# Enterprise Minefield Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486 "2002-10-02T02:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/1 "2002-10-02T02:28:25Z")
The most exciting thing about this episode is Hoshi getting her hair mussed. Yea, Tars. To much character development. Boring, stupid character development. The EVA stuff is much better than the “Off On A Comet” episode of last year. Romulans; they never see them, the Vulcans “know off them”, but they have cloaking devices. The cloaking device is new in TOS _Balance Of Terror_. That’s why they go to the trouble to swipe it in _The Enterprise Incident_. The space mines look like sea mines. Dumb. AND, my Andromeda feed tape didn’t go off. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/2 "2002-10-02T02:42:05Z")
Great googly moogly! It’s a minefield out in the CS forum just trying to avoid these threads. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/3 "2002-10-02T13:02:54Z")
Well, I haven’t seen it yet, but fortunately in this forum it seems one is allowed to comment on Enterprise episodes without actually having seen them. So : I felt that Scott Bakula was much more interesting in Quantum Leap. Jolean Blalock is wooden (or plastic, I guess). The sets were much too dark. There were obvious continuity errors, has [Insert Writers Name Here] never seen the TOS episode [Insert Obscure Episode Here] ? And according to the Star Fleet Technical Manual there is no way bypassing the [Insert Technobable Here] could work as it wasn’t invented until [Insert Stardate Here]. The scene is the decon chamber was gratuitous. And I thought it was cruel for then to drag Wesley Crusher by the Grappler through that asteroid field. Hoshi was hot but she is not qualified to be an officer. And man, I hate that theme song. All in all, not one of their better episodes. I will make sure to watch it tonight. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/4 "2002-10-02T14:02:42Z")
You’re a sick man, Chuck. 🙂 I watch the Canadian feed on Tuesday afternoons and am not nearly this rabid about stuff. This was like “Ponderosa” screwed up Little Joe’s Mommy from Bonanza. Not that I care. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/5 "2002-10-02T17:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I thought it was cruel for then to drag Wesley Crusher by the Grappler through that asteroid field. yeah, should have been Harry Kim. > [@](#): > > Hoshi was hot but she is not qualified to be an officer. Ah, who cares, she’s hot. She can be whatever position she wants on my ship. Taping tonight, due to Japanese class, won’t see it until thurs at the earliest. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/6 "2002-10-02T17:43:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > I watch the Canadian feed on Tuesday afternoons So, you have one of those devices from Crewman Daniels too ? I always thought Canadian technology was about twenty years behind us, since they have to do everything in French too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/7 "2002-10-02T18:03:33Z")
Su madre…no, no that’s Spanish, dammit. This is the show being sent TO the Canucks, because they need an extra day to thaw the TV stations out or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/8 "2002-10-03T00:18:44Z")
Canadian Guy: Here comes the show, eh? Other Canadian Guy: Good show, eh? Third Canadian Guy: Take off! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/9 "2002-10-03T00:37:03Z")
Tars, I’ve been getting in trouble ever since you gave me that Spanish phrase book entitled "Su Madre Means ‘Good Evening, Officer’ ". Is this another Canadian thing like that? ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/10 "2002-10-03T02:33:44Z")
It wasn’t the character development that was boring – it was the defusing of the mine. I guess it was supposed to be suspenseful, but really, after 10 minutes of THAT technobabble, I was hoping it would blow up. It was kinda cool the way they got out of it though. Speaking of Jolene, I’m glad one of you guys managed to focus on her portrayal (“wooden” - exactly), instead of her body parts. Overall, the show was disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/11 "2002-10-03T02:56:49Z")
I liked it, kind of. The revelations about our armory officer were, well, just kind of dumb. Aquaphobic? Geeze. I also wish the cloaking device hadn’t appeared yet. That’s impressive tech even by TNG standards. At least they didn’t appear on screen. Still, it was suspensful, I wish B&B had some cajones and killed off a few crewmembers. That was some major damage, it’s hard to believe no one was in those sections. I give it a C. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/12 "2002-10-03T03:12:49Z")
I am kind of a casual Star Trek fan, and I am sure y’all will let me know if this is a stupid question, but here goes. Why couldn’t they just use the transporter to beam him away from the mine? Did they address this in the episode and I missed it? I know that this is one of the common criticisms of all of the Star Trek shows–that a large percentage of the problems they encounter could be solved simply by using their transporter technology. But then they wouldn’t have a show. But back to tonight’s episode–why not just beam him out of there? I know the transporter is new to them, but they did transport Archer off the Suliban ship, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/13 "2002-10-03T03:21:54Z")
Because the mine extended another “leg” to attach to the ship while Malcolm was working on it and the leg pierced HIS leg. He was trapped. If they had tranported him, the mine would’ve come along with him. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/14 "2002-10-03T03:45:42Z")
the whole mine? why not just the part in his leg? ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/15 "2002-10-03T03:56:11Z")
I don’t see how they could transport only part of the mine when it was still attached to the mine. I don’t know much about transporter technology, but if you transport a human, machine, whatever, doesn’t the entire thing get transported? I recall in a TOS episode someone grabbing hold of someone getting transported and both people get transported. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/16 "2002-10-03T04:12:33Z")
Beat me to it this time **carnivorousplant** , 😉 The transporters are really new. They are only supposed to be used on equpiment. Nothing too complex or else it gets put together wrong. Beaming the mine would probably cause it to explode before it had vanished completely. It isn’t advanced enough to take the spike out of Malcom’s leg without taking most of the leg with it. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/17 "2002-10-03T06:00:47Z")
I’ll get around to watching this tomorrow, but granted, i can’t keep away from these threads. I imagine i’ll give it a 7/10. Has anyone died besides Daniels from the crew? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/18 "2002-10-03T06:13:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*I’ll get around to watching this tomorrow, but granted, i can’t keep away from these threads. I imagine i’ll give it a 7/10. Has anyone died besides Daniels from the crew? \*\* * * * No fatalities among the casualty list. Non-crew: the osmotic eel is probably dead from exhaustion by now, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/19 "2002-10-03T06:20:10Z")
**Enderw24** > [@](#): > > Great googly moogly! This is the second time in a day or two I’ve seen someone use this phrase. Is this a quote from something? (I’d apologize for hijacking this thread, but it’s already been beamed into deep space) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486/20 "2002-10-03T06:28:34Z")
_Amputation and mutilation spoilers of the fall season below_ Lt. Roberts got his leg blown off by a land mine on **JAG** ; Rocket Romano got his arm chopped off in a helicopter blade on **ER** , and now Reed gets impaled through the leg courtesy of a Romulan mine. (He will be repaired, but still.) What’s next? And I watch too damn much TV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-minefield-spoilers/130486.md?page=2)