>I stopped getting hyped for new Trek TV series back when the
>"Akiraprise" was first revealed to fans. Now I'm left sort of
>dreading what they're going to do to my beloved franchise. If I can
>take any comfort, it's that Berman and Braga were given the boot ages
>ago.

While there were a variety of flaws to Enterprise, I think it probably would have been successful enough if they'd just left out the "temporal cold war" that permeates so much of the first couple seasons. With that out of the way, it would have been no worse than TNG, IMHO.