# Star Trek Enterprise: Chosen Realm \[spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335 "2004-01-14T02:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/121 "2004-01-20T00:26:17Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4476059#post4476059](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4476059#post4476059) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/122 "2004-01-20T04:31:22Z")
Kliingons on American Idol!!! will post more when they show up… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/123 "2004-01-21T21:35:39Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s still not the same since \*\*Kn\*ckers \*\* left us though. Aw, you’re just sayin’ that 'cause she’s a female. (A rare and precious commodity among Trekkers, to be sure.) At least we still have **viva** … ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/124 "2004-01-22T05:44:59Z")
Awww…BLUSH. (Well, there isn’t any pink in the color choices.) How very kind. But let’s not forget our dear **tarragon918**! ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/125 "2004-01-23T15:06:12Z")
_These comments are made before I read any of the thread._ I thought this was a good romp and showed some promise for the quality of episodes that could be produced. While it had holes you could send a Xindi-Death-Probe through, it was engaging and fun.[ul][_]The loooong “As seen previously” just goes to show they need better confidence in good writing. I think they could have placed a lot of the background into the gaps they had in ordinary conversation and made the episode that much richer.[_]I keep thinking the Andorians must be a race of Doms. They should wear whips at their sides.[_]Lt. Talas had blue rouge, so cute.[_]Couldn’t post-production have colored those red-rimmed eyes to be blue?[_]Hoshi says they’ve dug 30% of the deleted data from the **redundant memory core**? How freakin’ redudant is it if it gets whacked too? Assholes! :mad:[_]T’Pol spoke of a “dense field of Spheres.” The maps in the background of the Spheres have always hinted that they are evenly dispersed.[_]Nice Anomaly going through the ship. Why was it oriented vertically and why was it green?[_]If the ship is venting atmosphere after a breach, why not seal ALL the decks in case of More problems! :wally[_]Those antenna over Archer’s head on the comm were Cute! 🙂 and…[_]Did you notice Shran’s antenna ducking around the ship’s beam? Now Those are somebody on the show Thinking!:)[_]Nice stab about Vulcan not coming to help but Andor does. Too bad they didn’t follow it up. :([_]Old fashioned arc-welding made me think about how humankind is just getting out into space. Forget the danger and air contamination.[_]So when Archer asks, and Shran calls to say “transfer sensor data” or “transfer telemetry” Enterprise can get it instantly? I guess they worked out All the protocols off screen. ☹ But notice the data was displayed in Andorian, so I guess Hoshi can decrypt the rest.[_]Seems like Shran genuinely understaood Trip’s loss but Shran’s revelation seemed just a tad to ham-fisted.[_]I loved the Andorian Mining Consortium sketch! 😃 Shows you they can write in some depth. It was odd that the Xindi didn’t think too much about this species it never met just showing up![_]The Xindi later detected human bio-signs as Enterprise approached so they should have detected Archer and T’Pol on the Andorian ship. For them to be there was Stupid! :mad:[_]Nice boding by Reed and confronting his own military/family background.[_]What was that thing Archer did when he realized Gralik sabotaged the weapon? His cheeks puffed up and the edges of his mouth lifted. :D[_]How did Shran know his shields would protect his crew from the Xindi probe’s radiation? Maybe listening to T’Pol’s analysis, but it wasn’t identified.[_]T’Pol referred to the Xindi ships approaching as “the two reptilian ships.” That’s a bit catty, but I’ll let it be a distinction so that Archer will know to adapt to Xindi-Reptilian battle tactics. :dubious:[_]The Xindi idiot didn’t call for help, but then the council animosity shows that he would be afraid they would pull his plug.[_]Archer uses the air-waves loosening standards in uttering his “son of a bitch”; and I didn’t realize he was a south-paw.[_]Nice touch about getting the Xindi probe’s Activation Codes. Though I would have thought the suspicious Andorians would have done that also.[_]And now Enterprise gets some detailed information on the probe to make it all worthwhile.[/ul]All in all, a fun romp, and a promise that good episodes can be made. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/126 "2004-01-23T15:22:15Z")
It would help if I put my comments IN THE RIGHT F#$%ING THREAD! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/127 "2004-01-23T16:49:22Z")
Heh. Your dad was a Pakled, wasn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/128 "2004-01-23T18:25:47Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Heh. Your dad was a Pakled, wasn’t he? Well, he Was adopted, so, maybe. What with trying to recover from this cold, waiting around for Jury Duty but they dismissed us, and having a huge recast deadline looming, I feel befuddled. [sub]“Ever had the feeling there’s a Greeling on the Ceiling, or a Zamp in the Lamp, or a Ghair beneath the Chair?”…“da boyz … and da bearz”… _Gosh, I hope that was just in my head…_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335/129 "2004-01-23T19:50:07Z")
> [@Corner Case](#): > > It would help if I put my comments IN THE RIGHT F#$%ING THREAD! :mad: Your comments made the episode more exciting, even if they were about the wrong one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-enterprise-chosen-realm-spoilers/224335.md?page=6)