I think Enterprise is severely underrated. It has fans, that's true, but I don't think it gets enough recognition in fan circles. Enterprise bought so much to the table, and told a fabulous story of the first Enterprise crew.
@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947 think there was a book or comic that had her and trip in hiding but can't really remember tbh.. be good to see joleen blalock back tho.. maybe snw but fk that disco nonsense.
@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947amen man..let's Just think that the "prime universe" as been Forever changed due to Disco-Burn that led to the horror of Picard and sub-level series of SNW and that lucklily there exist an alternative reality "alpha universe" where It did not happen and thing are back as should have been always...at least The Orville did save the Spirit of the franchise
Love the show, second favorite under Voyager It's been a long road Getting from there to here It's been a long time But my time is finally near And I can feel the change in the wind right now Nothing's in my way And they're not gonna hold me down no more No, they're not gonna hold me down
I LOVED Enterprise as well as the opening song. I even liked when they modified it a little in the third season. It shows humankind's advancement throughout the centuries and the culmination of the Enterprise NX-01 warping out of orbit is perfect. Not a cheesy song at all.
One of the songs played at my ex wife's funeral was the Enterprise theme. Regina wanted her favorite geek things highlighted, Star Trek, LoTRs, Harry Potter.
Stop! When Enterprise was in its first run seasons so many of you hated it. Now it's better than the "more recent Trek outings". Trek fans complain to hear their own voice.
@@hallnall1667 Stop! Even though I watched TNG during it's first run, I didn't watch any of the other ST shows during their first run. Watched all the other original shows during COVID - for the first time. Enterprise has become one of my favorite shows. It has the old flavor of ST the new shows just don't have. So, they are much better when compared to more recent Trek shows. So, your comment is incorrect...but blanket statements rarely cover everything. Please have a good day.
I’m sorry, but as someone born days after the original aired, who grew up on the original, I can say with the weight of a lifetime of fandom behind me, Strange New Worlds is the closest in spirit to the original. Not that anything was wrong with Enterprise. I liked it. But if you don’t think the new trek is trek enough, you’re just confused.
I loved the opening sequence. It was soft, understated, and flowed through the past, present and dropped the viewer in the near future with an unspoken promise of discovery. It did not have a bold theme, but it left the viewer wanting to see what will come next.
God, I loved Enterprise so much. Can't sing its praises enough. It had a much higher success rate and much lower fail rate than Voyager, or even TNG. It didn't quite hit the same heights as TNG at its best, but it was much more consistent.
I really liked Enterprise and now knowing what unused ideas were thrown around and what also was planned for a 5th season, it would have been an interesting season had it have been made, which I wish it had have been. I don't mind the theme music used for Enterprise, but I remember wondering what that song sang by Rod Stewart and used in the movie Patch Adams was doing being used as a Star Trek theme? The theme music should have been original for the show, like every other Star Trek theme before it. Had they have used Archers Theme as the theme music instead, that would have worked as it fits very well and is perfect for a Star Trek title sequence theme and with the guitar and drums it was a bit different than other Star Trek themes used. Yes the full DS9 theme had a guitar and drums in it, but that version was never used in the show. While I did like the temporal cold war, I do agree that it's a show about the early days and we wanted to see what life was like for humanity before the vessels, technology. Starfleet, Prime directive, red alerts etc...Star Trek was known for and trying to make Enterprise futuristic, took away some of that feel. I didn't like the finale and if it wasn't for the cancellation, things might have went much better as we would have got to see the birth of the Federation in more detail than the rushed ending we got.
I rewatch Enterprise very frequently. After the first viewing I end on Terra Prime and consider it the series finale. I only saw "these are the voyages" once.
Another fun note is that the actor who played Spike on BTVS auditioned for the character with a southern accent. Ultimately they went with a British accent, and to be fair that was 100% the right call.
@@JadenYukifan28 I think it was Joss Whedon who ultimately decided the character would be British but it sounds like they weren't 100% sure at first how it would go
I really enjoyed enterprise and its concept of our first step into the great unknown and even had a tear come to eye when I heard archer’s theme music in discovery
As a physician, and hardcore Trekkie, I was delighted to hear that Braga's favorite Enterprise episode was "Dear Doctor" as it is mine as well. The depth of the exploration of medical ethics, and the admiration of Dr Flox towards Capt. Archer's final decision were superb examples of incredible writing and understanding of the actual characters. Great stuff!
There was a writer (I can't remember his name right now) who wrote a Star Trek: Enterprise novel that explained that Trip did not die but was recruited to work for Section 31. The novel was brilliantly written to help understand the REAL reason Trip was "killed." In the novel I believe Jonathan Archer and/or T'Pol were the ones from Enterprise who believed Trip was alive.
@@michaels.9871 And he would have gone from being competent to an absolute loon that failed at every turn within 30 minutes. The continued fan (and sadly creative) interest in S31 when they are demonstrably abject failures bums me out.
