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9:17 pm on November 12th, 2009
first of all, let me explain something.(to you who are NOT finding the 1 * review helpful at the bottom of this page) If you watched the original series closely(or at all for that matter) you’d find that thier is an insecurity aboard the enterprise(as in Kirk, McCOy and crew ect.) This is “New Fronteir” as stated by Kirk himself. Enterprise(as in the seires Archer) is a lackluster attempt for nostalgia without even knowing what the true concept is about! The crew is too comfortable, and worried more about how “irritating” the smell of human is to vulcan females, rather than how dangerous space travel can be. Thier is no sense of anxiety as in the kirk series. It does not feel as it took place before; but after. I am infiriated to the point of rage by one season in particular as it reflects 9/11 in a macho attempt to appease our war-hungery audiance. T’Pau(or whatever you spell it) is much of the time out of character for a vulcan. More than the music, most of these characters are sappy(particuallarly the male characters) and unfriendly. They have no respect for one another, and are not inspiring at all. I don’t feel I could care weather they lived or died. I always routed for Spock, McCoy and Kirk(and crew) but not with the Archer Club.(as in Culture Club). After Next Generation the writers got soft from being in the tank too long and laid in thier money bins not worried about “New Frontiers”. If you rate this anything other than one star, you odviously are too young to know better.
Rating: 1 / 5
10:51 pm on November 12th, 2009
I am an avid Star Trek fan, having watched the original series as a young teen. I have found two of the series, DS9 and Enterprise, to be hack writing that seemed intended to slap a “Star Trek” label on swill and sell it to the public.
Enterprise was doomed by bad writing with none of the original thought or vision that the original series or TNG had, and, to some extent, Voyager (Voyager’s strength was good writing, good adventure, character development and maturation of the Borg).
I can’t tell if the actors on Enterprise were very good or not because I think they were given such corny, cheezy material to use by the writers. The writers were usually, I believe, the producers, and I wonder if they were “double dipping” to supplement their paycheck (getting income from the script writing) rather than trying to produce an excellent SciFi series with radical, ground-breaking new ideas.
While there were a few clique shows intending to oppose gay bashing, support HIV research, etc., all this has been over done (and done better) by others. Star Trek is supposed to original, not “me, too.”
In short, this series (and I kept hopefully watching every episode) is, in my opinion, a disgrace to Gene Roddenberry, his family, and the vision of Star Trek. It has the distinction of being the only Star Trek series, since the original, to be canceled before seven years, and the planned finale (the original seies from the 60s was canceled due to a total lack of vision of the management, from what I can tell, not due to lack of quality).
I hope that, should the Star Trek genre be salvagable at this point, an honest, thorough critique of what went wrong with Enterprise (and DS9, in my opinion, for that matter) will be done to prevent these mistakes in future work and to return to the original creativity and vision intended by Roddenberry.
Rating: 1 / 5
12:43 am on November 13th, 2009
It is the mid 22nd Century: over a hundred years before Kirk and Spock. The crew of Earth’s latest breakthrough Warp 5 starship; led by Captain Jonathan Archer, are making their first steps into the galaxy. Firmly believing humankind has been held back for too long by Vulcan interference, Archer is eager to embark on Enterprise’s mission of deep space exploration. Survival proves perilous the farther from home they travel. Outmatched by superior aliens equipped with far more powerful weaponry, this first crew face a steep learning curve. Among their challenges will come Klingon aggression, militaristic Andorians, territorial Romulans and the Suliban; a race receiving aid from the future. This Temporal Cold War story arc heats up with the arrival of a probe sent by the Xindi and seven million people die in an unprovoked attack. With another more powerful weapon being assembled deep within the Delphic Expanse, Starfleet hastily curtails the Enterprise’s assignment, sending their most experienced crew in a desperate attempt to save Earth. Along the way, we discover familiar trek-nology from future Star Trek series at a less advanced stage including a crew scared to use the transporter, so frequent use of space suits, decompression airlocks & shuttle-pods and instead of shields, polarised hull-plating. Those coming straight from JJ Abrams’ 2009 movie will probably appreciate this uncomplicated style the most. The rest of us get to have fun spotting familiar elements from past series, especially by the fourth season – as we visit the Mirror Universe, encounter green skinned Orions, as the Vulcans gradually come to respect their illogical allies and together make the first steps toward uniting warring aliens and form the Federation.
