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My Sci-fi unpopular opinion is that 2001: A Space Odyssey is nothing but pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. I’ve tried watching it multiple times and each time I have absolutely no patience for the pointless little scenes which contain little to no depth or meaningful plot, all coalescing towards that 15 minute “journey” through space and series of hallucinations or whatever that are supposed to be deep, shake you to your foundations, and make you re-think the whole human condition.
But it doesn’t. Because it’s just pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. Planet of the Apes was released in the same year and is, on every level, a better Sci-fi movie. It offers mystery, a consistent and engaging plot, relatable characters you actually care about, and asks a lot more questions about the world and our place in it.
Enterprise was an absolute solid series. Not perfect, but I wished it would have had more fans when it was on TV
I started Enterprise begrudgingly as it was the last series I hadnt consumed yet. I got a few episodes in and thought “hey this aint that bad!”
One of the best Mirror arcs in the franchise IMO.
I really enjoyed Enterprise. I think it is just on the level of all there series after TNG and yet no one talks about it besides they disliked it.
They cocked it up by introducing the whole “temporal cold war” nonsense. Time travel cheapens the premise of any show that isn’t built around it, and I would have been perfectly content to watch a show where the Enterprise is a small and underpowered craft trying to explore space without getting its ass handed to it.
@somniumx Totally agree. I have been going through every Star Trek series watching and fully expected not to like this one. Maybe it’s my old age, but it wasn’t terrible. If we look at TOS for what it is, Enterprise was absolutely good sci-fi.
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I got a very unpopular one: Enterprise’s theme song was great! I still got it in my playlist.
I just can’t. I want to, I really do. But I just can’t. There’s nothing wrong with the song itself, as a song, but it’s just so out of place as a Star Trek Theme.
I started the show hating it too. It is out of place. But the lyrics, and the video of earths history, it just worked. It grew on me, just like the show did.
A probably less unpopular opinion: Discovery and Picards theme songs were bad. Had no character.