5:23 What's worst is that Terra Prime closes with a great monologue by Archer that kickstarts the Federation wonderfully with no need for These are the Voyages...
I always liked Enterprise and I'm still disgruntled about the cancellation. I've recently started a rewatch of the series and am in the early part of Season 3.
I have vehemently disagreed with the idea of "franchise fatigue" over the years as it sounds like a deflecting excuse for poor production effort (which, let's face it, Berman and Braga and any suits above them are to blame for when it came to Voyager and Enterprise). But I suppose fatigue CAN be a thing if that lack of effort gets prolonged or doesn't take diversifying risks like modern Trek does. Also, making the proposed 5th season refit of the ship canon does go against what we saw in "These Are the Voyages..." ...But since that episode SUUUUUUCKED, I'll go along with it. After all, I tend to write off "Turnabout Intruder" and "And the Children Shall Lead" as events that, if Kirk & Company were real people in another reality watching our tv shows, would point at and say "yeah those events didn't happen at all like that".
as far as I'm concerned, These Are the Voyages are based on a holodeck program written by Quark. That episode should just be forgotten and not treated as canon, given how much everyone detests it.
@@johnchedsey1306 I actually didn't hate it. I grew up around when enterprise was airing, but I was born and raised on TNG and seeing Riker at the end blew my mind. Its not the actual characters it's just rikers simulation. And I can accept it as just that. As an ending it leaves much to be desired but I don't hate the events as portrayed.
Whether it’s an excuse for poor production efforts on the part of Berman and Braga or exhaustion from the fans, franchise fatigue is an app term. In short, there was too much “Star Trek” back then. I don’t get me wrong … I’m glad we got so much “Trek,” even if some of it was completely mediocre.
Of course the intro song is cheesy, but that's why it's great. there is of course a big amount of nostalgia for me, as this was the star trek show that ran as I was a kid, but i just love it. I sing along every day.
Shoutout to the Enterprise Blu-ray bonus material. All of the interviews were surprisingly earnest and self-critical, and thus excellent sources for TrekCulture videos 😀
I still remain that, if this era of trek ever gets revisited in any form, they should do what the novels did and retcon trips "death" into a Section 31 cover up and he is actually alive, just the records were changed.
To think that Alice Krige could have been on Enterprise to show us how the Borg Queen came to be is a very sadly missed opportunity. It would have been great to see.
Plus, even if she looked human and was on Earth, it's easy to hand wave that away. Maybe she's El-Aurian, maybe she's Lathan, maybe she's some other human-passing alien race that was blending in on Earth prior to First Contact. It's Star Trek, inconsistencies are simply a sign of a lack of imagination.
I've always wanted to see first contact with Betazed. I always hoped that Enterprise would get to it at some point and was really disappointed when we didn't get to see it. I always thought it'd be interesting to see the first interactions with humans and a telepathic species that was so open. I'd imagine it would be very disconcerting for the Federation to meet a species that could so easily read there minds.
I think Demons/Terra Prime would have been a great finale. Everyone in the crew gets to do something, there was an awesome villain and the emotional scenes (one in particular and if you've seen it you know which one I mean) still hit with so much impact.
The reason of failed was because it was on UPN!! I mean it was tiny, how did they expect to have any viewers?? I watched a few episodes, but in actuality my sister had to tape the episodes and let me watch them when I got to her house or send me the VCR tapes. My local cable company didn't offer UPN!!
Honestly, I HATED the into song of enterprise but enjoyed the show when it was airing. But imho it has aged like wine and today, I fkn love the cheezy intro!
Since "These Are the Voyages" is just a rando TNG holodeck story, its easy to ignore anything that happened in it (outside of the Enterprise-D parts; those can be considered canon).
Intro song is an acquired taste. Personally, I prefer the intro music from 'In a Mirror, Darkly' two-parter. On a side note, Linda Park has very nice legs. 🙂
I don't mind the title theme myself, but the two-parter was a nice departure. BTW, Linda has a nice everything else, as well. Check out her bikini photos! 🖖😎👍
ENT will always have a special place in my heart because it taught me english. but they didn't stay with their premise. and they had a temporal war and Archer never once uttered: Oh Boy...
I’m watching enterprise again for the…. I’ve lost count… time. It was the first Star Trek TV series I watched start to finish. It’s the one I keep watching again and again and again. I’m most of the any through season 2 on my current binge and I’m yet to encounter an episode that is distinctly bad.
I'd love to see the cast of Enterprise reunited for a three year spin on Paramount Plus similar to Picard. A story arc that would call on the original crew to come together to face an old or new threat to the time line. There are plenty of story ideas that can bring all the characters of Enterprise back. I look forward to seeing it.
