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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 8133
Released: September 27, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, ENTERPRISE takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) has assembled a crew of brave explorers to chart the galaxy on a revolutionary spacecraft: Enterprise NX-01. As the first human beings to venture into deep space, these pioneers will experience the wonder and mystery of the final frontier as they seek out new life and new civilizations.
Description of Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Third Season:
Described by series cocreator Brannon Braga as "a single episode that lasts 24 hours," the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise is arguably the best in the show's four-season run. With the epic "Xindi saga" as the season's primary story arc, the series found its tonal focus in the unpredictable space of the Delphic Expanse, where alien encounters and matter-warping spatial anomalies forced Capt. Archer (Scott Bakula) to make extreme decisions that tested his ethical boundaries. Realizing the need for a fresh viewpoint, Braga and cocreator Rick Berman hired Manny Coto, a TV veteran who conceived or wrote several of the season's finest episodes (not forgetting Mike Sussman and other members of the series' first-rate writing staff). Coto's involvement was instrumental in shaping the Xindi saga, which began (with season 2's cliffhanger) when Earth was attacked by a Xindi probe--a massive weapon which Archer must now destroy. This vital mission dominates season 3, deriving its potent drama from an impressive variety of characters and subplots focused on the five-species Xindi council, which finds its voice of reason in Primate member Degra (season regular Randy Oglesby) and rancor in the Reptilian Commander (Scott MacDonald), pivotal characters whose fates will be tragically intertwined.
Despite lower ratings and budgetary cutbacks (as evident in several ship-bound episodes with minimal casting), season 3 was equally strong as a showcase for the Enterprise regulars, with plenty of fan speculation rising from the sexy and soothing Vulcan "neuro-pressure" sessions between the insomniac Tucker (Connor Trinneer, better than ever) and T'Pol, whose hidden addiction to a toxic compound allows Jolene Blalock to mine the volatile depths of her character (who now sports a more appealing hairstyle and wardrobe). Meanwhile, security chief Reed (Dominick Keating) engages in heated competition with Major Hayes (reliable guest Steven Culp, from the first season of Desperate Housewives), the leader of NX-01's Military Assault Command Operation (or MACO), which Reed views with territorial suspicion. And while Enterprise still fumbled to develop the characters of Hoshi (Linda Park) and Travis (Anthony Montgomery), John Billingsley continued to bring clutch-player excellence to his role as Dr. Phlox in several highlight episodes including "Doctor's Orders" and "Similitude," the latter featuring equally strong work by Trinneer in an ethically complex (and fan-favorite) examination of the cloning--a typical example of Star Trek at its best.
The alternate timeline of "Twilight" also honors the classic Trek tradition, while "Harbinger" reveals the existence of the trans-dimensional Sphere Builders, whose moon-sized creations affect Enterprise throughout its season-long mission. Finally, the crucial appearances of blue-skinned Andorian Shran (Jeffrey Combs) bring both suspense and comic relief to the season's grim proceedings, adding depth and tentative alliance to Enterprise's pre-Federation politics--a crucial element that assumes greater importance with the jaw-dropping cliffhanger of "Zero Hour" and the surprises in store for season 4, which will bring Enterprise ever closer to the original Star Trek timeline.
DVD features
Gathered on disc 7, the season 3 bonus features for Enterprise are consistent with features on seasons 1 and 2: Identical in presentation but different in content. The "Xindi Saga" featurette summarizes the creative and practical decisions that resulted in the season-long story arc; "Enterprise Profile" acknowledges the popularity of "Trip" Tucker and Connor Trinneer's successful effort to transcend the character's "hayseed" image; and "A Day in the Life of a Director" finds Roxann Dawson (aka B'Elanna Torres from Voyager) well in control as she helms the episode "Exile." As with previous DVD sets, three more "NX-01" files are hidden as "Easter eggs" on the Special Features menus, and they include further appreciations of the Enterprise writers, the work of costume designer Robert Blackman, and John Billingsley's hilarious anecdote about Phlox's prodigious sexual endowment(s). The outtakes are amusing but all too brief, perhaps owing to the higher stakes (and lower ratings) of a dramatically serious season. --Jeff Shannon
Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Third Season Reviews:
Somewhat repetitive but addicting 
2009-12-01 - Season 2: Once again I couldn't stop watching til I finished, and I'm eagerly waiting for season 3 to arive in the mial. At times the story lines seem repetitive but ultimitaly the charactors keep me thoroughly entertained and hooked. Scott Bakula is a fantastic captian! I highly recommend this series.
RICK BERMAN KILLS STAR TREK 
2009-10-19 - I stumbled upon the original Star Trek series as a kid in it's initial run in 1966. The episode was "Devil In The Dark". A story about silicon based beings, and learning to appreciate and cohabitate with them. I've since seen every episode of every Star Trek incarnation, most of them multiple times. The point is, I have some credentials.
