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REVIEW: Does "The Xindi" live up to the hype? (SPOILERS) | Report this post to moderator
By: Logic Incarnate (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:46:56 on Sep 10, 2003


Well to start off, I better warn about the new theme, (unless I was watching a humerously edited version, someone tell me if i was :-), and leave you to decide whether you like it or not.....

So focusing on the episode:

Basically, it was average... You may have heard good reviews and bad ones of this episode already, but basically despite the hype and randomly thrown in plot ideas, (that B&B havent even finalised despite having a huge gap to think about it), this episode was classical ENT - average.... ....or, on second thoughts classical ENT is mediocre, so this was better.

About the episode: the plot wasnt perticularly bad, but the only area that seems to have improved is graphics and sound which were never really a problem. Once again the premise has much potential to be exploited, but by now I have no faith in B&B doing so. In the end, the writing/charecterisation that brought down the first two seasons has shown no signs of improvement, and if it had changed, they would surely want to parade it in the season opener... The direction wasnt well exectuted, and B&B have a habit of hiring bad directors for improtant episodes, (I have a lot more faith in the likes of Roxanna Dawson and LeVar Burton, than Allen Kroeker). Once again, scenes like T'Pol's nudity seem/feel kinda cheap, and show a kind of ratings-desperation, (as always, it could have been executed in a belivable/adult way, such as on Buffy or Angel, instead it reeked of Braga-ism), the added violence might make the show slightly more realistic, but once again there is something about the execution of these scenes which makes them seem out of place/sudden, and there for 'coolness factor'. I think this is mainly due to the direction of Allen Kroeker, who I dont have much respect for as a director of Star Trek episodes, despite B&B seeming to want to hire him for every important season finale.... As for continuity, well, The Expanse is a plot mechanism designed so B&B wont have to worry about it...

Conclusion: as a start to the season, I cant say ive gained much hope, (none actually), because despite a fairly good premise, (which the last two seasons had anyway), this has shown no improvement in the areas that count... ...yet. As most people predicted before the season began, when the same drivers are behind the wheel, the passengers are gonna have the same kinda ride, and unless B&B will finally delegate writing and story-arcs to actual writers, and not finantial producers, (which is essentially what they are), I can see this going the way of seasons 1&2. However if you have watched this franchise since birth and cant even seem to let it go in times like this, (like me ^_^), there is the hope that future episodes this season will deal with the controvesy of some 'middle-eastern' issues that Bakula and others commented on, and return to its Trek roots. Perhaps the upcoming episodes that deal with spatial disturbances will allow for some classic sci-fi situations to explore.

I give it 6/10, still worth the watch, (if you havent stopped watching), but dosent say anything about a bigger improvement, the changes are mainly superficial.



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