It's way too late for that. The only way probably going to get back in the good graces of the fans if they give it back to the original directors and creators with no link to new Star Trek
Where My Heart Will Take Me" is the main title song of Star Trek: Enterprise played over the opening title sequence. Originally titled "Faith of the Heart", it was written by Diane Warren and originally performed by Rod Stewart for the 1998 movie Patch Adams. -from Memory Alpha It has always annoyed me that no one knew that song was not original to Enterprise. It has always
Thing is though, if (and when) they decide to revisit Enterprise, there's nothing to stop them ignoring These Are the Voyages. Because it's portrayed as a "historical record", some 200 years in the future, whos to say that recording is wrong, or been changed in some way. Even without the endless potential with time travel, they can still have Trip take command of the upgraded NX-01 for a revival series. As for the theme tune... I love the song for the first two seasons, but they went in the opposite direction they should have for season 3 onwards. They should have made it progressively more instrumental and grander, leading into the original Courage theme (re, Discovery)
Also Voyager ignored several of its episodes that involved some version of time travel or taking part in the future (there is even a scene in one episode where Janeway and Kim discuss how it can even be possible to use future information from a timeline that no longer exists), and Star Trek as a whole has ignored much of the time travel Temporal organization that Voyager started and is believed to be what is in Enterprise. But the concern of the timeline becoming increasingly muddy with each newer series changing things may be why they haven't tried it, though the success of Picard season 3 might have them try again some day.
I'm still of the opinion that the Finale wasn't planned on being the finale, but contracts got in the way for part of it with money there. Basically, the episode was planned for being part of the season when they were then told that the show was canceled, leading to a reshuffling and going for an ending they could fit in with some shifting of things. Plus the holodrama setup means that they could hint at things and change them for future real events however they wanted to (Same as the Kes time travel episode in Voyager where they reused chunks of that, but large portions never happened). So it became the finale and changed at the same time as everything else went crazy there
Honestly... the main reason "Enterprise" lost viewership, was that it was in UPN. Nobody I new really new that channel existed. Same with Voyager. If both of those shows were on any other channel, they would have lasted MUCH longer.
The fact that the NX-01 DID in fact receive the refit puts the veracity of the entire series finale into question, as the NX-01 in that episode clearly has not been redesigned and was according to the dialog in the episode on its way to being decommissioned. Since we now know that the NX-01 refit DID happen, it means that the accuracy of the holodeck program that the finale took place in was dubious at best.
The thing about the theme song is that it's Archer's song. When you think about the 1st season tension between Starfleet and Vulcans, there can be a lot of parallels found in the lyrics.
There is still so much story to tell for this era - surely... they should bring it back, hive off the last episode and continue to season 5.... or do we want to see the crew 20 years later as part of the series with another enterprise crew?!
Sean, as an irishman, don't you think that the march of progress shown in the Enterprise credits is a little too... american:? No reference to Shackleton, Gararin, Thereskova, Custeau (you know, Roddemberry's inspiration for Picard)... Hell, they showed a generic sub, but not the Calypso!
Great video, gang. When talking about the Borg Queen origins, though, you want to have a look at the 'Bootstrap Paradox'. A fascinating paradox that always tickles my fancy. Lovin' your work!
I honestly think I'm one of the few people who loved the choice of opening song. I never skipped it, and I feel like it did really capture what the show was supposed to be about.
It still hurts that this fantastic series was cut off in it’s prime. It had found it’s feet so the following seasons would have been truly awesome. Loved the refit ship that we were denied. BTW. The theme as fantastic. Don’t know why so many fans objected. Pete.
Talking about franchise fatigue just look towards Star Wars and you can understand what they were talking about in this episode. May the force be with you, always…
I enjoyed the theme song cos its accurate, it was a long road getting from where humans were, to where they are now. The finale really did piss me off, so did the cancellation...would've loved to of seen more, especially the Kzinti, the Romulan War and of course the refit.
I like to think that the series ended just before Archer is going to utter the first words of his speech that will inspire the foundation of the Federation: "It's been a long road, getting from there to here..."
The theme tune - in the bluray extras (filmed much later than the quote from 2002), Braga said on camera that he hated and regretted choosing that song. He also said it was a ready made song just "pulled off the shelf" when they were running out of time to choose a theme tune - just coincidence that the lyrics might fit the theme of the show.
Having finally watching Enterprise as an Adult it really is bittersweet that we never got the full 7 season treatment with enterprise, they could of given us so much more
... but it's a bit unfair to call His Highness Doug Drexler a "fictional starship designer". He's definitely real! In fact I'm sure I've seen interviews with him on this very channel. (Please don't toss me out an airlock for this dad joke)
I didn't mind Enterprise not having Star Trek in the title initially. I feel it was symbolic that this was set before all the Star Trek that we had known up to that point. As for the theme song, I'm actually one of the people that enjoyed it, but I much prefer the original version of it, not the updated more upbeat one they used in the later seasons. For those that hated the song, look up the Enterprise intro with the song swapped out for Archer's Theme, which was used as the end credits song. It fits well as the 'traditional' type of Star Trek intro. Oh and it's called 'Faith of the Heart', not 'Where my Heart will Take Me'.
