New Star Trek

by **Mr. Brian** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:29 pm

JackT wrote:I LOVED the theme song. They tried to liven the song up in season 3, but I really liked the original. It went very well with the title sequence.

I also liked Bakula as Archer.

Can't comment on UPN. I watched most of the series on HDNet. The show was visually beautiful.

Having a Star Trek theme song be a pop song was annoying as hell to me. It just broke with a good tradition of having an epic sounding instrumental.

Bakula may have been good but I really think they should have gone with an unknown rather than cast the lead with another well known sci-fi lead actor.

UPN was on it's way down by the time Enterprise was airing. As I recall we didn't even have an affiliate in my area for part of the series and the network itself just didn't have much else to offer anyway. That just didn't lead to getting new viewers.

I may give it another chance if I find it on reruns.

by **In The Margins** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:41 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:Having a Star Trek theme song be a pop song was annoying as hell to me. It just broke with a good tradition of having an epic sounding instrumental.

Bakula may have been good but I really think they should have gone with an unknown rather than cast the lead with another well known sci-fi lead actor.

UPN was on it's way down by the time Enterprise was airing. As I recall we didn't even have an affiliate in my area for part of the series and the network itself just didn't have much else to offer anyway. That just didn't lead to getting new viewers.

I may give it another chance if I find it on reruns.

I read at the time that Brannon Braga in particular had lost interest in the show (Enterprise) (I'm guessing because he had another show in development), so he just let it all go to hell. I thought at one point the show had promise, but then it got pointless.

One of the mistakes the developers made was making everything on the Enterprise slick and shiny and working. It was supposed to be before space travel was perfected. They touched upon this idea a few times in the first season when they were afraid to use the transporter and then all of a sudden they're jumping in the transporter without any qualms.

Did anyone ever make it to Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton when it was around? There was a great timeline display and prop exhibit from the tv shows and movies before you got to the ride.

by **Red** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:17 pm

tonywojo wrote:star trek is shite

there he goes again............trying to stir the pot! :evil:

by **Red** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:21 pm

In The Margins wrote:Did anyone ever make it to Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton when it was around?

noooo, but we went to DC to see the Bunnymen (with Noel Burke) and there was a huge Star Trek Exhibit at the Smithsonian, so we went to that ....turns out Will had gone too! (we didn't see him though...but he told us he was there later, coz the hubby had on a Spock T shirt he got there. :lol:

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by **Dr Cheese** » Tue May 12, 2009 5:00 am

Anyone seen this yet? I'm dragging the wife along to see it at the weekend - she's less than thrilled!

by **Mr. Brian** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:56 am

Dr Cheese wrote:Anyone seen this yet? I'm dragging the wife along to see it at the weekend - she's less than thrilled!

I haven't but have plans to see it this weekend. The trailers look great and everyone I know who has seen it said it was fantastic. I had really lost faith in the Star Trek franchise myself. Who would have thought after 10 movies they would make one that has appeal to traditionally non-Star Trek fans and reboot the whole thing? I can't help but think that the re-visioning of the Battlestar Galactica series had something to do with this being made.

by **JackT** » Tue May 12, 2009 9:36 am

My brother has seen it twice and is raving about it.

by **black francis** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:45 am

It looks like a Star Trek made by Jerry Bruckheimer starring Jackie Chan with all those x-treme scenes they've shown in the previews.

I'm thinking Star Wars prequels.

by **happy_loss** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:08 am

Now the board is bringing the sci-fi geek out of me.

RE: Enterprise, was probably my fave of all the series next to TOS. Theme song, yes horrible. Stories, hit and miss but the 3rd season (b/c someone else took over the show by then) was awesome and would've continued to improve if it would've kept going. There was lots of nitpicking about the tech being too updated for it being a prequel, ok possibly, but without a doubt it had the best production values (sets, props, etc) of any Star Trek series period. Even rivaled most of the movies.

I cannot wait to see the new movie! It doesn't open here until May 29th, but I cheat a read a synopsis of the whole plot. Really looking forward to it.

by **withahip** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:52 pm

by **black francis** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:56 pm

I think I see areola.

by **withahip** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:34 pm

I think it's Uranus.

by **Mr. Brian** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:47 am

Which Star Trek Movie Are You?

by **In The Margins** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:13 am

Surprisingly, I'm Wrath of Kahn, too.

Has anyone seen the new movie yet? I saw it Thursday and it's well worth the effort.

by **JackT** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:39 am

I saw it yesterday. It was very, very good. I have a lot to say about it, but will let everyone see it for themselves.

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