Well, I watched the first episode of the new season of Enterprise, "Storm Front" last night. I'm sorry, guys, but I can't keep this up any more. Let me set out my stall, before I begin. I have devoted large amounts of time, energy, and interest to Star Trek over the years. In school, it was probably one of the things that people used to define me - hell, it was my number one interest, so there was undoubtedly a good reason for that. I have, as long as I can remember, been a Trekkie. As soon as I saw "Encounter at Farpoint", I was hooked. I went on to watch every single episode of The Next Generation, and with very few exceptions, I loved it all. I went out of my way to find and watch every episode of the original series, being honestly excited when the pilot, "The Cage" was aired on BBC, and I couldn't believe how deep and powerful the stories were. I owned, in one format or another, all the films up to "The Undiscovered Country", and stuck with Deep Space Nine through what I considered a bad start, to the very end where it became the best Star Trek I'd seen. I bought action figures. I bought t-shirts. I bought numerous books. I bought the "Star Trek Factfiles" until Eason's stopped stocking them. Even when it came to Voyager, where I saw more bad episodes than good, I stuck with it. I watched. I hoped. I've seen all the new films, even though I've seen their quality slide since "Generations". I am not a "fairweather fan".
When I first heard about "Enterprise", I was really looking forward to it. A show set before the original series? Fantastic! We would see wars with the Klingons and Romulans! We would see how Earth and Vulcan came together, and the birth of the Federation! Surely it would be amazing! I looked at the crew they were giving us, and was impressed. There was so much potential. I thought that this would be the series that brought Star Trek back from the ridiculous "time travel saves the day" plots of Voyager, and returned it to its roots. But I was wrong. From the outset, my hopes were trampled on. From the very first episode, "Broken Bow", I saw time travel, the "temporal cold war", the complete ignoring of even the most basic points of the Star Trek timeline - poor and insulting plots which must be seen cliché by even the most blinkered science fiction fan. And yet still, I kept watching. Deep Space Nine, I reasoned, was weak to begin with too - it took a few seasons to get into its strike, but turned out to be amazing. So after two seasons, I found myself still sitting in front of my television, hoping against hope and reason that Enterprise would be redeemed, but I was, once again, disappointed. No redemption came. Season three came to a close with the plot still tied up with the Xindi and the temporal cold war - threads which began in the very first episode, and if the producers had any sense, would have been cut there and then. There has been no real development, no dealing with serious social issues, nothing at all of what made Star Trek great. The season ended, and I was left feeling cold and unemotive.
From America, then, I heard that a fourth season had been promised, and soon afterwards, I read that Enterprise had been cancelled and would not receive a fifth. Quite frankly, I was relieved. Not only was this series not good Star Trek, it was bad to such a level that it was tainting the other series' which bore the name. Of course, then there came the protests. Obsessive fans - not of Enterprise, I believe, but of Star Trek, protesting against the cancellation, and fundraising to have Paramount produce another season. Why did they do this? I do not believe these people love Enterprise. Hell, if they did, then they wouldn't be obsessive Star Trek fans, because to love Enterprise is to love the complete antithesis of what Trek should be. I believe these people were protesting because they were afraid - afraid of not having a Star Trek on television with which to centre their lives, afraid of being forced to think for themselves, and made to find a new focus that wasn't based aroun
I don't want Jar Jar to die. I mean - I'd love to see it, but as far as the plot goes, I don't think it can be done properly.
I believe that Lucas is so far up himself he can see daylight. If he's going to kill Jar Jar in Episode 3, its going to be as a "dramatic, tear-rendering moment" in the film - not the "splat, the guy we hate is dead, haahhaha" moment.
Now, I reckon Episode 3 is going to be bad. Not as bad as the first two, but nowhere near as good as the original trilogy films - but that said; having a character whom we all hate die, and have everything in the movie (except the audience) act as if this is a bad thing just would not work.
I honestly can't see a way for Jar Jar to die in a way that would/work/ for the plot, so as I said above - I'd love it to happen, but I don't think it can:(
True, but the problem is, precident has already been set regarding huge prices for films - prices that translate to the box office.
If a film would have cost 10 million with sets and actors, and will only cost 5 million without (assuming kick ass, relatively cheap CG), do you really think the film industry going to pass 5 million to the consumer? The films will be cheaper to make, but this wont have any effect on us, the end consumers.