I couldn't get into Enterprise because I never knew when it would be on. The Fox station that carried it wanted to be a sports channel and would schedule Enterprise at the last minute and at different times every week.
The scene at 8:31 was from an episode I just saw where Enterprise is damaged and they needed repairs. They come across a repair garage in space run by an alien computer. What was the title of that episode? I really enjoyed your video on this show. I wish it had lasted longer than 4 seasons.
Re: the theme song. There were two versions. A slower one during season 1 and 2, and a faster bouncier one for season 3 and 4. The bouncier one was far more annoying than the slower more serious sounding one.
Honestly, I think the theme tune would have better 'told the story' by starting with some non-lyric vocals (think throat singing and so on), adding in primitive instruments, and then increasingly modern instruments taking on the theme and adding harmonic complexity.
It would be wonderful if they decided to somehow pick the series up again... maybe do an enterprise mini series which is set 20 years after the events of the series, maybe begin with a memorial of Trips "death" only to reveal at the end of the episode how he's been a secret agent all these years, and use de-aging in select episodes and scenes, to tell the story about what happened in the 20 years... or maybe make the whole mini-series a single serialized story about the crew time travelling to the past to save Trip from his untimely end and change the future for the better, which would certainly be a twist on the whole cold time-war thing
I don't understand why so many people complain about the "Enterprise" theme song. Isn't the phrase "cheesy TV theme song lyrics" redundant in the first place?
I think Enterprise is severely underrated. It has fans, that's true, but I don't think it gets enough recognition in fan circles. Enterprise bought so much to the table, and told a fabulous story of the first Enterprise crew.
Liked it more than voyager and tbh it's better than anything that followed
@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947 think there was a book or comic that had her and trip in hiding but can't really remember tbh.. be good to see joleen blalock back tho.. maybe snw but fk that disco nonsense.
@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947 that is a fun fact.
My second favorite under Voyager
@@AutomatedPersonnelUnit_3947amen man..let's Just think that the "prime universe" as been Forever changed due to Disco-Burn that led to the horror of Picard and sub-level series of SNW and that lucklily there exist an alternative reality "alpha universe" where It did not happen and thing are back as should have been always...at least The Orville did save the Spirit of the franchise
RIP to Manny Coto. His love for Trek was evident with episodes he wrote/produced and he was showeunner for S4 which was my favorite
He just died a few days ago too. :(
R.I.P.
@@claytonberg721 Yup, July 9th.
I did not know that he died! 😭I am so very sorry to hear that. He was clearly very talented and cared about the writing of the show.
The more times we get references to Enterprise in recent times the more I want a continuation/sequel to Enterprise.
I'm so glad to see that Enterprise is finally getting the love that it deserved, regardless of the theme song.
The song is solid- it might or might not "fit" the opening, but the song itself is fine.
F***ing russian bots smearing "Faith of the Heart" like that it's disgusting!
Well, after all, it's been a long time...
@@federicomarintucGetting from there to here?
Love the show, second favorite under Voyager
It's been a long road
Getting from there to here
It's been a long time
But my time is finally near
And I can feel the change in the wind right now
Nothing's in my way
And they're not gonna hold me down no more
No, they're not gonna hold me down
I LOVED Enterprise as well as the opening song. I even liked when they modified it a little in the third season. It shows humankind's advancement throughout the centuries and the culmination of the Enterprise NX-01 warping out of orbit is perfect. Not a cheesy song at all.
*ABSOLUTELY* !!
I hope that Enterprise gets the true conclusion it deserves one day. One could say I have....faith.....of the heart...
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Ryan's Edits, is that you?
I too hope they do for enterprise what they did for TNG in picard season 3. But better
@@GabePuratekuta who?
One of the songs played at my ex wife's funeral was the Enterprise theme. Regina wanted her favorite geek things highlighted, Star Trek, LoTRs, Harry Potter.
We still need Season 5 of Enterprise!
Sorry, i downvoted once this video said anything Kurtzman Trek was 'successfull'. i dont like to be lied to.
Agreed. Perhaps a three-season animated arc detailing the Romulan War and the founding of the Federation.
Enterprise was brilliant. Early star fleet development and where they wanted to take it was fascinating. So much better than more recent Trek outings.
Stop! When Enterprise was in its first run seasons so many of you hated it. Now it's better than the "more recent Trek outings". Trek fans complain to hear their own voice.
@@hallnall1667 No don't stop, at least they appreciate it now, and they will likely appreciate current trek more later.
@@hallnall1667 Stop! Even though I watched TNG during it's first run, I didn't watch any of the other ST shows during their first run.
Watched all the other original shows during COVID - for the first time. Enterprise has become one of my favorite shows. It has the old flavor of ST the new shows just don't have. So, they are much better when compared to more recent Trek shows.
So, your comment is incorrect...but blanket statements rarely cover everything.
Please have a good day.
