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- Featurette: Creating Enterprise
- A profile of Scott Bakula: O Captain! My Captain!
- Cast Impressions: Season One
- Inside Shuttlepod One
- Star Trek Time Travel: temporal cold wars and beyond
- Enterprise secrets
- Admiral Forrest takes center stage
- Outtakes and deleted scenes
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Under intense scrutiny, the debut season of Enterprise earned a passing grade from critics and Star Trek fans alike. Voyager ended its seven-season run just four months earlier, and fans were skeptical when Enterprise premiered (on Sept. 26, 2001, on UPN) with a theme song ("Where My Heart Will Take Me," composed by Diane Warren and performed by Russell Watson) that defied Trek's revered theme-music tradition. This and other early reservations were dispelled when "Broken Bow" got the series off to a satisfying start, beginning in the year 2151 and establishing a pre-Federation focus on humanity's delicate relationship with the Vulcans, the controversial launch of the NX-01 Enterprise on an exploratory mission, and the potentially devastating consequences of the mysterious Temporal Cold War involving a time-traveling splinter group of the Suliban, a nomadic alien race. While establishing a testy relationship between Enterprise Capt. Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his smart-and-sexy Vulcan Sub-Commander, T'Pol (Jolene Blalock, in a short-banged wig and form-fitting "catsuit" that were later redesigned), the series introduced engineer "Trip" Tucker (Connor Trineer), whose surprise development in "Unexpected" made him a fan favorite; communications officer Hoshi Sato (Linda Park); helmsman Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery); weapons expert Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), and chief surgeon Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley), a well-mannered Denobulan recruit from Earth's Interspecies Medical Exchange. As a "prequel' series that predates the original Star Trek by 150 years, Enterprise built upon established Trek lore with episodes involving Vulcans ("Breaking the Ice"), Klingons ("Sleeping Dogs"), the blue-skinned Andorians ("The Andorian Incident," "Shadows of P'Jem"), and the Ferengi ("Acquisition") while offering stand-alone episodes (notably "Dear Doctor," "Fortunate Son," and "Shuttlepod One") that further acquainted fans with the Enterprise regulars. Early Trek technology is also introduced (including "phase pistols" and the rarely used, still-risky transporter), and the series drew strength from what many felt would be its primary weakness: unwritten history and the initial indecisiveness of Archer's bold foray into the unknown. Ending with a dazzling "Shock Wave" cliffhanger that leaves Archer stranded in a decimated Temporal Cold War future, Enterprise set a strong foundation for the events of season 2.
The bonus features included on the Enterprise: Season One DVDs are almost worth the price of the set, if only to see nearly nine minutes of hilarious outtakes, maintaining a beloved tradition of Star Trek bloopers. The sight (and sound) of Jolene Blalock laughing out of character is pure gold, and it shouldn't surprise anyone that Blalock is just as smart as she is sexy, as proven by her astute observations (along with the rest of the Enterprise cast) in the "Cast Impressions" featurette. It's the usual complimentary fluff included with all Trek sets, but it's obviously sincere, confirming fans' conviction that Enterprise should have lasted beyond four seasons with this close-knit ensemble. Series creators Brannon Braga and Rick Berman deliver a typically dry commentary on "Broken Bow," setting the record straight on debate over the show's "not retro enough" production design (as Braga notes, "you can never please everyone") while defining their concept of "The Right Stuff of Star Trek." As always, Mike Okuda's text commentaries offer a wealth of Trek trivia and detail from Trek's historical canon.
Fans will love the "Enterprise Secrets" revealing low-tech solutions to lighting the warp core and dispensing "replicator" beverages, along with an entertaining profile of Vaughan "Admiral Forrest" Armstrong, who holds the record for Trek guest appearances. The other featurettes are perfunctory, but "Creating Enterprise" provides valuable first-season perspective, and the "Time Travel" feature offers a handy reference for the many time-travel episodes from every Trek series. As usual, Easter eggs (three of them, titled "NX-01 Files") are hidden on the special-features menu, offering short interview clips culled from the primary featurettes. The deleted scenes demonstrate how non-essential material can be sacrificed, and because they don't include post-production sound or visual effects, fans can see and hear the actual soundstage atmosphere of Enterprise's principal photography. --Jeff Shannon
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Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, ENTERPRISE takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) has assembled a crew of brave explorers to chart the galaxy on a revolutionary spacecraft: Enterprise NX-01. As the first human beings to venture into deep space, these pioneers will experience the wonder and mystery of the final frontier as they seek out new life and new civilizations.
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Star Trek Enterprise known in the first season simply as "Enterprise" goes back to the roots of the Federation when mankind begins to explore deep space. The first season contains some fine episodes
Broken Bow
The crew of the Enterprise start their maiden voyage early to take a wounded Klingon back to his homeworld.
