I've recently been watching this show for the first time in reruns and when this episode came on I was totally confused. I thought they changed the theme music which I never liked and then I saw the earth with a dagger through it and I had no idea what was going on. I saw the second part last night and I still don't understand what is going on. The original people were on the old enterprise dressed like the original show. I love that part but I don't understand the story line. The mean Captain Archer was so crazy and out of control it was nuts and I did laugh when Hoshie poisoned him and started making out with Mayweather. The episode didn't seem to have an ending unless there is more to it. It was wild and crazy. The original Star Trek show made more sense with the parallel good and evil universe, at least to me it did.
Thank you so much. I saw TOS but didn't remember that. I know Archer was making fun of the idea of a federation of planets. Did the Enterprise crew go back in time and end up on the original Enterprise and wearing the old uniforms? I loved that part.@@KingCrab85
All these comments are saying that the Mirror Universe is our universe, but let's not forget that humanity was just as warlike in the prime universe right up until they nearly blew themselves to smithereens in World War III...
If you read the books with by William Shatner, the divergence point was in the movie First Contact. Zephran Cocran flipped a coin wheaher to decide to tell the Vulcan's about the borg or not. He didn't and it resulted in the Prime universe, was as when he did resulted in the empire universe.
Mirror Archer said that the Empire has lasted for centuries, and in this intro we see they conquered space and the moon, I think its actually an Empire from way back, maybe the 1950´s or 1940´s, making it more reasonable (2155-200=1955), this would make it at least 200 years, while if it started after WWIII, lets say, at the moment of the First Contact (2063) it would be less than 100 years And thats considering the minium, who knows, maybe the Terrans were there from 1600´s, or even 1400´s
The Enterprise cast might be the most underrated cast with their roles in the Mirror Universe. They rarely get a mention, but they are so good playing the two types of characters
Yeah this mirror universe intro is exceedingly better than the normal prime universe intro for ENT. No vocals, no acoustic guitar, fits the style of and conveyed the tone of the images. The normal one is too "conventional" and taking "down to Earth" too literally. They could've went with an instrumental only transitionary piece between conventional "earth" music and intergalactic / energetic trumpet prominent music.
@@worlwr2 I wouldve preferred this intro music over the actual one, just replace the "terran propaganda" with something else, like enterprise or its crew fighting xindi. Wouldnt fit for the first 2 season though
I love the fact that this opening is a full mashup of clips from documentaries and movies. For example at 0:48 the shot of those missiles is the same shot in the opening of the movie The Sum of All Fears
The whole series is highly underrated, and it was a real shame it was canceled. I can imagine if we did get 7 years of Enterprise, we might have gotten an episode or 2 a year of mirror episodes. The way it ended did leave room for more stories.
The crew have since said that the plan was literally that, every season they'd have a "checkup" episode or two on the Mirror Universe. Its really a shame we never got more
@@ReaverTChannel ... impretty sure warhammer happens in the events after star trek and after star wars since star wars was a long time ago... hrrm interesting
@@aurorauplinks WAIT.... Is it possible that the mirror universe corresponds to an Star Wars alternate universe that the Sith Empire conquered the old republic?
Funny thing is. The mirror verse Archer is a lot more better man and captain. Then the canon Archer. For one thing, he will actually honored his words. And another, he puts the Empire needs above his and other personal feelings or their petty squabbles. Unfortunately, mirror T'pol choose the wrong side. Because Archer would free her people or at least acknowledge them. Finally, mirror verse Archer choose the wrong women. I guess mirror verse Archer is the one canon Enterprise needs, but not the one they got.:(
Plus Mirror Archer despite being brutal and bad tempered cares about Humanity as he was angry when he learned what his Prime Universe counterpart did and accused him of selling out his people to aliens and in betraying his Human heritage. I've got a feeling that he and Paxton of the Terra Prime movement from the Prime Universe would get along well. Then again, Mirror Archer could very well be disgusted with his hypocrisy for taking alien drugs to stay alive. I know that Mirror Archer would bring in Paxton's right hand man into his crew as he actually practiced what he preached.
This should’ve been the actual theme music for the show. It’s pure genius! I absolutely hated “Faith of the Heart” with a passion for which there are no words. The whole easy rock thing was just wrong for any Star Trek. As for the imagery, let’s face it…most of that was actual footage. We really fired all those bombs and blew people up. I think the show would’ve been SO much better had it been premised on a violent but realistic past THAT WE OVERCAME…somehow, but the mirror universe people did not. Meeting the Vulcans was the point of divergence. We aspired to conform. They aspired to conquest. But stabbing people in the back and sleeping our way to the top…that’s who we really are. We are WAY more like the mirror universe people than people living in the Star Trek utopia.
