The Naked Then

[khaosworks]

Thoughts as I watch...


Ooo, pretty space effect. Wait, everyone's unconscious? Again? Are the Ferengi back?

Science Officer's Log: Trip tried hitting on me again today. Doesn't he know it's breaking Malcolm's heart? Humans are so dense. Captain Archer offended yet another alien race and started another civil war. Still the smartest.

It's a flashback? Where're the wavy line transition? Or the sepia tones, like on Firefly? I want my sepia tones, dammit!

"If you got some free time, I'd love it if you take a look at my chair." Is that what they're calling it these days? Surely the Chief Engineer of a starship has better things to do than look at the Captain's chair? Why doesn't he just assign Crewman #6 to it? Oh, does he die?

Hoshi cooks! Was there ever any doubt? Can this woman get any more attractive? It doesn't seem possible, but yes.

Phlox uses a mortar and pestle? That's... so Phlox. Weird, but very much Phlox. Phlox's acting weird in this scene in general, so I guess it's foreshadowing. But his line about the Tarellian Plague is hilarious, in spite of (maybe because of) the omnious music.

I'm sorry, I know he's being a jerk, but I laughed when Trip went, "Huh," to T'Pol's comment about sensitive hearing and went on drilling anyway. It's all in the delivery.

"On a single command from you..." Oh, and the anvil drops on the various alert states in Trek.

I swear, Trip and Reed are an old married couple. "Reed Alert." That is wrong, on so many levels.

Is it too much to hope that Phlox is going to dissect Mayweather? Yeah, you're probably right.

Give it up, Quantum. When you bomb in front of your own beagle, it's best to take the hint. Ooo! Ooo! Maybe if you add in something about gazelles.

It figures that when May-I-Take-Your-Coat-Please gets an actual scene to play, it has to be out of character for him. Unless Maywho's always like this, wide-eyed and frenetic. Hard to tell because he never gets any lines. But then again, if this is how Montgomery deals with them, maybe he shouldn't. Ohhhh, my head hurts.

"Carrots!" I think Linda Park is channelling every Asian mother in a kitchen.

"Well, sir, I think it's a little long-winded." So, Trip's been watching the episodes too, huh?

Second episode in a row someone's called it a "pleasure cruise". I'm waiting for Charo to turn up.

I've always wanted to see Phlox turn evil. That he'd turn out to be really this interstellar serial killer who goes on board ships to examine new life forms and dissect them for medical knowledge. Billingsley could play creepy very well, especially with his jovial expression.

Oh come on, is Travis the only frelling helmsman on board? Even Sulu got a break once in a while. And even so, Quantum's the next most qualified? Boo, hiss.

Boring, boring, boring. I actually nodded off during the non-suspenseful trip through the debris field. For a comedy episode, it wasn't all that funny. For a dramatic episode, it blew. Aside from some lively moments, it was just bleh.

Give it a C-.

Comments

[jost.livejournal.com]

I'm getting extremely upset with the writers for their inability to write lines for a Vulcan. It's not like they haven't had to do it since Nimoy because even through Voyager was a horrible show at least writers mostly got Tuvok right. Tonight's specific example that grated on my nerves as I replayed it about 8 times on TiVo to make sure I was hearing it right: When Archer asked T'Pol if she would read his preface when he was done, she replied "I'd be happy to." HELLO! I know I am being a persnikity geek when I can point out to you that Spock never used contractions but "Happy"!?!? "Happiness is a human emotion" was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard her utter that line. I'm not blaming her even if she is far to emotive for a Vulcan but "Happy"!?! I would weep for Vulcans if that were not showing an emotional response.

[almeda.livejournal.com]

I figured that T'Pol was consciously using a human idiom so that Archer would be put more at ease. It's irrelevant whether she'd actually become happy at reading his preface or not. :->

[almeda.livejournal.com]

Until it was revealed that radiation was to blame (I'm telling you! It was the Plot Rays again!!), I opined to my roomie dryly, "Oh, look. They all caught the Obsessive-Compulsive Asshole Virus."

I should also note that I was called away from the TV for a phone call just as they started actually piloting, and never felt the urge to go back, or rewind the tape and watch it again. Maybe later. Just don't care. :->

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

You know what? You've just hit the nail on the head - I don't care about ANY of these people. Not even Captain Quantum (still a hunk, but even he can't fix bad writing). Not even Trip and Malcolm and their "I've been getting eye strain looking for slash" relationship.

I wonder if Stargate SG-1 has any spare writers? At least most of their episodes make a *little* sense.

[almeda.livejournal.com]

It's not the writers' fault. Or, at least, not the people credited as such. Bermaga rewrite (sometimes VERY HEAVILY) everything they even bother to approve in the first place, and, quite honestly, Bermaga (a) cannot write, (b) ignore continuity, and (c) think something has to be big and splashy with explosions and tits to get any viewership. Several big-name science fiction writers have approached them eagerly with thoughtful, entertaining scripts, only to be turned away with a dismissive, "You can't write television."

[almeda.livejournal.com]

Also, another perspective from someone you might not read: http://www.livejournal.com/talkpost.bml?journal=sdelmonte&itemid=10922