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First released back in 2005, this collection includes all 97 episodes starring Scott Bakula (from Quantum Leap, as Archer), Jolene Blalock (T’Pol), Connor Trinneer (Trip), Dominic Keating (Reed), Linda Park (Sato), Anthony Montgomery (Mayweather) & John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox).
1. Broken Bow (Feature Length), 2. Fight or Flight, 3. Strange New World, 4. Unexpected, 5. Terra Nova, 6. The Andorian Incident, 7. Breaking the Ice, 8. Civilization, 9. Fortunate Son, 10. Cold Front, 11. Silent Enemy, 12. Dear Doctor, 13. Sleeping Dogs, 14. Shadows of P’Jem, 15. Shuttlepod One, 16. Fusion, 17. Rogue Planet, 18. Acquistion, 19. Oasis, 20. Detained, 21. Vox Sola, 22. Fallen Hero, 23. Desert Crossing, 24. Two Days and Two Nights, 25. Shockwave, 26. Shockwave, Part II, 27. Carbon Creek, 28. Minefield, 29. Dead Stop, 30. A Night in Sickbay, 31. Marauders, 32. The Seventh, 33. The Communicator, 34. Singularity, 35. Vanishing Point, 36. Precious Cargo, 37. The Catwalk, 38. Dawn, 39. Stigma, 40. Cease Fire, 41. Future Tense, 42. Canamar, 43. The Crossing, 44. Judgment, 45. Horizon, 46. The Breach, 47. Cogenitor, 48. Regeneration, 49. First Flight, 50. Bounty, 51. The Expanse, 52. The Xindi, 53. Anomaly, 54. Extinction, 55. Rajiin, 56. Impulse, 57. Exile, 58. The Shipment, 59. Twilight, 60. North Star, 61. Similitude, 62. Carpenter Street, 63. Chosen Realm, 64. Proving Ground, 65. Stratagem, 66. Harbinger, 67. Doctor’s Orders, 68. Hatchery, 69. Azati Prime, 70. Damage, 71. The Forgotten, 72. E², 73. The Council, 74. Countdown, 75. Zero Hour, 76. Storm Front, 77. Storm Front, Part II, 78. Home, 79. Borderland, 80. Cold Station 12, 81. The Augments, 82. The Forge, 83. Awakening, 84. Kir’Shara, 85. Daedalus, 86. Observer Effect, 87. Babel One, 88. United, 89. The Aenar, 90. Affliction, 91. Divergence, 92. Bound, 93. In a Mirror, Darkly, 94. In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II, 95. Demons, 96. Terra Prime & 97. These Are the Voyages…
Special Features breakdown like this:
Audio Commentaries on selected episodes (writer-producers – Brannon Braga & Rick Berman, Mike Sussman & Phylis Strong, Manny Coto, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Assistant Director Mike DeMeritt)
Text Commentaries from Michael & Denise Okuda (fans who worked in the Art Dept, worked on the show designing various Original Series inspired various screens and certainly know all about the rich history of Star Trek)
Out-takes and Deleted Scenes (a first for any DVD of TV Trek)
Photo Galleries, Hidden NX files
Creating Enterprise, O’ Captain! My Captain! A Profile of Scott Bakula, Cast Impressions: Season 1, Inside Shuttlepod One, Star Trek Time Travel, Enterprise Secrets, Admiral Forrest Takes Centre Stage
Enterprise Moments: Season 2, Enterprise Profile: Jolene Blalock, LeVar Burton: Star Trek Director, Enterprise Secrets, Inside A Night in Sickbay
The Xindi Saga Begins, Enterprise Moments: Season 3, Enterprise Profile: Connor Trinneer, A day in the life of a Director: Roxann Dawson
Enterprise Moments: Season 4, Inside the Mirror episodes, Enterprise Secrets, Visual Effects Magic, That’s A Wrap, Links to the Legacy
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Out of all the Star Trek series, I generally keep returning to Enterprise for more. I’d like to think that’s down to something deeper than having seen the others far too often.
