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To: Frank_Discussion
I've surveyed this thread, and most poster responses have run the gamut from "Why is the same-old-same-old?" to "Why isn't it sacred STAR TREK CANON?" and I have to say: You folks can't seem to enjoy the series unless you're b!tching about it!

Who says I'm enjoying it? I've seen two episodes - that's all I could stand to watch.

For the Canon folks: It hasn't fallen prey to too many "violations", indeed it has merely fleshed out some things that were unexplained.

It has blown canon in more ways than there are stars in the heavens. We certainly didn't start really exploring space in a Cadillac like that - I think of the first Enterprise as a dorky-looking Chevy Vega or Peugeot, prone to repeated mechanical problems and with limited range. Probably the first one blew up or ran into something within a few months - who knows?

The only continuity error I really acknowledge is that the Imperial Klingons (chocolate mousse heads) are everywhere, whereas the TOS klingons were modified to look human for liaison purposes.

Believe it or not, I have no problem with the lobsterheads. There are a number of ways this could be "explained" in Enterprise, none of which have been done.

From what I understand, Roddenberry had wanted more makeup-enhanced Imperial-types, but there was no budget for it before the movies. Based on that, I think the continuity may be even BETTER on 'Enterprise'.

I remember hearing him speak at a con in which he said just that. But, Rick (spit) Berman could have at least given even the most perfunctory nod to the genius of William W. Theiss and the others who worked on the series, doing incredible work for the time with a budget of essentially nothing.

IMHO, if you go in to just watch the show without a frigging chip on your shoulder, you might enjoy it more.

The chip (a tree stump in my case) is there for a reason. The show is crap, wrong, and wrong-headed.

For myself, that was easy: I stopped watching ST about halfway thorough DS9, and almost gag when I see Ms. Columbo on the bridge of Voyager.

Voyager indeed sucked the big bag, which makes this continued "suckery" so hard for me to accept. And the common factor between STTNG, DS9, Voyager, and this latest disgrace is - you guessed it, Rick (spit) Berman.

It was really difficult to watch the spectrum of responses roll by so bitterly.

Sorry that you felt personally threatened by my opinion and that of others. But its difficult for me to accept this crock of night soil as "real" Star Trek. I simply can't look at a chunk of fecal material lying in the street and say that it smells like roses.

250 posted on 02/25/2003 5:04:54 PM PST by strela (Porgie Tirebiter - He's a Spy and a Girl Delighter)
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317 posted on 02/26/2003 7:12:10 AM PST by Frank_Discussion
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