Thursday, February 03, 2005

Enterprise

Just found out that "Star Trek: Enterprise" will air it's final episode in May. Thats a bit of a downer, it's a good show. I really like Scott Bakula, after all I loved him on "Quantum Leap" and on "Gung Ho - the TV series". Watch for Quantum Leap: A Bold Leap Forward coming this year. Anyway, it's kinda lame that Enterprise only lasted 4 seasons when Voyager and DS9 where like 7 saeasons. Then again, was Enterprise a 4yr mission? I guess that would be somewhat accurate then. So here on Neural planet i've been watching these shows, boy what a good idea it was for Mr. Roddenberry to travel back in time and make these shows...little do you people know that it's all true! That should explain this. Anyway, here's how I list my favorite Star Trek shows.

5. Voyager - My least favorite Trek show. A black Vulcan? A woman Captain? What is this, an alternate universe? Never really enjoyed the plots and i hated Janeway. Although I found myself oddly attracted to her. The best episode is the one when Q wants Janeway to have his baby. Why would you not want to? Your kid would be a God! The Doctor was a good character, the whole should have been him. Seven was pretty hot too...i really enjoyed him on Married With Children.

4. Deep Space Nine - It was an original concept, make it on a starbase rather than a starship. But come on a black captain ! Just kidding, i'm not THAT shallow. I liked Sisko actually, he was cool. And Odo and O'Brien were rather likable. Dax was very hot and Quark was the friggin man...or Ferengi for that matter. Maybe I can hire him as a bartender...hmmm? Was his actual Ferengi name Quark? Whats the odds of his name being an Earth-named matter particle. Best episodes where the ones with Worf. Although I must say that I changed the channel more often than not. I understand your on a starbase, but GO SOMEWHERE for god sakes! I wish there was a porn named Star Trek Deep Six Nine.

3. Enterprise - I love the whole "prequel" idea of it. Archer carries the show, i never got to really like any of the other characters much, i find them to have zero personality. The Xindi thing ran thin after awhile, but the Nazi episodes were classics. The Augments and the Dr. Soong angle was pretty interesting I thought, Spiner is such a dork - i love him. Jolene is pretty damn sexy too. I do find some technical inconsistancies with Enterprise that bother me, but I have OCD or something. Great show, Just wish it lasted longer.


2. Next Gen. - It's tough not putting this first. infact i'd almost say it's tied for first. Has to be one of the most professional TV shows of all time. Every sci-fi show after this one is just a rip-off. Nearly every character is great, from Picard to Whoopie friggin Goldberg. The acting is fantastic, the writting is second to none and the production is just excellent. At times it got a bit to "soap opera-ish" for me, and I started to hate the Holodeck episodes. But Next Gen. REALLY made Star Trek a legit show, not the joke that some people thought. Patrick Stewart is one of the most underrated actors and Brent Spiner was very good as Data. I really wanted to nail Troi too. Worf ruled and of course Q is the best TV villain ever. I liked the episodes with Classic Trek guest stars.

1. Star Trek TOS - Can't mess with an original. I can literally sit down and watch like 10 straight episodes. The show was on at Midnight when I was in High School, so i'd stay up till 1 AM recording it and then i'd watch the tape to make sure it came out alright, all the while reading "Nitpickers Guide to Classic Trek" AND browsing the "Star Trek Encyclopedia!" I'm not even kidding about that. I never did homework, but I never missed a Star Trek episode either. Sure it's cheesy as all hell and funny as all hell (when it really shouldn't be).....but Classic Trek did lay the groundwork. The show plots are actually really good, and the trio of Kirk, Spock and Bones can't be touched.

I left out the Animated Series because it's really bad...i like it...but it's really bad. Click here for a good pic of Archer choking an Andorian.

10 comments:

Mugato said...

Gene Frankenberry was pretty cool

Donald said...

I'm about to say something shocking: I don't like the Original Series. That's right, a Trekkie who hates the Original series. I can't watch it. I find it boring and kind of annoying.

But the rest of your list is good.

Mugato said...

I don't blame you. It's good mostly on a "so-bad, it's good" level. For some reason I can't get enough of it, don't really know why. Like I said though on overall quality Next Gen. is far better. But would you list TOS last? Worse than Voyager?

Donald said...

Voyager is worse, but maybe more watchable because the stories aren't as hokey and the sets don't look like cardboard. But Voyager has the worst cast ever. Really, aside from the Doctor and Seven of Nine's titties, were any of them memorable at all?

I do love the Original Series's cast. Their movies are brilliant, even better than the Star Wars films. I just don't care for the show.

Mugato said...

Alright, fair enough.

Donald said...

Too bad she was so ugly though. That's right, I said it. Somebody had to.

Mugato said...

HOW DARE YOU!

Donald said...

She's so ugly, no matter how you have sex with her, it's always doggy style.

Get it? Cause she's a dog. Doggy style. Get it?!

Anonymous said...

there is a "Star Trek Deep Six Nine" its at walmart

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?dest=9999999997&product_id=1083974&sourceid=1500000000000001827160

I assume it was a mistake or a clever joke by the walmart webmaster. its suppose to be deep space nine but its listed as deep six nine. (being a webmaster is the gayest job title EVER)

oddly enough when you click to see "related movies" the list includes such hits as "howard the duck" "out law of gor" and the three stooges movie "have rocket will travel". I guess if you like deep six nine you may enjoy those films , you may also enjoy a kick in the balls.

Mugato said...

how the hell did you track that down on wallmart.com???