Enterprise 10-08-03
10-08-03, 06:03 AM
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Enterprise 10-08-03
Episode Title: 'Impulse'
Story By: Jonathan Fernandez & Terry Matalas
Teleplay By: Jonathan Fernandez
Directed By: David Livingston
When Enterprise responds to a distress call from a Vulcan ship stranded in the Delphic Expanse, Archer and his boarding team are attacked by insane zombie-like Vulcans
Teleplay By: Jonathan Fernandez
Directed By: David Livingston
10-08-03, 06:06 AM
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When you read the summery is just sounds so bad and cheesy (Which is probably will be) but the promos didn't look all that bad. I'm watching with my fingers crossed that it will be good.
10-08-03, 08:39 AM
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The only thing I remember from the promos is N’Pol screaming her head off. (It’s possible I’m confused: maybe that was me screaming.)
Hey! Isn’t it about time for a “clip show”? It’s third season, and I would think the obligatory clip show would be in order. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?!! Hello? Hell-ooo! Is this thing on?
Hey! Isn’t it about time for a “clip show”? It’s third season, and I would think the obligatory clip show would be in order. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?!! Hello? Hell-ooo! Is this thing on?
10-08-03, 11:49 AM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
Hey! Isn’t it about time for a “clip show”? It’s third season, and I would think the obligatory clip show would be in order. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?!! Hello? Hell-ooo! Is this thing on?
Hey! Isn’t it about time for a “clip show”? It’s third season, and I would think the obligatory clip show would be in order. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?!! Hello? Hell-ooo! Is this thing on?
Archer, Trip & T'Pol could be exploring a cave when an avalanche blocks the exit. While they wait to be rescued, they would reminisce about previous spelunking adventures!
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10-08-03, 12:05 PM
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Originally posted by Spooky
If they would have named the episode "Insane Zombie Vulcans", I bet more people would tune in...
If they would have named the episode "Insane Zombie Vulcans", I bet more people would tune in...
10-08-03, 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
"Insane Catholic Zombie Vulcan Girls in Trouble with Vampires.”
"Insane Catholic Zombie Vulcan Girls in Trouble with Vampires.”
10-08-03, 09:06 PM
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I thought they really missed out on a great opportunity for the ending. I was half expecting this:
Scene - Mess Hall as Movie theatre
Trip and Phlox: Blah, blah, blah!
T'Pol: (turning) Will you two please SHUT UP!?!
Trip: T'Pol?
T'Pol: Or shut your piehole, is that more appropriate?
(Cold stare from T'Pol)
(Trip and Phlox visably shrink back)
(T'Pol turns back to watch the movie)
Trip whispers to Phlox: I thought you said she'd recovered, Doc.
Phlox: Recovering, Commander. There may even be some lasting effects; I'm not for certain.
The Enterprise movie audience laughs at something playing in the movie with T'Pol laughing loudest of all.
Trip looks at her with disbelief.
It could be played for a humorous ending (remember when Star Trek had those once in a while?) and we could be left with the prospect of having a Vulcan occasionally prone to emotions making her the character with the most personality on this show. Really, why do Vulcans losing their emotional restraint always have to result in psychotic paranoia? Why can't they appreciate a good joke or something?
Scene - Mess Hall as Movie theatre
Trip and Phlox: Blah, blah, blah!
T'Pol: (turning) Will you two please SHUT UP!?!
Trip: T'Pol?
T'Pol: Or shut your piehole, is that more appropriate?
(Cold stare from T'Pol)
(Trip and Phlox visably shrink back)
(T'Pol turns back to watch the movie)
Trip whispers to Phlox: I thought you said she'd recovered, Doc.
Phlox: Recovering, Commander. There may even be some lasting effects; I'm not for certain.
The Enterprise movie audience laughs at something playing in the movie with T'Pol laughing loudest of all.
Trip looks at her with disbelief.
It could be played for a humorous ending (remember when Star Trek had those once in a while?) and we could be left with the prospect of having a Vulcan occasionally prone to emotions making her the character with the most personality on this show. Really, why do Vulcans losing their emotional restraint always have to result in psychotic paranoia? Why can't they appreciate a good joke or something?
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to this episode. but now it looks like they can keep the anomilies in the show whenever they are convenient
10-08-03, 11:29 PM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
The only thing I remember from the promos is N’Pol screaming her head off. (It’s possible I’m confused: maybe that was me screaming.)
The only thing I remember from the promos is N’Pol screaming her head off. (It’s possible I’m confused: maybe that was me screaming.)
Could have done without the Jerry Springer opening.
I’m still finding the Nextel commercials much more fun.
Is Vulcan physiology so different that the trellium can make them all Night of the Living Dead while it has absolutely no freakin’ effect on humans??
I mean, there’s a considerable difference between suspension of disbelief and suspension of disbullsh*t.
10-09-03, 06:13 AM
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The good: using an X-Files-type device by opening with an event to "get your attention" then going back in time to show how it happened. I don't think Trek has done that much, if at all. Second, they continued the search for trellium.
The bad: darn near everything else. The storyline was boring and Xindi-less.
The ugly: Blalock's acting.
I always thought the acting on this show was below par, but that was just bad.
What are we on now, the fifth episode? One was pretty good, one was OK, and three stinkers. Nice change in direction.
The bad: darn near everything else. The storyline was boring and Xindi-less.
The ugly: Blalock's acting.
I always thought the acting on this show was below par, but that was just bad.
What are we on now, the fifth episode? One was pretty good, one was OK, and three stinkers. Nice change in direction.
10-09-03, 07:17 AM
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Originally posted by CaptainMarvel
I thought this episode was going to give me a seizure... the blinking lights on the Vulcan ship were a little overdone.
I thought this episode was going to give me a seizure... the blinking lights on the Vulcan ship were a little overdone.
10-09-03, 09:45 AM
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So, what, you're just padding?
OK. I have a confession to make as well.
I don’t watch the show either.
And I don’t own a copy of Battlefield Earth.
OK. I have a confession to make as well.
I don’t watch the show either.
And I don’t own a copy of Battlefield Earth.
10-09-03, 10:46 AM
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Originally posted by CaptainMarvel
I thought this episode was going to give me a seizure... the blinking lights on the Vulcan ship were a little overdone.
I thought this episode was going to give me a seizure... the blinking lights on the Vulcan ship were a little overdone.
10-09-03, 12:24 PM
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OK I just forced myself to watch this episode and aside from Mayweather actually getting some lines in, this ep sucked big time. The only other halfway decent aspect to the ep was the look Trip gave T'Pol after she basically told him to shut up.
The writers have got to do better than this.
The writers have got to do better than this.
10-09-03, 10:51 PM
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I'm seriously thinkin' that Bandoman has the right idea.
One thing that did kinda surprise me though.. I thought that the token security guy was gonna get it a la "red shirt". I was wrong!
One thing that did kinda surprise me though.. I thought that the token security guy was gonna get it a la "red shirt". I was wrong!
10-10-03, 06:02 AM
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Originally posted by Bronkster
One thing that did kinda surprise me though.. I thought that the token security guy was gonna get it a la "red shirt". I was wrong!
One thing that did kinda surprise me though.. I thought that the token security guy was gonna get it a la "red shirt". I was wrong!
10-10-03, 06:33 AM
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yeah.....a newly introduced character on an 'away' mission that didn't get killed??? have the writers even seen star trek before???