You'll find a long history of anti-Enterprise comments. I even stopped watching altogether, for most of the last season and a half. So, inevitably, I've made an ass of myself by attacking repeatedly based on out of date information ([Insert Cheap Bush Jab Here]). I watched the last two episodes of this season, though, and realized the show has found itself: those episodes were not just 'good for Enterprise', they were plain good. Of course, I've completely missed the story of this Xindi arc, but I was able to follow, well enough.
Why was it bad? Well, there's the obvious: the Bryan-Adams-would-call-it-pussy-rock theme song, the T&A pandering, the timeline-mangling, desperate gimmickery of bringing in the Borg and the Ferengi; all this just a stupid, doomed-to-fail attempt at attracting Joe Fucktard to the show (which is why they didn't call it 'Star Trek: Enterprise'), that just ended up alienating their core fanbase of nerds and geeks *. But, ignoring this, my theory is that they moved too soon into character stories. With the other shows, you got to know a character through their everyday performance on duty before they took you deep into their personal life. But, with Enterprise, every other episode is was damned soap opera, with characters you don't care about. With TNG, they could get more personal, because they had characters you couldn't help but be fascinated with from the beginning (Data, Worf). But Enterprise has no such characters. This keeps it from being a great show, but getting too deep into those characters it has before the audience gets a chance to get familiar with them kept it from being a good show.
Why is it good? Well, moving to a continuous story arc, instead of individual episodes, is a major part of it. My opinion is that all the good Sci-Fi concepts that the Star Trek universe can handle without seeming too contrived have been done to death, by the previous four series. This is why the last few seasons of DS9, with the Dominion War story arc, were so much better than the last few seasons of Voyager, which just rehashed old TNG episodes, with maybe a dozen decent ones (a subject for further ranting, in itself). DS9 then, and Enterprise now, are no longer Sci-Fi: they're Space Opera. And that's the only place Star Trek, in it's current form (ie, not the 'Star Trek Adventures' idea) can thrive.
* For whom the producers have repeatedly shown contempt, as if our dollars aren't as good as the MTV set's; actually, everyone involved in the production does this, but the actors usually have some sort of breakdown and epiphany, come around to accept they'll never be cool to the cool people, and accept and embrace their adoring, dorky public(see: Leonard Nimoy, Wil Wheaton).
Although I agree with the sentiment, I have to insist that you close your 'niggers'. I mean, otherwise, the whole page could go niggardly. Here, I'll fix it for you:
Agreed. If they're going to go for authors, I think Neal Stephenson would make a much better nomination. He's the most successful true geek author. Gibson didn't really understand what he was writing about.
A tricorder doing a single one of those things, and I've seen every episode of Star Trek more times than is healthy. Tricorders are tools, not personal organizers and media players. They are universal, trekno-magically flexible sensing tools, that could be deus-ex-machina'ed by a stupid fucking Voyager writer to Van Eck what background applications you have running from three sectors away.
They may have such functions as this PDA, but they'd be so far below the level of a tricorder's usual function that they wouldn't be worth mentioning, and, being tools for work, never be used as such.
You fucking Monday Morning Quarterback. What he did was perfect, because it wasn't covered in the PR script. Anything general would have gotten a "We here at the MPAA believe in 'Merka. Don't you like 'Merka, or are you a communist/terrorist/nonchristian?" Response. He shocked (trolled?) Valenti into responding with as 'Jack Fucking Valenti, Clueless Asshole', instead of as 'Bitch Stiffcunt, PR Advisor'.
Fuck no! Let it die, already. Kill Enterprise, and make no more movies. Furthermore, declare everything Voyager, Insurrection and afterwards non-canon.
I have a copy of he original Tetris cartridge from 1987. It's the only thing I play on my GBA (my original 1987 Gameboy has long since died). As far as I'm concerned, this is the only platform on which to play Tetris: screen between the buttons, with the same response as the original (which is why I can;t stand Tetrinet). I'd love another copy as a backup, if anyone is willing to sell me one.
Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye SCROLL is a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS.
What wouldst thou deau?
>go dennis
Ye arrive at DENNIS. He wears a sporty frock coat and a long jimberjam. He paces about nervously. Obvious exits are NOT DENNIS.
>talk to dennis
You Engage Dennis in a leisurely discussion. Ye learns that his jimberjam was purchased on sale at a discount market and that he enjoys pacing about nervously. You become bored and begin thinking about parapets.
I know that I (and probably most geeks) have thought of a music recognition program tied to a database, but it's good that somebody's finally actually developed it.
They DO get together, and live happily ever after. I'm glad for them, but I don't want to watch that. It's boring. That's why "happily ever after" is always at the end of the story. It's a nice place to live, but you wouldn't want to visit.
