My big ol' vote is for Trip at this point; though Hoshi comes in a quick second: they're the only two who've shown any real humanity/character, but Trip sneaks by as he's also got that awesome sense of humour (and, okay, he's hot.)
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My big ol' vote is for Trip at this point; though Hoshi comes in a quick second: they're the only two who've shown any real humanity/character, but Trip sneaks by as he's also got that awesome sense of humour (and, okay, he's hot.)
The Doc
Jolene Blalock's hot, but Linda Pak's character looks to be the one the writers have developed better (so far).
Trip. Great character & the actor does a nice job. I like Archer next. I don't like T'Pol, but I thnk Blalock is doing a great job as a Vulcan.
I really liked the whole "taking a bite of the pie" scene at the end of whatever episode that was. I certainly see some sort of dynamic tension between T'Pol and Trip. I'd be okay with her Pon-Farring in his direction. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by qerlin
Trip. Great character & the actor does a nice job. I like Archer next. I don't like T'Pol, but I thnk Blalock is doing a great job as a Vulcan.
The Doc
Okay, Hoshi is a babe and a half, and she has a very interesting "I don't want to be here!" type of character that I find rather appealing.
But Trip is cool. Way cool. And he's funny. And he likes pecan pie for the same reason I do -- it may be bad for your body, but it's great for your soul!
All the other characters have been, IMO, pretty dull. The Harry Kim type of dull.
What's also interesting is my two favorite characters are the two favorites of other people on this board as well.
Now if we could do something with both Trip and Hoshi to bring them together. A romance between them can't be out of the question, can it? I mean, he's a sweet Southern gentlemen, and she's a sweet, shy type of lady, and they both have high scores in the intelligence department, so I figure there's a potential for fireworks somewhere in there ... ;)
I'd actually like to see her be the "indermediary" who clues in that T'Pol and Trip have the semblance of something for each other. ;) I think she'd do the comic "You two like each other," role very well.Quote:
Originally posted by Jabara Eris
Now if we could do something with both Trip and Hoshi to bring them together. A romance between them can't be out of the question, can it? I mean, he's a sweet Southern gentlemen, and she's a sweet, shy type of lady, and they both have high scores in the intelligence department, so I figure there's a potential for fireworks somewhere in there ... ;)
Then again, I'm spouting off about something I've noticed a lot of Trek fans don't like: romance between the main characters. ;)
The Doc
T'Pol. I just find the character likable. And I am talking about T'Pol and character here and not about Blalock and her body. ;):p
I see I am with the majority and voted trip.
It's a hard desicion. I think my vote is for Tucker, but Hoshi has had some nice moments too.
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I like Archer because he's got his act together more than some of the others. And yes, TNG was my favorite series. It doesn't hurt that Bakula's a likeable guy or that he was in Quantum Leap and, as a kid, an opera called Amahl and the Night Visitors.
I'd say Hoshi's my second favorite. Shyness is good.
Trip is my least favorite. I guess I don't like his brand of humor.
Hoshi. She's cute, and an uncertain character is original for once. Plus, she has to deal with something that never bothered anyone before : defective translators :p
Aw, come on C5! You haven't seen any Enterprise episode yet, you shouldn't be participating in this poll! :p
Wait ... don't tell me you managed to get your hands on some, here, in France, the most backward Trek country I know ... damn, I hate you! ;)
Hey Calcoran, they sure ain't showing Enterprise on t.v. over here in Germany and I've seen all episodes up to and including "Cold Front" (ep. 11, if you count the pilot as 2 episodes).
All you need is a really fast modem (DSL if can get it) and a little time. Or in my case a friend with a DSL modem. :p
Well Calcoran... I did as Lancer : a friend with a good connection and some time to spare (that way we got a deal : I lend him all my TNG, DS9 and VOY tapes and he shares all the ENT episodes he downloads)...
Quite illegal indeed :o but hey, that or waiting 4 or 5 years... :eek:
But I agree, France is a very backward Trek country... :(
That's just unfair! I've been looking for them sites for months! Now I've got this nice cable connection and I can't even use it! Anyone cares to share where they get their episodes? So that I too can vote on this poll for instance ;).
Well I'll ask my friend when I see him, but IIRC he was using Hotline (I'm not very good at that sort of search).
I like Trip because he's got a sense of adventure and humor, his "where no dog has gone before" quip was perfect. I also see the inevitable romance between Trip and T'pol, if only to help her through pon'far; some of my friends say that there's no way that that's going to happen. I always point out that Spock was only the first Vulcan-human hybrid to join starfleet (at least i think that's how it went), not the first hybrid. Though thinking about a Trip-T'pol love child brings to mind the child running around in the New Frontier books (shudder). If there are children to be born, and several episodes have talked about children being born on deep space ships, I hope that they deal with them off screen...
I like Captain Archer, but he needs more depth. He reminds me a lot of Captain Gold from the SCE series, or even Captain Pike from the pilot...speaking of which, there was a Starfleet man in the pilot who looked the spitting image of pike, i have to believe that that was intentional, perhaps pike's father or grand-father.... One thing that pleases me about Enterprise is their care to make the people, uniforms and settings look similar to the very early episodes of TOS -- i'm thinking cage, charlie x and whatnot -- the hair and uniforms especially.
T'pol, well they need to reduce her Seven of Nine wardrobe. yes, she is a beautiful woman, but i would be much more happy to see her in more traditional vulcan attire, perhaps with some jewlery. She just seems so plain in those jumpsuits that are practically sprayed on. There are times if it wasn't for the ears, that one would think that she was just a very cold, distant human.
They really need to give the poor security chief (Reed?) something more to do then fail at target practice. I've read that in a future episode his birthday comes up and no one knows enough about him to know what to get him -- no kidding!
I also enjoy the african-american space born ensign. Though why he's simply an ensign and not a lt. is beyond me. As was mentioned in one show, he and other space boomers have more experience than most starfleet captains...I really hope that they avoid the "eternal ensign kim" gag and promote him, soon.
I want to like Hoshi, I really do, but that scream of death and the slug episode really, really turned me off on the character. Again, the producers and writers should look at the SCE books to see how a linguuist and cultural expert could be used to much better effect. hopefully she'll evolve into more of a first-contact specialist who's good at languages.
The doctor is simply fun, a bit too neelix for my taste, and the actor has gently compained in print that he'd like to have more to do, but his part in the episode where he joined in the religious ceremony during the pulsar was wonderful, and his lecture to T'pol about infinite diversity was worth making enterprise in the first place....
Hey, C5.... That's not as if I ain't anything to do... But my PC soooo wants it ;) And so do I!
Well, I had to vote for Trip, for most of the reasons listed above.
But I also like Capt. Archer, I kind of like his style of quiet-group command. He gives out and out orders when he has to, but he's shown to be flexible with crew ideas so far.
Trip rocks. He's my bud. Cool dude.
One of the benchmarks for me when evaluating Trek characters is if I feel compeled to want to "hit the pub" with them. If I think "Hell yeah, this person would be cool to share a pint with!" then I know the writers and the actor have done a good job with the character.
Steve's pub buddy list:
Kirk, Scotty, Bones, O'Brien, Jadzia Dax, Garak, Quark, Jadzia Dax, Martok, Jadzia Dax. That would be one heck of a good party. :D
Steve
(Yes, I know I listed Jadzia three times!)