The whole Borg-on-Enterprise thing actually tied quite skillfully into Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: The Next Generation. I wrote my little rant before I saw the episode, and I recant my skepticism. I do maintain, however, that Enterprise ignores established continuity wherever convenient, and this is not to be encouraged.
By Ian on May 9, 2003 at 3:20 PM
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Next week, The Borg make an appearance on Enterprise. During the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, set in 2363, the Enterprise-D encountered the Borg, and not a single member of the crew, nor the complete Federation database, had any information about that race. Episodes of Star Trek: Voyager indicated that the Hansens, a husband-and-wife team of scientists left Federation space to study the Borg circa 2350, begging the question of how the crew of an important starship were unaware of them a mere 13 years later. And now we are expected to believe that first contact with the Borg occurred fully 210 years earlier than the Enterprise-D incident.
Enterprise is nowhere near the desperate suck-fest I anticipated prior to it's premiere, but if its storylines continue to flagrantly disregard the continuity established by 35 years of previous Trek works, then I think the creators have a responsibility to drag each other into the parking lot and engage in a some rough ritual suicide.
By Ian on May 2, 2003 at 1:16 AM
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