I’m sorry, but as someone born days after the original aired, who grew up on the original, I can say with the weight of a lifetime of fandom behind me, Strange New Worlds is the closest in spirit to the original. Not that anything was wrong with Enterprise. I liked it. But if you don’t think the new trek is trek enough, you’re just confused.
@@Saje3D Absolutely loving Strange New Worlds.
I loved Enterprise. Really wanted to see the refit Enterprise. And they really need to do a movie or streaming special and retcon the last episode.
I loved the opening sequence. It was soft, understated, and flowed through the past, present and dropped the viewer in the near future with an unspoken promise of discovery. It did not have a bold theme, but it left the viewer wanting to see what will come next.
Nice to see this series getting some much deserved recognition, it’s definitely one of the best series! 🖖🏼
"Many others will sing along any time they hear those opening lines." I actually caught myself starting to sing when you started.
God, I loved Enterprise so much. Can't sing its praises enough.
It had a much higher success rate and much lower fail rate than Voyager, or even TNG. It didn't quite hit the same heights as TNG at its best, but it was much more consistent.
Plus it had Scott Bakula.
@@BuhurtUK
Most things are improved with the presence of Scotty-Baks.
I really liked Enterprise and now knowing what unused ideas were thrown around and what also was planned for a 5th season, it would have been an interesting season had it have been made, which I wish it had have been.
I don't mind the theme music used for Enterprise, but I remember wondering what that song sang by Rod Stewart and used in the movie Patch Adams was doing being used as a Star Trek theme? The theme music should have been original for the show, like every other Star Trek theme before it. Had they have used Archers Theme as the theme music instead, that would have worked as it fits very well and is perfect for a Star Trek title sequence theme and with the guitar and drums it was a bit different than other Star Trek themes used. Yes the full DS9 theme had a guitar and drums in it, but that version was never used in the show.
While I did like the temporal cold war, I do agree that it's a show about the early days and we wanted to see what life was like for humanity before the vessels, technology. Starfleet, Prime directive, red alerts etc...Star Trek was known for and trying to make Enterprise futuristic, took away some of that feel.
I didn't like the finale and if it wasn't for the cancellation, things might have went much better as we would have got to see the birth of the Federation in more detail than the rushed ending we got.
I rewatch Enterprise very frequently. After the first viewing I end on Terra Prime and consider it the series finale. I only saw "these are the voyages" once.
They goofed by not using a version of The Cage's tech for Enterprise. Just because fx are affordable now doesn't mean they should squander it!
Another fun note is that the actor who played Spike on BTVS auditioned for the character with a southern accent. Ultimately they went with a British accent, and to be fair that was 100% the right call.
Wait, so they wanted James Marsters to portray Spike with a Southern accent?
@@JadenYukifan28 yep a Texan accent
@@JadenYukifan28 I think it was Joss Whedon who ultimately decided the character would be British but it sounds like they weren't 100% sure at first how it would go
@@willthor6639 I can't picture James doing a Texan accent.
He is Texan
Found this show, sadly, after it was cancelled... Love it!!!
I really enjoyed enterprise and its concept of our first step into the great unknown and even had a tear come to eye when I heard archer’s theme music in discovery
Love all of this positive energy for Enterprise. Maybe we could at least get a 10-13 episode Archer miniseries to properly wrap it up.
Star Trek Archer
As a physician, and hardcore Trekkie, I was delighted to hear that Braga's favorite Enterprise episode was "Dear Doctor" as it is mine as well. The depth of the exploration of medical ethics, and the admiration of Dr Flox towards Capt. Archer's final decision were superb examples of incredible writing and understanding of the actual characters. Great stuff!
As a colleague, I agree completely.
There was a writer (I can't remember his name right now) who wrote a Star Trek: Enterprise novel that explained that Trip did not die but was recruited to work for Section 31. The novel was brilliantly written to help understand the REAL reason Trip was "killed." In the novel I believe Jonathan Archer and/or T'Pol were the ones from Enterprise who believed Trip was alive.
I don't buy it. If Trip was recruited by S31, their operations coul not have remained secret for another 7 Minutes, let alone 200 years.
uh, everyone ends up in Section 31 eventually. It's getting ridiculous. Especially since Smallville had Section 33.1
@@michaels.9871 And he would have gone from being competent to an absolute loon that failed at every turn within 30 minutes. The continued fan (and sadly creative) interest in S31 when they are demonstrably abject failures bums me out.
5:23 What's worst is that Terra Prime closes with a great monologue by Archer that kickstarts the Federation wonderfully with no need for These are the Voyages...
I always liked Enterprise and I'm still disgruntled about the cancellation. I've recently started a rewatch of the series and am in the early part of Season 3.
