingons superior weaponry -- that was plain 
>idiotic. If anything it would have been better to have them start out as 

I always sort of saw the Klingons as having inferior weaponry but in
superior quantities.  For me, at least, it made the Klingons fit in
with the UFP milieu in my mind.  

>inferior in technology and then have some other race -- maybe 
>even humanity -- give them the technology, making a case for the prime 
>directive.

That is one workable premise for the PD.

>You don't have to go the BSG route -- though I like the new BSG -- but 
>you could acknowledge that humanity hasn't grown totally beyond its less 
>savory attributes. The conflict that was highlighted in "Terra Prime" 
>would have made for some very interesting storylines and character 
>development. I also would not have given the Vulcans such a prominent 
>role, making them the gatekeepers of humanity's development -- nor would 
>I have made them as petulant and "un-Vulcan" as they were (with examples 
>of this to numerous to list here). I would have portrayed the Vulcans as  
>ignoring humans for the most part with a few members of their race 
>demonstrating an almost subversive interest in humanity. The possibility 
>for tension and the growth of the Earth Vulcan alliance would establish a 
>more complex interaction that would provide for some interesting threads.

The ENT Vulcans were not a major sore point for me but I had trouble
buying into the concept of petulant Vulcans.  Had it been a small
number, while most were true to the Vulcans as we were used to seeing
them it would have been a little easier for me.  

Had TPTB wanted a race with superior technology feeding tech to the
Terrans little by little, the Andorians would have been a perfect
choice.  We know next to nothing about them as far as canon goes, so
B&B could have had free reign.  The Vulcans would not have intervened
because it would not be logical to allow an immature race such as the
Terrans to have "too much too quickly."  

>I could go on and on, but the depressing fact is a lot of the tripe 
>spewed forth in the first three seasons of ENT will remain a part of 
>canon. It could be many years before someone would have the nerve to 

Agreed.  

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