Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)

Departure into the unknown is the pilot of the U.S., and later in Star Trek: Enterprise renamed science fiction television series Enterprise, the fifth, settled in the fictional Star Trek universe live-action television series. The action takes place in the year 2151 and thus about 100 years before that of the Starship Enterprise. Founded in 2001 and erstausgestrahlt in September of the same year in the U.S., the German television station Sat.1 beamed at him only in March 2003 and about a year after its German VHS release as a prelude to the series from the first time. At the same time the prelude to the first season, the 90 -minute film is counted as the first and second episode of the series.

Action

The escaped before the Suliban and with his spaceship on Earth crashed Klingon sound is taken prisoner by the unconscious man. Captain Jonathan Archer takes the job to bring him to the Enterprise NX -01, whose completion is imminent, back to his home world Kronos to promote relations with the Klingons on this occasion. Previously, he takes with Hoshi and Phlox other crew members on board. During the flight, kidnap some genetically modified Suliban that have suddenly appeared from a space-time distortion sound from on board the Enterprise. Archer can then set course to the planet Rigel 10, the last location of the sound before it crash the ship. Meanwhile determine the Suliban when they interrogate sound that it should meet a person named Sarin on the planet. On the planet arrived, Archer takes first contact with Sarin. It belongs to the Kabal in which it is a part of the genetically modified Suliban and at the same time to soldiers in a " temporal cold war " in which they receive their orders from the future. She tells Archer that the Suliban had instigated fights within the Klingon Empire. That the Suliban had but at the same time gives the impression that Klingons are responsible for sound to prevent chaos should submit under the Klingon Klingon government. While Archer's conversation with sarin be attacked by Suliban, with Sarin dies. After a firefight with the Suliban manages the away team back to the Enterprise, which then keeps track of the Suliban ship up in the atmosphere of a gas planet. There they discover a space station, magnetically adhere to the hundreds Suliban spaceships and in which they suspect sound. Using an abducted, such a spaceship and, together with Tucker kidnapped Archer sound from the power of Suliban. The adherent spaceships and thus their relevant life danger they dispose using a technology provided by Reed. While Tucker with sound for straight tendencies under increasing attack Enterprise flies back, Archer delivers a duel with a Suliban. At the last second Archer can be beamed aboard the Enterprise, and can leave the planet. Much to her joy, but no thanks to Archer and colleagues, the Klingon government receives sound in their midst. Since Starfleet Command judged to have completed successfully the job, it extended the mission of the Enterprise unlimited. About the plot distributed flashbacks show the Archers memories of his childhood in which he lives out his dream of space travel with a model airplane.

Production

Publications

When the film was first screened in the U.S. saw about 12.5 million viewers.

In Germany the film was released on 2 May 2002 on VHS. In German Original Air Date on 15 March 2003 at 20.15 clock, the range was in the age group of three years and 3.21 million among 14 - to 49-year 2.39 million viewers; the market share was ten or 19.1 percent. On 6 May 2005, the film was released along with the other episodes of the first season for the first time on DVD. A German -language DVD re-release, there were on 9 April 2009 on a box with the title Star Trek - Enterprise: Season 1, Vol 1 In a German box of the complete first season of the film was released on March 28, 2013 Blu -ray.

Criticism

" Elaborately and image effectively staged pilot, whose dramaturgy and type Arsenal are familiar with characterization and dialogue probably fail doing restrained. Otherwise, not more than solid routine. "

Awards and nominations

The Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 the film was nominated 3 times. In the categories Best Makeup for a Series ( prosthetisch ) and Best Sound Editing for a Series, it remained, in the category Best Visual Special Effects for a Series, there were an award.

Novelization

One, written by Diane Carey and Andreas Brandhorst translated into German novelization of the film was released in November 2002 by Heyne Verlag.