Lileks on Star Trek

[billroper]

Click here to see what James Lileks had to say about the finale of Enterprise and the last Star Trek series (for a while, at least).

(It's a good read.)

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Most people I know stopped reading Lileks after he lost his mind.

K.

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Well, he found at least a piece of it long enough to write this.
It's a beautiful eulogy.

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Okay, I don't know what that comment was meant to convey, but...

YES!YES!YES!YES!YES! At last a different view! Thank you!

I know exactly what he means about the bitching of fans. I've had to listen to it for centuries. I notice they're starting to bitch about Buffy now, the same way they did about B5, the same way they do about everything. It feels, all too often, like they're repeating something they heard someone else say, like it's received opinion. It's nice to know that someone else was willing to give Enterprise, even its final episode, what every creative endeavour deserves, a fair hearing.

And since he has said it so much better than I could ("Dream, you morons.") I am now Off The Hook. Which is a relief.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed that article a lot :). Thanks for the link!

[msminlr.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed.
I lucked-into catching the last two episodes Friday, because CBS had some dumb Elvis thing instead of my usual Joan and JAG fixes.
I'm glad I saw them.