To boldly go where noone has gone before

[astri13]

Since I'm a collector - read hamster with OCD - at heart, I have been gradually completing my collection of the various Star Trek shows.

And, as an odd experiment, I tried to watch the Star Trek Enterprise Finale again, you know, that one, to see if maybe years after the burning rage and open mouthed staring subsided, I could find redeeming things in it. However, I found that burning rage and open-mouthed staring never really dies.

I have seen lots and lots of shows in my life. Some were bad, some mediocre, some good, some flip-flopped between those. There have been shows with endings that made you sad a show ended - Sarah Connor Chronicles Finale completely turned my mind around after the lackluster second half of second Season, or glad it was put out of its misery - Stargate Atlantis imploded in the second half of Season 5, or made you feel like you didn't want to end it there even though it was kind of fitting - Angel, or made you shake your head for the quick fix - Voyager, or make you shrug lackluster-like - lots of them. Basically, the whole variety.

But no show, bad or good, none has ever been treated as respectless as that one. No show has ever had their own final episode taken away from that show and given to another. Never in the entire history of television do I remember or know of such a case. *still speechless*

Seeing who the one fan-favourite is and cruelly killing them for absolutely nothing but shock value? Okay, that has been done. Not dying for any heroics? Also done. Having noone care about it or really acknowledge it and not even a little eulology? Less so but it has happened. But this? They truly boldly went...

Fuck each and everyone of them.

Man, I think I'm gonna watch Darmok or something uplifting now.

Comments

[astri13.livejournal.com]

They had a main character killed on Dallas and showed a whole Season dealing with the fall-out. However, they misjudged how unhappy the audience would be and didn't have the guts to stick with their plot so they undid it all by having the killed character come out of the shower and his wife telling him she just had the strangest dream - aka last Season. Of course, they also terribly misjudged the audience reaction to that. :D

IDK - they had such a promising beginning, a pretty good crew, the best pilot of the franchise

I have to admit I found the Pilot pretty boring, at least what I remember of it. But maybe I need to rewatch because first time in, my brain trickled out of my skull watching the new Battlestar Galactica mini series out of sheer boredom, and now I love it.

[scolaro]

...having the killed character come out of the shower and his wife telling him she just had the strangest dream - aka last Season.

Ah, like on Roseanne, where they apparently had the main character imagine a whole couple of seasons after her husband had died from a heart attack or something. (I never watched much of this show, but felt that this revelation must have been hard on the fans as well.)

Of course, they also terribly misjudged the audience reaction to that. :D

You're not saying! XD

I have to admit I found the Pilot pretty boring, at least what I remember of it.

Well, it certainly wasn't Shakespeare, but compared to the other pilots the Star Trek franchise has coughed up so far this was the best one, IMO. But then I also liked the new intro with the song which most people seem to hate a lot.