I was more bothered by the preview of next week. Hoshi topless, again. She’s supposed to be 18 or 19(she was a child prodigy). Why don’t they just rename the show Star Trek: Barely Legal? It seems more, I dunno, honest.
Enjoy,
Steven
Tars, rememeber to take your meds before you watch.
Wait, is it wrong for me to be turned on by the idea of Trip having his hands all over the Captain’s seat? I know, I know, I’m a perv. But I’m cute. That’s why you keep me around, in case you were wondering.
So Enterprise. Enterprise, Enterprise. Well, a coupla things:
1 - I liked our version better. I was dying to find out what happened in the decon chamber.
2 - I’d say it’s a step up from recent weeks. Granted, it’s saddest plot device ever (radiation causes obsessive-compulsive disorder? Wha-huh?), tired, TIRED theme (oooh, everyone acting nuts - we’ve never seen THAT before. Sigh), and I find T’Pol really irritating (not enough testosterone in me to get sidetracked by the breasts)… Oh, yeah, and the curing Archer of radiation poisoning with coffee and a cold shower was weird and pathetic.
BUT, a few things on the plus side:
– Some funnies. Hoshi and the carrots was great.
– On the subject of Hoshi’s little freak out, I got a kick out of the waiter guy, or whatever he was. He almost had a personality. Almost.
– Cool to see Phlox turn all creepy. I’d love for him to morph permanently into an Evil Doctor. But that sort of thing can’t happen in the Star Trek Universe (Where are the Blue Hands Guys when you need them? Oh, right. Fox. For the moment.).
–Good to see Travis get some screen time, even if most of it was unconscious. Nice to learn a little about his devotion to duty.
– And at least the little-things-becoming-significant idea was original, if nothing else was.
Alright, that’s more than a coupla things. But it was subdivided. So a coupla BUNCHES of things.
I’m going to go back to thinking dirty thoughts, now…
Love, Kn(
)ckers
I’d be devoted to duty too if my alternative was letting Phlox start cutting out chucks of my brain.
But did you consider that the ‘devotion to duty’ thing might have been Mayweather’s O-C symptom?
I just had a vision of Porthos running about with a St. Bernard keg of lithium around his neck.
The horror…
Naw, I like you around because you acknowleged my post. It’s really all about me.
That, and the way you can spin out a better storyline than paid Hollywood (hack) writers.
-Rue.
I’m with you guys: a mediocre episode that was still watchable due to the performances (i.e., the actors get to play acting beats they haven’t done yet) and some pretty good visual effects.
The part that bugged me the most was how badly the middle section was padded out. Okay, we see Trip is obsessing about the chair, Phlox is obsessing about Mayweather’s noggin, Reed is obsessing about tactical preparation, WE GET THE POINT ALREADY! We don’t need to see every friggin’ crew member’s activity. “And here’s Crewman Rogers, who’s been trying to learn the opening guitar piece for ‘Stairway to Heaven’ for the last twenty hours.”
Actually, they may have missed an opportunity to have some fun with the episode; since it seems everybody got stuck doing whatever they were doing when the radiation began to affect them, what if there was someone who just happened to be off-duty in his quarters having a casual wank? Phlox could have included that in his final report: “No serious injuries, Captain, although Ensign Mau will need to be assigned to non-sitting duty for the next ten days. He experienced some… rather severe… chapping, shall we say.”
Also bad:
The radiation explanation, as already discussed. Stupid, stupid, stupid. At least do something interesting, like posit a simplistic life form, viral or prion or something, that has taken up residence in the gravitational “node” at the center of the trinary system. Make it an infection, not a malicious attack, just an unfortunate side effect. At least with a mysterious life form you can get away with this weirdness. “Radiation” is dumb.
Like others, I also noticed that the first time Mayweather seems to actually have something to do, he quickly gets knocked out. More shitty work for that actor: Get made up and costumed, then come to the set and lie on a frickin’ table all day. Sheesh. How long’s it going to be before Mayweather goes postal on the crew? "Notice me, dammit! Notice me!"
