In my opnion, you didn't miss anything.

I'm not going to say anything spoiler-ish, in case others haven't seen it yet.

My impression of the show is:

Another Berman/Braga load of crap.

The opening theme sucked, Dennis McCarthy can't score his way out of a box, and there was nothing in the show that put me "on the edge of my seat."

I was more jazzed last night seeing the new "Lord of the Rings" trailer and all the commercials tonight for next week's "Buffy."

Sorry, but the premiere gets a big thumbs down for me. And since this is the same way I felt after the first "Voyager" episode, I don't think the series is going to be any good.

Sorry to all those of you who liked it. I guess my standards are higher.

I knew B&B would f*ck it up. And this from a fan since the 1960's.

Kevin

Remember, B&B did not dissapoint you, you are dissapointing yourself.

You have seen, but one episode from the new series and yet you already pass judgement.

I agree, the title theme sucked, but still that does not mean the show as a whole sucks.

Give it a chance.

Erik

Interestingly, the only two characters they went to any special length to develop were Capt. Archer and T'Pau (sp?). They focused a lot more on the story than the characters, so I hope they achieve more of a balance later on. But it would be difficult (and boring) to try and delve deep into the psyches of every major crew member all in the first episode, so I can easily hope for more.

The episode boosted my hopes for the rest of the series, and I am now looking forward to future episodes more than I was looking forward to the pilot (which I was already pretty excited about).

I wonder how many months it will take until we get to see it here on Austrian/German TV.

I thought it was interesting. I wasn't jumping up and down for joy, but neither was I sick to my stomach. It was definitely more cinematic in its approach than any previous Trek series. It remains to be seen what they'll make of it.

Actually, the things I liked, I liked because they WEREN'T like previous series. The standard "we're in a nebula, our shields are hit, we've got to hold out and save the Cap'n" stuff bores me to no end. I enjoyed myself more when I was able to forget I was supposed to be watching Star Trek. I guess that's why they just stopped at calling it "Enterprise."

In short, I wasn't excited but I was intrigued. The characters have promise. The world of the show is ripe with potential. They have a chance to do something unique. We'll see just how boldly they end up going.

(BTW, the nipple-shots were 100% gratuitous. It was obvious that scene was only written to kick up the "sexy" factor. It was pretty contrived, and reminded me I was watching a marketing machine at work.)

I think everyone is still skeptical because 1) it's post-Roddenberry Star Trek and 2) it's Rick Berman Star Trek. I must admit that the milquetoast wonderboy has done more to damage my enthusiasm for any new Star Trek than any one force in the universe.

Here's to a great season for the new crew! Let's hope they have some fun things in store for us.

Jeron

PS- Who else wants to know WHO the guy was that was instructing the Suliban?

PS2- Who else thought Trip's one-liners were great?? The Klingon is yelling klingon-gibberish at the "bad guys" (Suliban) and Trip's quick wit manages a humorous "Yeah, you tell 'em big guy!" LOL. Priceless.

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Originally posted by Wedge:
I guess that's why they just stopped at calling it "Enterprise."

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Originally posted by Jeron:
PS- Who else wants to know WHO the guy was that was instructing the Suliban?

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Um ... me? Let's hope they play their cards right. They have the potential to make a good recurring villain out of the Suliban commander as well. The confrontation in the time-chamber was nicely done.

The "man in the shadows" concept automatically adds a nice air of mystery and mythology a la X-Files. But the best villains are always at ideological odds:

(TOS) Kirk and Khan (Both supermen in a fashion: one serves and self-sacrifices, the other rules and demands sacrifice. Their many similarities are contrasted with their ideological opposites.)

(TNG) Picard and Q (An ongoing dialectic about the nature and promise of humankind. Their interaction provides a compelling forum for intellectual adventure.)

(DS9) Sisko and Dukat (probably my favorite hero/villain relationship in Trek. They're both leaders. Sisko leads by humility whereas Dukat is consumed by pride and false-humility. His descent into insanity parallels Sisko's search for personal truth. The episode "Waltz" was a masterpiece. Dukat cannot give up his ideological faults; he turns to Sisko, a secret source of intellectual envy and jealousy, for psychological validation, and turns on him with a vengeance when he does not receive it.)

(VGR) Janeway and the Borg Queen. (This was the most inane hero/villain relationship, reduced to the level of "Humans good. Borg bad. Individuality good. Collective bad." It was never compelling.)

Enterprise needs to look back at what worked and what didn't work and develop the villains from there.

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PS2- Who else thought Trip's one-liners were great??

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"I don't particularly like the way you smell either."

The weakest part was the music. I did not like the theme and kept wanting to hear some music that somewhat conveyed the emotions of what was happening on the screen.

The second weakest part was the insertion of the sensuality -- especially since it centered primarily on the Vulcan. I've never thought of the Vulcans as being a sensual people, so the scene where she's rubbing some gel all over her body (including an on-screen shot of her going under her tank top) struck me as extremely gratuitous. It seems rather obvious that the Star Trek of Berman's mind is filled with females with breast implants -- even Vulcans. This all stems from how Jeri Ryan resurrected Voyager causing a huge influx of pimply faced adolecent boys to tune in.

Hmmm, this is beginnnig to sound like I didn't like the show, but I did. I'm usually doing something else, like working on my hobby, while watching (listening to) the TV, but I put everything down and watched this all the way through.

I like Archer, his engineering officer (who sounds an awfull lot like Tommy Lee Jones -- did he play a young Jones in "Space Cowboys?") and the doctor.

SPOILER ALERT: <<The mysterious guy from the future sounds a lot like Mark Lennard (sp?) and, from the silhouette looks like he's either a Vulcan or Romulan.>>

I hope they continue to show it in the HDTV aspect with the black bars atop and below the picture -- giving it a movie-kind of appearance.

Very good special effects, good action sequences (two-fisted ray-gun shooting!) and an intriguing story-line.

The character interactions were far more interesting and the darker, grim atmosphere agrees with me more. Sure, the rub down scene was silly, but oh well...

As for the title song...never judge a book by its cover and never handicap a show by its theme song.

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Originally posted by Marc Flake:
SPOILER ALERT: <<The mysterious guy from the future sounds a lot like Mark Lennard (sp?) and, from the silhouette looks like he's either a Vulcan or Romulan.>>

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As I understand it, he is the series' arch-villian, much like Q (TNG), that Cardassian guy(DS9) and the Borg Queen (V) in the other Berman-Treks.

There is some speculation on other message boards that he may be the Vulcan who was so adamantly opposed to the deep space mission.

We'll know sooner or later (probably sooner), but in the meantime, specualtion is fun!

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Originally posted by Marc Flake:
There is some speculation on other message boards that he may be the Vulcan who was so adamantly opposed to the deep space mission.

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