Hey all, this is Mary Grace. I'm a history major from right here in Tuscaloosa. I feel like I'm just copying Haley here, but the fact is, I, too, was raised by a Trekkie. I have fought this long and hard, but in the past few years have learned that resistance is futile. I am hard wired to like Star Trek and other shows of it's kind (my mom even has a life sized cardboard cut-out of Captain Kirk, who is also the best of the captains). My parents' love of Star Trek also lead us to watch shows such as Babylon 5, which was of a similar principle as Star Trek Deep Space Nine, only better.
Since then, I have always gravitated towards shows that have a SciFi or fantasy element, chiefly Lost, but also Fringe, The 4400, of course all of the Star Treks except The Next Generation and Enterprise (which doesn't even count anyway) and many others which I cannot think of right now. I'll add a comment to this once I have actually gone through the long list of shows I consider SciFi
OK, I'll bite: Why doesn't Enterprise count?
ReplyDeleteIt just doesn't have the same feel as the others. I don't think Gene would have approved. Of course, since it is set so much earlier than the original series, it can take some liberties as it explores the development of the federation, but it always felt like a separate entity from the other series. This is not to say that it was not a decent show. I enjoyed watching it. It just shouldn't be lumped with the others.
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