ABOUT TIME!!!
By josh24601

I have to admit, I've lurked on this board for years without posting, and it seems this has finally done it.

ABOUT TIME!!!! About time B&B (yes they are idiots, the people that hate them are not irrational haters that will never be pleased - B&B are simply not good at what they do), about time they give up and let somebody who genuinely loves Trek come and take the reigns.

About time Enterprise isn't screwing around with rediculous races that nobody has heard about and nobody cares about. Kazon anyone??? I mean, at least the Kazon had the advantage of actually being able to cohesively fit into the Trek timeline. But completely spitting on years of established history? That got them, well, we've seen what it got them!

About time The Powers That Be quit trying to remake Trek in their own (uninteresting) image and actually take the "prequel" idea seriously and attempt to make some sort of bridge with the Trek that we know, rather than one that is completely "alien" (haha couldn't resist) to anything remotely Trek.

It is a shame that Coto has to invoke a Vulcan Civil War in order to reassert the idea of a Vulcan from these strange people we've had to watch into the Vulcans of Spok, Saavik and Tuvok. But it that's what it takes to fix, I'm all for it.

And I really thought that the ideas of trotting out Spiner and Shatner were nothing more than desperate ratings gimmicks, but this seems to actually be somewhat organic to the story of Trek as has been laid out previously (Spiner at least...)

I understand Coto's frustration with the Eugenics Wars. The book that attempted to explain them as actually happening "behind the scenes" of the 90's was a good try, but keeping it in the vague area of "the past" seems to be the best way to go. The less specific the possible, let anybody fill in the ambiguity with whatever explanation they prefer.

Maybe they'll even explain why "Khan Noonian Singh" and "Noonien Soong" sound so freaking similar!!!

I'm trying not to wonder what Enterprise would be like right now if this had happened from Day One, rather than after three years, but I suppose there's no use crying over spilled milk.

My dad got me into TOS when I was a kid, I grew up with TNG, loved DSN once the Dominion War began, and grew more and more disinterested as Voyager creaked and groaned into oblivion. A year into Enterprise and I was ready to completely give up.

But for the first time, I might actually become interested. Now that Trek _might_ actually be about Trek again.

Notice, however, that the excitement came as a result of... what? Ditching Braga to some sort of "executive advisor" role, bringing in a fresh voice that actually cares about the franchise, abandoning notions of "fast-and-looseness" (THE BORG?!?!?!?!?), and telling the story WE WANT TO HEAR! Yes, it seems like the fans may have a voice after all. It looks like they are going to attempt to do what we've been hoping. Whether it works or not of course remains to be seen, but...

IT'S ABOUT TIME they tried!!!!