Hoshi’s activity was okay, and it was fun to see the character freak out, but it bugged me a bit that while Trip and Reed were doing technical stuff, the chick was in the kitchen. Come on; at least give her something to translate.
Not so bad:
I really, really liked that Reed’s obsession turned out to actually have some practical value, and that Archer recognized this in the end. Reed’s perspective, that the lax discipline on the ship is getting them into trouble, has real merit. “We weren’t ready for the Suliban boarders.” No shit. “When the alert goes off, the weapons should come on line automatically.” No shit again. This is exactly what “Firefly” has that “Enterprise” lacks: They take the world seriously. It’s about damn time somebody noticed that the “Enterprise” crew is gallivanting around like a bunch of clueless yokels and surviving more through dumb luck than skill or knowledge.
I also thought it was cool that Phlox actually physically threatened T’Pol, but yeah, the neck pinch was predictable. And: “I didn’t know if it would work on a Denobulan.” Nice detail, but it would have been funnier if it did something a little different: Say, she neck-pinches him, he frowns, and says, “Uh, what are you doing?” and then she punches him out.
Yeah, I guess “Firefly” really has spoiled us.
Hey, no class next week, so i can watch it live an not worry about forgetting to set the VCR like this week. Luckily there are other ways of getting the show.::Dons pirate costume::
Did Tars just remind anyone else of those putdowns from Fat Albert?
“…no class…”
Aw, crap! I didn’t even think of it that way, but now you mention it, that is pretty terrible. Maybe T’Pol saving the day is supposed to make up for it?
Kn(Girl Power!)ckers
I thought part of the obsession thing was that she is usually so tech. Hell, I didn’t know she ate.
I would have had someone get obsessed about fires, and burn down astrometrics. And we need a person trying to raise the dead, i nominate that biology girl that’s dating Phlox.
and…, she did volunteer for it. Hoshi, I mean. Kitchen duty.
I really liked it when Malcom, coming on to an aroused Hoshi, seduces her with the line, “It’s not your booty, it’s your beauty.” Whereupon she strips naked, charges up phase pistols, and… oops, that’s two weeks from now. so sorry
So, Knickers, you live in MA, US ?
I Live in MA, US.
Are you married ? Engaged ? Boyfriend with a gun collection ?
Anyway,
Another Fine Episode ™
OK, not really. I’m pretty sick of the Everyone Gets A Virus and Acts Weird episodes. At least on Next generation, even Fully Functional Data got some Tasha when then happened.
Therefore, I’m afraid I can give this one only an A minus.
Also - As previously mentioned, Hoshi is up for some more nekkidness next week. I’ve moved her up to the Second Hottest Babe on Enterprise. Actually, I can’t remember if there are any other women on the ship. So maybe, she’s also the Ugliest Babe on Enterprise.
That can’t be right… Hmmmmm
Archer's choice of words and stilted tone would bear this out. And that mutual thumbs-up clinched it. But this is typical, given how much Trip has slacked off over the past year and how Archer still lets him get by with it, apparently because they've been best buds for so long.Hoshi topless? She’s wearing a tank in the preview. But then, that pernickety transporter might disassemble it.
She also does some weight lifting.
hey, go check out MPSIMS thread about the five dollar bill
full frontal nudity of Phloks’ girlfriend in episode 32. I have a time machine now.
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I did. But I need to defrag my brain before I can even think of participating in it.
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One Phlok, Two Phloks?
Get off my case, Man!!
oh, sorry. I thought you were boss or my ex or anyone else who constantly critisizes me. wait, i’m self employed. And 'm still with that girl… Man, gotta stop free basing fritos…
You meant, of course, Get off my case, WOman!
Nitpicking is my livelihood. I must practice constantly. It’s nothing personal.
I even sent Trek nits to the guy who wrote the Nitpicker’s Guides for all the shows.
Back to the thread, sort of…
Next week, Hoshi lifts weights and Trip gets a workout in that big… gyrotron? Kaleidodoohickey? The big round thing whose name I can’t fathom.