I for one am glad that Enterprise will be renewed. I've never owned any ST merchandise much less been to a convention, but I have watched all the Star Trek series and I liked having them around.
I agree that Enterprise is not perfect, but show me a Star Trek series that was?
TOS had more than a few god-awful episodes (e.g. And the Children shall lead, Miri, Charlie X (title?).
TNG started out very shakily IMHO as the actors/writers settled into the characters (e.g. Picard wasn't quite yet his reserved and commanding self, and Worf just snarled at everything); and for the length of the series you had many fans screaming about any episode which Troi or Wesley starred in.
DS9 was pretty good, though I think the situation is somewhat comparable with Enterprise in that the show, IMHO, has a stronger and more interesting supporting cast than the 'starring' captain.
Voyager had a lot of well-known problems.
Perfect shows are rare - enjoy your favorite parts of this one and hope the other parts get better.
I haven't read all these comments, so this point may have been made already (hopefully not).
Salon is DESPERATE for hits on their site. While it has and continues to be well thought of by many people, it's bleeding red ink like crazy. And in this day, the easiest way to get your e-zine, TV show, etc., noticed is to do or say something that gets people emotional - such as publish a pro-Microsoft article in a San Francisco-based e-zine!
Au's article is just another example of Salon's new willingness to be sensational if it might get them a few more hits. Another example of this is normally-liberal Salon's continued support of the conservative, bomb-throwing columnist David Horowitz. It's not a matter of being balanced (though I wish it were, for then they might get a decent conservative mind to write for them). It's all about the money.
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I for one am glad that Enterprise will be renewed. I've never owned any ST merchandise much less been to a convention, but I have watched all the Star Trek series and I liked having them around.
I agree that Enterprise is not perfect, but show me a Star Trek series that was?
TOS had more than a few god-awful episodes (e.g. And the Children shall lead, Miri, Charlie X (title?).
TNG started out very shakily IMHO as the actors/writers settled into the characters (e.g. Picard wasn't quite yet his reserved and commanding self, and Worf just snarled at everything); and for the length of the series you had many fans screaming about any episode which Troi or Wesley starred in.
DS9 was pretty good, though I think the situation is somewhat comparable with Enterprise in that the show, IMHO, has a stronger and more interesting supporting cast than the 'starring' captain.
Voyager had a lot of well-known problems.
Perfect shows are rare - enjoy your favorite parts of this one and hope the other parts get better.
I haven't read all these comments, so this point may have been made already (hopefully not).
Salon is DESPERATE for hits on their site. While it has and continues to be well thought of by many people, it's bleeding red ink like crazy. And in this day, the easiest way to get your e-zine, TV show, etc., noticed is to do or say something that gets people emotional - such as publish a pro-Microsoft article in a San Francisco-based e-zine!
Au's article is just another example of Salon's new willingness to be sensational if it might get them a few more hits. Another example of this is normally-liberal Salon's continued support of the conservative, bomb-throwing columnist David Horowitz. It's not a matter of being balanced (though I wish it were, for then they might get a decent conservative mind to write for them). It's all about the money.