A film that costs 500 million to make, and a film that was made on the cheap for 50,000 cost the exact same to go see.
I think the milestone is the half-billionth result, rather than actual contact with ET, tho with all the celebrating I'd do if I made first contact, I think that $500 might just about cover my nights alcohol purchases;)
$500 reward for the user who returns the milestone result. lol, I bet the winner is some guy who just signed up for the project the day before - the SETI@Home version of a Slashdot first post;)
How does this fall into the topic of "News for Nerds" then?;)
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I can't quote you titles and guest stars (and I'm sure I'll catch hell for that)... Wil you need to learn the art of the "Google search". Without it, I'd appear at least 50% stupider on Slashdot than I already do;)
well, those of us in Australia say "American Dollars", and those of us in Belgium say "French Francs" (or whatever the Belgian way of saying it is). As for "Punt", that's just "Pound" in the Irish tongue.
Dave.
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Iknow, I know, I'm responding to a troll here, but patriotism says I have to direct this idiot here.
While January 1st sees the Euro becoming legal tender in the Eurozone states, we (at least here in Ireland) have had coins available since the middle of December as part of our governments "Get Ready for the Euro" scheme. IMHO the coins are too small and "fiddly" compared to the old Irish coins I'm used to. Still, I guess this is how my parents/grandparents felt when we switched to decimal. All it will take is some getting used to:)
Slashdot Mirror
A slashdot story which is about stories already covered on slashdot.
;)
Since this hasn't been posted before, what is it, a meta-dupe?
the real irony comes when their first test to see if they can "nudge" a comet accidentally sends the target spiralling towards Earth ;)
You fool, John Titor brought them back on the soles of his shoes.
Wait, how far back did he go again?
Its not quite extinct...
Well, I watched the first episode of the new season of Enterprise, "Storm Front" last night. I'm sorry, guys, but I can't keep this up any more. Let me set out my stall, before I begin. I have devoted large amounts of time, energy, and interest to Star Trek over the years. In school, it was probably one of the things that people used to define me - hell, it was my number one interest, so there was undoubtedly a good reason for that. I have, as long as I can remember, been a Trekkie. As soon as I saw "Encounter at Farpoint", I was hooked. I went on to watch every single episode of The Next Generation, and with very few exceptions, I loved it all. I went out of my way to find and watch every episode of the original series, being honestly excited when the pilot, "The Cage" was aired on BBC, and I couldn't believe how deep and powerful the stories were. I owned, in one format or another, all the films up to "The Undiscovered Country", and stuck with Deep Space Nine through what I considered a bad start, to the very end where it became the best Star Trek I'd seen. I bought action figures. I bought t-shirts. I bought numerous books. I bought the "Star Trek Factfiles" until Eason's stopped stocking them. Even when it came to Voyager, where I saw more bad episodes than good, I stuck with it. I watched. I hoped. I've seen all the new films, even though I've seen their quality slide since "Generations". I am not a "fairweather fan".
When I first heard about "Enterprise", I was really looking forward to it. A show set before the original series? Fantastic! We would see wars with the Klingons and Romulans! We would see how Earth and Vulcan came together, and the birth of the Federation! Surely it would be amazing! I looked at the crew they were giving us, and was impressed. There was so much potential. I thought that this would be the series that brought Star Trek back from the ridiculous "time travel saves the day" plots of Voyager, and returned it to its roots. But I was wrong. From the outset, my hopes were trampled on. From the very first episode, "Broken Bow", I saw time travel, the "temporal cold war", the complete ignoring of even the most basic points of the Star Trek timeline - poor and insulting plots which must be seen cliché by even the most blinkered science fiction fan. And yet still, I kept watching. Deep Space Nine, I reasoned, was weak to begin with too - it took a few seasons to get into its strike, but turned out to be amazing. So after two seasons, I found myself still sitting in front of my television, hoping against hope and reason that Enterprise would be redeemed, but I was, once again, disappointed. No redemption came. Season three came to a close with the plot still tied up with the Xindi and the temporal cold war - threads which began in the very first episode, and if the producers had any sense, would have been cut there and then. There has been no real development, no dealing with serious social issues, nothing at all of what made Star Trek great. The season ended, and I was left feeling cold and unemotive.
