XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: nobody@all.com   
      
   In article <3F330F70.80C5A7DF@lauragoodwin.org>, laura@lauragoodwin.org   
   says...   
   > wandering wastrel wrote:   
   > >   
   > > In article <1d85jvg29kqmkpl7fv73viu1tf1n3jjm2i@4ax.com>,   
   > > spam@wonderful.Spam says...   
   > > > UPN Reviving Trek Name?   
   > >   
   > > Now if only they'd consider reviving the **quality** of the show so it   
   > > would get somewhere closer to the standards of Trek we might really have   
   > > something worth watching, no?   
   >   
   > Maybe.  What "quality" are you speaking of?   
   >   
   > IMHO, the quality that made the original Star Trek great is the   
   > willingness to express/extol leftist virtues, and pro-diversity   
   > virtues.  I have NO IDEA if that is the kind of Trek you miss, or   
   > WHAT... but it is the kind of Trek that *I* miss.   
   >   
      
   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. I don't want to get into a   
   left/right polarized political debate but if that's what you mean by   
   leftist I guess I can live with that.   
      
   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.   
      
   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 which TOS developed quickly in the first season in Kirk, Spock   
   and McCoy. TNG hit its stride in the second season and even the other   
   series DS9 and VOY had it as well, even though VOY was was least favorite   
   series of the bunch (at least until ENT came along).   
      
   ENT is basically dumbed down Trek which strangely enough doesn't even   
   seem as sophisticated as the old animated series.   
      
   ww   
      
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