I have vehemently disagreed with the idea of "franchise fatigue" over the years as it sounds like a deflecting excuse for poor production effort (which, let's face it, Berman and Braga and any suits above them are to blame for when it came to Voyager and Enterprise). But I suppose fatigue CAN be a thing if that lack of effort gets prolonged or doesn't take diversifying risks like modern Trek does. Also, making the proposed 5th season refit of the ship canon does go against what we saw in "These Are the Voyages..." ...But since that episode SUUUUUUCKED, I'll go along with it. After all, I tend to write off "Turnabout Intruder" and "And the Children Shall Lead" as events that, if Kirk & Company were real people in another reality watching our tv shows, would point at and say "yeah those events didn't happen at all like that".
I don't consider the episode "These are the Voyages" canon
These are the voyages took place entirely on the holodeck. Nothing in that episode may have ever happened
as far as I'm concerned, These Are the Voyages are based on a holodeck program written by Quark. That episode should just be forgotten and not treated as canon, given how much everyone detests it.
@@johnchedsey1306 I actually didn't hate it. I grew up around when enterprise was airing, but I was born and raised on TNG and seeing Riker at the end blew my mind. Its not the actual characters it's just rikers simulation. And I can accept it as just that. As an ending it leaves much to be desired but I don't hate the events as portrayed.
Whether it’s an excuse for poor production efforts on the part of Berman and Braga or exhaustion from the fans, franchise fatigue is an app term. In short, there was too much “Star Trek” back then. I don’t get me wrong … I’m glad we got so much “Trek,” even if some of it was completely mediocre.
Sean, you are my favorite WhatCulture narrator. But if you sing that theme song again I might have to bump you down on the list! 😂😂😂
If I ever get launched into space I am gonna play Faith of the Heart as I liftoff.
My wife and are are just about finished binge watching this show - it's really good!
Of course the intro song is cheesy, but that's why it's great.
there is of course a big amount of nostalgia for me, as this was the star trek show that ran as I was a kid, but i just love it.
I sing along every day.
Shoutout to the Enterprise Blu-ray bonus material. All of the interviews were surprisingly earnest and self-critical, and thus excellent sources for TrekCulture videos 😀
This! So much extra stuff on the BR versions.
HELL YEAH! I knew what #1 was going to be before I clicked..I love this channel :)
I'm sad to see that not many people liked Enterprise. I loved it. I was so sad when it ended.
I enjoy Star Trek: Enterprise .
Same
Same
Same. Enterprise is super underrated.
I still remain that, if this era of trek ever gets revisited in any form, they should do what the novels did and retcon trips "death" into a Section 31 cover up and he is actually alive, just the records were changed.
To think that Alice Krige could have been on Enterprise to show us how the Borg Queen came to be is a very sadly missed opportunity. It would have been great to see.
Plus, even if she looked human and was on Earth, it's easy to hand wave that away. Maybe she's El-Aurian, maybe she's Lathan, maybe she's some other human-passing alien race that was blending in on Earth prior to First Contact. It's Star Trek, inconsistencies are simply a sign of a lack of imagination.
I've always wanted to see first contact with Betazed. I always hoped that Enterprise would get to it at some point and was really disappointed when we didn't get to see it. I always thought it'd be interesting to see the first interactions with humans and a telepathic species that was so open. I'd imagine it would be very disconcerting for the Federation to meet a species that could so easily read there minds.
It would probably make Section 31 want to stay as far away from Betazoids as possible!
I think Demons/Terra Prime would have been a great finale. Everyone in the crew gets to do something, there was an awesome villain and the emotional scenes (one in particular and if you've seen it you know which one I mean) still hit with so much impact.
Many pretend that those were the final episodes.
Garfield* Reeves-Stevens
And thank you for #1; huge huge love for the NX-01 refit in my heart ❤️
The reason of failed was because it was on UPN!! I mean it was tiny, how did they expect to have any viewers??
I watched a few episodes, but in actuality my sister had to tape the episodes and let me watch them when I got to her house or send me the VCR tapes. My local cable company didn't offer UPN!!
Honestly, I HATED the into song of enterprise but enjoyed the show when it was airing.
But imho it has aged like wine and today, I fkn love the cheezy intro!
I really wish there was a 5th season
I have come to really love and appreciate Enterprise!!
Since "These Are the Voyages" is just a rando TNG holodeck story, its easy to ignore anything that happened in it (outside of the Enterprise-D parts; those can be considered canon).
I'm loving Enterprise so much! From the beginning! Watching it right now for about the 7th time..
Intro song is an acquired taste. Personally, I prefer the intro music from 'In a Mirror, Darkly' two-parter.
On a side note, Linda Park has very nice legs. 🙂
I don't mind the title theme myself, but the two-parter was a nice departure. BTW, Linda has a nice everything else, as well. Check out her bikini photos! 🖖😎👍
ENT will always have a special place in my heart because it taught me english.
but they didn't stay with their premise.
and they had a temporal war and Archer never once uttered: Oh Boy...
I loved the theme song. The opening of the show, esp from S1 E1, told me pretty much exactly what to expect. And I loved that.
