Well, let see;Originally posted by Mac417
And I have to admit one of the things that bugged me about the more recent Trek shows is that hardly anyone had an interest in late 20th/early 21st century pop culture, such as music, movies, literature, etc. And when you did, it was always the '30s, or the '50s, or a less "conflicted" era in that timeframe.
-Paris had an intense interest in the 20thC...he liked the old serials and '50's TV, as well as the '70's-'90's.
-Riker liked what would today be classed as modern Jazz
-Sisko's favourite baseball team existed in the 21stC.
-LaForge had an interest in Nelsonian Naval History...hardly a "less conflicted time."
-As a Boxer Chakotay would probably know of some fights in the 20th/21stC.
-Janeway knew her family history from that time quite well, since her ralative was part of it.
-etc.
All you have to do is look. AFAIC, Ent has the worst bunch of one dimensional characters of the lot...there is nothing in the story to make them interesting. Other then Tripp muttering "Son of a..." every so often of course.
Personally I LIKE the lack of pop culture references in Trek. What B&B and Co. have done by adding them,IMNSHO, is dumb the show down.