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Posted:
13:01:27 on September 26 2001
By: GustavoLeao
Dept: Enterprise | www.stenterprise.com
TV Guide Online posted the following review of ENTERPRISE
LEAP OF FAITH
by Matt Roush
"Among the many questions awaiting the arrival of 'Enterprise', the latest series in the Star Trek franchise, will be : How well does the new crew jell ?
Very nicely, if you judge from the one scene everyone will be talking tomorrow : a widly sensuous interlude in which two characters strip to their underwear and, not quite able to hide evidence of their inadvertent arousal, rub a gooey gel (of descontaminant, we're told) over each other's exposed body. That the show foxy but frosty Vulcan (Jolene Blalock) is involved in this rubdown only adds to the, er, titillation factor. (I know people who have watched this scene a number of times and still haven't heard a word anyone is saying.)
Otherwise, thought, the two-hour premiere of Enterprise is rarely as stimulating as you'd like it to be. A rather standard though quite diverting exercise in earnest sci-fi adventure, it features a cast that seems generically selected to cover the usual visionary diversity spectrum : a Brit, a Southerner, an Asian and an African-American and an annoyingly cheerful alien doctor named Phlox who likes to chirp. "Optimism !" (He's not as annoying as Voyager's Neelix, but then, who could ?)
Helping ground this new enterprise is the inspired selection of Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap) to play new captain Jonathan Archer, a gung-ho space cowboy who hates being patronized by Vulcans or anyone who'd keep him from blasting off into the great unknown. As promised by the producers, he's a less stuffy, more emotionally engaging leader than we've seen in years."
Which is only appropriate, since what gives Enterprise such great potential is the fact that space here is still mostly uncharted territory. A "prequel" set 100 years before Captain Kirk exploits, this show never takes its alien encounters for granted. One of Archer's superiors hasn't yet learned to pronounce "klingon", and learning their language and customs proves to be quite a challenge. An "away team" mission is still something new, as are phase pistols - "Stun seems to work" says Archer, approvingly. And everyone is absolutely petrified to use the teleportation machine.
There is something refreshing about watching a Starfleet pilot who can't quite land his vessel without bumping into something, or communications devices that short out in bad weather.
Even thought Enterprise gets off to a somewhat stodgy start, it's the best Trek premise since Star Trek The Next Generation. And in another good sign, it doesn't appear to take itself too seriously, as when Archer declares after one harrowing escapade "Ley's hope that's the last time somebody takes a shot at us".As if.
Finally, there's another sci-fi show to watch besides Sci-Fi Channel's superior Farscape." - Matt Roush,
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