Fight or Flight
The crew encounter an alien ship with a bunch of dead bodies aboard. An alien ship later arrives and accuses the Enterprise crew of killing them.
Strange New World
Some of the crew land on an uninhabited planet. When they begin to see strange things, they feel that they are being watched.
Unexpected
When the crew visit an alien ship, Trip's encounter with a female on board results in him becoming pregnant.
Terra Nova
The Enterprise crew visit an outpost colonized by humans only to discover that they reverted to a primitive state.
The Andorian Incident
The crew visit a Vulcan monastery and the Andorians later enter and accuse the Vulcans of spying on them.
Breaking the Ice
The Enterprise encounters a comet and Archer sends a team down to explore, when they become trapped, a passing Vulcan ship offers to help.
Civilization
The Enterprise meets a primitive alien race that is suffering from a disease and the crew offer to help.
Fortunate Son
The crew of an Earth cargo ship are being mauraded by alien pirates and the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the people from starting a fight
Cold Front
When group of Suliban sneak on board, an Enterprise crewmember reveals that he was sent from 900 years in the future to stop them.
Silent Enemy
While an unknown alien ship is targeting the Enterprise and leaving, some crew struggle to find an appropriate item for Malcolm Reed's birthday.
Dear Doctor
When Doctor Phlox asked by a dying pre-industrial alien race to help them, he faces a dilemma about whether helping them would be playing God.
Sleeping Dogs
The crew encounter a gas giant planet with an abandoned Klingon ship in low orbit and a few become trapped on board when investigating
Shadows of P'Jem
T'Pol is recalled by her superiors but is abducted during her last mission with the Enterprise crew. When she is rescued, it is decided that she can stay with Enterprise a little longer
Shuttlepod One
When Tucker and Reed are on a shuttle mission and see pieces of the Enterprise hull, they are convinced their ship was destroyed.
Fusion
A renegade group of Vulcans visit the Enterprise and introduce T'Pol to mind melding
Rogue Planet
The crew visit a rogue planet and discover an alien ship on board with crew hunting an intelligent indigenous life form
Acquisition
A group of Ferengi pirates commandeer the Enterprise and start to plunder it.
Oasis
The crew are told about a nearby alien shipwreck with supplies they need but warned that it is haunted. (Rene Auberjonois who Odo on DS9 guest stars in this episode)
Detained
Mayweather and Archer are captured by a group of aliens and taken to an internment camp for the Suliban.
Vox Sola
A non-humanoid alien comes aboard the Enterprise and starts attacking crewmembers. Hoshi attempts to learn the alien's language so she can communicate with it.
Fallen Hero
The Enterprise crew are assigned to transport the Vulcan ambassador to be questioned about alleged misdeeds.
Desert Crossing
Archer and Trip is invited to an alien world by a man who unbeknownst to them, is a terrorist.
(Guest stars crew from the real USS Enterprise which had just gotten back from Afghanistan prior to filming)
Two Days and Two Nights
The Enterprise crew take shore leave on Risa
Shockwave part I
The Enterprise is recalled after apparently causing the destruction of an alien colony, on their way back they are attacked by the Suliban and Crewman Daniels returns telling archer that the timeline was altered.
This overall is a great season and it is such a shame that ther series was cancelled so early.
Broken Bow
The crew of the Enterprise start their maiden voyage early to take a wounded Klingon back to his homeworld.
Fight or Flight
The crew encounter an alien ship with a bunch of dead bodies aboard. An alien ship later arrives and accuses the Enterprise crew of killing them.
Strange New World
Some of the crew land on an uninhabited planet. When they begin to see strange things, they feel that they are being watched.
Unexpected
When the crew visit an alien ship, Trip's encounter with a female on board results in him becoming pregnant.
Terra Nova
The Enterprise crew visit an outpost colonized by humans only to discover that they reverted to a primitive state.
The Andorian Incident
The crew visit a Vulcan monastery and the Andorians later enter and accuse the Vulcans of spying on them.
Breaking the Ice
The Enterprise encounters a comet and Archer sends a team down to explore, when they become trapped, a passing Vulcan ship offers to help.
Civilization
The Enterprise meets a primitive alien race that is suffering from a disease and the crew offer to help.
Fortunate Son
The crew of an Earth cargo ship are being mauraded by alien pirates and the Enterprise crew attempts to stop the people from starting a fight
Cold Front
When group of Suliban sneak on board, an Enterprise crewmember reveals that he was sent from 900 years in the future to stop them.
Silent Enemy
While an unknown alien ship is targeting the Enterprise and leaving, some crew struggle to find an appropriate item for Malcolm Reed's birthday.
Dear Doctor
When Doctor Phlox asked by a dying pre-industrial alien race to help them, he faces a dilemma about whether helping them would be playing God.
