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Star Trek: Enterprise Premieres Tonight

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-those-who-can-get-it dept.

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.

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  1. UPN doesn't have it exclusively... by B00yah · · Score: 4, Informative

    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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  2. USAToday Review by SomeOtherGuy · · Score: 5, Informative


    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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    1. Re:USAToday Review by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Informative

      The P in UPN stands for Paramount, which owns the rights to the Star Trek genre...

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    2. Re:USAToday Review by Drakino · · Score: 4, Informative
      Can someone tell me why this did not get picked up by a more respectful network?

      Because Viacom decided to keep Paramount shows on United Paramount Network instead of moving them to CBS. The FCC allowed Viacom to own two broadcast networks, overruling some old law stating a company can only have one. (UPN is broadcast in several places, it's a higher channel number here in Colorado Springs).

  3. Re:Baseball hats? by Squorch · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  4. Opening Credits Video here!!!! by DreamTheater · · Score: 3, Informative

    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 Download it here

  5. How to pick up local stations in a pinch by HongPong · · Score: 3, Informative
    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.

    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...

    On 9/11 in the big library at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities I at least got sound as the news rolled in.

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  6. Other reviews of the Premiere by Cy+Guy · · Score: 5, Informative

    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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    1. Re:Other reviews of the Premiere by Wonko42 · · Score: 3, Informative
      Actually, the Vulcan who oversaw Spock's Pon Farr ceremony was T'Pau.

      And isn't it only Vulcan males who experience Pon Farr? In The Search For Spock, Saavik tells David that Pon Farr is the Vulcan male puberty, which implies that it does not happen in female Vulcans. Or perhaps female Vulcans go through a seperate, but similar type of thing?

  7. How many times has this exact comment been posted? by John+Harrison · · Score: 5, Informative
    I don't even think this guy came up with it! This is an amazing case of karma grabbing!

    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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  8. No UPN? Here are your alternatives. by fm6 · · Score: 5, Informative
    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.
    UPN syndicates its shows in markets with no local affiliate. Usually broadcast on the weekend after the network showing. Go to ClickTV and search for "Bakula". Don't search for "Enterprise", you'll get a zillion rerun hits.

    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!