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  2. Posted

    1. I think we will see the beginning of the Romulan War.

     

    2. The foundation of the UFP will be in its infancy stage, laying the gound work, various alliances made, etc. (the formation of the Federation doesn't occur until 2162, right?)

     

    3. I believe TPTB will end Enterprise with the conclusion to the Temporal Cold War, with some sort of "reset button."

    A. If Q is introduced into the series, then it may be him that snaps his fingers and resets the timelime.

    B. Archer's clock is used to as some sort of means to restore the timelime. It may contain data to help Enterprise "fix" a situation. It may be the reset button--just dial up the right time, April 2151, and the whole thing never happened.

     

    Personally I would like to see the clock used in some manner to end the Temporal Cold War. However, I really don't want to see it used as a reset button, but I have a feeling TPTB may go that route. I also personally don't Enterprise to end on a "reset". To me that would be the easy way out for the writers.

  5. Posted

    I am in the processs of building my Enterprise NX-01 Bridge with the Broken Bow sets. I already have Archer, Reed and T'Pol. New force Comics did have Mayweather for preorder, but they have taken him off. The only other place I've seen him for preorder is on the Star Trek Fans Store (linked to Startrek.com). He is supposed to available in August. I wonder if Art Asylum will produce Hoshi (Communications Station) and Tucker (Engineering Station). I would love to complete my Bridge!

  7. Posted

    wow. now thats a steal! im going to have to go find me a damaged goods store. haha.

    The one we have around here is called Hudsons. They have a couple versions--Dirt Cheap and Treasure Hunt. I found my NX-01 at a Dirt Cheap store. Good luck in your treasure hunt!

  10. Posted

    I haven't read any spoilers on any sites and I don't want to.

     

    MoulinRouge your points and analysis of Trip are the most astute I've seen.

     

    TheUnicornHunter wrote:

    Yes, if they let Trip work through his need for revenge (and do it quickly) then it could be a developmental opportunity. I think anger is part of the grieving process but he should be moving beyond that point by now. And I agree, I don't think anyone short of a saint could immediately forgive someone who had murdered a loved one. But people that don't ever work through it are the ones that suffer. The truth is - if the Xindi acted because they thought they would be destroyed then they are just defending their families as well.

     

    Yes, this is true that anger is a large part of the greiving process. Because of the line of work he is in, Trip has probably had to "bury" his anger and not fully resolved it. He has most likely had little to no time alone to work through his grief. There have been other "more important " things to be concerned with, such as the Enterprise refit. Consequently his anger and grief has been shoved aside, to be dealt with later. On the surface he may appear to have moved beyond the grief, but its only simmering just below the surface. And surface it will, when he encounters a situation that will push the right buttons--and this can be a small thing. When he and the Enterprise crew do encounter the Xindi, we will definitely see a darker side of Trip Tucker if his anger is not resolved.

     

    Thalyn wrote:

    It seems to me as if they are setting Trip up to be the protagonist for this arc. That his struggle to grow beyond vengance, to become "a better man" as Picard says in Nemesis, will be a metaphor for the growth of humanity into what they are in Picard's time. I don't believe that TPTB will let Trip deteriorate into a shallow, one dimensional character. They've set things up to well for that. I really think that they are getting ready to deal with some very serious questions, and I'm very much looking forward to it.

     

    Let us hope this is the direction TPTB are going with Trip and the rest of the crew for that matter. Even if no one else on the crew lost a family member or close friend in the attack, they had to have felt some degree of anger, grief, frustration, etc., particularly upon seeing the devastation. Some will feel a strong need for revenge just from the mere fact that earth was attacked and humans were killed.

     

    I hope this will prove to be a great opportunity for character and story development. I would like to see some backstory on several of the crew, by means of flashbacks, and through conversations between crewmembers.

     

    I hope season proves to be as promising as we are all hoping. I am very much looking forward to it!

  11. Posted

    I just don't want the rest of the series focusing on war, that's all.  Even if they spend a whole season on the Xindi stuff, as long as they get back to explorration before the Romulan War, I'll be happy. :)

    I agree Capt. Picard.

