Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:35:15
From: Edward Hochman <whovian7_2000@Y...>good critique and you brought home an interesting Point- Do you
think Archer has other intentions of keeping the mutagenic virus
other than "preserving" a lost civilization?
Was this a lost civilization? How did it come to be? Was that
society real or artificial ?
This to me is unclear and may be pushing the limits of credibility.
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:36:19
From: "Jack" <jackgannon@i...>The comparison, while laudable, is simply plain wrong. Archer, Hoshi,
and Reed did not go "ape"... they did not regress into a prior version
of homo sapiens or homo erectus or homo habilus or homo
neandertalis...
they mutated into the indigenous sentient dominant species of that
planet's past, via a mutagenic virus that was intended to continue to
existence of said species. Their genetically-controlled plight forced
them to find the city of the original inhabitants. While the intent of
that planet's original inhabitants failed, the virus remained. Any
humanoid lifeform would experience the genetic change from its
original
species to the indigenous.
Most scifi stories (Trek or not, including the mentioned Space:1999
episode) that did the "mutate the crew" story did so by devolving said
characters into less sentient status. Occasionally, we have seen
characters EVOLVE into future versions of their own species. Not that
often have we seen said characters changed into ANOTHER species for
that
species preservation. They had a full sentient capacity, language, and
memories... and no "grunting". This is what sets this episode apart
for
the ingenious better, for taking a common theme and giving it a full
180-degree twist.
It seems to me that the review given was more of the short description
of the episode, rather than the viewed episode. The use of the word
"primal" in the preview description was blatantly incorrect, as
Webster's Dictionary defines "primal" as "original" or "primitive",
which would not describe the original inhabitants, nor the individuals
our starship officers became.
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:36:58
From: captjim <captjim@p...>> 2) Do you think Archer has other intentions of keeping the
> mutagenic virus other than "preserving" a lost civilization?
>
Nope. But I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't come up
again in some later episode. It would be really cool if some
time later in the series they catch up with the people that
did this to the Loque'eque and somehow the virus gets loose
and transforms them into what we saw in this show. That story
would have a great sense poetic justice.> The Drama -
>
> This episode was nothing more than a boring rehash of other sci-fi
> stories about characters gone "ape". There was already a TNG
> episode (Genesis) that dealt with this idea in a much better way.
An even better episode that had a nearly identical storyline in
a lot of ways was the TNG episode "Identity Crisis".
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:34:01
From: "michelle chuck and the CAT" <woof359@e...>last show was OK, I liked the city, wish they wood have gone into
what happened to it more in detail, show was
fair....................... i see they addedd the words Star trek to
the opening credits,,,,,,,,,,ahhhhhhhhhh, i think every body already
knows its a star trek show.
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:41:28
From: RuthFinally someone says the truth.
Thank you,
I thought this episode (Extinction) was boring too. It failed to deliver any
new aspects. I think the makers and writers of Enterprise are simply
recycling the existing material.
This series is not new and exciting but annoyingly boring.