tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post8231275897996505733..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: Enterprise, Season 2: The ExpanseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-91621906681343659372022-10-24T21:24:09.395-05:002022-10-24T21:24:09.395-05:00And you should comment even if you don't like!...And you should comment even if you don't like!matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-70211058314224999902022-10-24T21:23:39.634-05:002022-10-24T21:23:39.634-05:00To be fair to the Xindi arc, the stakes stay almos...To be fair to the Xindi arc, the stakes stay almost entirely located on Earth. So they're big but they don't balloon uncontrollably.matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-25060531265328366092022-10-24T11:17:37.493-05:002022-10-24T11:17:37.493-05:00I did not watch any of season three when it aired,...I did not watch any of season three when it aired, I picked up season 4 and watched the mirror universe and Vulcan episodes, so the Xindi arc is a blank slate for me. The first couple of episodes though have not set me on fire, though to be fair I did watch them while convalescing from the plague, so I will certainly rewatch them again before sitting down to review them. I appreciate Matt's point that we do get some finer detail in the character work, certainly in this episode, than in its Kurtzman counterparts, but I think it's the existential threat that nags me more than anything. Even the Dominion did not represent a Threat to All Life on Earth/Galaxy/Universe/Multiverse. They represented an end to the Federation's way of life, but there would be plenty of people left alive to experience that loss, and therefore, it is dramatically interesting. Also, the Dominion had enough variety in its levels of government and society and a clear enough backstory so they felt like a real people with whom they had conflict rather than the embodiment of pure evil. In the days of every villain have a traumatic backstory that turns them into a monomaniacal death machine, I yearn for the shading of the Founders. They experienced collective, generational trauma, and it turned them into paranoid tyrants, but they weren't exterminating all life in the Gamma Quadrant, just subjugating it before it could subjugate them. That's way more fertile ground for a story.<br /><br />I know of but have not really seen the multiple species of the Xindi yet, but I'm encouraged that they will have some variety. I think my biggest concern is the siren song of the galactic reset button and other timey wimey nonsense the backstory of Temporal Cold War will allow.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582237401541322274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-65967630974110984772022-10-24T09:43:52.971-05:002022-10-24T09:43:52.971-05:00For the Xindi arc, I will probably not be as proli...For the Xindi arc, I will probably not be as prolific a commenter as I've been for the first two seasons. If you can't say something nice and all that.<br />But I know there is at least one episode in there that I never skip on rewatch, so I won't be entirely silent. And I'll know there is a season four, which will align much better with my tastes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com