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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So bubbly and cloying, and happy... just like the Federation. If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's insidious! ... Just like the root beer 🤣

I want to say I never quite learned to like it, but... I have once or twice maybe hummed along a little. Honestly not much, and the completely unenunciated "isbinna laaooww waaaww" (maybe slightly exaggerating there) bit still irks me but... yeah okay some of it is a lil catchy >.<;

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[–] stephfinitely@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] TheMongoose@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don’t get me wrong, I preferred Archer’s Theme, but I quite like Faith of the Heart.

Is it my favourite Trek theme? Of course not. But I don’t think it’s awful. I don’t really get the hate for it either.

(Not a Yank, either)

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm the Worf kind. I suspect that for us non-USA types it's pretty one-sided.

[–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah as an Aussie, faith of the heart comes across as some cringe American power ballad bullshit.

It's such an insane genre shift from Trek of that era as well. Like how do you have 3 of the most incredible, majestic, orchestral themes from TNG, DS9, and VOY, and decide that what Trek really needs is a Rod Stewart song? It's bizarre.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Also regardless of genre, TV theme songs with lyrics eventually start to feel dated, whereas orchestral themes are always timeless.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

American here, completely in agreement on how bizarre it was.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why would this be a USA vs non-USA thing? I've only ever heard it mocked here in the states.

I feel like this is matter of personal taste not nationality, but I could be wrong.

It seems such generic American soft rock. Journey or bands like.

No matter that the singer is British and the song was originally written and recorded by Rod Stewart.

Even having lived in the US as a student, I never could understand the appeal of that stuff.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

I'm one of those non-USA-types and I actually liked Archerprise. Not as much as the other series of course, but I'll still watch it every now and then.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I like how corny it is, it fits the "pioneers on an exploratory mission" perfectly. Having a bombastic orchestral theme pre-federation makes no sense, the first Enterprise is a sitting duck for just about any starfaring culture, they got boarded by the Ferengi one time, ffs.

[–] Aesculapius@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really liked it when the show first started. I thought the divergence from the regular formula at the time was a nice change. The theme of the song was also on point for the theme of the show - humanity coming into their own on the galactic stage. I'm in the middle of my first rewatch since the show first aired. I still like it. As for adding a base line to it in season 3....WTF?

[–] snake_case@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gettin' from there to here

[–] ScrollerBall@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But my time is finally near

[–] ScrollerBall@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And I will see my dream come alive at last

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

I will touch this guy . . .

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

BUT MY TIIME IS FINALLY NEAR

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[–] CeruleanRuin 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is Word the John Belushi of TNG?

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 18 points 2 years ago

Only if you also use Excel for Data

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The theme song is one giant setup so the show can drop the Terran Empire intro and make it super jarring.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

"Sorry not sorry."

[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I find Enterprise isn't bad for the most part, just don't bring up the final episode.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd prefer it if the self-hatred and vicious fandom in-fighting were left to Star Wars, where it belongs.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 7 points 2 years ago

Think of it as Tuvix and Janeway debating

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The stereotype of the angry nerd is a Star Trek fan at a convention...

And Star Wars fans didn't start arguing until the Movie Which Shall Not Be Named

[–] PreviouslyAmused@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)
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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Enterprise was done dirty. They should have been allowed at least one more series to deal with the romulans. It was just starting to get good.

Sure the character of Jonathan Archer was a complete idiot who shouldn't have been allowed in charge of a light switch. But that kind of makes sense because it was only given the job because of who his dad was rather than because he had any skills. No human knew what they were doing at that point in time because no human had really had any interaction with any alien species yet except the Vulcans.

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