How Would You Have Written Enterprise's Final Episode
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You know if you only focus on the bad stuff you'll only find the bad stuff. At least Enterprise does something interesting. What did TNG do? Nothing. The only memorable parts of TNG were the Borg and the introduction of Q. Other then that it didn't really do anything of interest. Not to mention the horrible ship that is the E-D, and the holyer then thou attitude Picard has, Wesley(nuff said), and one boring story after another with no overall plot whatsoever. So, Voyager and Enterprise didn't take their premise to their full potential, but at least they had a premise that wasn't just a repeat of the original series.
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Best VOY reviews you'll ever find.Teaos wrote:I'd like to see you do a run down of VOY, I'm one of the few here who enjoyed it.
By all means, please name anything that series did that wasn't moronic.Blackstar wrote:You know if you only focus on the bad stuff you'll only find the bad stuff. At least Enterprise does something interesting
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Likewise if there's only bad stuff to find.ChakatBlackstar wrote:You know if you only focus on the bad stuff you'll only find the bad stuff.
Oh really? What?At least Enterprise does something interesting.
And YE, and the Cardies, and the Klingon political arc, to name but a few.What did TNG do? Nothing. The only memorable parts of TNG were the Borg and the introduction of Q.
Yes, there were boring stories amid the good stuff. That there were nothing but boring stories is simply your opinion (a contradictory one, given that you've already mentioned the Borg and Q as memorable).one boring story after another with no overall plot whatsoever.
As for overall plot, there's the Klingon arc, Q's trial arc, and who needs arcs anyway?
That's a good cadidate for understatement of the year if ever I saw one.So, Voyager and Enterprise didn't take their premise to their full potential
So? The premise of the original series, a "wagon train to the stars" was a pretty damn good one.at least they had a premise that wasn't just a repeat of the original series.
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Klingon forehead arc? Fixed one of the problems created by previous series.Rochey wrote:By all means, please name anything that series did that wasn't moronic.
But TNG tried to copy that at first and did a piss poor job at it.The premise of the original series, a "wagon train to the stars" was a pretty damn good one
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It may have fixed the problem, but the episodes were hardly anything great.Klingon forehead arc? Fixed one of the problems created by previous series.
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It was a decent couple of episodes, although the problem would have been solved better by making the two types of Klingons different species, politically ascendant at different points in their history.ChakatBlackstar wrote:Klingon forehead arc? Fixed one of the problems created by previous series.
In your opinion. An opinion very few people share.But TNG tried to copy that at first and did a **** poor job at it.
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Except two different species of Klingons are A) Unlikely and B)doesn't fit into previous canon. As discussed with the Xindi it's unlikely for two different species to evolve on the same planet. And we saw smoothheaded Klingons as bumpy-headed Klingons.Captain Seafort wrote:It was a decent couple of episodes, although the problem would have been solved better by making the two types of Klingons different species, politically ascendant at different points in their history.ChakatBlackstar wrote:Klingon forehead arc? Fixed one of the problems created by previous series.
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Prove it.ChakatBlackstar wrote:Except two different species of Klingons are A) Unlikely and B)doesn't fit into previous canon.
Not really - I can think of at least one planet on which tens of millions of species have evolvedAs discussed with the Xindi it's unlikely for two different species to evolve on the same planet.
Quite easilly reconcilable with the theory as particularly famous/well-regarded smoothheaded Klingons being allowed to retain their place despite the political shift, and going through cosmetic surgery to fit in to the new order.And we saw smoothheaded Klingons as bumpy-headed Klingons.
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I'm sure shi meant to say "sentient species", Seafort.Captain Seafort wrote:...Not really - I can think of at least one planet on which tens of millions of species have evolved...
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I meant sentient species you idiot.Not really - I can think of at least one planet on which tens of millions of species have evolved
So, you think that once the bumpy heads overthrew the smoothheads they let the famous bumpy heads keep their positions? Does that seem very Klingon-like to you?Quite easilly reconcilable with the theory as particularly famous/well-regarded smoothheaded Klingons being allowed to retain their place despite the political shift, and going through cosmetic surgery to fit in to the new order
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Then why didn't you say so, idiot?ChakatBlackstar wrote:I meant sentient species you idiot.
Yes - give the bumpy-heads obsession with military prowess, making an exception for three of the Empire's greatest military commanders makes perfect sense.So, you think that once the bumpy heads overthrew the smoothheads they let the famous bumpy heads keep their positions? Does that seem very Klingon-like to you?
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Because I thought anyone over the age of three could understand that. Hence, why I called you an idiot.Captain Seafort wrote:Then why didn't you say so, idiot?ChakatBlackstar wrote:I meant sentient species you idiot.
So they'd put the three most likely people to overthrow them in key positions withen the Empire? Ya, that makes perfect sense.Yes - give the bumpy-heads obsession with military prowess, making an exception for three of the Empire's greatest military commanders makes perfect sense.So, you think that once the bumpy heads overthrew the smoothheads they let the famous bumpy heads keep their positions? Does that seem very Klingon-like to you?
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Newsflash: there are tens of millions of sentient species on our planet.I meant sentient species you idiot.
The word you're looking for is sapient.
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IIRC, sapience means wisdom, or ability to act with judgement. Sentience is feelings, intelligence, etc.
I'd say "self-awareness" would be more appropriate, though, I suppose an argument could be made that many humans are neither sapient nor sentient. Some aren't truly self-aware either...
I'd say "self-awareness" would be more appropriate, though, I suppose an argument could be made that many humans are neither sapient nor sentient. Some aren't truly self-aware either...
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Sapient meaning Having great wisdom and discernment? Some might argue that there isn't even a sapient species on this planetRochey wrote:Newsflash: there are tens of millions of sentient species on our planet.I meant sentient species you idiot.
The word you're looking for is sapient.