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Star Trek: Enterprise Premieres Tonight
Ankou writes: "'Enterprise' premieres tonight on UPN. Scott Backula, you may remember him in as the lead role of 'Quantum Leap', plays Jon Archer the captain of the NX-01 which is the Enterprise predating the NCC-1701 and Captain Kirk by almost 150 years. It even takes place before the whole United Federation of Planets came about! This series will prove to be a more rougher, blue-collared version of star travel than the picture portrayed by Kirk and Picard, i.e. crew wear baseball caps and their captain is a regular 'Joe' kind of guy (possibly why they chose Scott Backula as the lead role). Only time will tell if this series will last, be the judge for yourself and see it tonight, Sep 26, on UPN at 8/7 central." I discovered last weekend that I stopped getting UPN. Who knows when, since I've never needed it before. So I will be missing it, and crying in chair, while mumbling curses directed at my cable provider.
at least not here in St. Louis...Our local "we run anything we want, but claim to be WB" network has Enterprise debuting Saturday...they also have rights to run other "UPN" shows, like WWF Smackdown...
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There is a pretty favorable review in USAToday that mentions among other things that this crew is a little weary of new items such as "Phase Pistols" and "Transporters"....It gets 3 stars out of 4.
Can someone tell me why this did not get picked up by a more respectful network?
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Um, Starfleet is obviously a derivative of the Navy... Think about it.
- StarFLEET (Like a fleet of ships)
- Ensign, LT (j.g.), LT, LT CDR, CDR, CAPT, ADM, etc.
- "Engineering" (there are no "engineering" spaces on aircraft)
- The process of naming ships individually is a Navy thing. Individual aircraft aren't named. (compare the USS Enterprise, NX-01 with the USS Enterprise, CV-65)
And so on and so forth... just watch most any Trek show and you'll get the idea.
- "Engineering" (there are no "engineering" spaces on aircraft)
What, you've never heard of a flight engineer before? Here's a partial description: "The flight engineer is a technical expert, who must be thoroughly familiar with the operation and function of various airplane components." Sounds like the same concept to me.
Anyway, I agree that Starfleet is more derivative of a navy than an air force... just thought I'd clear up the "engineering" part.
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Yes they do. Perhaps you've never heard of a recent invention known as the "aircraft carrier?" Navy crew, navy pilots.
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Starbase 21 & UPN are sponsering a premier of the new Trek series Enterprise at the Cenimark theater wednesday in Tulsa Ok... on a big screen and with no admision costs. starbase21
The opening credits weigh in at 26MB, but it's worth it! Almost brought a tear to my eye... http://www.enterpriseuk.tv/e-media/series/index.as p
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I have employed the following method to varying degrees of success. I suggest to CT and anyone else who needs broadcast stations to simply unfold a paper clip and jam it in the coaxial pin hole. On a regular analog television you'll be able to get strong local stations if you aren't within heavy walls. A lengthy bit of wire also works. I don't know if slashdot's very proprietor would be willing to lower himself to the paper clips, but hey...
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Actually, now that I'm in college, I'm not in an area that has EVER had UPN.. but never fear.. The local WB will encore every UPN episode on saturday night. Excellent. -- So check around, there may be a network that does this in your area.
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Ok, lets put this B5 vs. Trek argument aside NOW. Because they cannot be compared. Not because one is better than another, but because they are way too different. It's like comparing Simpsons to West Wing. They are just not the same category/style/purpose. Trek series is Action/Adventure fantasy punctuated with a but of Drama. It's entertainment of the heart. I LOVE Trek. B5 on the other hand is Political Drama punctuated with a bit of Action/Adventure. It's a completely different animal. It is entertainment of the mind. I am a huge fan of B5. I have to agree though, set design and costumes on B5 are pretty hideous. Though at least B5 earthforce uniforms look like uniforms, instead of ST circus outfits.To add to everything, acting is so bad on B5 too. For a show based on an ensemble cast, I would have hoped they would have hired more than two real actors. But B5 special effects rock. And the story.. the story makes it all worth while. Instead of episodic heroics and scientific techno-bable of ST, you have a tightly knit story. Nothing is free and for every action - no matter how noble or idealistic - you got consequences and ultimatly responsibility. Not something you find in a lot of episodic TV. Most of the people I know who never got into B5, either stopped watching within first 2 seasons (most of which is just set-up) or saw a few episodes from all over the place, made no sense of it and ignored it. Their loss.
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WIRED: Star Trek: Bakula to the Future
Scripps/Howard: Operation: Enterprise
The San Francisco Examiner: Living in the now
New York Daily News: Bakula's Bold New 'Enterprise'
Also, MAXIM's cover girl this month is Jolene Blalock, who plays Vulcan Sub Commander T'Pol. Presumably this is the same T'Pol that in ST:TOS Amok Time oversees Spock's Pon Farr ceremony. Many of the Trek fan site are speculating on just how long it will be before her character experiences the Pon Farr with no Vulcan males around and only Capt. Archer present to address her needs.
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Get a clue before correcting people based on what you thought you read in their posts.
Here is an earlier copy of this same post by another user.
I am amazaed that the /. community is so quick to mod up repeat posts like this while at the same time jumping all over the editors if a story goes up twice. At least the editors aren't repeating stuff on purpose.
Maybe we should all be on the lookout for the next Star Trek story to go up. We can race to see who can copy and paste this superhero post the fastest and earn precious karma. It could be a "superhero first post" contest.
Of course, maybe the post is GPL'ed, in which case this reuse is all ok. :)
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If you're still blacked out (as in Holland, MI -- sorry Rob), I'd suggest contacting all the local stations that carry a lot of syndicated content. That sort of agitation is rather appropriate -- the first Star Trek series lasted an extra season because of it.
Not that I really care about "Enterprise". I seem to be the only slashdotter who realizes that this will be a dud. Same "creative" team as Voyager, even more potential for logic-free stories. (The bad guys are time travellers, for crissakes! Every time the writers get stuck, they'll declare a pardox.) But it is essential that all America should witness Buffy's return from the dead!
Have to admit that I felt a bit uneasy hearing a popsong in the trailer. Although "Magic Carpet Ride" was used to good effect in First Contact.
However, technically, this is not the first time lyrics have been associated with a Star Trek theme song. According to Steve E. Whitfield's excellent book, The Making of Star Trek, Roddenberry penned lyrics for the original them, although they were not used.
The lyrics are as follows:
Beyond
The rim of star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches
I know
His journey end never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.
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