Agreed.pjknibbs wrote:Oh? What was particularly un-serious about Scott Bakula? I thought he did a decent job given the material provided.Rnett wrote:Could never really get into watching Enterprise. Hard to take it seriously with Scott Bakula as the captain.
He's a good actor. He did a fine job. In fact, in regards to previous portrayals of Star Trek Captains, he brought something different to the role and successfully created the personae of a fledgling Captain doing things his species had never done before and facing situations where there wasn't a regulation that dictated what he should do. He wasn't the standard "cocksure" headstrong Starfleet Captain. In some ways, due to his character's heavy reliance on his own moral compass when making choices in novel situations, he brought back some of what fans wanted of a modern "Captain Kirk" character.
And, yes, some of the material was just "not good." But, Bakula did a good job and I like his character and his portrayal of it.