     

    The Dominion War arc on DS9 wore on and on. I personally got so tired of it that I didn't watch about half of the episodes.

  12. Posted

    In a TNG episode, when the crew finds a satellite with cryogenics tubes and thaw four living people from the 21'st century Picard says that TV didn't last longer then to the mid 21'st century.

    Yet, on ENT, Archer watches waterpolo on, what seems to be recorded TV.. And they watch a lot of movies, isn't that a bit strange if TV was eliminated that movies are still made.. Or do they only watch old movies from the time before 2050?

     

    I think I have asked this question before, but never got an answer..

    What are your thoughts?

    I guess the answer depends in part on what you define as television; the mechanics of viewing video on a screen or the concept of weekly dramas locked into a specific schedule.

     

    Personally, I think this is another sweeping interpretation of the future made without thought or logic. Theatre has existed in some form since our earliest cultures. Before live plays there were narrative poems and oral traditions. I can't believe that the Dramatic Arts would cease to exist. It is likely that drama would be more targeted to a specific audience; just as cable channels have diminished the hold of networks. But I believe that some type of drama or visual entertainment would exist until the development of the holodeck and perhaps even after.

     

    Now as to the format of television - weekly shows locked into a specific timeframe. I don't think that needs to wait another 50 years to go away. I believe the internet will offer greater and greater access to entertainment in the coming years. I suspect in time the two mediums will merge. I 'm ready for the day when weekly series are available "on demand" rather than at a specifc, arbitrary time. I already record shows to watch when its convenient - not when it's convenient for the network.

    I have to agree with TheUnicornHunter on all aspects.

     

    However it would seem logical that the crew would watch old movies that are a little more current. Instead of the Frankenstein or western film, how about Star Wars, Terminator, or any other late- 20th century film? Trip was going to show the Cogenitor The Day the Earth Stood Still, so TPTB aren't afraid of referencing scifi. If nothing else the crew could get a good laugh about the movie, and possibly comment about how different the future (the crew's own time) turned out to be.

     

    I think the real reason we don't have more current films referenced is that TPTB don't want to deal with the licensing and franchising legalities.

  15. Posted

    Are you complaining? 

     

    What can I say.  I guess there's a little piece of Reed in most of us.  There's nothing quite like a good explosion, and ya gotta admit Trek does them really, really well. 

    Click for Spoiler:

    My new favorite is in The Expanse when they blew Duras up and then sailed thru the pieces of his ship. Cool!  Would have liked to have seen it on the big screen.

     

    Ditto to that!

  16. Posted

    Yeeeaaah, what's up with the Vulcan's insistence that "Time Travel is impossible"; there must be a connection here somewhere.

    Agreed!

    Me thinks the Vulcans protest too much!

     

    OK y'all, I finally got a chance to check out Archer's clock.

     

    As I stated in another post, when I first saw the Suliban disks in Shockwave I, I thought that the clock disk (Cold Front) was similar and would be used to get Archer back to the 22nd Century in Shockwave II. When this didn't occur, it caused me to doubt my observations.

     

    After rewatching Cold Front and Shockwave I several times here are my observations:

     

    It appears that the disk portion in the clock is very much like the 3 disks Archer took from the Suliban ship in Shockwave I. At first I thought the clock disk was larger than the Suliban disks. That was due to the angle and close up of the shot. I carefully compared the size of the disks in relationship to his hands. I finally came to the conclusion that the clock disk and the Suliban disks are approximately the same size.

     

    I also compared the appearance of the disks. There is a excellent close-up shot of the clock disk at the end of Cold Front with Archer in his Ready Room, holding it in his hands and looking at it . This shot was perfect for observing the detail on the disk surface. Although the shots of the Suliban disks in Shockwave I lacked strong detail and were at a farther distance than the shot of the clock, it does appear that the surfaces of the 3 Suliban disks are very similar to that of the clock.

     

     

    The questions still remain:

     

    1. What is the clock?

    2. Will the crew/Archer figure out what it is?

    3. Does the clock contain vital data regarding "history" (assuming it may come from the future)?

    4.Will the clock be used/ needed to restore the timeline should it become altered?