Sleeping Dogs
The crew encounter a gas giant planet with an abandoned Klingon ship in low orbit and a few become trapped on board when investigating
Shadows of P'Jem
T'Pol is recalled by her superiors but is abducted during her last mission with the Enterprise crew. When she is rescued, it is decided that she can stay with Enterprise a little longer
Shuttlepod One
When Tucker and Reed are on a shuttle mission and see pieces of the Enterprise hull, they are convinced their ship was destroyed.
Fusion
A renegade group of Vulcans visit the Enterprise and introduce T'Pol to mind melding
Rogue Planet
The crew visit a rogue planet and discover an alien ship on board with crew hunting an intelligent indigenous life form
Acquisition
A group of Ferengi pirates commandeer the Enterprise and start to plunder it.
Oasis
The crew are told about a nearby alien shipwreck with supplies they need but warned that it is haunted. (Rene Auberjonois who Odo on DS9 guest stars in this episode)
Detained
Mayweather and Archer are captured by a group of aliens and taken to an internment camp for the Suliban.
Vox Sola
A non-humanoid alien comes aboard the Enterprise and starts attacking crewmembers. Hoshi attempts to learn the alien's language so she can communicate with it.
Fallen Hero
The Enterprise crew are assigned to transport the Vulcan ambassador to be questioned about alleged misdeeds.
Desert Crossing
Archer and Trip is invited to an alien world by a man who unbeknownst to them, is a terrorist.
(Guest stars crew from the real USS Enterprise which had just gotten back from Afghanistan prior to filming)
Two Days and Two Nights
The Enterprise crew take shore leave on Risa
Shockwave part I
The Enterprise is recalled after apparently causing the destruction of an alien colony, on their way back they are attacked by the Suliban and Crewman Daniels returns telling archer that the timeline was altered.
This overall is a great season and it is such a shame that ther series was cancelled so early.
60 of 67 people found the following review helpful
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It is the mid 22nd Century: over a hundred years before Kirk and Spock. The crew of Earth's latest breakthrough Warp 5 starship; led by Captain Jonathan Archer, are making their first steps into the galaxy. Firmly believing humankind has been held back for too long by Vulcan interference, Archer is eager to embark on Enterprise's mission of deep space exploration. Survival proves perilous the farther from home they travel. Outmatched by superior aliens equipped with far more powerful weaponary, this first crew face a steep learning curve. Among their challenges will come Klingon aggression, militaristic Andorians and the Suliban; a race receiving aid from the future.
Those whose discovered Star Trek through JJ Abrams' 2009 movie and are currently awaiting the 2013 sequel - Star Trek Into Darkness, will probably appreciate Enterprise's uncomplicated "stripped back" technology style the most. It pitches all the familiar trek-nology seen in the other Star Trek TV series and films at a less advanced stage, trying for something less routine and far-future fantastical. Much of the crew are too scared to use the transporter, a device mostly called upon to beam equipment and supplies around. Instead space suits are regularly seen, together with having to step through complicated airlocks and time spent in decompression and decontamination. Phase pistols are the defensive side arm of choice. Although with projected energy weapons having only recently replaced pulse, blaster-style ones, they're still as Starfleet experimental as the Enterprise NX-01 starship itself. Instead of invisible shields that encompass whole starships like a bubble, protection from alien attack comes down to polarising the hull plating. Instead of tractor beams, capturing another ship requires a grappler deployed from bomb bay doors on the underside, through which small shuttlepods are regularly launched. When you're at a disadvantage, you have nothing but your wits to rely on and this show was about as far from the 24th Century's technobabble saves the day approach as it was possible for Trek to realistically get.
One of the aspects that sets Enterprise apart from Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, is the more down-to-earth characterisation of its crew and often a "first time" naivety when faced with a perilous universe. They're imperfect and largely unprepared for a galaxy full of alien lifeforms, extraordinary circumstances, stumbling and making misteps along the way - often with best of intentions. Captain Archer, interested me from the outset (being a fan of Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap) his Captain out there alone with no support, no rulebook or role models to learn from their mistakes. He's a man with a strong prejudice about the Vulcans. While that and some questionable decisions often bring him dangerously close to unlikeable, we get plenty of examples throughout the series that Star Trek's most famous pointy-eared race also still have someway to go, in order to evolve into the likeable kind typified by Spock and Tuvok. Better aspects to Archer's personality are brought out by Shran, a blue-skinned Andorian who appears semi-regularly throughout the 4 years and twice during Season One. Both are deeply skeptical of the Vulcans and yet altogether, they will ultimately end up forging an interstellar alliance known as the Federation.
