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Published on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 1:23am |
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The Last STAR TREK Ever!!
Ah, sweet continuity porn!!
Star Trek Enterprise: The Complete Fourth Season , streeting today, was the last season of “Star Trek” ever produced, and brought to screen much continuity porn for the hardcore fans of the 40-year-old franchise. It revisited the Eugenics Wars that spawned Khan and “Space Seed,” the Vulcan leader T’Pau (whom we first met as a snippy crone in “Amok Time”), the Orion slave girls first glimpsed in “The Menagerie,” the Romulan Wars first mentioned in “Balance of Terror,” and the “Mirror Mirror” universe. We also finally visited the Andorians’ home planet, discovered the origins of The Federation’s dreaded black-ops division, and learned at long last why the Klingons of Kirk’s era looked like unshaven Earthers.
The season also contained at least one must-see episode: "The Forge," the first episode penned by longtime “Star Trek” novelists Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. It tied 40 years of “Star Trek” lore into one very elegant and entertaining hour.
(The two mirror-universe episodes seemed pretty good too, but my mind might be clouded by the torso-exposing uniforms Hoshi and T’Pol sported through much of the saga.)
Extrys!
* Deleted scenes from 4.1 (“Storm Front, Part 1”), 4.14 (“The Aenar”) and 4.19 (“In A Mirror Darkly, Part 2”);
* Text commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda on 4.7 (“The Forge”), 4.19 (“In A Mirror Darkly, Part 2”) and 4.22 (“These Are The Voyages”);
* Audio commentary by writer Mike Sussman and startrek.com’s Tim Gaskill on 4.18 (“In A Mirror Darkly, Part 1”) and 4.19 (“In A Mirror Darkly, Part 2”);
* Audio commentary by Gaskill and writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens on 4.21 (“Terra Prime”).
* Documentary “Enterprise Moments: Season 4” (16:23) examines how the resolution of the season-three cliffhanger was not devised at the conclusion of season three; how the season gave us our first extended look at Vulcan; Brent Spiner’s return as Data’s human ancestor; the season’s two endings, one of which was intended to end the series, the other of which (starring Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis) was intended to cap the entire “Star Trek” franchise.
* Documentary “Inside The ‘Mirror’ Episodes” (15:41) explores the decision to keep the regular “Enterprise” characters out of the “Mirror” episodes, why the Gorn found its way into the episodes, how spreading the story across two episodes allowed producers to recreate so many of the original Constitution-class “Star Trek” sets, and concerns that the recreated 1960s sets might look too cheesy.
* Documentary “Enterprise Secrets” (5:52) looks at how the series’ writers and other behind-the-scenes personnel played extras in the series’ final scene.
* Documentary “Visual Effects Magic” (13:25) looks at painstaking computer-generated efforts to create 1942 Manhattan for “Storm Front Part 2,” the Xindi insectoids and acquatics for season three, the Tholian for “In A Mirror Darkly,” the NX-02, and the Xindi superweapon from season three’s “Zero Hour.”
* Documentary “That’s a Wrap” (8:59) includes footage from the series’ final farewell party at the Hollywood Roosevelt, including brief interviews with the show’s cast, crew, and guest stars Jeffrey Combs and Peter Weller.
* Documentary “Links to the Legacy” (4:25) looks at the introduction into “Enterprise” of the human-looking Klingons, the Vulcan sehlat, the Surak’s IDIC, Andor, Andoria and Section 31.
* Documentary “Enterprise Outtakes” (2:16) is the highly entertaining season-four blooper reel.
* “Photo Gallery” features lots of stills depicting actors in unusual clothing and/or alien makeup.
* “Borg Invasion Trailer” (0:32) offers a glimpse of the Las Vegas Hilton attraction.
TV on DVD!
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Reader Talkback
Yeah... but The Flash is
coming. Sh*t Yeah !
by The Shyster | Nov 1st, 2005
12:32:14 AM | Mark me down for Red Dwarf and
The Shield.
by J-Dizzle | Nov 1st, 2005
12:37:05 AM | Uh, who buys reality TV on
DVD?
by Grando | Nov 1st, 2005
12:52:22 AM | George Takei will own your ass
!!!
by jesuschrist | Nov 1st, 2005
12:52:36 AM | They should've made an
entire series of the Mirror
universe.
by iamnicksaicnsn | Nov 1st, 2005
12:55:39 AM | Nighty Night
by cornstalkwalker | Nov 1st, 2005
01:25:59 AM | oh my!
by captain_sulu | Nov 1st, 2005
02:11:26 AM | I doubt very much that
Enterprise will remain "The
Last STAR TRE
by AssKing | Nov 1st, 2005
02:51:17 AM | Mistake in the article
by photoboy | Nov 1st, 2005
04:39:41 AM | I love that you maintain this
list!
by Trazadone | Nov 1st, 2005
06:25:56 AM | I really don't Understand
why AICN continually gloats
about
by cookylamoo | Nov 1st, 2005
08:30:47 AM | I thought this was out already
by punto | Nov 1st, 2005
08:34:23 AM | Does this mean we'll never
see the episode...
