Trust me, it’s an excellent joke, and an excellent analogy. You’ve got the violence, but absolutely no explanation of why it may have been necessary or justified, and absolutely none of the post-violence self-reflection in order to learn from the experience. If that’s not a perfect description of hard-right ideology, I don’t know what is.
Those are the two best episodes, hands down. Its like the writers were finally told to take off the restraints and do something fun because it didn't matter anymore, and they smashed it out of the park.
I do love enterprise. It's a little sad that it's high point is an alternate universe. But like, most of the series is "the crew gives Archer their best advice, which he ignores, and creates a problem for everyone."
And not just the writing. So many of the second line characters that had been nothing but cardboard the whole series suddenly bloomed. I had really been questioning the ability of some of the performers on my first watch through, but it turns out it was a script/direction/production problem because they all suddenly came to life when the gloves came off.
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DmMacniel@feddit.org · 25 pts · 32d
There is an issue here though. Colm Meaney, an irish man, would never be credited in a Far Right Trek.
Lydia_K@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 32d
LOL, too true.
Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 32d
I don’t know why, but “Space…FIRE TORPEDOES!” Is killing me
Lydia_K@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 32d
I'm so glad, I was honestly worried people weren't going to get the joke and were going to get upset with me.
Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 32d
Trust me, it’s an excellent joke, and an excellent analogy. You’ve got the violence, but absolutely no explanation of why it may have been necessary or justified, and absolutely none of the post-violence self-reflection in order to learn from the experience. If that’s not a perfect description of hard-right ideology, I don’t know what is.
Edit: or is it an allegory…🤔
Hupf@feddit.org · 1 pts · 31d
open airlock policy
negativenull@piefed.world · 15 pts · 32d
No Troi on the bridge, so it fits.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 32d
Just throw that one exercise scene in there somewhere
jrs100000@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 32d
We already had this, and it was the high point of Enterprise. https://youtu.be/sfbsZRbwbJ4
SippyCup@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
Those are the two best episodes, hands down. Its like the writers were finally told to take off the restraints and do something fun because it didn't matter anymore, and they smashed it out of the park.
I do love enterprise. It's a little sad that it's high point is an alternate universe. But like, most of the series is "the crew gives Archer their best advice, which he ignores, and creates a problem for everyone."
jrs100000@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
And not just the writing. So many of the second line characters that had been nothing but cardboard the whole series suddenly bloomed. I had really been questioning the ability of some of the performers on my first watch through, but it turns out it was a script/direction/production problem because they all suddenly came to life when the gloves came off.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 32d
This cracked me up
daBeans@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 31d
I was half-expecting the Enterprise to just be gone from the intro, lol
Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 32d
This is literally the Ellison's plans for the future
Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
Far Starboard Trek