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Daedalus - Official Review Thread; *** Warning Spoilers***
Topic Started: Jan 14 2005, 07:52 PM (456 Views)
Minuet
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Wow - these new episodes always sneak up on me after the holidays.

See you all here after the show!
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Sophie
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I know that the inventor of the transporter is supposed to be on, but what else is supposed to happen?
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Daedelus was ok. A bit of a let down after the Vulcan Trilogy. Archer’s attitude is wearing thin. I guess now the writers are going to build up to a big alpha male smack down between Archer and Trip. “You are coming close to being insubordinate...” (paraphrasing) yadda yadda yadda.

Bill Cobbs as Erickson was a good casting addition (guest star choice).

Too bad more of the ship was blown up. At least it didn't happen as a result of a hostile boarding party bent on taking over the ship.

Next week’s episode Observer Effect unfortunately looks like a recycled storyline. Remember the VOY episode that had the aliens performing experiments on everyone? The aliens were cloaked somehow. For example, the aliens were sticking needles in Janeway’s head causing her to have headaches. Captain, help me out with the episode title.

Edit: Ok, just looked up the VOY episode... Scientific Method. Now that I am reading the synopsis for Observer Effect, it looks like it may be just different enough to not be a total recyle of Scientific Method.


I give this episode :) :) ;) out of 5 :)
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I agree... :wow: :wow: :wow: of :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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Happy Friday Everyone.

Well, another episode in the can, so to speak. Daedalus was an interesting little yarn - not quite what I expected, but not bad at all either.

Check out the full review of this episode by clicking the link below.

Daedalus Review

Thanks,

John

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24thcenstfan
Jan 14 2005, 07:04 PM
Next week’s episode Observer Effect unfortunately looks like a recycled storyline.  Remember the VOY episode that had the aliens performing experiments on everyone?  The aliens were cloaked somehow.  For example, the aliens were sticking needles in Janeway’s head causing her to have headaches. Captain, help me out with the episode title.

Edit:  Ok, just looked up the VOY episode... Scientific Method.  Now that I am reading the synopsis for Observer Effect, it looks like it may be just different enough to not be a total recyle of Scientific Method


I give this episode :) :) ;) out of 5 :)

And "Scientific Method" reminded me of the TNG episode where Riker, Geordi and a couple of other crew members undergo abduction at various points by aliens living in a different level of subspace. They end up recreating the examination chamber in a holodeck (I think the episode was "Schisms" from season 6).

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Not to mention all the other non trek stories /movies /shows about alien abduction and experimentation
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I think this was actually a very good stand alone episode

Before I get too much into what I thought of the main story I want to say something about the Trip/T'Pol bit. Now, I don't expect them to stick with it, but from their conversation in Engineering, it sounds like Trip got dumped.

"Daedelus" seems as though it was aptly titled. Cobbs played his role very well. I liked his use of subterfuge to move the story along. I liked his reasoning for not telling Archer what he was up to in actuality. The idea of someone "caught" in midtransport is not new (there was a TNG episode with Barclay that did this, only they saved the vicitims fairly easily once they realized what was going on).

Trip, I think, was doing the right thing in challenging Archer on his decision to allow Erickson to proceed once the cat was out of the bag. Archer's response actually showed some real character in this as well. The hazards were clear (especially if it had set off the torpedoes by manifesting there), but Archer's, "We're here now," rang true with what we have seen other Trek commanders do in unpleasant situations

Best moment: Phlox telling T'Pol to sit still for 30 seconds as he tried to examine her hand and she was still trying review the readings on her tricorder.

I don't think we should Dr. Erickson again as much as I might wish otherwise, his daughter seems to have been set up for a return though.

This is the best season of Enterprise. I am glad they seem to have finally hit their stride.
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I enjoyed this episode. This season has been a total turn around.
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What did Quinn do to T'pol's hand?


I liked how the white lights flickered whenever Quinn was on Enterprise before they fully transported him onboard.
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The same thing he did to the red shirt. I didn't catch an explanation, but it must have something to do with his phasing in and out.
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I liked Daedalus. I liked Cobbs and his daughter--esp. the tension created by her not going along with him 100%. I also thought that the tension created when Erickson would not let Trip install the component(?) part was interesting. I thought Trip was very patient during this segment--I don't believe that I would have been as patient.

T'Lac,

Do you mean specifically? It looked like it aged or was burned. Interesting how she was cured of her illness by the end of the episode--was this too due to Quinn, or was it unrelated? I would give this episode 3 1/2 out of five stars. :)

Swidden,

Yes, that was Schisms--I saw it two nights ago. Nice pic, BTW. I wonder if the alien was just knocked out or killed when Riker fired his phaser at it. The conclusion of that episode reminded me somewhat of Conspiracy--in the sense that there were too many questions left unanswered.
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Fes - Have you seen the three part arc set on Vulcan yet?

Her illness being cured had to do with something on those episodes. It had nothing to do with this episode.
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Minuet,

No, the tape is on its way. I assumed that there was a lot of backstory that I had missed. That, or Quinn was one powerful dude! ;)
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I finally got to see this episode tonight, but I found it to be a let down:

1) They really need more lights on Enterprise.
2) Why would someone caught in the middle of transport wreak havoc on everything he touches? That seemed far-fetched.
3) Archer's anger - again. :rolleyes: Either Bakula or the script-writers really need to learn the difference between firmness and anger. To some degree I could live with Archer's anger when he accused Trip of being close to insubordination, but there was a scene before that when he initially decided to help save Quinn and he got all angry with Trip's doubts. That seemed totally inappropriate to me.
4) Trip was right that Archer was risking the whole ship and crew to try saving one man with a plan that might have worked. It did strike me that Archer was letting his personal feelings control his judgment. After the strike near the torpedos, I think it was the wrong decision to continue. At some level Archer probably knew that and that's the only reason I could buy his anger there - because the anger was really a mask for defensiveness over a bad decision that Archer still wanted to continue with.
5) The whole episode was fairly boring.

Two good points:
1) It looks like T'Pol may become more "Vulcan-like" because of the Kir'shara.
2) Still no gratuitous sex scenes. Star Trek doesn't need them.

Rating: 1 1/2 :) out of 5 :)
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