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Enterprise Finale Synopsis Released
exley writes "Trek Today is reporting that UPN has released a synopsis for the final two episodes of Enterprise, apparently confirming some of the rumors that have been circulating in recent weeks." From the article: "Enterprise will be the first Trek series since the original Star Trek not to end with a special two-hour finale. However, UPN has decided to air both 'Terra Prime' and 'These Are The Voyages...' on the same day, Friday the 13th of May, in an effort to still make a special event out of the show's end."
Then Lexus will appear on the main view screen, the science officer will analyze it to be an early 21st century craft which ran on fossil fuels and contains a crew of accountants. The captain will order phasers set to kill and fired with extreme predjudice, while engineering hails the bridge to indicate all power has suddenly failed. A crew of workmen will enter the bridge and start dismantling things and taking away props, phasers and rubber ears. (similar to the old SNL skit)
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that Friday the 13th is the last day for Star Trek Enterprise. Maybe it's no such bad luck after all. Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.
Atleast Enterprise will get a ending. It took Farscape forever to get a proper ending and theres countless other shows that got canceled without a chance to conclude anything.
UPN has officially confirmed that Jonathan Frakes (William T. Riker) and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) will appear on the Enterprise finale, in a sequence set on the holodeck.
So "Enterprise" was just one big holodeck fantasy novel? Hooray!
Does Captain Archer finally find his way back into his own time/body?
There is reportedly one cracking good scene with a massive fight and a heroic rescue by Archer of one of the commemorative pens used to sign the charter. This promises to end Enterprise in the way we've come to expect. I know I'll be on the edge of my seat.
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The fact that the this bastardization of Trek is ending should make it a special event in an of itself. ;)
Isn't this what the fans complain about? That B&B completly disregard trek history. If I remember correctly, wasn't the federation formed in reponse to the end of the war between us and the romulans? Further didn't that happen like 50+ years after Enterprise? Correct me if i'm wrong...
I must admit, I never watched the show, but I feel sad if it is leaving the air. Enterprise had so much potential, and I was very excited when it first came on the air. But it sucked, and sucked quick. I thought the guy from Quantum Leap would make a great actor for Captin of the Enterprise, but there was no chemistry with the cast. The shows had no excitement. And there was no science.
I hope the next star trek is a good one, set a few years in the future of TNG, so we can still have cameo's. Maybe enough in the future so we get some Voyager cast members.
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In other news, my girlfriend has decided to dump me and announced she is going to date my best friend all on the same day to make it a special occasion! Oh the joy.
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Archer and the enterprise get thrown back in time in a desperate attempt to prevent the series from ever being created.
It has been a long time since we've seen a Star Trek TV series
launch. Maybe we've forgotten how awkward it can be that first year or so.
ST:TNG was painful to watch those first few seasons. Riker had starch in his jock, Troi was whiny had spoke too much for how little she had to say, and it was always "Federation Knows Best."
It wasn't until the series found its footing later that it became interesting. Warp drive wrecks space (we don't know everything after all), Borgs eat our lunch (we aren't so tough after all), and more.
Sadly, Enterprise was never given a chance to find its path. I'm a fan, though I was also critical of weak, pointless plot lines. But I liked the cast and thought the genesis of the universe we've come to know so well had potential.
I will miss it.
-- Scott
You can stay, but the ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go!
Someone summon congress to hold an emergency session to create a special law that will allow us to reinsert Trek's feeding tube, despite the wishes of it's legal caretaker.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Dear Enterprise producers,
This is karmic payback for the DUMBEST OPENING THEME SONG IN THE HISTORY OF TV.
regards,
me
Its not the two-hour finale because Enterprise isnt done.
It's dead, Jim. Time to move on and get a life.
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Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.
Aye! Then after a good long break (several years) let's give Gene Roddenberry's real - as in worthy - successor, Michael Piller, a shot at the Star Trek franchise. At least Piller understood what Roddenberry was trying to do!
Perhaps with guidance from Majel Barrett, I'm sure they could turn things around for Star Trek. Something true to Gene's vision, that is.
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The Trek TV series has a HUGE following. They are blowing a HUGE opportunity, here.
What if they had a blog for the show, slashdot style? Complete with potential plots for shows that people could comment on and moderate?
Can you imagine the positive feedback loop that could be created here? Rather than spend insane amounts of money keeping track of the history of the Star Trek universe, they could do a dual-benefit of off-loading much of the fact-checking to the community, and also provide a sense of ownership by the community!
How many good plots could be written by people, and you know people would cook them up for FREE....
I dunno. But it seems to me an amazing opportunity, and they're pissing off their community by not listening.
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
... would be if all the writers from all the seasons of Enterprise came out on camera and apologized.
For that, give 'em the 2 hours. They have a lot to apologize for.
Read my blog.
"There hasn't been a good Star Trek movie or TV show in years. Quit beating a dead horse. It's over, move on. Hollywood has run this one into the ground. It reminds me of the Holloween movie franchise."
You didn't like it and somebody with a mod point agreed with you. Whoop-de-fuck.
"Derp de derp."
Season 1 of Enterprise was so-so. Season 2 (particuarly the middle third of it) was bad, but started to pick up at the end. Season 3 was good. Season 4 was very good, with the 2 or 3 part stories (which make up most of the season) being better than the standalone episodes.
Enterprise only sucks if you stopped watching before Season 3. It's understandable to stop then, but don't judge it now based on that. All Star Trek series start off on the bad side and improve as they go along, this one being no different.
Put a bunch of Trekkies on a set. Tell them they can't leave and must solve Star Trek style plotlines. One person will be killed each week (it'll be the ensign in the red uniform).
Please let Star Trek die. Its time. There will still be
books with the occaisional interesting and original idea.
As someone who grew up with TOS and has seen much of the
subsequent incarnations I just feel it is well past time to
move on. Enjoy the reruns and DVDs and give your support
to new and different science fiction on TV.
/still pissed they killed off Data.
Brent Spiner wanted to kill him off. It took some arm twisting to get him to do the last movie or two. He felt that the character had run its course (I've never heard anything to suggest that he felt that the character had been painted into a corner development-wise).
They should have gotten the guy who played Lore or even Dr. Soong. Those guys could have passed as Data w/o pissing off the audience...
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