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Best Episode in a While
I like the way they handled the "Starfleet Engineers are Gods" aspect in this episode. It finally focused on Malcolm (an underused character) and it showed how they first figured out how to properly use phase cannons, ie: tie them into the engines, deal with feedback.
History has shown that in times of great distress (like war), technology advances at a much faster rate. What we saw was how engineers forced to make something work, figured out a way to do it. And it wasn't the next gen method where Geordi and Data could do anything. These guys kinda pooched it a little, but they managed to adapt. The problems they solved probably had been dealth with by Starfleets engineers already (since, I presume, some other ships have phase cannons already), so what we were seeing is that the engineers on Enterprise were at least as good.
I thought it was one of the better episodes so far. I've been disappointed by the gradual decrease of quality, but with this episode it seems they are getting back on track. Decreasing the role of T'Vulvan was nice, as well as the Doctor because it allowed them to focus on some of the core underused characters. Sure, the vulcan may be OK to look at, but I'm already getting annoyed by her character.
The thing that bothers me most about this series is, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought about this, where the hell are the GORN !!??
Andorians? So what. Weird Aliens? So what. Gorn? Best. Episode. Ever.
Overall, I hope the series holds the momentum it gained in this episode. No matter what, it will be better than the Voyager Crapfest.
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I like the way they handled the "Starfleet Engineers are Gods" aspect in this episode. It finally focused on Malcolm (an underused character) and it showed how they first figured out how to properly use phase cannons, ie: tie them into the engines, deal with feedback.
History has shown that in times of great distress (like war), technology advances at a much faster rate. What we saw was how engineers forced to make something work, figured out a way to do it. And it wasn't the next gen method where Geordi and Data could do anything. These guys kinda pooched it a little, but they managed to adapt. The problems they solved probably had been dealth with by Starfleets engineers already (since, I presume, some other ships have phase cannons already), so what we were seeing is that the engineers on Enterprise were at least as good.
I thought it was one of the better episodes so far. I've been disappointed by the gradual decrease of quality, but with this episode it seems they are getting back on track. Decreasing the role of T'Vulvan was nice, as well as the Doctor because it allowed them to focus on some of the core underused characters. Sure, the vulcan may be OK to look at, but I'm already getting annoyed by her character.
The thing that bothers me most about this series is, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought about this, where the hell are the GORN !!??
Andorians? So what. Weird Aliens? So what. Gorn? Best. Episode. Ever.
Overall, I hope the series holds the momentum it gained in this episode. No matter what, it will be better than the Voyager Crapfest.
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