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Posted: Dec 13 2010 01:59 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Enterprise started off okay, but once they started in with the Taliban, I'm sorry SULIBAN bullshit, I got really annoyed and gave up. Specifically, they did a "not all Suliban are evil" episode. Roddenberry was more subtle than that. If he had called them Brussians instead of Klingons, the original show would have never caught on.

I guess they got away from that stuff in the third season, but I had long stopped watching by then.

This I grant. Although the storyline itself was fun, the heavy handedness of the metaphor was just borderline-sickening.

Will still always be my second favorite ST series though.

Posted: Dec 13 2010 02:26 pm

I do enjoy the work of Scott Bakula. A lot of sci-fi fans apparently don't. My brother's bosses and his former coworker all hated Quantum Leap with a passion.

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Syd Lexia wrote:

I do enjoy the work of Scott Bakula. A lot of neckbearded sci-fi snobs apparently don't. My brother's bosses and his former coworker all hated Quantum Leap with a passion.

Fixed.

Posted: Dec 13 2010 04:30 pm

It may just be nostalgia for me because I remember watching it with my dad when new episodes were still airing, but TNG all the way. TOS was ok but I thought it was really cheesy looking effects wise (and this was coming from a kid who loved Godzilla movies) so I just never developed a love of it. DS9 bored me to tears most of the time and Voyager just kind of felt like TNG with less interesting characters.

Posted: Dec 14 2010 01:28 am

UsaSatsui wrote:

I'm not implying a thing, I'm just posting a comic I found funny.

Oh. Well I found it funny too.
Especially since DS9 wouldn't be by first choice of ST series that a person would just happen to like without knowing anything else about ST.

Posted: Dec 14 2010 01:31 am

GenesisDoes wrote:

I think I am the only person who likes Star Trek the Motion Picture

I like it.

And I don't think redlettermedia was being facetious. He says it is the one movie that most reflects the show. The rest were hollywooded up and he didn't appreciate it until the last one came out. The original and next gen crews should not be action stars being the ages they are, but make a reboot at an earlier time and it works. Even if it doesn't follow the show.

Posted: Dec 14 2010 01:33 am

Again, haven't watched enough Enterprise to rate.

But I read that there was a temporal cold war subplot that sounded really cool. Unfortunately it sounds like they fudged it up on screen. Thoughts?

Posted: Dec 14 2010 01:55 am

Wtf. Hating Enterprise I can understand, if not condone. But Quantum Leap? What is there to POSSIBLY hate about Quantum Leap, unless you have no soul?

Posted: Dec 14 2010 07:05 am

Yeah, anyone who hates Quantum Leap is a clear sociopath and should be put down.

Posted: Dec 14 2010 07:09 am

i only saw TOS, so...yeah, i like that the most. its a great and unique show. gotta download a season and watch it again...