people did react that way, but I liked the song well enough, and grew to like it more.
flossdaily@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I honestly think that music did more to hurt the show than anything else. It was the musical equivalent of starting EVERY EPISODE with a voiceover saying: “we hate all that old star trek. This is the new WB Network Star Trek, with 70% more down home, Midwestern American values! Yeehaw!”
RoundSparrow@startrek.website 10 months ago
Corgana@startrek.website 10 months ago
It’s like root beer. The worst part is after a while you actually start to like it.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 10 months ago
It’s… Insidious.
Reva@startrek.website 10 months ago
I liked the song when I was a kid and watched Enterprise (and I liked Enterprise in general) but growing up, the sheer American nationalism throughout the series was pretty unwatchable. Still leagues ahead of the all-American new Trek.
AzPsycho@lemmy.world 10 months ago
To quote the great Nicholas Meyer (Director of Wrath of Khan) who spoke on this topic:
“Roddenberry had his own utopian vision about he perfectibility of man, and I never really believed that. And I don’t think the show demonstrates that. I think it is about gunboat diplomacy. In the final analysis, the Enterprise fires. They’re always shooting and bringing civilization, and coming to worlds where they don’t approve of tyrannical enterprises – no pun intended – and they substitute their own quote unquote enlightened version of how society is supposed to work, which is essentially American.”
reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Gotta love how after hearing everyone complain about how bad it was, they doubled down and made a “jazzy” version for later seasons.
vita_man@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, and that song was even more unbearable (for me)