From America, then, I heard that a fourth season had been promised, and soon afterwards, I read that Enterprise had been cancelled and would not receive a fifth. Quite frankly, I was relieved. Not only was this series not good Star Trek, it was bad to such a level that it was tainting the other series' which bore the name. Of course, then there came the protests. Obsessive fans - not of Enterprise, I believe, but of Star Trek, protesting against the cancellation, and fundraising to have Paramount produce another season. Why did they do this? I do not believe these people love Enterprise. Hell, if they did, then they wouldn't be obsessive Star Trek fans, because to love Enterprise is to love the complete antithesis of what Trek should be. I believe these people were protesting because they were afraid - afraid of not having a Star Trek on television with which to centre their lives, afraid of being forced to think for themselves, and made to find a new focus that wasn't based aroun
www.milka.co.il [milka.co.il] (Ireland) Sorry, but that's not an Irish site. Ireland uses the .ie domain name. I believe .il is Israel :)
I don't want Jar Jar to die. I mean - I'd love to see it, but as far as the plot goes, I don't think it can be done properly.
/work/ for the plot, so as I said above - I'd love it to happen, but I don't think it can :(
I believe that Lucas is so far up himself he can see daylight. If he's going to kill Jar Jar in Episode 3, its going to be as a "dramatic, tear-rendering moment" in the film - not the "splat, the guy we hate is dead, haahhaha" moment.
Now, I reckon Episode 3 is going to be bad. Not as bad as the first two, but nowhere near as good as the original trilogy films - but that said; having a character whom we all hate die, and have everything in the movie (except the audience) act as if this is a bad thing just would not work.
I honestly can't see a way for Jar Jar to die in a way that would
As a creationist, the only question which concerns me is Which DB Would Jesus Use?
...barcode 666!
Well, I was thinking the names were pretty close, and, and its the sorta geeky humour you'd expect. I dunno, maybe I'm more of a geek than most.
;)
Or alternatively, maybe I just have a worse sense of humour than most
oops, make that http://apple-x.net/images/iwork_images/pages/01_te mplates.jpg! I'm using internet exploder at the minute. Its a conspiracy ;)
Looking at this image: http://apple-x.net/images/iwork_images/pages/01_te mplates.jpg/, does anybody notice what the "Non-Profit" newsletter is called? ;)
True, but the problem is, precident has already been set regarding huge prices for films - prices that translate to the box office.
If a film would have cost 10 million with sets and actors, and will only cost 5 million without (assuming kick ass, relatively cheap CG), do you really think the film industry going to pass 5 million to the consumer? The films will be cheaper to make, but this wont have any effect on us, the end consumers.
A film that costs 500 million to make, and a film that was made on the cheap for 50,000 cost the exact same to go see.
lmao, first decent chuckle I've had on /. in a good while, mod parent up :)
...unless of course, he KNEW we'd assume that, and put his real name down so we would never think to look for somebody named Andy...
Don't worry; this team are doing an unmanned launch. Rocketguy can still be the first one to get the Darwin Award for it.
I think the milestone is the half-billionth result, rather than actual contact with ET, tho with all the celebrating I'd do if I made first contact, I think that $500 might just about cover my nights alcohol purchases ;)
$500 reward for the user who returns the milestone result. ;)
lol, I bet the winner is some guy who just signed up for the project the day before - the SETI@Home version of a Slashdot first post
How does this fall into the topic of "News for Nerds" then? ;)
I can't quote you titles and guest stars (and I'm sure I'll catch hell for that)... ;)
Wil you need to learn the art of the "Google search". Without it, I'd appear at least 50% stupider on Slashdot than I already do
...who's up for setting up a tent outside RedHat HQ and waiting for the first 2.5.3 release? ;)
well, those of us in Australia say "American Dollars", and those of us in Belgium say "French Francs" (or whatever the Belgian way of saying it is). As for "Punt", that's just "Pound" in the Irish tongue.
Dave.
Iknow, I know, I'm responding to a troll here, but patriotism says I have to direct this idiot here.
Dave.
While January 1st sees the Euro becoming legal tender in the Eurozone states, we (at least here in Ireland) have had coins available since the middle of December as part of our governments "Get Ready for the Euro" scheme. IMHO the coins are too small and "fiddly" compared to the old Irish coins I'm used to. Still, I guess this is how my parents/grandparents felt when we switched to decimal. All it will take is some getting used to :)
Dave.
...and /thats/ why you'll never work for NASA ;)
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Dave