by Master Planner | Nov 1st, 2005
09:12:35 AM | Berman & Braga killed ST
by Hugh Jass | Nov 1st, 2005
09:27:20 AM | Well. so what?
by cookylamoo | Nov 1st, 2005
09:37:29 AM | Holy crap did my friend ever
hook me up!
by Shermdawg | Nov 1st, 2005
09:42:44 AM | Actually ENTERPRISE Season 3
and 4 were excellent;
hardhitting,
by Spacesheik | Nov 1st, 2005
10:06:01 AM | BTW there is a strong rumor
that Nicholas Meyer is doing
STAR TR
by Spacesheik | Nov 1st, 2005
10:07:14 AM | LAST Star Trek EVER comes to
DVD? Aren't we still
waiting f
by G'Kar | Nov 1st, 2005
10:13:04 AM | That would be "Last Star Trek
DVD ever"
by KazamaSmokers | Nov 1st, 2005
10:31:48 AM | Another death on the Trek
family.
by Rufus_T_Firefly | Nov 1st, 2005
12:14:51 PM | The Tomorrow Show With Tom
Snyder
by Incrediburgible | Nov 1st, 2005
12:48:26 PM | I was watching a late season
DS9 episode earlier and was
wonderi
by Big Bad Clone | Nov 1st, 2005
01:28:27 PM | The S.T. Franchise
by glodene | Nov 1st, 2005
01:48:48 PM | "The Last Star Trek ever"???
by Mockingbird Girl | Nov 1st, 2005
02:16:59 PM | Monster A-Go-Go on DVD! YES!!
by Sir Loin | Nov 1st, 2005
02:39:00 PM | Whoa! Piller died?
by KazamaSmokers | Nov 1st, 2005
02:46:25 PM | I'll second the nomination
for JMS...
by G'Kar | Nov 1st, 2005
03:20:55 PM | B&B
by haflinger | Nov 1st, 2005
04:35:56 PM | God, I love TREK.
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 1st, 2005
04:38:04 PM | To Herc and any Serenity fan
out there kicking Trek when
it'
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 1st, 2005
04:40:27 PM | re: cutest_of_borg
by haflinger | Nov 1st, 2005
04:56:44 PM | Mal could kick any Trek
captains ass
by Purgatori | Nov 1st, 2005
05:06:39 PM | Serenity fans - a huh huh huh
huh. Dumbasses.
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 1st, 2005
07:26:22 PM | First Contact is still a
Aliens ripoff!!!!
by Shermdawg | Nov 1st, 2005
08:33:26 PM | Sherm
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 1st, 2005
09:56:45 PM | Smoke me a kipper, I'll be
back for breakfast.
by mustang_dvs | Nov 1st, 2005
10:18:47 PM | Enterprise Sucked Balls
by Captain Sulu | Nov 1st, 2005
11:07:30 PM | actually, that was supposed to
read "Last Star WARS Ever,
Comes
by Incrediburgible | Nov 2nd, 2005
12:35:52 AM | "Enterprise sucked balls"
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 2nd, 2005
07:16:07 AM | I tried to like Firefly....
by Citizen Arcane | Nov 2nd, 2005
11:04:01 AM | They gotta stop making star
trek's that take place
before TN
by Neo Zeed | Nov 2nd, 2005
03:33:14 PM | Firefly and Enterprise theme
by ejcarter9 | Nov 2nd, 2005
03:54:12 PM | The Tomorrow People!
by Mutant Leader | Nov 2nd, 2005
04:16:45 PM | WHERE IS MAD ABOUT YOU?
by Spankalicious | Nov 2nd, 2005
05:17:44 PM | Aquafaggerians You Are Needed!
by Captain Sulu | Nov 2nd, 2005
09:14:05 PM | Firefly > Enterprise and
Voyager
by Voice O. Reason | Nov 3rd, 2005
07:23:17 AM | Voice O. Reason's Opinion
< Crap
by cutest_of_borg | Nov 3rd, 2005
11:33:22 AM | The Problem With Trek?
by Barron34 | Nov 3rd, 2005
11:46:53 AM |
by VoodooV | Nov 3rd, 2005
04:42:37 PM |
by VoodooV | Nov 3rd, 2005
04:45:08 PM | cutest_of_borg's username
> gay
by Voice O. Reason | Nov 3rd, 2005
07:35:55 PM | Farewell, Enterprise....
by obi-bear | Nov 3rd, 2005
08:23:59 PM | Trek... DS9 - half good,
Voyager - mostly shit,
Enterprise - sho
by performingmonkey | Nov 4th, 2005
12:59:13 AM | I saw the DVD boxed sets and
Season III was kick arse -
ENTERPRI
by Spacesheik | Nov 4th, 2005
04:06:07 AM | Trek sucked from the day it
was conceived.
by bioforge | Nov 4th, 2005
11:38:25 PM | 4th season was great!
by jodocus | Nov 5th, 2005
02:45:43 AM | Star Trek: The OC aka
Kirk's Creek!
by jodocus | Nov 5th, 2005
02:53:05 AM | You guys call yourself Trek
fans??
by TheGinger Twit | Nov 7th, 2005
11:55:21 PM | Holy shit! Enough with the
ads!
by hargon27 | Nov 8th, 2005
01:32:18 AM |
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