Other notable crew members include Trip, a likable Southern Engineer who's long friendship with his Captain, somehow manages to survive his occasional bouts of insubordination. T'Pol, initially an observer from a Vulcan government concerned about the impact of humankind's deep exploration, serves as the Enterprise's Vulcan Science Officer and gradually grows more accustomed to an almost entirely human crew and their different perspective. Also helpful is the ship's eternally optimistic alien Doctor, Phlox. He's a Denobulan, who often treats the crew with some very unusual medicine including the leech-like, osmotic eel! In charge of defending the ship, is an explosives obsessed, British armoury officer named Malcolm Reed. Hoshi Sato deftly handles alien languages, in her role as the ship's Communications Officer. Finally space boomer Travis Mayweather is the navigator, one of few humans born in space to a family who run a cargo ship.
Like the Original Series in the 1960s, Enterprise came to a premature end when it was cancelled in 2005 after only 4 seasons. Unlike previous series The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, this show wasn't widely syndicated beyond the now defunct network TV station, UPN. A revealing brand-new 3 part retrospective documentary promises to delve deep into Enterprise's misfortunes. What it was like making Star Trek after a decade and a half uninterrupted run... and how the show wasn't entirely the prequel its producers wanted to make. How they had to deal with Network Executives for the first time, who hampered creative decisions with what they required a Star Trek series to include. Even given those flaws, I ultimately enjoyed much of this show while it lasted... particularly Season 4. I still believe there is unfulfilled potential left in Enterprise and it holds a unique place - as a prequel to both the old franchise and JJ Abrams' motion pictures. After many years without brand new Star Trek adventures beaming across our television screens (where it belongs)... there's perhaps no better time to reappraise this in High Definition. See both where it all began and ironically, how it all ended. Judge for yourself.
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Episodes ratings: * poor, ** average, *** good, **** excellent, ***** classic
DISC ONE:
1 & 2. BROKEN BOW ***** Feature-Length Premiere
3. FIGHT OR FLIGHT ****
4. STRANGE NEW WORLD ***
Audio Commentary with co-creator/executive producer Brannon Braga, director James L. Conway, visual effects producer Dan Curry and cast members Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed) on Broken Bow -- NEW!
Audio Commentary with Brannon Braga and Rick Berman on Broken Bow
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on Broken Bow
Deleted Scenes from Broken Bow (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Fight or Flight (SD)
In Conversation: Rick Berman and Brannon Braga--NEW! (HD)
Archival Mission Log: Creating Enterprise (SD)
Archival Mission Log: O Captain! My Captain! A Profile of Scott Bakula (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 02 (SD)
Cast Introduction -- NEW (SD)
Network Presentation -- NEW (SD)
Syndication Presentation -- NEW (SD)
DISC TWO:
5. UNEXPECTED **
6. TERRA NOVA ***
7. THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT *****
8. BREAKING THE ICE ****
9. CIVILIZATION ****
Deleted Scene from Unexpected (SD)
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on The Andorian Incident
Archival Mission Log: Cast Impressions: Season 1 (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Enterprise Secrets (SD)
DISC THREE:
10. FORTUNATE SON ****
11. COLD FRONT ***
12. SILENT ENEMY ****
13. DEAR DOCTOR ****
14. SLEEPING DOGS ***
Audio commentary with writer/story editor André Bormanis and visual effects producer Dan Curry on Silent Enemy -- NEW!
Deleted Scene from Sleeping Dogs (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Star Trek Time Travel: Temporal Cold Wars and Beyond (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Admiral Forrest Takes Center Stage (SD)
DISC FOUR:
15. SHADOWS OF P'JEM ****
16. SHUTTLEPOD ONE ****
17. FUSION ***
18. ROGUE PLANET **
19. ACQUISTION **
Audio Commentary with writers/executive story editors Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong on Shadows of P'Jem -- NEW!
Audio Commentary with co-creator/executive producer Brannon Braga, director David Livingston and cast members Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed) on Shuttlepod One -- NEW!
