My objections were chiefly to how ham-fistedly they threw T'Pol and Tripp together like bickering romantic leads who only needed to be trapped in an elevator to realize that they're soulmates. Not opposed to the show putting a lot of skin on display in general.
Maybe they'd win me over if they had Phlox seal Tripp in against his protests and showed Reed spritzing with one of those breath-freshener atomizers in the background.
but in a "Wow, it actually doesn't suck" way.
They switched out showrunners. There was a decent portion of last season where it didn't suck either.
dueSouth folk (there are still some of us around here, right?):
Sue "Natter 29: Got Title?" Nov 9, 2004 10:14:17 am PST
They switched out showrunners.
I was aware of this. I'm glad it made a difference.
There was a decent portion of last season where it didn't suck either.
It must have lost me before it got to that portion. I watched the first two seasons faithfully, if not contentedly, but I just couldn't take anymore by about 15 minutes in to the episode where the crew starts turning into monsters on some planet. I turned it off and never looked back. By sheer luck I managed to happen upon the season finale last year and it was alright, aside from the cheesy running slow-motion from explosions sequence. When I heard there was a new showrunner I figured I'd give it another shot and have been pleasently surprised so far.
It started getting better when Captain Archer started throwing bad guys into airlocks to get them to cooperate.
I wonder where he picked up that trick from?
Yeah, lots of suspicion from the Firefly community.
They still have sound in space and traditional camera work, tho.
It's not as if Firefly was the first series or film or book where the Captain threatened someone with spacing. Not by a long shot.
Nope, not by a long shot. Didn't stop the grumbling, tho. Mainly because Firefly was the first TV show in recent memory that actually threatened to space someone like in real SF.
I haven't watched Enterprise since...um the first episodes, but it doesn't sound like a the kind of blatant rip off that Charmed does.