In the mirror universe, they watched the entire series of this show and a couple of episodes from this universe's Enterprise. And when they did, they thought "Such pussies!"
Just remember mirror spock calculated the Terran Empire would only last 264 years where in Voyager it became apparent that the federation would exist as far as the 29th century.
I loved the episodes this comes from, largely because it shows the original Constitution-class updated to modern standards. It also shows how awesome it really is compared to 22nd century ships, which is great because the original series never had many battles (because of the budget and technology available).
Other than the Xindi story arc, probably the best episodes of series. Like all the Mirror Universe stories, it was great to see the actors playing their evil selves. Linda Park in particular.
As a break from the political suggestions...this intro is probably the baddest-ass intro ever done for ANY "Star Trek," bar none! I can only imagine what viewing fans thought when that first aired! The composition and the orchestration are of the highest order. Plus, I think it rather neat that they captioned Jolene Blalock's name right in sync with the Baker blast: She really was nuclear-hot!
"I can only imagine what viewing fans thought when that first aired!" I saw this on-air and was completely bewildered. Before the intro came up there was that alternate version of the First Contact scene. Mirror-Cochran shooting the Vulcan just came outta nowhere. At the time I'd seen the second half of DS9 and knew that the Mirror Universe existed, but I'd not seen ToS so the meaning of the Terran Empire logo popping up was completely lost on me. I think I was like a good bit into the episode proper before I figured out what was going on. It wasn't until much later after I'd watched ToS, and then rewatched this episode that I understood the references in it
The mirror universe seemed way more than a reflection of the Prime Universe... therefore the Prime universe sits between two extreme opposites - one we have seen from TOS to DS9 to Enterprise and to Discovery... and one where pot noodles are edible.
I like star trek in general but I think it'd be nice to see humans depicted as a "don't screw with us or suffer the consequences"bad asses the klingons are,instead of everyone hugging and singing kumbaya all the time. A mirror universe tv show would be cool. Perhaps it gets discovered the reason everyone is more violent is because of the original ancient humanoids 4.5 billion years ago,shown in the chase episode,were hyper violent themselves? Or perhaps temporal manipulation of earths timeline by someone to keep that universe's humans unstable to prevent alliances against an invasion? The empire discovers this and tries to change their destiny? Ds9 showed the humans COULD be sane,chief obrian,and not just be sociopaths looking to kill everyone,but still not go"Oh I'll just wait while you shoot my ship a have dozen times to prove how patient I am before firing back"like picard did all the time.
+kris guntner Well part of Rodenberry's artistic vision was a world where humanity had evolved into something better. A violent and ruthless world was one he already lived in.
***** I know but that's what we currently live in and based on how many shows that have a real world spin to them it's obvious I'm not the only person who likes the idea of aggressively going after people that try to screw us over and none of this "you shot us twice but it's ok because you stopped just short of killing us" b.s. What good is a philosophy if it's anti-survival?
Best explanation I have heard is the Federation lost the Earth Romulan War. For fifty years, Earth was subjegated until a band of rebels overthrew their Romulan oppressors. After liberating Earth, these rebels vowed "Never again shall we be conquered! Now we will be the conquerors!"
I remember hearing this on TV. What is this? It kinda looks like Enterprise. Am I on the right channel? Then I saw the scene with Zefram Cochrane. Wait, I saw this in the movie. But it was different. Wtf? Then I saw the rest of the episode. I loved it.
This was a fun 2-parter. Loved that they brought back the Constitution-class Defiant. I was a bit dubious about their plan to spread more episodes out among season 5. DS9 went to the "mirror universe" well a few too many times.
The Terran empire feels like a dark version of the USA as the US would promote freedom and equality the Terran Empire is the opposite Washington would’ve chosen to become the emperor of the 13 colonies rather than a president I believe that is where mirror universe separated from our own With the US becoming a empire the war of 1812 would be a war out of fear of what the British have allowed the colonies to become The civil war would be a rebellion pushing for the creation of the USA but failed WW1 would play as normal but without the US WW2 would be a Germany seeing the Terran Empire and their plans to take over the world and tried to right it’s wrongs it ended with Japan Germany and France becoming Terran colonies The mirror universe just got darker and darker as history continues
The funny thing is that, by the look of it (giving that the first man on the moon got the imperial flag), humanity, despite being worse in this universe, managed to unite under a unified planetary government much sooner than the other primary timeline or even us in the real world.