We got robbed by not getting a 5th season 😢
I’m watching enterprise again for the…. I’ve lost count… time.
It was the first Star Trek TV series I watched start to finish. It’s the one I keep watching again and again and again. I’m most of the any through season 2 on my current binge and I’m yet to encounter an episode that is distinctly bad.
8:00 That was GREAT. Your editing crew needs a raise.
Sean, thank you for making me feel good at the end of the episode every time.
Regeneration was a brilliant episode! Extremely well executed too.
I'd love to see the cast of Enterprise reunited for a three year spin on Paramount Plus similar to Picard. A story arc that would call on the original crew to come together to face an old or new threat to the time line. There are plenty of story ideas that can bring all the characters of Enterprise back. I look forward to seeing it.
It's way too late for that. The only way probably going to get back in the good graces of the fans if they give it back to the original directors and creators with no link to new Star Trek
Hey, the song choice was far better than "Beautiful Day" would have been
Bloody U2 getting all up in my phone and my Star Trek!
the NX01 refit is one of the best canonical additions in all of Trek.
Where My Heart Will Take Me" is the main title song of Star Trek: Enterprise played over the opening title sequence. Originally titled "Faith of the Heart", it was written by Diane Warren and originally performed by Rod Stewart for the 1998 movie Patch Adams.
-from Memory Alpha
It has always annoyed me that no one knew that song was not original to Enterprise.
It has always
I had no idea, Until just now, watching this video. And only because Rod Stewart was on one of the monitors on the Enterprise bridge.
Thing is though, if (and when) they decide to revisit Enterprise, there's nothing to stop them ignoring These Are the Voyages.
Because it's portrayed as a "historical record", some 200 years in the future, whos to say that recording is wrong, or been changed in some way.
Even without the endless potential with time travel, they can still have Trip take command of the upgraded NX-01 for a revival series.
As for the theme tune... I love the song for the first two seasons, but they went in the opposite direction they should have for season 3 onwards. They should have made it progressively more instrumental and grander, leading into the original Courage theme (re, Discovery)
Also Voyager ignored several of its episodes that involved some version of time travel or taking part in the future (there is even a scene in one episode where Janeway and Kim discuss how it can even be possible to use future information from a timeline that no longer exists), and Star Trek as a whole has ignored much of the time travel Temporal organization that Voyager started and is believed to be what is in Enterprise. But the concern of the timeline becoming increasingly muddy with each newer series changing things may be why they haven't tried it, though the success of Picard season 3 might have them try again some day.
I'm still of the opinion that the Finale wasn't planned on being the finale, but contracts got in the way for part of it with money there.
Basically, the episode was planned for being part of the season when they were then told that the show was canceled, leading to a reshuffling and going for an ending they could fit in with some shifting of things. Plus the holodrama setup means that they could hint at things and change them for future real events however they wanted to (Same as the Kes time travel episode in Voyager where they reused chunks of that, but large portions never happened).
So it became the finale and changed at the same time as everything else went crazy there
Honestly... the main reason "Enterprise" lost viewership, was that it was in UPN. Nobody I new really new that channel existed. Same with Voyager. If both of those shows were on any other channel, they would have lasted MUCH longer.
Dear Doctor is one of my favorite episodes across all Trek.
The fact that the NX-01 DID in fact receive the refit puts the veracity of the entire series finale into question, as the NX-01 in that episode clearly has not been redesigned and was according to the dialog in the episode on its way to being decommissioned.
Since we now know that the NX-01 refit DID happen, it means that the accuracy of the holodeck program that the finale took place in was dubious at best.
Ship registry is not visible,
so what makes you so sure that ship in museum is Enterprise NX 01?
Love Enterprise. It competes for my favourite with DS9.
The thing about the theme song is that it's Archer's song. When you think about the 1st season tension between Starfleet and Vulcans, there can be a lot of parallels found in the lyrics.
There is still so much story to tell for this era - surely... they should bring it back, hive off the last episode and continue to season 5.... or do we want to see the crew 20 years later as part of the series with another enterprise crew?!
I was very late to the party with Enterprise but I loved it. Also, Faith of the Heart is a banger - I will not be taking any questions!
Sean, as an irishman, don't you think that the march of progress shown in the Enterprise credits is a little too... american:? No reference to Shackleton, Gararin, Thereskova, Custeau (you know, Roddemberry's inspiration for Picard)... Hell, they showed a generic sub, but not the Calypso!
0:09 WAIT.. was that a FARSCAPE reference my dear... lolol LOVE IT!!!
Loved the show. I enjoy seeing the development on how we got to TNG and beyond.
Great video, gang. When talking about the Borg Queen origins, though, you want to have a look at the 'Bootstrap Paradox'. A fascinating paradox that always tickles my fancy. Lovin' your work!
I love Enterprise. It's had it's rough patches but it's an excellent show.
I honestly think I'm one of the few people who loved the choice of opening song. I never skipped it, and I feel like it did really capture what the show was supposed to be about.
