I have to echo a lot of what Chris said about Enterprise in general. The show had a lot of potential and was great in how it tried to be different than what came before while still honoring the lore and keeping much of that Trek flavor we had grown accustomed to. To be honest, I don’t remember a lot of details about “Broken Bow” as I probably haven’t seen it since 2001, but I do remember enjoying it. Maybe not quite as much as I did DS9 or Voyager, but at the time, I was in seventh heaven seeing Scott Bakula on TV regularly again. I’m kind of in the same boat when it comes to Archer and separating him from Sam Beckett. To me, Scott Bakula and Sam Beckett are practically inseparable, so it’s also somewhat jarring to me to see Scott act out of “character.” Some personal observations: the Temporal Cold War plot line was one I had always found very intriguing and wished it hadn’t ended so abruptly the way it did. I also remember watching the decontamination scene for the first time and sort of shaking my head, thinking, “Well, there it is…even Trek resorted to gratuitous T&A to try and bring in audiences.” But at least they didn’t resort to “sexy time” very often after that. I too thought each season just got better and better. Such a shame the show was cancelled right at the time when it really found its stride with the fan service and connecting back to TOS (not unlike QL 2022). I’m probably in the minority of people that didn’t mind the Xindi arc initially, even though it was most definitely a response to 9/11. In hindsight, it really comes out of nowhere in the grand scheme of the Prime timeline…you would think something as big and eventful as the Xindi attack of Earth (cutting an entire swath of destruction across Florida no less) would have been acknowledged and/or talked about a hundred years later. That’s the problem when you do a prequel to something that’s been pretty well established for decades, you need to get creative when adding something new to the lore that somehow gets forgotten about later on. If memory serves, it had something to do with time travel and the Xindi attack was a preemptive countermeasure in an attempt to change their future. I do want to point out that I think that Scene It trivia answer was wrong. The first instance of the slingshot effect was in “The Naked Time” when they went back in time three days…although it was an accident. I guess the question was calling for their first purposeful attempt, which indeed was “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” but it should be made clearer. I have that Scene It game too but have never opened it. Great discussion as always! It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on “The Vulcan Hello,” which, if I’m being completely honest, is a steaming pile of horse-s**t. If you can even call it a pilot episode when most of the main cast (and the actual freaking SHIP) isn’t even introduced. More like a series prologue than anything. Chris looks absolutely thrilled at the prospect of going back to Disco! 😂😂😂 ~Damon
I have to echo a lot of what Chris said about Enterprise in general. The show had a lot of potential and was great in how it tried to be different than what came before while still honoring the lore and keeping much of that Trek flavor we had grown accustomed to. To be honest, I don’t remember a lot of details about “Broken Bow” as I probably haven’t seen it since 2001, but I do remember enjoying it. Maybe not quite as much as I did DS9 or Voyager, but at the time, I was in seventh heaven seeing Scott Bakula on TV regularly again. I’m kind of in the same boat when it comes to Archer and separating him from Sam Beckett. To me, Scott Bakula and Sam Beckett are practically inseparable, so it’s also somewhat jarring to me to see Scott act out of “character.”
Some personal observations: the Temporal Cold War plot line was one I had always found very intriguing and wished it hadn’t ended so abruptly the way it did. I also remember watching the decontamination scene for the first time and sort of shaking my head, thinking, “Well, there it is…even Trek resorted to gratuitous T&A to try and bring in audiences.” But at least they didn’t resort to “sexy time” very often after that. I too thought each season just got better and better. Such a shame the show was cancelled right at the time when it really found its stride with the fan service and connecting back to TOS (not unlike QL 2022). I’m probably in the minority of people that didn’t mind the Xindi arc initially, even though it was most definitely a response to 9/11. In hindsight, it really comes out of nowhere in the grand scheme of the Prime timeline…you would think something as big and eventful as the Xindi attack of Earth (cutting an entire swath of destruction across Florida no less) would have been acknowledged and/or talked about a hundred years later. That’s the problem when you do a prequel to something that’s been pretty well established for decades, you need to get creative when adding something new to the lore that somehow gets forgotten about later on. If memory serves, it had something to do with time travel and the Xindi attack was a preemptive countermeasure in an attempt to change their future.
I do want to point out that I think that Scene It trivia answer was wrong. The first instance of the slingshot effect was in “The Naked Time” when they went back in time three days…although it was an accident. I guess the question was calling for their first purposeful attempt, which indeed was “Tomorrow Is Yesterday,” but it should be made clearer. I have that Scene It game too but have never opened it.
Great discussion as always! It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on “The Vulcan Hello,” which, if I’m being completely honest, is a steaming pile of horse-s**t. If you can even call it a pilot episode when most of the main cast (and the actual freaking SHIP) isn’t even introduced. More like a series prologue than anything. Chris looks absolutely thrilled at the prospect of going back to Disco! 😂😂😂
~Damon