XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: laura@lauragoodwin.org   
      
   wandering wastrel wrote:   
      
   > Leftist? Hmmm, not what I necessarily had in mind but I can go along with   
   > tolerance, acceptance of diversity and a tendency to resolve problems   
   > without first resorting to blazing guns.   
      
   Good.   
      
   > But the quality I really miss is the nuanced writing, the higher   
   > directorial standards and, most of all, the writing that displayed an   
   > appreciation for character development and the ability to address   
   > concepts that had some depth.   
      
   Yeah, the artistry is sort of lacking.   
      
   > The characters on ENT are more cartoonish, with the possible exception of   
   > Phlox and they don't seem to have much in terms of personal core   
   > identities   
      
   That's true.  Reed for example is all over the map.  They seem to have   
   no clear idea about who he is at all.  Is he a swinging horndog playboy   
   with hundreds of girls he left behind, or is he painfully shy and   
   anti-social?   Which is it, gol-ram it?  It can't be both.   
      
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