The problem that I find with this 'canon' debate is that TV series' evolve. Especially ones that are part of a broader story like Star Trek. A lot of the 'history' established in TOS is unworkable today because technology has advanced to the point where a lot of thier futuristic tech is laughable compared to today's technology. The producer's have to stay ahead of where we are.
And if someone starts the history debate, let's turn ti "Space Seed":
The Eugenics Wars were supposed to be in the 1990's, and if they were, I slept through them. TPTB are trying to make it look like OUR future, so yeah, they are going to change things, like kicking back the EW into the 21'st century.
They do not have the option of worrying about the wants of only the old-time viewers, they have to try to bring in a younger audience to make the show viable. So that is going to mean a few changes.
Enterprise is a good series concept, but the only drawback that it is suffering to date was sloppy writing and character development.
Hopefully Manny Coto can fix that, since B&B were unable to do so.
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