I love the characters, while being the less than moral humans he would’ve created, they do in fact hold true to the Roddenberry ideal – that of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Archer, interested me from the outset (being familar with Scott Bakula’s other work) his Captain out there alone with no support, no rulebook or role models to learn from their mistakes. His ‘quid pro quo’ relationship with Shran (a blue-skinned Andorian) with whom he forms a bond, both skeptics of the Vulcan’s agenda and yet building bridges that will ultimately lead to the Federation’s birth. Trip, likeable Southern Engineer who’s deep friendship with his Captain, manages to survive his occassional bouts of insubordination. T’Pol, initially an observer from a Vulcan government concerned about the impact of humankind’s deep exploration. Growing more accustomed to the crew and their perspective, seeing how her race aren’t right. Her relationship with Trip, which manages to rise above its somewhat exploitive origins and her struggle to maintain control over her emotions. At this point, I should also make it clear I loved what Enterprise did with the Vulcans and how they are every bit the race seen all the way back to the Original Series. I could continue to outline traits of the various other regulars, who are anything but cyphers in my opinion. Under developed in comparision to the big three for sure but I feel that was changing… even Travis Mayweather got in on the action by the end.
I love the technology – grapplers instead of tractor beams, phase pistols and EM rifles, airlocks and shuttlepod deployed from bomb bay doors underneath. When you’re at a disadvantage, you have nothing but your wits to rely on and this show was about as far from Voyager’s technobabble saves the day approach as it was possible for Trek to realistically get.
I still believe this is the show with the most potential left unexplored. 2 reasonably good seasons, 2 excellent ones which kept me watching and yet still barely scratched the surface. Had I been in charge of CBS/Paramount in 2005, I certainly would not have cancelled this… not considering how well the stories were coming along in leaps and bounds. Shame on the Executive who made that decision. I hope they’re looking at the popularity of Star Trek in cinemas at the moment, and think back to that day fans held a rally outside the studio, sent emails and letters… all protesting the loss of a show that had finally turned the tide into fan acceptance, only to be unjustly rewarded with the axe.
Rating: 5 / 5
1:53 am on November 13th, 2009
I have enjoyed watching TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise. I am now convinced that Star Trek is far more interesting than Star Wars thanks to Enterprise. Season 3 of Enterprise in undoubtedly some of the best story-telling, directing, acting I have ever seen on the small screen (5 stars!!). My compliments and thanks!! Perhaps if the Trek movies were made more along these lines of creativity and skill, they wouldn’t have fallen way short of fan-expectations (ie. Insurrection, Nemesis, Star Trek 1,5). Perhaps instead of concentrating in North America, the producers should try reaching a more international/global audience (half of the income from Star Wars comes from outside N.America). Also, I don’t think Trip died just yet, Hollywood has ways of resurrecting the dead (see Planet of the Apes original). He could have just missed the conference because of his condition. I certainly didn’t see the rest of the bridge crew “miss-him-because-he-was-dead” while at the conference if he was really dead. I would also like to add, that I really liked Cmdr “Shran” the Andorian aside from the rest of the regular Enterprise crew. He has the best and funniest one-liners. Anyway, do give this series a chance, I for one will give DS9 a chance too (I have yet to see more than 10 episodes of DS9) and certainly try to watch the original Kirk series (have only seen less than a handful). I also wish the DVDs could be much more affordable ($$500++ for a 7 season Trek show is way too much even for a Trek fan like myself, the wife would never approve). The Enterprise introductory music isn’t so bad, it’s different and bold, but I got to like it after just few runs. Just let the franchise rest a little, fans will welcome it back again I’m sure, once they realize it’s been missing from their lives. I get Star Trek only once a week, and only Enterprise at 10pm on a Saturday, and a re-run of the same at 2:30am on a Sunday. Some of you guys have all the luck and not know it.
Rating: 4 / 5
2:32 am on November 13th, 2009
When I first heard of Star Trek Enterprise I did what most people did when DS9 came out…..dismissed it. I actually loved all of the previous series but in reading many reviews of this at first I didn’t even give it a chance. BIG MISTAKE on my part. Reason I say this is because I ended up buying this DVD set because a few friends of mine who like me, dismissed this series said it was killer and that I had to get it. So I said….why not? Anyway I am very happy with this series, the first Episode in Season 1 is outstanding. The first season is sort of choppy, some GREAT episodes and some OK or boring ones. Season 2 is pretty good as I enjoyed most of it. Season 2 also gets better and better as you progress through it. However season 3 and 4 are both fantastic. This is a pretty good series and the plotlines in seasons 3 and 4 were killer…..a night and day difference from seasons 1 and 2. I recommend this to Trek fans!
Rating: 5 / 5