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Aug. 25 2009, 6:34 am
We were not asked to say why  The OP'er expressed his/her opinion with which we either agreed or not. To me, S.1 is great becasue we're introduced to the crew and see the close bonds between them forming in dynamics (+ I love TCW). S.2 is great because stage one of the bonds forming passes and now there's stage 2 - the crew acts as one team more consciously and strenthens their bonds. |
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Aug. 25 2009, 8:25 am
| Quote (ENT567 @ Aug. 25 2009, 6:34 am) | To me, S.1 is great becasue we're introduced to the crew and see the close bonds between them forming in dynamics (+ I love TCW).
S.2 is great because stage one of the bonds forming passes and now there's stage 2 - the crew acts as one team more consciously and strenthens their bonds. |
Exactly why I like the show so much. Each season showed growth in relationships and experience. |
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Aug. 25 2009, 9:40 am
| Quote (RedShirtGuyNumber1001 @ Aug. 25 2009, 2:50 am) | | yeah but neither one of you have said why, or do you just plan on using a word to define a word. |
honeybee didn't "use a word to define a word" in the post above to which we alluded...not sure what you mean here. |
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Aug. 25 2009, 4:29 pm
figure of speech grigory figure of speech, however I liked ENT's retort....that is very true.
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Aug. 27 2009, 9:03 am
One other way of looking at the first season is to compare it to other first season Trek shows. All of them took a awhile to find their footing. I mean TNG and DS9 were really struggling their first years, though they have good episodes here and there. I just caught a rerun of "Detained" and thought it was pretty darn good for a first season episode. Yes, it's got the classic Trek heavy-handed metaphor going on, but that's what they were going for.
Silent Enemy is a little strange - it's "A" plot turned out very scary and doesn't quite cohere with the "B" Malcolm plot about his birthday. But I almost wonder if the writer didn't realize how scary the "A" plot was going to be, given that other shows never did creepy quite as well. It seems like a very first season kind of issue.
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Aug. 27 2009, 1:01 pm
I liked Silent Enemy--you're right, Honeybee, it was a First Season lesson for the new crew. First Contact can go so many ways; not always friendly, and not always on our terms. It gave them the opportunity to turn back, then learn they didn't have to run home.
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Aug. 30 2009, 7:27 am
| Quote (honeybee1111 @ Posted: Aug. 27 2009, 9:03 am) | | Silent Enemy is a little strange - it's "A" plot turned out very scary and doesn't quite cohere with the "B" Malcolm plot about his birthday. But I almost wonder if the writer didn't realize how scary the "A" plot was going to be, given that other shows never did creepy quite as well. It seems like a very first season kind of issue. |
I think Bormanis put those two different plotlines together on purpose - and that's what I find especially great about Silent Enemy. Imo, that perfectly illustrates what living on a starship feels like -- a constant danger, through which the sprouts of normal Human life try to break through anyway. I like the way the ep is "saturated" with events and well-presented characterization, still not being "excessive". |
