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By Deslok 2

I think they're taking a big chance by messing with the eugenics wars. However, they may yet pull it off. I know a lot of purists will take issue with it, but I think Coto may have a way to justify it. He's got his work cut out for him with this new season ahead of him.

The problem with the eugenics wars is that the war and Khan figured into an episode of TOS and a movie (TWOK). The only way they might be able to get around this with any measure of approval from the fans is to hit that temporal reset button again. Who's to say that just because elements are tinkered with in the past, that a detached entity (such as the Botany Bay outside of Earth's influence) might not continue to exist even after the events which spawned it's exile are no longer a factor? The future destroys the past and creates a new present. It's sort of like a record player needle skipping on a worn out old vinyl record... sorta... but I digress.

Now that they aren't going to rely so heavily on the already stellar special effects, it looks like we're going to see stories that mirror the best of all the other series. This show finally has a direction. Braga himself used the word "lingered" in describing the Temporal Cold War arc. It was so cold that it was hibernating, and so was the audience for that matter. ENT looked to be a cure for insomnia during it's first season. The only thing that kept me awake was my curiousity as to what they were going to do next to upset the TREK universe. The above interview is the most inspiring TREK gossip I've heard in a long time.

The Vulcan civil war!!! This sounds like an excellent lead in to the Romulan wars and will allow for a better fleshing out of the Vulcans as a people, and parent race of the Romulans. Because I expect the Vulcans in the heat of battle to be much more hotheaded than a Romulan, I expect to see some rather strong carnage, hysteria and general mayhem. These emotional Vulcans of Archer's time in a ground conflict... we're gonna see pointy eared freaks waging war for a few years to come now, I predict the old type of STAR TREK will be reborn to a degree. Not everyone will be pleased, but everyone never is. I think that Coto knows what he's doing, and honestly... it may be the case that these ideas are ones that B+B had some input into, but they're going to let Coto take the fall if they bomb. B+B may not feel like they would want to tackle TOS elements because they know how a significant proportion of the fanbase feel about them. So, whatever the case, we may all be in for some real TREK next season.

If they do these ideas the way I see them in my head when I read the descriptions, it's gonna absolutely ROCK!!! I think that they can get excellent ratings if they do what they've outlined.

What is a prequel to STAR TREK without the elements that filled out those three years of 1960's television programming? ENT was too disconnected from even the series that supposedly takes place after it, little resemblance except for a ship with two nacelles and a saucer, and a Vulcan first officer. Hell, ENT might have been better if it were a submarine refitted for space travel with ONE nacelle and no saucer and manned by a completely human crew.