I need to say this right away, this theme song is hooorrrriiibble. The song itself is alright, some talent there I guess, reminds me of Warrant...Jani Lane bitches. But as a theme for Star Trek??? To be honest it depresses me. I actually get depressed every time I hear it. It’s all about having faith, following your dreams and never giving up. Well, I've given up on all of that crap years ago! I don’t need to be reminded about it in a freakin theme song! Whatever happen to those great TOS lyrics “ahhh ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhh”
The episode begins with young Jonathan Archer with his father Henry Archer (designer of Warp 5 engine). Young Jonathan expresses his distrust of Vulcans. Fast forward a bunch of years later. A Klingon crash lands in Broken Bow Oklahoma, he’s being chased by two Suliban. He easily defeats them but ends up getting shot by a farmer. I mean, will we really need actual farmers in 2151, one’s that still dress like Old McDonald and still use a shotgun? But anyway. The Vulcans butt in, Archer meets a Klingon for the first time and offers to escort him back home. Archer did not seem very intrigued by this first glimpse of a new alien race, in fact none of the other humans really seemed to care much either. I thought that this signified some kind of first contact with a Klingon, but maybe not. Also right off the bat they establish the fact that Vulcans are huge d-bags, this episode just throws that right out there. T’Pol is offered up to escort Archer escorting the Klingon.
Is it just me but does this all seem very unofficial:
Archer “I’ll escort him home”
Starfleet: “Yeah sure go ahead”
Archer: “I’m going to hire all of my friends”
Starfleet: “whatever”
Archer: “Ok, see ya”
Turns out that the Klingon was carrying a message home from Sarin (basically a Suliban rat) telling the Klingons that Suliban are a bunch of backstabbers. Long story short; they take the Klingon home, steal a Suliban ship using some crazy grappling arm and use the transporter beam for the first time. Archer asks T’Pol to stay on as Science Officer (and then proceeds to hate her for the next 20 episodes).
This plot was way to complex, I have the attention span of a TOS fan.
One thing that does not make any sense at all, is this co-ed decontamination shower scene.
a) Why does a male and female need to be in there together?
b) Why would they need to rub each other down?
c) Why would they NOT be completely nude?
Also isn’t it ironic that a Commander on the real Enterprise made a video with a shower scene. No…not ironic. Hmmm.
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5 comments:
ya that theme song sucked. it was like a bon jovi song. would they have bon jovi in the future? we don't listen to him now. then again they listen to beastie boys in the future too
haha ya that theme song sucked. i wish it was Death Metal. ROCKIN' ROOOOLLLLL!!!!!! I am playing dungeons and dragons and making hilarious jokes
umm...okay?? who the hell was that?? anyways, this wasn't a bad show but they should have worn the clothes they wore in TOS....i Mean the clothes I wear now...which is your future. So Mugato, doing anything this weekend???
I'm the one person in the world who actually kind of likes that song, but even I admit it sucks as a Trek theme song. It was especially ill-fitting when the cold open would end with something incredibly dramatic and then fade into that slow soft rock song.
"Their weapons are powering up, Captain!"
"Oh my god... we are all... doomed!"
FADE OUT
"... It's been a long road... gettin' from there to here..."
That just never worked. Also, as a pilot, I felt as though this fell flat, and even by the end I had no real idea who these characters were. And it never felt right to me that the made the Vulcans such assholes. Every Trekkie loves the Vulcans, so why did they make them villains? Weird.
Yeah this really was an awful pilot, it was way too plot driven and complicated. It was a weird twist they take on the Vulcans, I know when they typically "run in to them" on the other series they are kind of douchey, but Spock = cool, Tuvok = likable and then this crap. Like every episode thus far just throws it your face how much the Vulcans suck.
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