View Single Post Old January 19 2008, 06:18 PM   #113 Cary L.
Brown Rear Admiral Location: Austin, Texas Re: The OFFICIAL new
Enterprise - Let the critiques begin!  Harry said: Starship
Polaris said: One of the greatest failings of post-Roddenberry
Trek was simply that the producers were too conservative and
respectful of the style and limitations of previous Trek. Amen.
Except for the initial set-up of the 24th century (TNG), the
darker setting of DS9 and outraguous fun of ENT Season 4, the
format has barely changed. IMO, especially VOY and ENT had no
real distinct 'spirit', and you can easily swap storylines
between any of those seasons and no-one would notice. Not to
mention that the Delta Quadrant and the Delphic Expanse had
absolutely zero to do with the Star Trek universe we know. Hard
not to agree... but this is oversimplified.  The problem, IMHO,
is that there was a totally NEW tone set in the early stages of
TNG... that essentially divorced the new shows from the original
show. It was "updated" but t