Deleted Scene from Shuttlepod One (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Inside Shuttlepod One (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 01 (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 03 (SD)
DISC FIVE:
20. OASIS ***
21. DETAINED ****
22. VOX SOLA **
23. FALLEN HERO ****
24. DESERT CROSSING **
Deleted Scenes from Oasis (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Fallen Hero (SD)
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on Vox Sola
Archival Mission Log: Enterprise Outtakes (SD)
Enterprise: ON THE SET -- NEW (SD)
DISC SIX:
25. TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS *
26. SHOCKWAVE ****
Deleted Scene from Two Days and Two Nights (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Shockwave, Part 1 (SD)
Documentary: TO BOLDLY GO: Launching Enterprise -- NEW! (HD)
Part 1: Countdown
Part 2: Boarding the NX-01
Part 3: First Flight
Archival Mission Log: Celebrating Star Trek (SD)
Those whose discovered Star Trek through JJ Abrams' 2009 movie and are currently awaiting the 2013 sequel - Star Trek Into Darkness, will probably appreciate Enterprise's uncomplicated "stripped back" technology style the most. It pitches all the familiar trek-nology seen in the other Star Trek TV series and films at a less advanced stage, trying for something less routine and far-future fantastical. Much of the crew are too scared to use the transporter, a device mostly called upon to beam equipment and supplies around. Instead space suits are regularly seen, together with having to step through complicated airlocks and time spent in decompression and decontamination. Phase pistols are the defensive side arm of choice. Although with projected energy weapons having only recently replaced pulse, blaster-style ones, they're still as Starfleet experimental as the Enterprise NX-01 starship itself. Instead of invisible shields that encompass whole starships like a bubble, protection from alien attack comes down to polarising the hull plating. Instead of tractor beams, capturing another ship requires a grappler deployed from bomb bay doors on the underside, through which small shuttlepods are regularly launched. When you're at a disadvantage, you have nothing but your wits to rely on and this show was about as far from the 24th Century's technobabble saves the day approach as it was possible for Trek to realistically get.
One of the aspects that sets Enterprise apart from Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, is the more down-to-earth characterisation of its crew and often a "first time" naivety when faced with a perilous universe. They're imperfect and largely unprepared for a galaxy full of alien lifeforms, extraordinary circumstances, stumbling and making misteps along the way - often with best of intentions. Captain Archer, interested me from the outset (being a fan of Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap) his Captain out there alone with no support, no rulebook or role models to learn from their mistakes. He's a man with a strong prejudice about the Vulcans. While that and some questionable decisions often bring him dangerously close to unlikeable, we get plenty of examples throughout the series that Star Trek's most famous pointy-eared race also still have someway to go, in order to evolve into the likeable kind typified by Spock and Tuvok. Better aspects to Archer's personality are brought out by Shran, a blue-skinned Andorian who appears semi-regularly throughout the 4 years and twice during Season One. Both are deeply skeptical of the Vulcans and yet altogether, they will ultimately end up forging an interstellar alliance known as the Federation.
Other notable crew members include Trip, a likable Southern Engineer who's long friendship with his Captain, somehow manages to survive his occasional bouts of insubordination. T'Pol, initially an observer from a Vulcan government concerned about the impact of humankind's deep exploration, serves as the Enterprise's Vulcan Science Officer and gradually grows more accustomed to an almost entirely human crew and their different perspective. Also helpful is the ship's eternally optimistic alien Doctor, Phlox. He's a Denobulan, who often treats the crew with some very unusual medicine including the leech-like, osmotic eel! In charge of defending the ship, is an explosives obsessed, British armoury officer named Malcolm Reed. Hoshi Sato deftly handles alien languages, in her role as the ship's Communications Officer. Finally space boomer Travis Mayweather is the navigator, one of few humans born in space to a family who run a cargo ship.
Like the Original Series in the 1960s, Enterprise came to a premature end when it was cancelled in 2005 after only 4 seasons. Unlike previous series The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, this show wasn't widely syndicated beyond the now defunct network TV station, UPN. A revealing brand-new 3 part retrospective documentary promises to delve deep into Enterprise's misfortunes. What it was like making Star Trek after a decade and a half uninterrupted run... and how the show wasn't entirely the prequel its producers wanted to make. How they had to deal with Network Executives for the first time, who hampered creative decisions with what they required a Star Trek series to include. Even given those flaws, I ultimately enjoyed much of this show while it lasted... particularly Season 4. I still believe there is unfulfilled potential left in Enterprise and it holds a unique place - as a prequel to both the old franchise and JJ Abrams' motion pictures. After many years without brand new Star Trek adventures beaming across our television screens (where it belongs)... there's perhaps no better time to reappraise this in High Definition. See both where it all began and ironically, how it all ended. Judge for yourself.
-------------
Episodes ratings: * poor, ** average, *** good, **** excellent, ***** classic
DISC ONE:
1 & 2. BROKEN BOW ***** Feature-Length Premiere
3. FIGHT OR FLIGHT ****
4. STRANGE NEW WORLD ***
Audio Commentary with co-creator/executive producer Brannon Braga, director James L. Conway, visual effects producer Dan Curry and cast members Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed) on Broken Bow -- NEW!
