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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. Re:Good series! by Kronik+Gamer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I really didn't like Babylon 5 that much, I just couldn't get into it. Star Trek has always been my favorite Sci-Fi series.

  2. I suppose it's worth a try... by tuffy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    ...but only the first half, since the a new Junkyard Wars will finally air in the second - and if it doesn't suck I can catch the rest when it re-airs saturday. If it turns out to be a good show, it might be worth the time.

    But if it *does* suck, friday's Farscape will be able to wash away the bad taste, like after that Voyager finale. I have only a couple hours of my life to lose finding out...

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  3. Why two hours?!? Junkyard Wars airs today by strredwolf · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm not going to watch it because the new Junkyard Wars airs tonight, and it's the first one of the new series. Besides, TNT's rebroadcasting Law and Order also, and there's always The West Wing...

    And I'm not missing Junkyard Wars for anything...

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  4. Off-topic, but I love this show... by update() · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I discovered last weekend that I stopped getting UPN. Who knows when, since I've never needed it before.

    I just want to throw in a plug for my favorite UPN show, The Parkers (Monday night at 9, can't give a URL since UPN.com uses JavaScript for no reason). I'm perhaps the only white person who watches it as it's gotten segregated into a night of all black shows, with DL Hughley and the always-hot Moesha. Look for a knock-off show with a white cast to appear on NBC in a couple of years to rave reviews, like Friends did to Living Single.

  5. Re:Baseball hats? by ncc74656 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    BUT... the Navy doesnt fly (through air OR space, it doesnt matter). perhaps starfleet is some kind of Air Navy? =)
    Those sure aren't Air Force jets taking off of and landing on aircraft carriers.
    A photo ran with an article recently on one of the news sites (don't remember which one). The article was about the Air Force ramping up in the Middle East. The photo that was run with the article was of an F-14 taking off from an aircraft carrier.

    Morons.

    (Then again, they probably figure most people wouldn't know any better...and in that, they're probably right.)

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  6. poorly handled first contact... by MadMaximus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could Picard have been alluding to the fact that an Earth farmer shot the first Klingon that came to Earth? I'd say first contact doesn't get any more poorly handled than that :)

    (I saw the premier last night on A Channel in Canada, sorry if I spoiled anything)

  7. TV? by supabeast! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Call me rude, but people still watch TV?