Enterprise 10/17
10-18-01 | 02:54 PM
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Got to agree that the holodeck was a major misstep... And giving it to the Kingons this early is a continuity disaster... Although it did provide us with the line: "Hey, I can see my house from here!" 
10-18-01 | 03:09 PM
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Originally posted by caipirina
oh .. and it is ok to show nipple and call it nipple on TV as long as it is anatomically at the wrong spot ??? yeah yeah !
oh .. and it is ok to show nipple and call it nipple on TV as long as it is anatomically at the wrong spot ??? yeah yeah !
Also, is it me or did these Klingons seem rather tame?
10-18-01 | 03:41 PM
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I think Hoshi had gotten the klingon language loaded into the comm system
Originally posted by grunter
Why is it the Klingons spoke English? According to the earlier episodes, the universal translator isn't exactly "universal" quite yet. (That's why we have Hoshi). But we have Klingons that actually speak Earth-tongue. What's up with that?
Selective use of continuity is a frustrating thing.
Oh and the new "Enterprise" cliche is getting a little annoying. I'm referring of course to the way the characters always make a note of precisely how many weeks they've been on their journey. If B&B were going to dive into this continuity thing, then they should just go balls-out. But unfortunately, I think the best we'll get is the occasional dialogue footnote about what happened with "species X" such-and-such weeks back.
*sigh*
Why is it the Klingons spoke English? According to the earlier episodes, the universal translator isn't exactly "universal" quite yet. (That's why we have Hoshi). But we have Klingons that actually speak Earth-tongue. What's up with that?
Selective use of continuity is a frustrating thing.
Oh and the new "Enterprise" cliche is getting a little annoying. I'm referring of course to the way the characters always make a note of precisely how many weeks they've been on their journey. If B&B were going to dive into this continuity thing, then they should just go balls-out. But unfortunately, I think the best we'll get is the occasional dialogue footnote about what happened with "species X" such-and-such weeks back.
*sigh*
10-18-01 | 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by Damfino
No. It's only ok to show a man's nipples.
No. It's only ok to show a man's nipples.
We're WAY past nipples (as far as talking about them), thanks to Bill and Monica.
10-18-01 | 04:06 PM
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Originally posted by Jason
I always thought the holodeck was a cheap plot element and any story involving getting trapped on it or hoho characters coming to life was utterly pointless. I swear, if they build their own holodeck, I'm going to stop watching.
I always thought the holodeck was a cheap plot element and any story involving getting trapped on it or hoho characters coming to life was utterly pointless. I swear, if they build their own holodeck, I'm going to stop watching.
10-18-01 | 04:40 PM
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Originally posted by renaldow
I thought it was an entertaining episode, but there's one thing that was really stupid.
'Here's some gelatinous cubes, it's the closest we could get to your water.' Then later on he's on a boat in the holodeck floating on water. I thought perhaps it would be some other fluid, but when he's back on the Enterprise describing it it's water and he says he could even smell the salt air.
I thought it was an entertaining episode, but there's one thing that was really stupid.
'Here's some gelatinous cubes, it's the closest we could get to your water.' Then later on he's on a boat in the holodeck floating on water. I thought perhaps it would be some other fluid, but when he's back on the Enterprise describing it it's water and he says he could even smell the salt air.
I'm glad Im not the only one that caught the stupidity of that.
and I too like the way T'Pol sits in the captains chair
10-18-01 | 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by renaldow
I thought it was an entertaining episode, but there's one thing that was really stupid.
'Here's some gelatinous cubes, it's the closest we could get to your water.' Then later on he's on a boat in the holodeck floating on water. I thought perhaps it would be some other fluid, but when he's back on the Enterprise describing it it's water and he says he could even smell the salt air.
I thought it was an entertaining episode, but there's one thing that was really stupid.