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How does it compare to Mandrake 10 official, because I'm getting damned tired of waiting for the ISOs to be released to the public.
Fuck you, Lucas.
Why was it bad? Well, there's the obvious: the Bryan-Adams-would-call-it-pussy-rock theme song, the T&A pandering, the timeline-mangling, desperate gimmickery of bringing in the Borg and the Ferengi; all this just a stupid, doomed-to-fail attempt at attracting Joe Fucktard to the show (which is why they didn't call it 'Star Trek: Enterprise'), that just ended up alienating their core fanbase of nerds and geeks *. But, ignoring this, my theory is that they moved too soon into character stories. With the other shows, you got to know a character through their everyday performance on duty before they took you deep into their personal life. But, with Enterprise, every other episode is was damned soap opera, with characters you don't care about. With TNG, they could get more personal, because they had characters you couldn't help but be fascinated with from the beginning (Data, Worf). But Enterprise has no such characters. This keeps it from being a great show, but getting too deep into those characters it has before the audience gets a chance to get familiar with them kept it from being a good show.
Why is it good? Well, moving to a continuous story arc, instead of individual episodes, is a major part of it. My opinion is that all the good Sci-Fi concepts that the Star Trek universe can handle without seeming too contrived have been done to death, by the previous four series. This is why the last few seasons of DS9, with the Dominion War story arc, were so much better than the last few seasons of Voyager, which just rehashed old TNG episodes, with maybe a dozen decent ones (a subject for further ranting, in itself). DS9 then, and Enterprise now, are no longer Sci-Fi: they're Space Opera. And that's the only place Star Trek, in it's current form (ie, not the 'Star Trek Adventures' idea) can thrive.
* For whom the producers have repeatedly shown contempt, as if our dollars aren't as good as the MTV set's; actually, everyone involved in the production does this, but the actors usually have some sort of breakdown and epiphany, come around to accept they'll never be cool to the cool people, and accept and embrace their adoring, dorky public(see: Leonard Nimoy, Wil Wheaton).
Jesus, is this Fark? Do we need a '+1 Boobies' mod?
Although I agree with the sentiment, I have to insist that you close your 'niggers'. I mean, otherwise, the whole page could go niggardly. Here, I'll fix it for you:
I think Lawrence Waterhouse and Rudy von Hacklheber deserve some credit, too.
Agreed. If they're going to go for authors, I think Neal Stephenson would make a much better nomination. He's the most successful true geek author. Gibson didn't really understand what he was writing about.
Now I have an excuse to play loud music at work: security!
That whoosing sound you hear? It ain't an X-Wing flying over your head.
They may have such functions as this PDA, but they'd be so far below the level of a tricorder's usual function that they wouldn't be worth mentioning, and, being tools for work, never be used as such.
Geeks. A personal organizer is no more a Tricorder than my interstellar spacecraft is the Enterprise.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!
Of course we use it, ya hoser: it's free, eh. More money to spend on Labatts and Leafs tickets.
I never thought that. Well, I started to, once, and immediately preemptievly kicked my own ass.
How many times do people have to be reminded:
DON'T TAUNT THE FUCKING DYNAMITE MONKEY
You fucking Monday Morning Quarterback. What he did was perfect, because it wasn't covered in the PR script. Anything general would have gotten a "We here at the MPAA believe in 'Merka. Don't you like 'Merka, or are you a communist/terrorist/nonchristian?" Response. He shocked (trolled?) Valenti into responding with as 'Jack Fucking Valenti, Clueless Asshole', instead of as 'Bitch Stiffcunt, PR Advisor'.
Fuck no! Let it die, already. Kill Enterprise, and make no more movies. Furthermore, declare everything Voyager, Insurrection and afterwards non-canon.
I have a copy of he original Tetris cartridge from 1987. It's the only thing I play on my GBA (my original 1987 Gameboy has long since died). As far as I'm concerned, this is the only platform on which to play Tetris: screen between the buttons, with the same response as the original (which is why I can;t stand Tetrinet). I'd love another copy as a backup, if anyone is willing to sell me one.
Oh, yeah
Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a SCROLL. Behind ye SCROLL is a FLASK. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH and DENNIS.
What wouldst thou deau?
>go dennis
Ye arrive at DENNIS. He wears a sporty frock coat and a long jimberjam. He paces about nervously. Obvious exits are NOT DENNIS.
>talk to dennis
You Engage Dennis in a leisurely discussion. Ye learns that his jimberjam was purchased on sale at a discount market and that he enjoys pacing about nervously. You become bored and begin thinking about parapets.
More here.
You can't eat a paperclip...
I know that I (and probably most geeks) have thought of a music recognition program tied to a database, but it's good that somebody's finally actually developed it.
*cough* Frasier *cough*
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