Audio Commentary with Brannon Braga and Rick Berman on Broken Bow
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on Broken Bow
Deleted Scenes from Broken Bow (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Fight or Flight (SD)
In Conversation: Rick Berman and Brannon Braga--NEW! (HD)
Archival Mission Log: Creating Enterprise (SD)
Archival Mission Log: O Captain! My Captain! A Profile of Scott Bakula (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 02 (SD)
Cast Introduction -- NEW (SD)
Network Presentation -- NEW (SD)
Syndication Presentation -- NEW (SD)
DISC TWO:
5. UNEXPECTED **
6. TERRA NOVA ***
7. THE ANDORIAN INCIDENT *****
8. BREAKING THE ICE ****
9. CIVILIZATION ****
Deleted Scene from Unexpected (SD)
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on The Andorian Incident
Archival Mission Log: Cast Impressions: Season 1 (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Enterprise Secrets (SD)
DISC THREE:
10. FORTUNATE SON ****
11. COLD FRONT ***
12. SILENT ENEMY ****
13. DEAR DOCTOR ****
14. SLEEPING DOGS ***
Audio commentary with writer/story editor André Bormanis and visual effects producer Dan Curry on Silent Enemy -- NEW!
Deleted Scene from Sleeping Dogs (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Star Trek Time Travel: Temporal Cold Wars and Beyond (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Admiral Forrest Takes Center Stage (SD)
DISC FOUR:
15. SHADOWS OF P'JEM ****
16. SHUTTLEPOD ONE ****
17. FUSION ***
18. ROGUE PLANET **
19. ACQUISTION **
Audio Commentary with writers/executive story editors Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong on Shadows of P'Jem -- NEW!
Audio Commentary with co-creator/executive producer Brannon Braga, director David Livingston and cast members Connor Trinneer (Trip Tucker) and Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed) on Shuttlepod One -- NEW!
Deleted Scene from Shuttlepod One (SD)
Archival Mission Log: Inside Shuttlepod One (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 01 (SD)
Archival Mission Log: NX-01 File 03 (SD)
DISC FIVE:
20. OASIS ***
21. DETAINED ****
22. VOX SOLA **
23. FALLEN HERO ****
24. DESERT CROSSING **
Deleted Scenes from Oasis (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Fallen Hero (SD)
Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda on Vox Sola
Archival Mission Log: Enterprise Outtakes (SD)
Enterprise: ON THE SET -- NEW (SD)
DISC SIX:
25. TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS *
26. SHOCKWAVE ****
Deleted Scene from Two Days and Two Nights (SD)
Deleted Scenes from Shockwave, Part 1 (SD)
Documentary: TO BOLDLY GO: Launching Enterprise -- NEW! (HD)
Part 1: Countdown
Part 2: Boarding the NX-01
Part 3: First Flight
Archival Mission Log: Celebrating Star Trek (SD)
63 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Kevin Berne
Format:DVD
2001 saw the latest, and perhaps final, incarnation of the Star Trek spirit. After the regular end of "Voyager", the producers did not want another show put in the same timeframe explored since the inception of "The Next Generation", but even before the adventures of Captain Kirk himself. Answering to criticism of just repeating the same formula, they created a prequel show, which allowed some ties to established lore, but still gave them the opportunity to do something completely different. With a new crew, a fantastic captain and a new frontier spirit, the concept was a great one. Adding the final touch was the overall story arc, involving the so-called "temporal cold war", dealing with mysterious time-travellers from the future plotting to change the present.
After all, for a first season of any show, and also any Star Trek show, it was very enjoyable, quickly finding it's roots and delivering compelling Sci-Fi television.
Sadly, the harsh reality did not bless the show as one might have thought. To begin with, it started off pretty well ratings-wise, but soon ratings began to drop lower and lower. The show's promotion grew equally smaller and smaller, and by the end of the first year many people did not tune in any more. The reason for that, and for the continuing ratings decline in the following three years, has been, to put it mildly, subject to various discussions inside the so-called Star Tek fandom, with far too many people thinking they were the ones who had the perfect plan for Trek.
You know, Star trek has always been a beacon for intellectual television, in all of it's incarnations. But now, if you visit a Star Trek forum of your choice, you will mostly find angry, agressive and completely psychotic people spending their time insulting and threatening those with a different opinion. When you, as a person, reach a point, at which you wish death to the producers of Star Trek and to many of your fellow fans, where you take the time to describe their various mental illnesses as well as ways to punish them for it, you should really consider having your head checked. By the way, the people doing so still claim to be the "true" Star Trek fans who have the given right to decide what is right and wrong and so deserve to attack their "enemies" in a way not worthy of any human being, Trek-fan or not. They should really ask themselves if any of their beloved Star Trek-idols (not from Enterprise, of course!) would behave anywhere near like that, and if perhaps something else, perhaps they themselves, are the problem here.
