On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:29:07 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> Pity "Enterprise" was so bad, though - at least the few episodes I
>> watched.
> 
>   Enterprise was not that bad. In fact, it was getting better and better
> with each new season. For some reason, though, they cut it short, when
> it was getting really good.

I've heard that; part of what turned me off, to be honest, was the "hair 
band" theme music.  But I didn't give it much of a chance, I'll admit to 
that. :-)

>   (Voyager almost suffered the same fate, but the writers were able to
>   save
> it with 7 of 9. Good move. I liked the whole series (save a few
> individual wallbanger episodes), especially from that point forward. You
> can never have too much Borg in Star Trek.)

True, though the problem with an uber-enemy like the Borg is that the 
good guys have to end up with the upper hand at some point - so they go 
from being a really serious threat to being just another bad guy.

I liked Voyager, but it did suffer from "Gilligan's Island" syndrome - 
ie, eventually they have to get "off the island" (ie, get home) so 
there's not much room for variation in the story.

I don't know that Seven saved the show, though; I thought Kes was a much 
more interesting character, and it was a shame that she left.  With Seven 
you basically had another Data-like character who had to learn what it 
meant to be human.  Been there, done that, and I think Brent Spiner did a 
much better job of exploring that idea.

Jim

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