What made Star Trek soar, was that it was a show of IDEAS. And it was pretty much the first sci-fi space show where the aliens didn't come out blasting, in a bid to exterminate humanity for whatever fear-based goofy reason. People who were tired of the old warn out themes of good guys vrs bad guys, now had a place to turn. Gene Roddenberry was a thoughtful visionary, who humbly loved the fans, and genuinely believed in Star Trek, and the better angels of humanities hopes and dreams that it represented. He was hands on through every episode of the original Star Trek, and Next Generation. And he brought in a variety of top notch writers with great ideas.
When Gene became ill, Rick Berman took over. Gene never liked Rick due to his arrogange, and incredible disdain for the fans. Rick never shared in Gene's vision, and treated the audience as simpletons and sheep, churning out half-hearted off-handed scripts. After Gene died, Rick became increasingly disrespectful of the Trek tenets.
With Enterprise, Star Trek became yet another two-dimensional comic book good guys vrs bad guys show. Nowhere was this more evident, than with the Xindi saga. Ideas took a back seat. Further, imagination was undercut with the whole premise of Enterprise. With space exploration, people want to explore the frontiers, not go way back in time to the beginning. Who wrote Enterprise? Rick Berman, and his right hand yes-man Brannon Braga. Only at the end, with the shows ratings sinking like a stone, did they bring in some talent. Too little, too late.
I love Star Trek, but putting bias aside, and taking off the rose colored glasses, Enterprise was a bad show that sullied the great Star Trek name, and for the most part, you can pin that squarely on Rick Berman. I thank the lord he had nothing to do with the new Star Trek movie. Memorable quote. Rick and Gene are walking across the Paramount lot, and Rick says pompously waving his hand "See all these people, they all work for ME". And Gene replied "Funny, they all worked WITH me".
May a new series return, at the farthest edges of the future, with ideas not yet explored.
PROBABLY THE BEST ST SERIES EVER
2009-07-14 - I've been looking at the Sci-Fi (oops, ScyFy) based ST forums and ST-E has been taking a lot of fire. I don't see it...I am going back through the entire series and all I've seen "bad" are one or two episodes that I think are weak, personally. In season two there is the superb "Carbon Creek" which answered the question of where we got Velcro. I have found ST-E to have plot depth and craftsmanship, series continuity, and character development. The time travel arcs are particularly hard hit in the forums; I think they are excellent and very well done.
This season two collection is well done. I found no video or sound problems and a lot of extras. The menu presents a short learning curve and there is a minimum of overpackaging.
I honestly cannot understand why this series was not more popular.
Star Trek: Enterprise
2009-03-26 - The third season continues where the second left off with edge of your seat adventures for the crew of enterprise.
Star Trek: Enterprise - Over-/Review on all 4 Seasons 
2009-03-14 - Summary:
Awesome cast, great atmosphere, but the quality of the stories varies from the best
that science fiction has to offer to the most boring imaginable.
Main review
The concept of a series taking place shortly after the First Contact Movie is a brilliant idea. But it seems a long way from the idea to realisation. Already at the end of the pilot (Broken Bow) I missed the greatness this concept potentially has. You get thrown into "business as usually" (rescuing, exploring etc.) way too soon. I would have loved a pilot movie plus some more shows describing the time from first contact to the launch of Enterprise. That would have been something truly new. But this pilot is just an extended version of a 08/15-show.
The cast delivers frequently - Scott Bakula is on hell of as sovereign captain, Jolene Blalock is sexy as she is intelligent and plays T'Pol with a huge amount of depth. I could continue endlessly with Phlox, Hoshi, Trip, Malcolm... It's an outstanding team with no need to fear comparison with a Picard, Spock, Scotty...
The set designers and the costume designers all did a great job (thanks for avoiding more romper suits).
But it is difficult when there are too many boring scripts.
Especially in the first two seasons contain too many shows following the pattern:
"Landing on an alien world, been taken prisoner, making an escape." Even the visit to Risa follows this.
Also there is "being boarded, been held hostage, chasing away the enemy".
Then there are some episodes like "Shuttle pod one". The whole show consists of a rather dry talk between Malcolm and Trip. I can't imagine something more boring.
And a lot of the shows contain just a recycled script from "Next Generation", "Deep Space 9" and "Voyager", such as "Terra Nova", "Sleeping Dogs", "Dawn"...
But on the other hand you can't skip those episode - they sometimes contain important information on the characters. Therefore the waiting for the good and outstanding episodes is somewhat painful. These are the shows "The Andorian Incident" (I love the duplicity of the Andorians and there development into the 4th season) , "Shockwave", "First Flight" and the continuing plot about the Xindi (finally a few more star battles than in TOS, TNG and DS9).
Then when the series was already near its death the 4th season hit with power. The plot about the Augments could have been an Oscar-winning movie, and so would have been the story about the Vulcan's not been that perfect after all. The Andorians continue to deliver and the racial conflict with "Terra Prime" is the kind of stuff I waited 4 seasons for.
Conclusion
Seeing the 4th season there is defiantly potential for three more seasons.
But with the experiences of the first two seasons I can't blame the network for discontinuing the show.
I bought the slime line boxes and paid for each 13 British Pounds (18 US-Dollar). If I had paid the regular price for the first editions (80 Dollar) I would have been very upset.
