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ENT in XI

Broccoli said:
UWC Defiance said:
Chris_Moderato said:
Anyone think there might be some loose ENT ends tied up, briefly, in the new film?

No, but background references are possible.

Some idiots on another web site had a cow the other day because a TOS comic included a passing reference to something named after Jonathan Archer. People like that are the dregs and an embarrassment to whatever is left of Star Trek fandom.

If they flipped out over that...I hope they never stumble upon the Shaterverse novels.

Oh, as long as Shatner did it, it'd be okay. When he gestures, their critical faculties fall to about the same level as if Pam Anderson had walked up to them, dropped to her knees and started undoing their belts.

God, was that a tortured analogy.
 
I doubt the success or failure of Star Trek 2008 will come down to whether it has a reference to Enterprise in it or not. Similarly, having Janeway in Nemesis was the least of that film's problems.

As someone who has invested much of my life in Trek, I'd love to see the traditional passing of the baton continue. Since Quinto and Nimoy are playing the same character, it should really be somebody from the immediate predecessor to this Trek... both in terms of production and timeline.
 
If it's the NCC-1701's first voyage, then they could simply mention that it's the first ship named Enterprise in however many years or since the founding of the Federation.
 
If they wanted a movie to truly stand on it's own they wouldn't use Kirk or Spock or even call it Star Trek at all. They would have to create on their own, but no they use Star trek as a crutch to cover up their own laziness.
 
peacemaker said:
If it's the NCC-1701's first voyage, then they could simply mention that it's the first ship named Enterprise in however many years or since the founding of the Federation.

I'd be happier if they mentioned that it was the first starship named Enterprise ever. ;)
 
MattJC said:
If they wanted a movie to truly stand on it's own they wouldn't use Kirk or Spock or even call it Star Trek at all. They would have to create on their own, but no they use Star trek as a crutch to cover up their own laziness.

No... unless of course you are applying this same thinking to anyone who ever worked on a Star Trek production and or tie-in work as also being "lazy"... ugh!

Sharr
 
If anything it should be as simple as this isn't the first ship named Enterprise. It would satisfy naysayers and yaysayers alike because it really isn't the first ship named E whether or not you like ENT or consider it part of that damned canon thing.
 
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there is no need to bring any of the other TV series baggage into this production.

It's a movie about Kirk and Spock. Let it be just that.
 
UWC Defiance said:
Cary L. Brown said:
If then need something to be named something... oh, lets say a new engineering tool... I have no trouble with them calling it a "Tucker's Spanner" or whatever. But if they then put a picture of Conner Trinnear on the device and have everyone talk about how totally kewl Trip was, I think I'll barf up my popcorn right then and there!

I felt the same way when they'd fuss over the TOS characters on DS9 and "Voyager."

I loved it. TOS was swept under the rug for most of the 90s. And we all know why.
 
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