Nelson Au
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I thought I’d throw in the first attempt to have a peaceful thread for Enterprise and the struggling modern Star Trek franchise. I’ll start it with mostly information of the new Enterprise season. Comments of a critical nature of course are encouraged as long as they do not attack another poster's comments. All sides should comment. So here goes and be warned, some spoilers for S4 could be spilled.
A quick review of Zero Hour: Archer, Hoshi and Malcolm and some MACO’s successfully chased and got on board the Xindi weapon before it reached Earth with the assistance of the friendly Xindi from Degra’s ship and from our favorite Andorian, Shran. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, T’Pol is in command and have a plan to attack one of the key Spheres that will take down the threat that the Sphere network poses to the Xindi as well as the rest of the Alpha Quadrant. With Hoshi’s help from her knowledge of the Xindi weapon interior and workings, Archer succeeded in sabotaging the weapon as it approached Earth. The weapon is destroyed. Hoshi, the surviving MACO’s and Malcolm get off the Xindi weapon in time. But it appears the good Captain does not and perishes on the weapon. But as Enterprise arrives back to Earth, they find that all radio communication with Starfleet is lost. So Trip and Mayweather take a Shuttle Pod down to San Francisco to see what’s up. As they approach the SF Bay Area, they are under attack by P-51 Mustang attack fighter planes from World War 2. Then cut to an Army medical tent and we see German doctors treating wounded. The camera pans and follows 3 Nazi officers who are shown a new patient with burns on his face. It appears to be Captain Archer, still in Enterprise uniform. The camera pans upward to reveal the lead Nazi officer, but he is some kind of Alien species that looks similar to the Remans. It’s not clear what he is or why Enterprise has come back to Earth in 1943 or 44, 45. To be concluded.
So what’s in store for S4.
There has been much information released recently and the following news is not new for the upcoming season of Enterprise. Here’s a quick summery, the new season is cut from 26 to 22 episodes; this would give the production staff a bit of breathing space to put out a higher quality product. Scott Bakula was rallying for this. The much-misinterpreted news that the price of Enterprise was reduced so that UPN would sign up for a fourth season is not indicative of a cut in the show’s budget. It just means that Paramount lowered the price for the show. UPN most likely will maintain the show’s budget. We should see the same level of production value of last season if the information and speculation is correct. (Interestingly, CBS/UPN president Les Moonves has been quoted in the press that had Paramount not lowered its price for Enterprise, the show likely would have been cancelled.) The show’s timeslot is moved from Wednesday at 8:00pm to Friday’s at 8:00pm, past reports indicated a 9:00pm time slot. The current premiere date for the new season is October 8, one month later then last year. The first show is called “Storm Front”.
Manny Coto is a new producer of this season and will run the show. Contrary to news and speculation, he will not replace Brannon Braga. Braga and Rick Berman stay on as producers. Coto, a long time Trek fan has been quoted that as the new head writer of Enterprise, he’ll steer the series with stories that link to TOS and other Trek series.
The new fourth season plan starts with the Xindi storyline done, so they will focus the first few episodes on sorting out the situation Archer and crew find themselves in and correct the Earth/Nazi timeline and finally, finish up the Temporal Cold War storyline. The alien last seen in “Zero Hour” is not Reman. What is he? What is the speculation?
Brent Spiner is coming to Enterprise as a descendant of Dr. Noonian Soong with a story about artificial intelligence. And the big news is that William Shatner is being actively wooed to appear on Enterprise as a guest star. If the Enterprise producers can work out a deal with ABC and his gig on the Practice spin off, then he’ll appear as Captain James T. Kirk, as he should be. There is no beating around the bush; the Enterprise producers are doing it for the stunt casting to bring in new viewers. They know that viewer ship is down, so they will do some things to bring up the ratings, this casting is one of them. Is this really a sin? Can you blame them? If sales are down, you do what it takes to bring sales figures up. Simple business. If it’s a great story line and Shatner feels it is and he does it, it could be a good thing. I sure hope if it’s done, they have a darn good reason for it.
StarTrek.com has a new 30-second promo for the new season that consists of action-oriented clips from S3 with new symphonic music. Perhaps this new music is indicative of a new theme song? Many who disliked the original and revamped title song may rejoice with this news. Also, the graphics for the promos have a new Star Trek logo using the Star Trek The Motion Picture font. This looks like another sign of further branding to bring this series closer to Star Trek proper.
As for character development, Jolene Blalock has stated in the press of her concern for how T’Pol has been treated as a “Floozy” and her “wacky” emotional and sexy behavior with Trip this past year. She has been pleased to read the first few episode scripts and she appears to be very excited for the new season’s shows. Could be a good sign for her. More can be found on Trekweb if you care to read more. As for Archer, he is supposed to be dealing with the consequences of his actions to defeat the Xindi weapon.
The Film Series effect?
Like Bond 21, it’s not clear what it will be and who will star in it. Conflicting reports place it right before Kirk’s time in a Starfleet Academy like story and the other reports it about the Romulan Wars. This from Brannon Braga’s mouth, so it can effectively say Enterprise is not going to cover the Romulan Wars. But that doesn’t mean Enterprise will not cover the formation of the Federation, just my speculation. I don’t think it’s spelled out in TOS that the Romulan Wars takes place before or after the formation of the Federation.
