RE: It is time to wrap this thing up NOW! | Report this post to moderator
By: Scorned (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:42:22 on Jan 04, 2004

I would have to disagree. I did find that the Dominion War was dragged out a bit. The series finally of DS9 was kind of a let down with way to many unanswered questions.


Quote:"In the end, slow, suspensful, nuanced, development is far more gratifying and successful than a quick wrap-up like you are advocating"

That maybe true but they have done nothing in providing anything kind of "meaty story" about all of this. What they have so far have given out already starts to contradict what they are saying. (ie Humans were responsible for the destruction of the Xindi homeworld, then we learn that they Xindi themselves did it to themselves. So what is it already?) They keep saying "oh this episode will explain this and that" and then it doesn't. Instead of having this arc run in very good segments through out the season you are going to get the final 2 episodes of the season dealing with Xindi arc. I think it is safe to assume that they have NO idea how to end this arc. They were lying AGAIN about having the entire season mapped out. They are unable to write any episode within the established guidelines of the Trek universe. So they don't wish to write anything of the Xindi in stone because they know they can't keep their own shit together.




Quote:"The Xindi storyline should stick around throughout the rest of the series, tying into the coming of the Romulan Wars etc. to make a very intricate, complex, and satisfying series overall."

I think it would be a mistake to have this Xindi arc dragged on for the rest of the remaining seasons that ENT has. It will just get boring with "oh this episode there is a Xindi attack, blah blah". So far the Xindi haven't done anything to become interesting Trek characters like the Klingons, Romulans etc. There are brief mentions of the Romulan wars in TOS but there is NO mention of the Xindi or even a tie in with the war. We don't even know how long or how bad this war was. We were told in TOS that they fought this faceless enemy with nuclear weapons. Well we know that little continuity was thrown right out the window. So I don't see any reason why the two should cross over. It would be nice if they decided to hold up the damn continuity once in this series.


Quote:"Wrapping it up this year and then proceeding onto a "villain of the year" motif with each successive season would be a mistake."

It has nothing to do with "villain of the year". The show is suppose to be about mankind's first exploration of the stars. It doesn't always have to be a "villain" in every episode. It is suppose to be about adventure.


Quote:" at a time when Starfleet/Earth is a lot more vulnerable. "

Well that may be true but they haven't done anything in telling us about Starfleet (ie size, members, ships, people, planets etc). They have abandoned the premise of the show being the beginning of Starfleet because they couldn't write anything good hence the poor performance of Season 1 and 2. They have made this show much like TNG. If you were to tell someone about ENT and they started watching it. They would have NO idea that it takes place before TOS.




Quote:"It's working so far, and I say build on it slowly."

I would disagree because if this doesn't pick up people are going to get bored very quickly with this. Having to wait to see the last 2 episodes of the season to explain the arc is not very effective. They will just turn on "Joe Millionaire" type of crap instead. Heaven forbid if they come up with a "Maid In Manhattan" TV series.

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RE: It is time to wrap this thing up NOW! | Report this post to moderator
By: degra (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:38:46 on Jan 04, 2004 | (1)

The problem is the writers have given no hint that the Xindi will be nothing more than a season long arc. Ds9 had years to take the time to build up the Dominion, ENT only has 25 epiosdes if you include the finale from last season.

There is so much left to do that with only a handful of episodes left they really need to get going.

I mean they need to explain the spheres, who the five species of Xindi are beyond the little we've gotten so far, why of all species were the Xindi chosen to attack Earth by the XFG, why are the Xindi attacking us, bringing in & revealing XFG and his motives etc.

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