    5. Is this B&B's reset button?

     

    A side note:

     

    While rewatching Shockwave I, both Archer and Daniels commented on the destruction of San Francisco. Archer also commented that the destruction appeared to have occured long ago. Do you think that was a view of Earth's future after the attack by the Xindi, fortold by Future Guy?

  17. Posted

    In VOY Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy in his fantasy, the Doctor wanted Paris to give Tuvok a hypo in the butt.

     

    "Tuvok I understand

    You are a Vulcan man

    You have just gone without

    For seven years...about.

     

    Paris please find a way

    To fill a hypospray

    I will give you a sign

    Just aim for his behind"

  18. Posted

    4. He's called "sir", not becuase of he militarisitc command structure, but becuase he's in charge.  Would you call your boss at work by his first name?

    of as "cannon"?

    precisely. It is a sign of respect, not of military influence.

     

    Although Starfleet may not be "military" it still has a military structure, including rank. We have other non-military forces in our society, such as the police and firefighters which also utilize a rank system. The personnel refer to a superior by rank as a sign of respect.

     

    One could think of the rank as a title. A person shows respect to a MD or PhD by refering to her or him as Doctor.

  19. Posted

    I think the song fits even more now that we have seen First Flight.

     

    Click for Spoiler:

    Archer had Faith that ship would fly, he had faith that he could fix any bugs the engine had and that faith paid off and propelled Starfleet to hights unthought of had they listened to the Vulcans.

    I couldn't agree more !

     

    I think I stated in another topic about the series themes that I have always liked the ENT theme. It did take me awhile to get used to the vocals as opposed to a purely instrumental theme from the other series. After the Columbia tragedy, the theme seemed to take on a deeper meaning for me, as I can imagine for others.

  22. Posted

    I don't think they should have all eps of season 3 to be about the Xindi and the Expanse, simply because I don't think they can produce that many good stories.. Still, I think Enterprise will be chasing the Xindi in the Expanse the entire third season, just hope they pull it off (with the story writing)..

     

    Can't wait!!

    I agree with you.

     

    I can't wait for season 3 either!

     

    Also see my posts about Archer's clock.

  23. Posted

    OK y'all, I finally got a chance to check out Archer's clock.

     

    As I stated in my earlier post, when I first saw the Suliban disks in Shockwave I, I thought that the clock disk (Cold Front) was similar and would be used to get Archer back to the 22nd Century in Shockwave II. When this didn't occur, it caused me to doubt my observations.

     

    After rewatching Cold Front and Shockwave I several times here are my observations:

     

    It appears that the disk portion in the clock is very much like the 3 disks Archer took from the Suliban ship in Shockwave I. At first I thought the clock disk was larger than the Suliban disks. That was due to the angle and close up of the shot. I carefully compared the size of the disks in relationship to his hands. I finally came to the conclusion that the clock disk and the Suliban disks are approximately the same size.

     

    I also compared the appearance of the disks. There is a excellent close-up shot of the clock disk at the end of Cold Front with Archer in his Ready Room, holding it in his hands and looking at it . This shot was perfect for observing the detail on the disk surface. Although the shots of the Suliban disks in Shockwave I lacked strong detail and were at a farther distance than the shot of the clock, it does appear that the surfaces of the 3 Suliban disks are very similar to that of the clock.

     

     

    The questions still remain:

     

    1. What is the clock?

    2. Will the crew/Archer figure out what it is?

    3. Does the clock contain vital data regarding "history" (assuming it may come from the future)?

    4.Will the clock be used/ needed to restore the timeline should it become altered?

    5. Is this B&B's reset button?

     

    A side note:

     

    While rewatching Shockwave I, both Archer and Daniels commented on the destruction of San Francisco. Archer also commented that the destruction appeared to have occured long ago. Do you think that was a view of Earth's future after the attack by the Xindi, fortold by Future Guy?

  25. Posted

    Hmmm...$800 for 40 Volumes....or...$300 for 3 Seasons in Boxsets...

     

    Let me think about that...

     

    (0.68 seconds Later)

     

    Yes..if they release TOS like that...I'll Damn sure get em.

    ME TOO!!!