SF Debris: Carbon Creek

Post by **Nutso** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:15 pm

http://blip.tv/sf-debris-opinionated-re ... ew-6288677 This is the episode where T'Pol tells Archer the story of her great-grandmother crash landed on Earth.

Opinionated Enterprise Episode Guide looks at a season two episode that barely stars anyone you know, but it makes up for it by having Blalock play another character in an equally lifeless way, hurray for us. Includes a discussion of what makes things worth watching and reading.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:12 am

I... actually kinda like this episode. If only for the 'I Love Lucy' line.

Post by **Nutso** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:41 am

I love the idea of aliens lost on a primitive planet. I just wonder what the point of this story was. T'Pol can tell stories? Jolene Blalock is a stiff? Personally I would want to know more about that Vulcan who stayed behind. Did he matter in the history of Earth? Did he build a survivalist shack and live another hundred years? Did he have sex? Did he father children? Otherwise how did he handle Pon'faar?

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:51 pm

He just wandered around, walking stick in hand and cap on head.

It was entertaining to me. I didn't feel like I wasted time watching it.

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:41 pm

I put "Carbon Creek" in the realm of cute, amusing, perhaps mildly inventive... but not "great."

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:27 pm

I put in in the feild of pointless. I'd rather an anomoly of the week then another story time.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:30 pm

Teaos wrote:I put in in the feild of pointless. I'd rather an anomoly of the week then another story time.

Isn't the point of a TV show ultimately storytelling?

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:07 pm

One would hope relivant story telling, this added nothing to any of the current characters or plot line.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:46 pm

Teaos wrote:One would hope relivant story telling, this added nothing to any of the current characters or plot line.

I would say that self-contained plot lines are every bit as part of modern series as story arcs are. At the conclusion of the story arcs from ENT, was there any difference?

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:06 am

I rather liked this one. I thought it was an interesting story in its own right, but also it was a nice little moment for T'Pol; the fact that she told it as a true story, and then let them believe it was just a story... it was essentially a little joke she played on them. Vulcans of this era were so stuffy and mean spirited, it was nice to see T'Pol lighten up a little for once.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:02 am

Yeah. It was... good.

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