I love the theme song, it’s so optimistic and forward-looking. Starry eyed, perfect for a show about going to the stars
It was so underrated 😊
I love Enterprise! It definitely deserved better.
A hot take, I actually think the theme was perfect for this show. It gave the air of exploration and advancement of Humanity across the stars.
I initially disliked STE because of it's darker tone, but I found it immensely entertaining and humorous years later when I binge-watched the series.
West of Croyden, or west of Kryten? Works for me either way 😅
I’ve known about the Alice Krige Borg Queen origin for years - it’s be so cool to see it realised one day.
It still hurts that this fantastic series was cut off in it’s prime. It had found it’s feet so the following seasons would have been truly awesome. Loved the refit ship that we were denied. BTW. The theme as fantastic. Don’t know why so many fans objected. Pete.
I'm a bit iffy on Faith of the Heart being the theme song, but the song itself is good. Overall, it fits Enterprise but not Star Trek.
Talking about franchise fatigue just look towards Star Wars and you can understand what they were talking about in this episode. May the force be with you, always…
I enjoyed the theme song cos its accurate, it was a long road getting from where humans were, to where they are now. The finale really did piss me off, so did the cancellation...would've loved to of seen more, especially the Kzinti, the Romulan War and of course the refit.
I like to think that the series ended just before Archer is going to utter the first words of his speech that will inspire the foundation of the Federation: "It's been a long road, getting from there to here..."
I LOVED the theme for Enterprise, as soon as I heard it I knew this was something different
The picture of Spike really got me. I think I prefer Trip in this case... Like, come on, imagine T'Pol saying Spike instead.
It would have been horrible to hear him called Spike. Even without James character on Buffy it just feels more violent.
The theme tune - in the bluray extras (filmed much later than the quote from 2002), Braga said on camera that he hated and regretted choosing that song. He also said it was a ready made song just "pulled off the shelf" when they were running out of time to choose a theme tune - just coincidence that the lyrics might fit the theme of the show.
Having finally watching Enterprise as an Adult it really is bittersweet that we never got the full 7 season treatment with enterprise, they could of given us so much more
Another cracking episode Seán and I wholeheartedly agree with the other comments that (Star Trek) Enterprise was criminally underrated
... but it's a bit unfair to call His Highness Doug Drexler a "fictional starship designer". He's definitely real! In fact I'm sure I've seen interviews with him on this very channel.
(Please don't toss me out an airlock for this dad joke)
I love Enterprise.
Man, I miss Star Trek the Magazine. Love their in depth look at ships, locations, and uniforms
I didn't mind Enterprise not having Star Trek in the title initially. I feel it was symbolic that this was set before all the Star Trek that we had known up to that point. As for the theme song, I'm actually one of the people that enjoyed it, but I much prefer the original version of it, not the updated more upbeat one they used in the later seasons. For those that hated the song, look up the Enterprise intro with the song swapped out for Archer's Theme, which was used as the end credits song. It fits well as the 'traditional' type of Star Trek intro. Oh and it's called 'Faith of the Heart', not 'Where my Heart will Take Me'.
I couldn't get into Enterprise because I never knew when it would be on. The Fox station that carried it wanted to be a sports channel and would schedule Enterprise at the last minute and at different times every week.
The scene at 8:31 was from an episode I just saw where Enterprise is damaged and they needed repairs. They come across a repair garage in space run by an alien computer. What was the title of that episode? I really enjoyed your video on this show. I wish it had lasted longer than 4 seasons.
It's called Full Stop, from the start of season 2 👍
@@BuhurtUK Thank you♥
Enterprise is my 2nd fave Trek after ToS. Also, I love the song and the opening graphics.
Re: the theme song. There were two versions. A slower one during season 1 and 2, and a faster bouncier one for season 3 and 4. The bouncier one was far more annoying than the slower more serious sounding one.
02:00 it was sung by Russell Watson!?!? Man I thought it was some no name country and western singer! 😂
Honestly, I think the theme tune would have better 'told the story' by starting with some non-lyric vocals (think throat singing and so on), adding in primitive instruments, and then increasingly modern instruments taking on the theme and adding harmonic complexity.
It would be wonderful if they decided to somehow pick the series up again... maybe do an enterprise mini series which is set 20 years after the events of the series, maybe begin with a memorial of Trips "death" only to reveal at the end of the episode how he's been a secret agent all these years, and use de-aging in select episodes and scenes, to tell the story about what happened in the 20 years... or maybe make the whole mini-series a single serialized story about the crew time travelling to the past to save Trip from his untimely end and change the future for the better, which would certainly be a twist on the whole cold time-war thing
The thumbnail picture shown has actor James Marsters. Which episode or episodes of Enterprise was he in?
The final episode was a work of genius!!!!
I don't understand why so many people complain about the "Enterprise" theme song. Isn't the phrase "cheesy TV theme song lyrics" redundant in the first place?