It is beginning to look a little like there may be some hope for resurrecting Enterprise after all. Though I originally thought that Sci-Fi channel had the best chance for keeping the best show on TV from dying, it seems that SPIKE TV might be better, even that they may actually want Enterprise. They already show reruns of DS9 and TNG. That is enough for me to change my recommendation. If you care anything about the Star Trek franchise (or just about me), please just send a letter or a postcard or an e-mail to Spike TV.

You can send feedback to Spike TV here.

If you have already done the "one" thing I asked for concerning the Sci-Fi Channel, I ask for this "one" other thing. Thanks. With your help, we will save the best show on TV, yet!

Star Trek: Enterprise has been canceled by UPN. As I do not live in the US, I do not know all the inner workings of which network would be best for Enterprise, but from what I read, UPN is not it now, if it ever was. I know many people out there may not care for Star Trek the way I do, but if you do, or even if you do not, but you care about me, I would ask that you do only one thing to help the cause, I would ask that you write a letter to the Sci-Fi channel and ask them to pick up Enterprise from where UPN left it. I used the following address:

Just a simple note on a postcard would be GREAT!

Then if you have any further interest in the subject you can take a look at the following websites:

SaveEnterprise.com

The Enterprise Project

Trek United

Perhaps it is a lost cause, but we will not give up!

QAPLA'!

I just love Star Trek. That was not always the case. I am too young to remember The Original Series (TOS) when it first ran, and I do not remember seeing any reruns as I was growing up, though I suppose they were on somewhere. I remember watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture at the movie theater. I suppose I should say that I remember falling asleep during Star Trek: The Motion Picture at the movie theater. I think there were quite a few people who fell asleep at the time. But Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn was a big improvement over the first motion picture. But I was still not hooked. And in fact, in 1987 when I watched the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), I was much less than impressed. I recall thinking that we had a crew with people I could not relate with. Jordy had his visor that let him see what others could not. Worf was a Klingon, not human at all. Deanna Troy had telepathic powers. And of course there was an android named Data. There was not much to relate to. I may have watched another episode or two, but I never got into the show.

Not until I moved to Japan. I moved to Japan in December 1992. At the time we were so poor that all we had was a TV. There was no VHS (we had a BETA machine that did not work and for which no one was making tapes for anymore anyway) and cable had not yet even started in the Mizusawa area. About the only English language programming I was able to watch were Sesame Street and some children shows that were produced to help children learn English. Eventually we got a VCR with stereo capabilities so that if we watched through the VCR I could use the bilingual function to watch a few more English language offerings. Mizusawa Cable opened for business a while later, but it was still out of our league. They wanted close to $300 just to set us up, not to mention monthly fees for content after that.

It was not until a few years later that a miracle happened. The city was building a new hospital near our house and as luck would have it, quite a few people complained that the tall building was blocking the signal from reaching their houses. Personally, we did not seem to be affected, but we were within whatever boundaries the city had set up, and the cable company installed cable to our house at the expense of the city. We would only have to pay monthly fees, and we got three months free up front to see if we wanted to participate or limit ourselves to the regular broadcast channels.

One of the channels offered by the cable company was Super Channel. And it did not take me long to realize why it was so "super." Super Channel is dedicated to foreign TV shows, mainly dramas, but some sit-coms and other shows mixed in as well. One of the shows offered was ST:TNG. At the time, it was not a high priority, but I figured I would give it another try. And boy am I glad I did. Since that time I have watched all of TNG, TOS, Deep Space 9 (DS9), Voyager (VOY), as well as all ten movies. I have also watched all of the first two seasons of the latest Star Trek adventure, titled simply, Enterprise (ENT). Many of these shows I have watched more than once. I will faithfully watch anything else produced under the Star Trek banner. I will even watch all those reruns that will forever be offered. In short, I feel about Star Trek as does Wendy Stevens expresses in her quote below.

With all this in mind, I have started this page dedicated to Star Trek. I am starting out with just a few links and some quotes. The quotes may take a while to really get going. I do not intend to scour the Internet looking for "good" quotes. I want to experience them myself. So as I watch reruns and find more that touch me, this page will expand. Please join me in this adventurous "trek."

"...Enterprise is not merely a TV show, serving as passive entertainment - for many, it's an outlook on life, an optimistic view of the future. I'm not the only one who has turned away from the news in distress and dreamed of a better way for humankind to carry on. You [the cast and crew] can be proud to play such a large part in making the dream seem more real, more possible. This is not a show that will come and go, like the sitcoms watched by the masses then forgotten. It will be discussed by philosophers and inspire astronauts for years to come. It's your voice they'll hear. Remember, you're making history with every light year!"

I know there are a lot of people, even fans of Star Trek, who do not like this theme song. Some think that lyrics are inappropriate for Star Trek. Others do not seem to like the fact that it was once sung by Rod Stewart for the movie, Patch Adams. Personally, I love it. When I first heard it and watched the accompanying clips of mankind's exploration of the unknown, I was hooked. This is one of only a few theme songs ever, and the only Star Trek theme song, that I don't just fast forward through when I am watching on video. I sing out loud and strong. It epitomizes the spirit of Star Trek. Honestly, I do not know how any Star Trek fan can not like this theme song for Enterprise. To each his own, but as for me, I cannot get enough of it. You can learn a lot about the images shown while the theme song is played by clicking here.