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Enterprise also shows that people can't do retro scifi anymore. Enterprise would have been cool as a Daledus class ship. That type is more raw, more old fasioned yet still more advanced then anything today. But instead they just made a cool new ship which was a poor choice. It doesn't look more advanced then voyager or DS9 or even TNG but its way more advanced looking then old school trek ships. Same with the new Star Wars movies. Everything looks superior to the original star wars. The ships the weapons. Maby its suposed to show that the rise of the empire had a degrative effect on technology but I think its just lack of creativity on the part of the creators. |
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I think that since Vulcans are a different race entirely they're rules of differences should be different from ours. Vulcans probably apear very different to other Vulcans. Likewise to Vulcans we all apear the same. Tovok says it himself. Thats how Vulcans have been made out to be. I think originally T'pol was a great character. Now she's kinda gotten dull. The old becoming human thing is getting dry. Instead lets see humans become more alien. Maby they shoud meet a socially superior race and becme more like them. |
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Woops just so you guys no those Guest ones are mine
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Also, Zeke, as I've said before, a little more delegation of responsibility is no bad thing.
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I've been a one-man web-site before, and I've been daunted by how onerous it is and how people seem to want stuff from you all the time. But then you look back on how much came from the mustard seed of creating a little web site long ago, and you just sit back in amazement that you had anything to do with it at all. Ask for help if you need it, take a break if you need it. Take a deep breath. Make some hot chocolate and talk to a dog for a while. That always works for me.
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^^everything he said.
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Failing a dog, a cat, hamster, or algae eater (like some of us) works just as well.
I kinda understand anyways. I run a (little-known) site, and I have to beat myself in the head to remember to update more than once a month. Maybe you're just trying to do too much at once.
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Maybe someone else can do the chores and let you just write
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Zeke -- that was PERFECT. As soon as I read Jolene's latest comments, my first thought was "Robert Beltran." As George Carlin used to say, "If you don't like the weather, move!" I like the direction ENT is going -- finally. It's one thing for actors to be honest about their feelings (I hated it when the classic cast was so postive about ST:TFF when they all knew how bad it was, but Jolene needs to balance her criticism with a little more diplomacy.
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Which direction is that. The whole Xindi thing sucked there I said it. Well it seems like they're getting more into the original stuff. Thank god.
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The whole T&A thing is just a big cop-out. Supposedly, it's to draw male viewers and support the series, but if they put out good quality stories they wouldn't need so much of that nonsense - and they didn't on DS9. Oh sure, the dabo girls wore very revealing clothes, but how much screentime did they get compared to Seven or T'Pol? Even Leeta usually wore dresses that were less revealing than T'Pol's catsuit when they gave her a bigger role. The whole decon thing told me where this was going. That was nonsense. A real decon should be something to drink to cleanse the system and a delousing, not people in their underwear rubbing gel on each other. That's so obviously nothing but sex it's downright silly. One of these days the execs will realize that's there's all kinds of pics of nude women all over the internet and people who want to see stuff like that don't need to watch their shows to get it. They don't seem to have realized yet just how much the proliferation of nudity and porn online has de-valued this ploy. They're going to have to wise up soon, because T&A is becoming less of a rating draw all the time as people can easily find all of that they want online. Let's face it, Enterprise doesn't get nearly as many viewers as Voyager or DS9 because so many people think it's boring and T'Pol's catsuit isn't enough to get them to watch. T&A worked for Voyager, but that was the early days of internet porn. Now home computers, as well as computers online in the workplace, are much more common and people can see all the female nudity and porn they want. Simply put, they need to get back to producing good stories, without counting on a babe in a catsuit to make them money. And this requires them to not be so lazy as to leave loose ends all over the place or ignore those plot holes that are big enough for Godzilla to walk through. It would also help if the writers didn't ignore what they've written and contradict themselves all the time. Loyal viewers (hell, even casual viewers) remember this stuff and loyal viewers is supposed to be what they're after, right? They need to act like it if they expect to get them. I hope these lessons are learned soon, even if it has to be on SF shows unrelated to Trek. |
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Seven was what I liked the least about Voyager [quote] *cough cough Nelix* Maby the reason Seven was more popular was because she was an interesting character internet porn was plenty common at the time. I liked Seven she was cool she had really interesting developement. T'pol on the other hand has become an atempt to reuse an old consept. The sexy emotionless chick only works once then its just a rip off. I'd also like to mention that towards the end of her time on voyager Kes wore an outfit not so different from Seven or Tpol's. |
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Interesting character development - okay, some of it was interesting (but some of it was also laughable at times, both scientifically and plot-wise). But no matter how much character development you try to pile on the eye candy, that's all it is really when the character is a babe in a catsuit. Think about it. They (including Jeri Ryan herself) always talked like the character development made up for the blatant sexploitation, but the character development also results in more screentime with the babe in a catsuit and heels. What a coincidence. And yes, Kes did wear a similar outfit towards the end. And she was gone as soon as they got another attractive woman (with bigger breasts) to wear revealing clothes for them. And you're right, it is reusing a concept either way, so it's even a cheaper tactic than ever. Ok, so delousing wasn't the correct term. I'm sure you can figure out what I mean. Either a chemical cleansing spray/mist or a soap to use in the shower would work, not people in their underwear spreading gel on each other. But they can't show enough using the latter technique, so they came up with that. It' still silly and very obvious. What's sad is that they just don't get it. It's the obvious and frankly sleazy sexploitation that is Enterprise's biggest weakness, not it's strength. They've used it so much that lots pf people think that's all there is to the show. And with rather weak storylines, plot holes and loose ends floating around eveyrwhere, how far from wrong are they? Like I said, they lost me with Rajiin. If they'd done a f/f scene with some class, I'd have been praising them, but that was tasteless. It's not like they can't do f/f now, they did it for years on Buffy. The execs think they can get more ratings with this stuff, but it's working the other way around now. People don't need tv shows for that anymore. They want good stories again and the execs are delivering more eye candy instead. |
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Okay T'pol has become ridiculus I just wanna defend Seven. Surly she was not worse then Nelix. See the reason she is sexy is becaue she has to be reminiscent of the borg queen. And the reason the borg queen is sexy is because it makes her all the more sinister. It no big deal for a show to have a bit of sex apeal. So thats my defense of Seven. Cause she was cool. Granted decon is rather dumb. I think thats why they stopped showing it
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I think of all the "growing to be human" stories we've seen on Trek, Seven and The Doctor were the most interesting and touching.
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I think so to but it requires proper context. T'pol is just a vulcan. Vulcan's are not somehow infirior to humans. I'd like to see some humans become more alien. Instead of them learning from us how about us learning from them. That was at one point a bit of T'pol's persona atleast in Sleeping Dogs. She taught Hoshi how to overcome here fears through vulcan meditation. A very nice scene might I add.
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