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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.
That means more useless argument between nerds.
yay!
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And neither should you. When I walk around my neighborhood at night, I can see the tell tale signs inside almost every bedroom and living room: that bluish glow of a TV. People are getting so damn lazy. Get off your ass. Go outside. Go for a hike. Go camping. Get in a canoe and paddle. Do something, anything. Not to mention that cable TV service can cost upwards of $30-$40/month for basic service in many cities. That's $360-$480/year for a service which really does nothing to contribute to your life. Read a book instead. Do something constructive. I've seen TV within the past year and it's a complete joke. That show "Friends" (and the tens of others like it) is so incredibly predictable and stupid, it's beyond me why anyone watches it.
Go out. Meet people. Get laid. Do something. But please turn off your damn TV.
Is this in anyway related to Star Trek?
Oh yeah, and please remember the Internet is global. Those of us outside the US don't get to see your new 'Strek Trek' program anyway..
Blaming GW Bush for the Iraq war is like blaming Ronald McDonald for the poor quality of food.
I think what you were trying to say is that B5 had a story to tell, while the latest Trek series have degenerated into a forehead of the week makes problem of the week which has to be solved by technology of the week.
Don't get me wrong, I love Trek, especially TOS. I just wish they'd get real stories going. Admit it, this is a space soap, and a soap needs an ongoing story. Without that, it'll be another dead week of time travel which didn't really happen. Well, I'll hope for better than that, anway.
GPL made simple: What was my stuff is now our stuff. If you improve our stuff, please keep it our stuff.
Time to search IMDb: 2 seconds.
Time to cut and paste correct spelling: 1 second.
The entertainment provided by yet another contributor shirking grammatical responsibility: Priceless.
Let's just change the slogan to reflect the capabilities of the staff: GNUs for Nurds. Stuf that matturs.
Morons? F-14's are Navy Planes. F-16's and F-15's, the Air Force's primary fighters, aren't seen too much on aircraft carriers. They Just load 'em up with gas and send them halfway across the world to the nearest airbase.
Get a clue before correcting people based on what you see in the news.
You are aware, aren't you, that the relation you posit (more streamlined = more advanced) is completely bogus?
You see, the thing is, you don't need streamlining in space! I suppose a bit of remedial basic science instruction is in order, since they probably aren't teaching this stuff in school any more, and lord knows that Trekkie shows and fan material ain't gonna teach it. Out there in space, there's a distinct lack of air. No air means no air resistance. No air resistance means no reason to streamline.
The only reason to streamline a spacecraft is if it needs to fly around in an atmosphere as well as space, and then it will look a heck of a lot more like an airplane (or a lifting body) than anything else, much like the Space Shuttle. And even I, an ardent Star Trek hater, know that The Original Series' version of the Enterprise literally cannot fly around in the atmosphere (that's why the show's creators put transporters on board). So there is no need for the Enterprise to be streamlined.
Real reason this show will suck: because it's Trek. It can't help it. The original series was the only one with anything really worthwhile, despite all the campiness. Modern trek is fluff, suitable only for those who can't handle real science fiction (and no, I'm not talking about B5, though B5 was certainly a better effort by far than any Trek to date). Trek is full of bad characterization, bad acting, bad science, bad science fiction, bad special effects, and is simply rotten all the way through.