Say It Out Loud
Apr. 27th, 2023 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
writerkitI watched the last two seasons or so of Star Trek Enterprise as they were airing, which means I never quite registered how weird the plot of the third season actually is when you stop to think about it.
I discovered this, actually, just this week, when I was explaining it to Mathfriend (who has never seen it) in the context of "Well that one was SO about the War on Terror" and got as far as "and then they got thrown back in time to alternate WWII where the future people were helping the Nazis win," paused, and added "do you see why people hated this show?"
Like, I liked it well enough while I was watching it--enough that I kept watching it during a time when On-Demand was not yet a thing-- but when I actually said it out loud to someone who hadn't seen it was just like "Okay, actually this is weird." (I mean, not weirder than "Spock's Brain," but that was one episode and this was an entire season.)
I discovered this, actually, just this week, when I was explaining it to Mathfriend (who has never seen it) in the context of "Well that one was SO about the War on Terror" and got as far as "and then they got thrown back in time to alternate WWII where the future people were helping the Nazis win," paused, and added "do you see why people hated this show?"
Like, I liked it well enough while I was watching it--enough that I kept watching it during a time when On-Demand was not yet a thing-- but when I actually said it out loud to someone who hadn't seen it was just like "Okay, actually this is weird." (I mean, not weirder than "Spock's Brain," but that was one episode and this was an entire season.)