That’s all I have to start with, there’s more info out there and spoilers I’ve avoided. If someone has a better idea for a title in the "Buffytastic" mold for this thread, please suggest one.
Nelson
A quick review of Zero Hour: Archer, Hoshi and Malcolm and some MACO’s successfully chased and got on board the Xindi weapon before it reached Earth with the assistance of the friendly Xindi from Degra’s ship and from our favorite Andorian, Shran. Meanwhile, on the Enterprise, T’Pol is in command and have a plan to attack one of the key Spheres that will take down the threat that the Sphere network poses to the Xindi as well as the rest of the Alpha Quadrant. With Hoshi’s help from her knowledge of the Xindi weapon interior and workings, Archer succeeded in sabotaging the weapon as it approached Earth. The weapon is destroyed. Hoshi, the surviving MACO’s and Malcolm get off the Xindi weapon in time. But it appears the good Captain does not and perishes on the weapon. But as Enterprise arrives back to Earth, they find that all radio communication with Starfleet is lost. So Trip and Mayweather take a Shuttle Pod down to San Francisco to see what’s up. As they approach the SF Bay Area, they are under attack by P-51 Mustang attack fighter planes from World War 2. Then cut to an Army medical tent and we see German doctors treating wounded. The camera pans and follows 3 Nazi officers who are shown a new patient with burns on his face. It appears to be Captain Archer, still in Enterprise uniform. The camera pans upward to reveal the lead Nazi officer, but he is some kind of Alien species that looks similar to the Remans. It’s not clear what he is or why Enterprise has come back to Earth in 1943 or 44, 45. To be concluded.
So what’s in store for S4.
There has been much information released recently and the following news is not new for the upcoming season of Enterprise. Here’s a quick summery, the new season is cut from 26 to 22 episodes; this would give the production staff a bit of breathing space to put out a higher quality product. Scott Bakula was rallying for this. The much-misinterpreted news that the price of Enterprise was reduced so that UPN would sign up for a fourth season is not indicative of a cut in the show’s budget. It just means that Paramount lowered the price for the show. UPN most likely will maintain the show’s budget. We should see the same level of production value of last season if the information and speculation is correct. (Interestingly, CBS/UPN president Les Moonves has been quoted in the press that had Paramount not lowered its price for Enterprise, the show likely would have been cancelled.) The show’s timeslot is moved from Wednesday at 8:00pm to Friday’s at 8:00pm, past reports indicated a 9:00pm time slot. The current premiere date for the new season is October 8, one month later then last year. The first show is called “Storm Front”.
Manny Coto is a new producer of this season and will run the show. Contrary to news and speculation, he will not replace Brannon Braga. Braga and Rick Berman stay on as producers. Coto, a long time Trek fan has been quoted that as the new head writer of Enterprise, he’ll steer the series with stories that link to TOS and other Trek series.
The new fourth season plan starts with the Xindi storyline done, so they will focus the first few episodes on sorting out the situation Archer and crew find themselves in and correct the Earth/Nazi timeline and finally, finish up the Temporal Cold War storyline. The alien last seen in “Zero Hour” is not Reman. What is he? What is the speculation?
Brent Spiner is coming to Enterprise as a descendant of Dr. Noonian Soong with a story about artificial intelligence. And the big news is that William Shatner is being actively wooed to appear on Enterprise as a guest star. If the Enterprise producers can work out a deal with ABC and his gig on the Practice spin off, then he’ll appear as Captain James T. Kirk, as he should be. There is no beating around the bush; the Enterprise producers are doing it for the stunt casting to bring in new viewers. They know that viewer ship is down, so they will do some things to bring up the ratings, this casting is one of them. Is this really a sin? Can you blame them? If sales are down, you do what it takes to bring sales figures up. Simple business. If it’s a great story line and Shatner feels it is and he does it, it could be a good thing. I sure hope if it’s done, they have a darn good reason for it.
StarTrek.com has a new 30-second promo for the new season that consists of action-oriented clips from S3 with new symphonic music. Perhaps this new music is indicative of a new theme song? Many who disliked the original and revamped title song may rejoice with this news. Also, the graphics for the promos have a new Star Trek logo using the Star Trek The Motion Picture font. This looks like another sign of further branding to bring this series closer to Star Trek proper.
As for character development, Jolene Blalock has stated in the press of her concern for how T’Pol has been treated as a “Floozy” and her “wacky” emotional and sexy behavior with Trip this past year. She has been pleased to read the first few episode scripts and she appears to be very excited for the new season’s shows. Could be a good sign for her. More can be found on Trekweb if you care to read more. As for Archer, he is supposed to be dealing with the consequences of his actions to defeat the Xindi weapon.
The Film Series effect?
Like Bond 21, it’s not clear what it will be and who will star in it. Conflicting reports place it right before Kirk’s time in a Starfleet Academy like story and the other reports it about the Romulan Wars. This from Brannon Braga’s mouth, so it can effectively say Enterprise is not going to cover the Romulan Wars. But that doesn’t mean Enterprise will not cover the formation of the Federation, just my speculation. I don’t think it’s spelled out in TOS that the Romulan Wars takes place before or after the formation of the Federation.
That’s all I have to start with, there’s more info out there and spoilers I’ve avoided. If someone has a better idea for a title in the "Buffytastic" mold for this thread, please suggest one.
Nelson