this is now a Federation that has lost its parents I was thinking about that as well. I actually like Enterprise, though I don't htink it meshes terribly well with the rest of Trek continuity. One of the things I liked about it, though, was that the Vulcans were a kind of benevolent conquerers, who have bridled humans as a "child race" until they are ready. And I think much of the ideals of the Federation are based on the Vulcans--non-interference, tolerance, reverance of science and logic. So destroying Vulcan changes the climate of the Federation quite a lot. And seeing as that was a massive terrorist attack by a Romulan ship, however unaffiliated, and I think we're going to see a Federation driven by fear that's a lot more war-mongering than the one we know. (Hmmm...sound familiar?)
It also changes Spock a lot, since he is no longer a member of a dominant and self-labeled superior race, but of an almost extinct one.
I had not noticed the Archer call out! For some reason I caught the bit about the beagle but not the name. Oh, that's hilarious. I love it. Poor Porthos IV, or whatever number beagle he's on by this point.
Chekhov I just found adorable. The accent was done for laughs, obviously, but it worked for me. You have a kid who, despite his age, and despite his accent, is on a starship because of his genius. But rather than being the cocky self-important teen genius type we've seen so much of (Wesley, Lucas on Seaquest...) he's really awkward and shy, except when he knows what to do. And the rest of the crew looks on him with the appropriate level of skeptical tolerance for someone of his age. Of course, the crew is now all cadets, one of many plot holes, but whatever. Handwave!
Fandom already seems to be embracing Spock/Uhura. I've already seen speculation about writing fic detailing Uhura's long looooong undertaking of seducing Spock, cause you know how reluctant he'd be at such an illogical undertaking. But he really seems tender toward her. I also love that he just sucks at relationships. He needs Uhura to kick his ass when he's being too logical.
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Date: 2009-05-09 08:59 pm (UTC)I was thinking about that as well. I actually like Enterprise, though I don't htink it meshes terribly well with the rest of Trek continuity. One of the things I liked about it, though, was that the Vulcans were a kind of benevolent conquerers, who have bridled humans as a "child race" until they are ready. And I think much of the ideals of the Federation are based on the Vulcans--non-interference, tolerance, reverance of science and logic. So destroying Vulcan changes the climate of the Federation quite a lot. And seeing as that was a massive terrorist attack by a Romulan ship, however unaffiliated, and I think we're going to see a Federation driven by fear that's a lot more war-mongering than the one we know. (Hmmm...sound familiar?)
It also changes Spock a lot, since he is no longer a member of a dominant and self-labeled superior race, but of an almost extinct one.
I had not noticed the Archer call out! For some reason I caught the bit about the beagle but not the name. Oh, that's hilarious. I love it. Poor Porthos IV, or whatever number beagle he's on by this point.
Chekhov I just found adorable. The accent was done for laughs, obviously, but it worked for me. You have a kid who, despite his age, and despite his accent, is on a starship because of his genius. But rather than being the cocky self-important teen genius type we've seen so much of (Wesley, Lucas on Seaquest...) he's really awkward and shy, except when he knows what to do. And the rest of the crew looks on him with the appropriate level of skeptical tolerance for someone of his age. Of course, the crew is now all cadets, one of many plot holes, but whatever. Handwave!
Fandom already seems to be embracing Spock/Uhura. I've already seen speculation about writing fic detailing Uhura's long looooong undertaking of seducing Spock, cause you know how reluctant he'd be at such an illogical undertaking. But he really seems tender toward her. I also love that he just sucks at relationships. He needs Uhura to kick his ass when he's being too logical.