As Crocky already said, the godawful series is ENT. Which I didn't even watch past the first three episode. Curiously enough, even though I have watched every single rerun of every Star Trek series since 1990, I gave this one a pass - as did practically every German Trekkie I know. No one seems to like it much - and the unimaginative, unlikeable characters are probably at fault. No wonder it was cancelled. They came dangerously near the line with Voyager, but this one took things too far.
I am not sure what they were going for, but it seems as though they had just taken a bunch of US minorities and put them on a ship together in the hope of creating something interesting - with little success. Janeway always felt to me as though she was meant to but completely failed to replace a Picard-type character as a mentor figure, what B'Elanna was supposed to achieve is beyond me, and the entire story around Neelix and Wossname was too boring for words, too. The doctor I disliked, my love for Vulcans didn't stop me from being bored by Tuvok, and most of the cultures and species they encounter on their travels were not too fascinating, either. Not my favourite series.
I must say that DS9 is probably my favourite in spite of the soap opera elements - and, indeed, because of some of them. It's possible that I've simply watched TNG too often and this one still hasn't lost its appeal, but I also enjoy the setting a lot. It was nice to see someone try to depict everyday life in the Star Trek universe. I also love Ferengi, the Quark/Odo dynamic never ceases to amuse me, and I think that the Dominion war makes for some really interesting episodes. Sisko I could never really take to - while I enjoy the episodes featuring him as a father, he is too far from my ideal of a Starfleet Commander for my taste. My ideal series would probably combine the TNG treknobabble, TNG missions and DS9 space for character development and insights into the everyday life.
I am not sure what to think of the trailer, but I am not too happy with what I am seeing (it causes too many Episode 1 flashbacks for my taste). Didn't Jim meet Spock only when he became Captain of the Enterprise in 2265...? And also - we've had James T. Kirk as a womanizing hotspur -that's what he's doing for the majority of TOS, so why the need for this movie...? Still, on the off chance of being able to watch a young Spock and actually seeing Kirk cheat at the Kobayashi Maru test, I'm willing to put up with what already looks like a ton of canon violations.
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I am not sure what they were going for, but it seems as though they had just taken a bunch of US minorities and put them on a ship together in the hope of creating something interesting - with little success. Janeway always felt to me as though she was meant to but completely failed to replace a Picard-type character as a mentor figure, what B'Elanna was supposed to achieve is beyond me, and the entire story around Neelix and Wossname was too boring for words, too. The doctor I disliked, my love for Vulcans didn't stop me from being bored by Tuvok, and most of the cultures and species they encounter on their travels were not too fascinating, either. Not my favourite series.
I must say that DS9 is probably my favourite in spite of the soap opera elements - and, indeed, because of some of them. It's possible that I've simply watched TNG too often and this one still hasn't lost its appeal, but I also enjoy the setting a lot. It was nice to see someone try to depict everyday life in the Star Trek universe. I also love Ferengi, the Quark/Odo dynamic never ceases to amuse me, and I think that the Dominion war makes for some really interesting episodes. Sisko I could never really take to - while I enjoy the episodes featuring him as a father, he is too far from my ideal of a Starfleet Commander for my taste. My ideal series would probably combine the TNG treknobabble, TNG missions and DS9 space for character development and insights into the everyday life.
I am not sure what to think of the trailer, but I am not too happy with what I am seeing (it causes too many Episode 1 flashbacks for my taste). Didn't Jim meet Spock only when he became Captain of the Enterprise in 2265...? And also - we've had James T. Kirk as a womanizing hotspur -that's what he's doing for the majority of TOS, so why the need for this movie...? Still, on the off chance of being able to watch a young Spock and actually seeing Kirk cheat at the Kobayashi Maru test, I'm willing to put up with what already looks like a ton of canon violations.