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andrewduckerWhen I'm tired, everything seems overexposed, faded slightly, and scratchy. Listening to music starts to feel like having sandpaper pulled over exposed nerve endings, even when it's not the kind of music that's supposed to have that effect. I can't keep my concentration long enough to read anything in-depth and I can't empathise enough to make it worth reading much fiction.
It was not, therefore, probably the best time to finally get around to watching Broken Bow, the first episode of Enterprise.
However, having thought about it, I suspect it still would have come across as shallow, derivative, clumsily scripted and blankly acted. Sure, there's a few interesting characters in it (the doctor and the British guy, for instance), some nice special effects and a few interesting ideas but the hammering home of "We have to do it for ourselves, even when it's a bloody stupid thing to do" moral, the flaky "Trust the wind, even when it's a bloody stupid thing to do" philosophising, the fact that yet again we have a captain who throws himself into combat rather than being, well, a captain and the lack of any pace or feeling of threat meant that I have no interest whatsoever in watching any more of it.
If anyone would care to tell me that it gets better and it's ever worth caring about this crew, then let me know.
Ooh,in case it helps to know my prejudices, in order of preference:
1) Deep Space 9
Long arc plots, writers that clearly cared about the characters, moral decisions that make a difference to people's lives and a darkness that fits in better with my worldview than Voyager. Oh, and a fair sprinkling of humour too.
2) Next Gen
While it could sometimes be lacking, generally the acting is of very high quality, lots of the ideas are first rate and there's a lot of incredible episodes in there.
3) TOS and Voyager
Both TOS and Voyager and TOS have some fantastic episodes, but never managerd to sustain quality enough to make me watch a random episode, I'm afraid.
It was not, therefore, probably the best time to finally get around to watching Broken Bow, the first episode of Enterprise.
However, having thought about it, I suspect it still would have come across as shallow, derivative, clumsily scripted and blankly acted. Sure, there's a few interesting characters in it (the doctor and the British guy, for instance), some nice special effects and a few interesting ideas but the hammering home of "We have to do it for ourselves, even when it's a bloody stupid thing to do" moral, the flaky "Trust the wind, even when it's a bloody stupid thing to do" philosophising, the fact that yet again we have a captain who throws himself into combat rather than being, well, a captain and the lack of any pace or feeling of threat meant that I have no interest whatsoever in watching any more of it.
If anyone would care to tell me that it gets better and it's ever worth caring about this crew, then let me know.
Ooh,in case it helps to know my prejudices, in order of preference:
1) Deep Space 9
Long arc plots, writers that clearly cared about the characters, moral decisions that make a difference to people's lives and a darkness that fits in better with my worldview than Voyager. Oh, and a fair sprinkling of humour too.
2) Next Gen
While it could sometimes be lacking, generally the acting is of very high quality, lots of the ideas are first rate and there's a lot of incredible episodes in there.
3) TOS and Voyager
Both TOS and Voyager and TOS have some fantastic episodes, but never managerd to sustain quality enough to make me watch a random episode, I'm afraid.
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Date: 2003-01-01 04:12 pm (UTC)Compare it to good tv - compare it to _current_ good tv - and see how far short it falls. I'd agree with Nathan above to a certain extent. There are some superb episodes ('Dear Doctor', for example).
But I've seen every episode to date, first and second season, and overall, it's a piss-poor show.
Compare it to the stunning imagination and storytelling of Farscape. (last week's had me on the floor, laughing, and then shivering with empathy a momnt later)
Or compare it to Buffy, heaven help us.
There is absolutely no excuse for a modern studio turning out such appalling, ordinary shit.
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Date: 2003-01-01 04:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-01 04:22 pm (UTC)I watched the episode of CSI today where they find a room with blood sprays all over the walls and the cause is not at all what you expect. In the same episode, they play our knowledge of Urban Myths against us by having a SCUBA diver found up a tree after a forest fire. And both bits were well done, the whole thing was solidly entertaining, none of the plot felt forced and it was very entertaining. It didn't make me think "Best TV ever!" but it was a whole level above Enterprise.
Enterprise, to me, seems to be aimed at its known market, which means that it will turn inward, feed on itself and die. Whether it's later reborn, once it becomes insignificant enough to be daring again, is another matter. For a moment I nearly typed "I hope so", but then I realised that I just don't care. I have 3 films and 200-odd episodes I care about and they aren't going away. If they want to churn out shit in addition to that, it doesn't hurt me, I have other tv I can watch.
Oh, and I assumed smilies, but cheers :->