When "The Next Generation" really lifted off in the early 1990's, it was the only genuine Sci-Fi show of it's calibre on TV at the time. Since not even the X-Files were on, every Sci-Fi-, Mystery- and Fantasy-Fan immediately watched it, and ratings went through the roof. As things go, it was not long after that when other fantastic shows started to show up on the screen, and made use of the newly created potential, which was a good thing through and through. Since nobody can watch everything and only a small part of the viewers of a particular show are really "fans", ratings went down continuously since the mid-end nineties. The show hit hardest by this phenomenon, as explained above, was "Enterprise". Now this development is generally explained to be caused by the inferior quality of the show "Enterprise", in a very questionable way, to say the least. To begin with, the same people who admired "The Next Generation", and claim to still do, now blame the producer of every Star Trek-show since Gene Roddenberry's death in 1991, Rick Berman, along with his partner, Brannon Braga, who wrote and co-wrote some of the most famous episodes of "The Next Generation" and also "Voyager" as well as the critically acclaimed "Star Trek - First Contact", for destroying the Star Trek universe, obviously forgetting who it was that excited them so many years ago and kept the Star Trek phenomenon alive in the first place. Those people keep saying that Trek has become too much routine, but whenever the creative staff changes something, the self-proclaimed keepers of Trek-lore accuse them of ignoring Gene Roddenberry's vision. What they really want, nobody knows, but it might just be conflict itself for the lack of other ways to blow off steam.
It seems to have become so easy just to criticise other people's efforts to make yourself feel better, while not offering any substancial or contstructive advice to correct the terrible situation you are criticising. It is just like in politics, and like something every bad politician does: You can not just improve yourself by discrediting others and being against everything else, you should have the courage to be for something and be able to say exatly what it is. If you can not do that, please do not tell other people what is right and wrong!
Anyway, if someone hates something so intensely, why would he torture himself and watch it, just so that he can continue to attack the people actually enjoying it? I find this completely psychotic and could not imagine doing it myself. Live and let live, what is wrong with that? Why get so passionate to ruin somebody else for watching a TV-show just to get off you agression?
But not only fans started to tear each other's throats, many important figures in the TV business felt compelled to chime in. Many of the former Trek producers and writers are now doing other shows, which are, for the most part, wonderful gems and great additions to the TV landscape and worth every minute of watching and owning, but why do certain ones of them chime into the negative chorus against Trek, which they wrote for, maintained and developed for years? How can you honestly write for something and, years later, claim that it was unralistic, stupid and uninteresting, and that just what you are doing now is oh so god? I for one can neither agree with that nor really take that kind of statement seriously. Even Jolene Blalock, member of Enterprise's cast, can not resist to occasionally tell the world how crappy she finds the show that has given her a job and made her popular. Why? She may not know herself!
Much of it also has to do with the current press. At some point it was decided that it is no longer pop-culture to like Trek, but to hate it instead. Since it was dicovered that the better headline comes from discrediting the show and the franchise as a whole than to support it, each and everybody started to take aim at the Trek-franchise and pulled the trigger. It seems to be man's nature to occasionally change his mind, but the process should still have some foundation in reality and reason, and in this case I doubt that very much. As said before, you can not make yours better by discrediting someone others, I wish more people would realize that.
To sum it up, Enteprise started it's run in 2001 and would go on for four seasons, after which it would be cancelled after 98 episodes. With bad publicity and overwhelming criticism against the very people who made the whole Star Trek-phenomenon so long-lasting and loved by the same people who then wanted to bring it down, this show still has one of the most, if not the most loyal group of fans, who know what the show stood and stands for, now and for the future. And they are not some geeky guys sleeping in their uniforms with the federation flag on their roof, uttering Klingon proverbs while in the grocery store or thinking they were captains of imaginary starships. They are normal, intelligent people who just enjoyed a fantastic TV-show with the certain Star Trek-spirit, and I could not for the life of me see what could be wrong with that. After 38 years, Star Trek will be put to rest in 2005, but not for good, believe me. Many people have understood what an entertaining show it was and is and the kind of message it sends, and no bad publicity in the world will change that.
Every Trekkie should embrace the show with an open mind and decide wether he likes it or not for himself. If that is too much to ask for some people, then they should just watch or rant about something else.
For all the others: Do not miss this wonderful show!
After all, for a first season of any show, and also any Star Trek show, it was very enjoyable, quickly finding it's roots and delivering compelling Sci-Fi television.
Sadly, the harsh reality did not bless the show as one might have thought. To begin with, it started off pretty well ratings-wise, but soon ratings began to drop lower and lower. The show's promotion grew equally smaller and smaller, and by the end of the first year many people did not tune in any more. The reason for that, and for the continuing ratings decline in the following three years, has been, to put it mildly, subject to various discussions inside the so-called Star Tek fandom, with far too many people thinking they were the ones who had the perfect plan for Trek.
