Sunday, September 04, 2011

Enterprise: Episode - 38: THE CATWALK

"The Enterprise crew takes refuge in a nacelle to avoid an inescapable radiation belt. The Enterprise crew takes refuge in a nacelle to avoid an inescapable radiation belt. "


I really have nothing much to say about this episode, it was OK. The plot is basically: everyone sits in a crawlspace. But it is within these plots that Star Trek magic really happens. Enterprise (and basically all of Star Trek), has a great knack for taking a mundane plot and turning it into something vaguely watchable. This is a good thing. Spanning 40 plus years and five series, Star Trek has consistently hit upon three key elements.

ONE - Great writing: Many, many episodes would just seem silly if not for the creative situations and the great dialogue that have been unleashed from the brilliant minds of such writers as Roddenberry, Piller, Berman etc. Even TOS was a well written show, especially for the time period and considering that nothing like this had really been done before on TV. The writers always paid attention to detail, fan response and continuity. This has proven to be a vital aspect which sets Star Trek apart from other shows.

TWO - Top notch acting: From the trio of Shatner/Nimoy/Spock to Mulgrew to Count Bukula, Trek has always had superb acting. And they never really went for big name stars either but they got the absolute most out of the actors that they cast. I mean, look at Jolene Blalock ... she was basically just a model. I'm sure many people had her written off as a dits or something. But, Enterprise gave her a big break and she did an amazing job as T'Pol. TNG probably had the best acting over all with Stewart, Dorn, Spiner, Burton and Frakes just to name a few. And Avery Brooks as Sisco??, damn near perfect. And even the guest stars are fantastic. Some shows can get away with subpar acting, but Star Trek needs qulaity believable acting in order to pull off the concepts. And they always get it done.


THREE - Character Development: Nobody and I mean nobody does character development better than the Star Trek series. In real life, the crew of these ships would be regular everyday boring ass people, but then there would be no show. Here is where elements one and two combine into Star Trek perfection and form interesting, engaging and individualistic characters that grow with the show.

ST ENTERPRISE COUNTDOWN: 38 down 60 to go

4 comments:

capt.naps said...

I tend to agree because if the creators were like "ya this is all silly" then the show would be unwatchable. (or it would be funny and then just burn out quickly)

that being said I was hoping for the TOP TEN HOTTEST GUYS of STAR TREK!!!!

Mugato said...

Yea yea I'm working on it.

Donald said...

"Even TOS was a well written show,"

I would argue that TOS was the best written of all the Trek shows.

Justin Garrett Blum said...

Count Bakula. heh. I wonder why I'd never heard that one before.