I like Enterprise, especially season 3 and 4, but me and a friend are working on a rewrite of the series of what could have been. We cut out the Temporal Cold War or move it to a later season. Instead of the Temporal Cold War stuff at the start of the series that went nowhere in the series Season 1 and 2 will be the Xindi arc. Season 3 will be more diplomacy and exploration but will slowly build up towards the Romulan War for a Season 4. Season 5, 6, or 7 depending on how long we want to make it, will then involve more Federation building or a reworking of the Temporal Cold War arc.
Love the change of opening for these episodes. How do we make an opening for the Mirror Verse? Change it from being about the best, most hopeful of humanity to the worst and most destructive.
I'm trying to determine where history diverges. We have the HMS Enterprise, so we know the British Empire existed. The World War I era planes have the Iron Cross, so we know the German Empire existed. The rest of the images are more ambiguous. We see JU 87 Stukas but cannot clearly see if they are suppose to be Nazi or Terran. None of the "American" planes such as the F-14 or the B-1 have visible American markings. Additionally, the Saturn V rocket dosent clearly say "United States". After this is the "Terran Moon Landing" and the Terran Phonix. So we can assume the the point of divergence was World War I. Which makes sense since the Empire is a despotic monarchy rather than Communist or Fascist, which would make more sense if it were World War II.
"Mankind, headed by the Immortal Emperor, is the rightful heir to the galaxy. He holds rightful dominion over all other races and creatures that are all so much less than He. This gives man the inalienable right to assert control over His domain. We do this with rifle, tank, fist and sinew. We do this without mercy or compassion. We fight to survive and to uphold what is unarguably our rightful place at the top of the echelon of existence. Your vigilance is demanded by the Immortal Emperor."
some one who has the star trek rights make a series about the Terran empire and please for the love of God us this theme music and the war, military scenes. please! let's hope it made :-)
Just my thought on where they possibly changed in history to a critical point. In a TOS episode where Edith Keeler was suppose to die to allow the US to enter WW2 and defeat Germany, but the accidental time jump by McCoy (city on the edge of forever) changed that, US became pacifist and Germany won WW2. I have always thought that was a critical point in the mirror universe time track. However I am open to discussion / debate if you can find any holes in it in a constructive way. I will never stop learning. - Darren
Nacizam is not very diffrent form then comunisam its all about equality and shit but the bad side is that there is always a dictator as a ruler and many times dictators are crazy so shit happens...i think that in the future everything needs to be based on those two ideologies but with out the bad sides..on the other hand capitalism its way more close to this mirror univers in this ideology the rich are getting richer and the poor well y get my meaning...today no one gives a shit about the others its all about me and only me people will even kill others to get what they want all becouse there is no equality....
When I first saw this intro when it aired, I had just walked into the room and I thought I was watching a rerun of of "Star Trek: First Contact." That was up to the point when the Vulcan got shot. When I saw that, I said "WTF?" Then, the intro for "Star Trek: Enterprise" ("In A Mirror, Darkly") started and I said to myself, "Oh, no way!" Then, I smiled! :-) How they explained about what happened to the U.S.S. Defiant (NCC-1764) after "Star Trek: TOS": "The Tholian Web." It was very well done. Both episodes were very well done and directed. It tied up everything very, very nicely. "5 Stars."
+SouthTexasPrepper THis was when the show was actually getting really good. They pretty much knew they were getting canceled so the last two seasons they tried new things. With the third season being one long arc with morally questionable issues being brought up and emotions running high. And the fourth season did what they should have done from the beginning of the show and made an actual prequel that tied in stuff from the other shows to show how this could lead to what happens in them. I hate that they only started actually trying things when they had already lost too many viewers to get another season. They were even planning to do one or two seasons on the Earth Romulan War and how that makes the federation.
@@Nostripe361 Yeah I was disappointed when they cancelled it, it was just getting good and then smack its all over. If I ever get a time machine I will definitely be making sure it gets more seasons.
Thank you for sharing your story, I had a similar experience and the same reaction and I agree they did a great job explaining the USS Defiant and the Tholian's.
0:57 Commander Neil Armstrong smiled coldly as he pressed the Imperial flag into the lunar soil. The wound in his right shoulder stung, but it didn't matter. Buzz Aldrin's mutiny attempt had failed and he would deal with the treacherous Lunar Module Pilot later. He knew his first words on the surface had been well-chosen. "That's one small step for a man, one great world conquered for the Empire!" Emperor Nixon would be pleased.
Mike Collins, on the other side of Luna, is now faced with two options: Deny his involvement in the mutiny, let Armstrong on, and hope he isn't killed, or leave Armstrong on the planet and return to Terra with the glory previously split.
