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![]() ![]() ![]() So I watched it last night and thought it wasn't bad. I kept getting Star Wars vibes all the way through the episode. The strange planet, crawling through the sewer, the plasma tube with the seemingly bottomless hole, the debris of But that wasn't bad. I'm not really sure what my thoughts on this episode are. It leaves a lot of things unanswered and asks more questions and introduces more storylines. I think the worth of the episode will come in the followup episodes. I guess that's the interesting thing about a lot of arcs, the conclusion affects the perception of everything leading up to it. So what did anyone else think of it? (By the way, did anyone watch Jake 2.0? I did and thought it wasn't bad either, though it too depends on later episodes to help determine its worth.)[/color ![]()
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![]() Under the former I'd file aliens (it's about time we saw some aliens with more than a bump on the nose), everything in the mine from characters to set, the addition of the military personnel (although, as MEG pointed out, their rescue of Archer was similar to an [i ![]() ![]() Under the latter... first and foremost, the T'Pol/Trip stuff. Â That could have been some great character development for both of them. Â Instead, UPN has to turn it into "Hey, look! Â T'Pol took off her top! Â Wheee!" Â I might have still noticed the character interaction if I hadn't been cursing UPN during the entire scene. Â I also would have liked to see Phlox try to reach out to Trip instead of just treating him. Â Trip probably would have rebuffed him and forced Phlox to resort to the Vulcan thing anyways, but I think we should have at least seen Phlox try. Â Also under the "did badly" category, I'd put Mayweather, who still has nothing to do or say, and Archer being a prat. Â (If I were Vulcan, I'd find his guts unworthy of serious consideration too; could he [i ![]() ![]() One thing that bugged me when I read MEG's review was that she was railing on Enterprise for revealing the Xindi so soon... my question is, did we actually find out for sure that anyone on the Jedi Council [i ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I suspect "The Xindi" will be representative of the rest of the Enterprise season: doing some things well but not really doing anything about the mistakes they've been making all along. Â What the writers need is a good slap upside the head to shake them up.[/color ![]()
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![]() One thing I liked a lot was Stephen McHattie's performance as the mine foreman. ![]() ![]() ![]() I did think, though, that Trip's characterization was sort of uneven. Neither the conversation in Archer's cabin nor his borderline-postal confrontation with the Xindi-humanoid really felt right to me. Archer himself still needs some work, as well -- he continues to be more a collection of postures and reactions than a whole, integrated person. The Trip/T'Pol business? That's one of the things that could definitely have been handled better. Then again, it could have been a lot worse, too. ![]() Couple of spot reactions: The MACO attack/rescue -- I don't know much of anything about [i ![]() ![]() ![]() Evil Future Guy lying? -- well, now [i]that[/i ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe more later, after I've had a chance to wake up and read MEG's review, and stuff. Derek: I didn't watch [i ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() [b ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But seriously, that wasn't even my favorite part of the episode. Although I'll admit that it was very cool to see all the new changes to T'pol (her different hairstyle and more colorful costume are a definte plus in my book) I really liked the "Space Marines" that are now featured on board the NX-01. There have been too many boring [b ![]() ![]() ![]() The next thing they need to do is have a giant space battle with Mayweather at the Helm showing off his elite pilot skills. And right after that, Hoshi will do a strip tease while dancing the [b ![]() ![]() ![]()
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![]() Anyway, very star wars like. But on first viewing of the episode without thinking, I really liked it. Now if I was to nit pick there were a bunch of things that were meh and I wouldn't want to see them again. The tension scenes with Archer just don't work. I can't belive his acting and it seems way too forced. I'm sure there's other stuff but I don't like to nit pick. I'm watching to enjoy a story, and for now I think this one is looking pretty good. ![]() ![]()
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![]() I watched the ep twice now. On Wednesday and Sunday and on Sunday I got distracted just before the whole trip/tÂ’pol seine and missed it completely, I can tell you this, the ep was a lot better without it.[/color ![]()
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![]() I'm not saying it's not possible though, I'm not a biologist. I just think it's weird.[/color ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It's also a very cool possibility. Â However, the credits for "The Xindi" on StarTrek.com list 'Xindi humanoid' and 'Xindi reptilian' and 'Xindi sloth' so that's pretty much conclusive evidence that the council is in fact the Xindi. Â In which case, that entire sequence was dumb and pointless and it appears my defense of the episode was premature. [quote ![]() ![]() Nobody says they're more closely related than chimps and us. (Considering we share over 99% of our DNA with chimps, that would be virtually impossible anyways.) If chimps were intelligent, we might say there are two species of Terrans. Calling them five species of Xindi is just Enterprise's way of throwing science at us and hoping we don't realize that all they mean is that there are five intelligent species that evolved from the same planet. ![]() ![]()
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![]() In that case, the answer is clear: Phlox must die for violating scientific common sense.[/color ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() His death sentence was issued early in Season One when he babbled on about stray neutrons turning pollen into nerve gas, or something. The fact that he's a homeopathic quack doesn't help matters.[/color ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() o/~ Who's sneaking up from out of the Expanse Shooting at everybody they see? o/~[/color ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() *snickers evilly* My mum once said "How can I complain about your music when it's the same stuff I listened to?" Right now the Vancouver Oldies station is playing...uhhh...it's some instrumental I haven't learned the name of. But a moment ago it was playing Ricky Nelson's "Hello Mary Lou"[/color ![]()
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