Enterprise started out not as terrible as the theme song, but I lost interest after the first season. Mr Veg watched it all the way through, and ranted a lot about the rewriting of key ST canon but he mostly was okay with it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
Sometimes when I am feeling feisty and either really drunk or hungover and self-loathing (mostly the latter) I will sing a heavily inflected version of the Enterprise theme song at my cat to spite his existence
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
Watched First Contact recently and was struck by the absurdity of humanity progressing from savages to space travel to RUNNIN THIS SHIT in the course of 200 years when the Vulcans etc. had been doing it so much longer.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 4 April 2013 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit, the Enterprise theme song sounds like it was appropriated from a failed WB adult drama of that era.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
it's been one of my great joys in life to sing that theme song to Mr Veg at random times throughout our marriage
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
I loooooooooove how cheesy and terrible it is. It makes me so happy.
200 years is a long time, technologically-speaking, and the vulcans don't really lend well to running shit. just ain't logical.
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
IT'S BEEN LOOOOONG ROADGETTIN FROM THERE TO HERE
CAUSE I'VE GOT FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAITH OF THE HEART
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
btw the theme song to Enterpise is written by Diane Warren, the same songwriter that brought us the theme song to Armageddon (as performed by Aerosmith)
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yijcWsLda8
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
it could only have been made better if she'd have teamed up with Desmond Child and sent into Cher JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES territory. but that would have been too much awesome for one theme song.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
apparently she has written eighty billion songs, most with a similar sentiment or tone:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Diane_Warren
this is the worst fucking opening of any fucking star trek series, ever
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
btw she wrote that Cher song, assuming you knew that, but stating it for others in the audience who have no idea wtf it is
it's bad, but in a really awesome way. let's be clear.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
The thing about Enterprise is that Scott Bakula is terrible in it.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
Half of his delivery is as stilted as a middle school thespian giving sincere, over enunciated first line readings of the drama club's fall production of Our Town.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:51 (eleven years ago) link
All ST series are worthy of watching all the way though. Except for the original series.
― Jeff, Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:51 (eleven years ago) link
did you hear the throwaway line in the Abrams ST movie where they implied Scott teleported Bakula's character's dog into oblivion
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
*Scotty
Porthos noooo! He was my favorite character on Enterprise.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
well, they said a beagle and he was "Commander" Archer, so unless dog lifespans have significantly advanced, it was probably Porthos 2
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
that spock lady's catsuit got a bit much after the initial O_O wore off
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 April 2013 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
AllNo ST series are worthy of watching all the way though. Except for the original series.― Jeff, Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:51 AM (2 hours ago)
― Jeff, Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:51 AM (2 hours ago)
fixed.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 4 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
the engineer on enterprise is pretty good
the show's not terrible
― the late great, Thursday, 4 April 2013 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
Definition of disappointment: the little leap in my brain when I see "Star Trek" while channel hopping and then the fall when I see ": Enterprise".
― riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Thursday, 4 April 2013 08:54 (eleven years ago) link
I can't remember the theme to Enterprise, when I try to think of it I just get I DON'T WANNA WAIT. FOR OUR LIIIIVES TO BE OVEEEEER.
Voyager was my ST show of choice back when it was on and I was passing into and through my teens, when I've seen it more recently good GOD is it ever boring.
― a similar stunt failed to work with a cow (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 4 April 2013 09:00 (eleven years ago) link
enterprise theme changed, didn't it, between seasons? think it was jel, late of this parish, that pointed this out. both were awful.
voyager had some great standalone episodes. enterprise fell into the time-travel trap, backwards and forwards until all but the kind of fanboys that take notes during episodes couldn't keep up with it.
― koogs, Thursday, 4 April 2013 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
If it changed, it changed from awful song to another awful version of the same awful song.
I remember when it first aired and being pretty psyched about it and the theme song coming on and Jeff and I just looking at each other like, "What the fuuuuuck is this shit?" Anyway, I agree that overall it's not terrible, but I probably spent equal time making fun of it as just watching it. I mean, who the fuck comes to a brand new planet and just plops down in a runabout and lets his idiot Beagle run wild, shitting invasive new bacteria all over the place? The runabout lifts off, screen says "Three months later...," and the planet is a barren wasteland.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
tbf, Star Trek seems to assume that bacterial epidemiology ain't no thang once you discover warp drives.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 4 April 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
Enterprise made a big deal about decontaminating everybody coming back on the ship. I think a couple of episode A stories were about people nearly dying in the decon chamber. But that was obviously a ploy to have somebody rub blue gel all over T'Pol's mostly naked body.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
xp panspermia hypothesis reduced down to a small dog taking a leak all over loads of planets
― Will you see a political publicity stunt? (snoball), Thursday, 4 April 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
carl agatha has a good understanding of the scriptwriting dynamic of early Enterprise right there
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
I stopped watching it when it originally aired because I couldn't cope with all that sexist claptrap. I mean, 7 of 9 was totally T&A fanservice but she was a great character with awesome backstory and a nice development arc and I don't recall her spending a lot of time in her underwear. When we eventually watched the whole show, I felt like the Tucker/T'Pol love interest sub plot offered some context for all of the decon gel massages happening, and T'Pol's character development (despite Jolene Blalock confusing "stoic" for "mumbling all her lines") gave her more depth, but it was still pretty bad.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
But that was obviously a ploy to have somebody rub blue gel all over T'Pol's mostly naked body.
And Trip's mostly naked body.
― Jeff, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
Also, lol @ the Vulcan neuro pressure sessions because trip couldn't sleep. And T'Pol in her ridic pajamas.
― Jeff, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure that made some people very happy.
http://mahlia.id.au/me/entandportraittattoos03.jpg
xp haha yes, her fucking mid-riff pajama tops. Wtf, T'Pol, those are not logical.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
Bakula was doing Dubya
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
That tattoo makes the Enterprise look like it was put in a microwave for 30 seconds
― urine for a treat (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 April 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
Have any of you watched the "Phase II" stuff?
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 April 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
reading about it now, that sounds kind of awesome!
never knew about the original 'phase ii' series that they were going to make in the '70s, kinda sorry they never filmed any of that.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 6 April 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
How are the books? Still see tons of 'em, some by writers good in non-Trek contexts.
― dow, Saturday, 6 April 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Watched a little bit of two of the Phase II episodes on Youtube. The acting and the way the dialogue was recorded are both kind of questionable, but the sets and effects are pretty cool and definitely look like The Original Series. Think some of the scripts were later adapted for The Next Generation.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 April 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
They even put the old NBC peacock logo at the beginning as if it were 1966 all over again.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
And short blackouts where the commercials would have gone.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
As well as guest appearances by various actors who appeared in memorable roles in TOS.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
I love the relaunch novels so much - http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Relaunch_Novels_-_Timeline.
I skipped around at first (Destiny trilogy - amazing, and a couple about the Department of Temporal Investigations, which were fun) then started reading from the beginning (up to Hollow Men now) and I'm a huge fan.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 7 April 2013 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
Gonna send u questions some day
― I, rrational (mh), Sunday, 7 April 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
Me? Okay! I will answer them.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 7 April 2013 10:39 (eleven years ago) link
I remember reading in '77-78 that there was going to be a revived ST series, but had no idea things got so far along.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link