You know, Star trek has always been a beacon for intellectual television, in all of it's incarnations. But now, if you visit a Star Trek forum of your choice, you will mostly find angry, agressive and completely psychotic people spending their time insulting and threatening those with a different opinion. When you, as a person, reach a point, at which you wish death to the producers of Star Trek and to many of your fellow fans, where you take the time to describe their various mental illnesses as well as ways to punish them for it, you should really consider having your head checked. By the way, the people doing so still claim to be the "true" Star Trek fans who have the given right to decide what is right and wrong and so deserve to attack their "enemies" in a way not worthy of any human being, Trek-fan or not. They should really ask themselves if any of their beloved Star Trek-idols (not from Enterprise, of course!) would behave anywhere near like that, and if perhaps something else, perhaps they themselves, are the problem here.
When "The Next Generation" really lifted off in the early 1990's, it was the only genuine Sci-Fi show of it's calibre on TV at the time. Since not even the X-Files were on, every Sci-Fi-, Mystery- and Fantasy-Fan immediately watched it, and ratings went through the roof. As things go, it was not long after that when other fantastic shows started to show up on the screen, and made use of the newly created potential, which was a good thing through and through. Since nobody can watch everything and only a small part of the viewers of a particular show are really "fans", ratings went down continuously since the mid-end nineties. The show hit hardest by this phenomenon, as explained above, was "Enterprise". Now this development is generally explained to be caused by the inferior quality of the show "Enterprise", in a very questionable way, to say the least. To begin with, the same people who admired "The Next Generation", and claim to still do, now blame the producer of every Star Trek-show since Gene Roddenberry's death in 1991, Rick Berman, along with his partner, Brannon Braga, who wrote and co-wrote some of the most famous episodes of "The Next Generation" and also "Voyager" as well as the critically acclaimed "Star Trek - First Contact", for destroying the Star Trek universe, obviously forgetting who it was that excited them so many years ago and kept the Star Trek phenomenon alive in the first place. Those people keep saying that Trek has become too much routine, but whenever the creative staff changes something, the self-proclaimed keepers of Trek-lore accuse them of ignoring Gene Roddenberry's vision. What they really want, nobody knows, but it might just be conflict itself for the lack of other ways to blow off steam.
It seems to have become so easy just to criticise other people's efforts to make yourself feel better, while not offering any substancial or contstructive advice to correct the terrible situation you are criticising. It is just like in politics, and like something every bad politician does: You can not just improve yourself by discrediting others and being against everything else, you should have the courage to be for something and be able to say exatly what it is. If you can not do that, please do not tell other people what is right and wrong!
Anyway, if someone hates something so intensely, why would he torture himself and watch it, just so that he can continue to attack the people actually enjoying it? I find this completely psychotic and could not imagine doing it myself. Live and let live, what is wrong with that? Why get so passionate to ruin somebody else for watching a TV-show just to get off you agression?
But not only fans started to tear each other's throats, many important figures in the TV business felt compelled to chime in. Many of the former Trek producers and writers are now doing other shows, which are, for the most part, wonderful gems and great additions to the TV landscape and worth every minute of watching and owning, but why do certain ones of them chime into the negative chorus against Trek, which they wrote for, maintained and developed for years? How can you honestly write for something and, years later, claim that it was unralistic, stupid and uninteresting, and that just what you are doing now is oh so god? I for one can neither agree with that nor really take that kind of statement seriously. Even Jolene Blalock, member of Enterprise's cast, can not resist to occasionally tell the world how crappy she finds the show that has given her a job and made her popular. Why? She may not know herself!
Much of it also has to do with the current press. At some point it was decided that it is no longer pop-culture to like Trek, but to hate it instead. Since it was dicovered that the better headline comes from discrediting the show and the franchise as a whole than to support it, each and everybody started to take aim at the Trek-franchise and pulled the trigger. It seems to be man's nature to occasionally change his mind, but the process should still have some foundation in reality and reason, and in this case I doubt that very much. As said before, you can not make yours better by discrediting someone others, I wish more people would realize that.
To sum it up, Enteprise started it's run in 2001 and would go on for four seasons, after which it would be cancelled after 98 episodes. With bad publicity and overwhelming criticism against the very people who made the whole Star Trek-phenomenon so long-lasting and loved by the same people who then wanted to bring it down, this show still has one of the most, if not the most loyal group of fans, who know what the show stood and stands for, now and for the future. And they are not some geeky guys sleeping in their uniforms with the federation flag on their roof, uttering Klingon proverbs while in the grocery store or thinking they were captains of imaginary starships. They are normal, intelligent people who just enjoyed a fantastic TV-show with the certain Star Trek-spirit, and I could not for the life of me see what could be wrong with that. After 38 years, Star Trek will be put to rest in 2005, but not for good, believe me. Many people have understood what an entertaining show it was and is and the kind of message it sends, and no bad publicity in the world will change that.
Every Trekkie should embrace the show with an open mind and decide wether he likes it or not for himself. If that is too much to ask for some people, then they should just watch or rant about something else.
For all the others: Do not miss this wonderful show!
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