Star Trek Enterprise Tidbits

Carlo di Bonk writes: "I found a good article about the new Star Trek Enterprise television evil forces. These evil villains are from the future and the mirror universe. It seems to be an interesting chance that it is a different mirror universe though, to one seen in Star Trek The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and other Star Trek television." Lots of little plot bits too, like the fact that they will have transporters, but they won't be trusted because they randomly kill people (like the first movie!) With Farscape running start to finish, my copy of Lexx Season 1 on DVD en route, and the new Star Trek a few weeks away, I think I need to take a week off ... a scifi sabbatical ;)

Re:Did I miss an episode of TNG?

[artemis67]

When was the TOS/DS9 mirror universe shown on ST:TNG?

uuuhhh...I thought ST:TNG WAS the evil mirror universe...

First episode

[Anonymous Coward]

I just hope the first episode is called "The Ass Menagerie"

Not enough silicon-based life forms on Star Trek?

[tenzig_112]

Silicon-based life forms protest the Star Trek premiere for its aparent xenophobia.

"There are simply not television shows featuring silicon-based characters on your earth television. Sure, there is the occasional silicon-based token character- usually just a humanoid who claims to be made of silicon. But it very often dies in the first ten minutes of an episode. That is wrong and we wish to see that rectified."

"... In truth the science fiction industry has done a lousy job of representing non-human species. A glob of putty on the nose here, a pointed ear there and presto- an alien. Even the shows that strive for some level of originality stick human-centric arms and legs on them."

full story:
http://www.ridiculopathy.com/news_detail.php?displ ay=20010829 [ridiculopathy.com]

Question

[schnitzi]

How many times can people from a parallel universe visit ours before we start considering this parallel universe part of our own? Sheesh, these parallel universe people are starting to outnumber Klingons.

The only way Trek could be any worse would be if it was sung.

Anyone ready to place bets...

[Masem]

on how long into the series until Bakula's character has to say "Oh, boy!"?

Transporters that Kill:

[AMuse]

they will have transporters, but they won't be trusted because they randomly kill people

Cool! Just like the Muni buses in San Francisco. :>

Re:Did I miss an episode of TNG?

[tb3]

The article refers to it as a a side-line mirror universe

Is that like a vanity-mirror universe?

Star Trek: The Musical

[Anonymous Coward]

(sung to the tune of the old Batman show)
Star TREK!

nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh

STAR TREK!

nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh

STAR TREK!

STAR TREK!

Staaaar Treeeeek!

repeat ad nauseum ... or until a PUD (parallel universe dude) locks you in the holideck and turns off off the safety overrides.

Anonymous Kev

proudly posting as Anonymous Coward since 1997

Hortas!

[wiredog]

They were silicon based, turned out to be good guys, and had no manipulative digits. Looked like dog vomit, from a large dog, though.

Re:still nothing as good as ....

[Mike Buddha]

the original ST series .... all the chicks in those mini-dresses, yowzaa!

I like the alternate universe from Deep Space 9 where ALL the hot chicks are lesbians! Woot! Set phasers for XXX Action!

Re:No More Holodeck Episodes! (w00t)

[phranking]

Not used in DS9? You have now forced me to remind you of Vic Fontaine.

Re:Peace and Love?

[jayhawk88]

Yeah, but at least Kirk *pretended* to be peaceful.

"Alien..general we.......meanyounoharm (Sulu ready phasers)....Our culture is.......one of peace and........tranquility (Spock get a lock on).......We can settle......our differences.....peacefully....FIRE!"

Re:Question

[tb3]

Not sure if this is what you had in mind but this tidbit comes from the scifi wire website:

Paramount has chosen English opera star Russell Watson to cover the Rod Stewart tune Faith of the Heart as the opening theme music of UPN's upcoming Enterprise series.

Is that close enough to a Star Trek musical?

Colors :-)

[Bender Unit 22]

I like this part:

"There's also color in the graphics on the screens, so it's never going to be a dull picture."

Whoa, all the colors of the 'bow, man! :-)

Re:Star Trek Voyager

[Anonymous Coward]

how many starships had a borg turned human working onboard?

you forgot to add "with really big hooters"

methods of death

[Pope]

So, I can see by the method of death that you're also looking forward to the new Buffy season? :)

Re:Egad, I hope not!

[Spotless Tiger]

Oh, before I forget. The subplot involving the android is that he wants to have feelings, and much of the show will be about the amusing quest he faces reconsiling his digital logical self, and the emotional maturity of humanity. He has pointy ears too.

Tired of pinko liberal Trek!

[Robber Baron]

These human supremacists don't want the soft liberal peace and love Federation of Kirk and the Next Generation's universe coming into fruition, and are planning to push it down a route which will leave the Earth absolute master of a million worlds.

I'm tired of all this pinko-liberal, bleeding-heart, self-abasing BS! What's wrong with being a human? It's like they're taking this whole myth that white, hetro males are responsible for all the evils in the world and are extending it into a multi-species universe where humans can only "redeem" themselves by engaging in some twisted form of self-abasement! So humans want to be in charge?? So what! Bring it on! I wish this parallel universe really did exist and I could get to it because I'm real sick of the snivelling, bleeding-heart pathetic excuses for humans we have in this one!

Signed, a disgusted, white, hetro, male!

The transporter keeps killing people, so...

[Ruger]

...I'm guessing they're using Microsoft Heisenburg Compensators and the damn things are actually still in beta!

What would be seriously funny though is to see a few corporate logos pop up in the show. Like if they walked into engineering and there were a bunch of boxes stacked up in the corner with cow spots on them. Or maybe an Intel Pentium XXVI logo on the side of all the bridge stations.

Ruger

Re:The transporter keeps killing people, so...

[why-is-it]

Even better, have the transporter BSOD when it malfunctions...

Sentient Android banging...

[Anonymous Coward]

How many starships had a sentient android who banged Tasha Yar working onboard?

I always wanted to see Data meet Seven, and tell her upon initial meeting," I'm fully functional and programmed in multiple techniques!" nudge-nudge, wink-wink. That would be hillarious.

It would be seriously funnier if...

[Anonymous Coward]

We saw TUX appear on some of the computer screens.