'Here's some gelatinous cubes, it's the closest we could get to your water.' Then later on he's on a boat in the holodeck floating on water. I thought perhaps it would be some other fluid, but when he's back on the Enterprise describing it it's water and he says he could even smell the salt air.
10-18-01 | 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by Duran
Yes, but the water they were floating on was holographic, remember. One would hope the stuff they were feeding him was not.
Yes, but the water they were floating on was holographic, remember. One would hope the stuff they were feeding him was not.
But, didn't she act like she didn't know what water was?
10-19-01 | 07:59 AM
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Who was the chick that got Trip pregnant? She had this smoldering sexiness that cross species line.
I find myself incapable of looking away when T'Pol is onscreen.
I find myself incapable of looking away when T'Pol is onscreen.
10-19-01 | 09:16 AM
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Originally posted by MrN
But, didn't she act like she didn't know what water was?
But, didn't she act like she didn't know what water was?
10-19-01 | 10:12 AM
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Originally posted by das Monkey
Anyone care to explain to me why this race, masters of cloaking technology and holodecks, needed Gomer Pyle's help with their engines?
das
Anyone care to explain to me why this race, masters of cloaking technology and holodecks, needed Gomer Pyle's help with their engines?
das
Coupla thoughts:
The Enterprise is supposed be a more functional, perhaps cramped, ship. So, why is the captain’s shower (
)about the same size as the captain’s mess?T’Pol as a stand-up comic: don’t quit your day job. (I think the gnome on SU2 has better delivery.)
Flox: you’d think with all the advances that medicine has made, they could fix the side of your mouth that doesn’t work. Physician, heal thyself.
If this is the only time they use a holodeck, I think I can live with it. If they do it again, I think the writers should take a substantial cut in pay. Save the laziness for the obligatory time-travel series conclusion.
Reality check: decompression takes a lot more time than compression.
My vote for worst line of the season: “I can see my house from here.”
Series constants, so far: technology breakdown, meal in the captain’s mess, scene with the dog, T’Pol’s knockers (
) -- anything else?Wizdar’s pick for where “that line” should have been:
Gravity is restored and Archer falls to the floor of the shower.
Archer: “Ho, boy!”
10-19-01 | 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by Wizdar
Coupla thoughts:
The Enterprise is supposed be a more functional, perhaps cramped, ship. So, why is the captain’s shower ()about the same size as the captain’s mess?
Coupla thoughts:
The Enterprise is supposed be a more functional, perhaps cramped, ship. So, why is the captain’s shower (
)about the same size as the captain’s mess?
P
10-20-01 | 01:14 AM
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Originally posted by caipirina
Was wondering the exact same thing .. one may hope that he has to share it with Hoshi and T'Pol and we get to see that sometime soon
P
Was wondering the exact same thing .. one may hope that he has to share it with Hoshi and T'Pol and we get to see that sometime soon
P
The way they've been exploiting T'Pol, if the ratings start to fall, I predict mini skirts and low-cut tops.
10-20-01 | 02:14 AM
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I don't see the problem with the holodeck here, and the people who don't see how they would suck at space travel. Maybe they just FOCUSED more on holodeck technology. Some species seem to do thing better than others. That's how I rationalize it to myself.
10-20-01 | 07:11 AM
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Originally posted by MrN
The way they've been exploiting T'Pol, if the ratings start to fall, I predict mini skirts and low-cut tops.
The way they've been exploiting T'Pol, if the ratings start to fall, I predict mini skirts and low-cut tops.
10-21-01 | 02:11 PM
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The fact that they had holodeck technology yet were crap at repairing/having good engines didnt bother me. You could make the same argument with humans splitting the atom before making other, seemingly simple in comparison advancements.
I dont really like the hick, so I wasnt overly enthused with the episode, but it was okay.
I dont really like the hick, so I wasnt overly enthused with the episode, but it was okay.
10-22-01 | 06:07 PM
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I think this was the first time I heard the Phrase "Knocked Up" on a Trek show. 
I like this show!
I like this show!