Maybe that is how the Sphere Builders tricked them into helping them. They showed them footage of the Terran Empire from Mirror Universe destroying everything then claimed it was from Earth in the prime universe. This is possible since the sphere builders can see and travel into other universes at least from that one mission in Star Trek Online, since the player had to travel to the JJ Abrams's Star Trek Universe and stop the Sphere Builders. During the mission, there are consoles in the spheres that explain that the Sphere Builders were trying to conquer other universes but they ended disastrously with that universe being destroyed or they met heavy resistance like in one universe the Dominion made an alliance with the Iconians to stop the Sphere Builders.
@@Yasuda9000 Think you were cut short a little too early at the Dominion allying itself with an unknown party. But that scenario with the sphere builders is entirely possible.
So. I'm living in the mirror universe already? Because that's just how it is in most parts of europe right now. "Hatespeech" gets you banned and punished to make everything nice, censored and happy, while our politicians import illegals to endager their population for no reason.. -.-
well the irony is in the mirror verse your polite if your not in stabbing range... so everyones nice and civilized up until your within arms length plus a dager blade :/ i am sorry
That is... _not_ the message of the season that leads with them shooting a spaceship to pieces as they fly off to a (later-averted) future of bloody war and mutual destruction.
The sound effect heard as the logo changes from white to black sends a shiver down my spine. I think the "In a Mirror, Darkly" 2-parter is definitely two of my favourite episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
I know I'm late to the party on this, but that note and really this intro as a whole... it kind of scares me. Its just so unlike star trek for the most part, and very abrupt like god damn.
@@Slaashr Yeah, after all these years I finally got on board with enterprise and this episode swept me off my feet, totally unexpected , super cool and well done.
Slaashr I think the whole point is really to be kind of an unsettling experience. Like a haunted house or a nightmare. Things that look so familiar but twisted with no possible out from the horror. There’s something kind of cool about it in a creepy way.
Saw this when it aired originally. The cold open twist was crazy and when I saw the Terran Empire ensignia I literally cheered. Awesome two parter. This series should have gotten at least two more seasons.
When it finally got good, they canceled it. Voyager got a chance for soft reboot in season 4 with 7 of 9 and Voyager was way worst than Enterprise. Don't see why they didn't gave same chance to this show.
@@VRGamercz I honestly blame it on the intro song. You want a theme, not a spoken word balad. Is that something you want to hear 150 times throughout the run of a show? I don't think it is. People would hear it and probably change the channel.
Blame it on not enough people watching this network show. It started with lower ratings than Voyager and went progressively lower from then on. In hindsight, it was lucky to last four seasons. I loved the show but hated the cheap-looking bridge. Archer was far from the most likeable character that Scott Bakula has ever played. And I say that as someone who loves the original Quantum Leap and NCIS New Orleans.
Funny thing is that I recognized immediately where those two clips of submarines involved in a battle came from. First one was a Russian sub from Hunt for Red October, and the second one was a German U Boat in the movie U571.
Yeah. The missiles were from The Sum of All Fears intro as well. A lot of it is US Government footage that’s public domain. They probably had to borrow b roll from a lot of IPs that Paramount also owned just to fill the intro and I can’t blame them.
@@masonwong8007 That shot always seemed familiar, thanks! Similarly, I think the shot immediately after that (of a targeting system locking onto a fighter jet) is from Top Gun.
All reused footage: 1:07 reused Voyager footage 1:10 when enterprise attacked Duras 1:13 the mine raid 1:15 romulan holo ship masquerading as enterprise 1:18 enterprise pursuing the xindi death star
Now I just want to see an entire series about how in the mirror vs humans are the ultimate badasses and kick the crap out of the klingons. I mean... I guess that's what 40k is, but still.
In the ST:TNG novel "Dark Mirror", by the 2360's, the Mirror Terrans have conquered their universe's version of the Klingons and have ruled over them for decades PLUS it seems that they broke their will to resist Terran rule. Of course, that's not a canon novel.
@The Future is Waifu Until in DS9 the humans started a rebellion supported by a few other races who also didn't like how the new overlords were possibly even worse than the old Terran Empire, and managed to get their hands on the Defiant blueprints from the normal universe, resulting in the rebels having access to one of the strongest ships in their entire universe.
Even being human won't keep you safe since your superiors can send you to an agony booth for blinking the wrong way. Also all your underlings are plotting to murder you to asend the ranks :p
The funniest thing to me is the implication in ST: First Contact that without the Borg's interference, there would never have been a Federation of Planets...
Discovery is redundant, this Enterprise intro sequence already firmly establishes that the Terran Empire predates First Contact. Imperium flag on the moon (circa 1969?), nationalistic symbols (from proto-Imperium?) on all the WWI and WWII and post-war troops/vehicles, strange (not British, not American) flag flown by the naval tallship "Enterprize".
The moon scene may have been post first contact if they decided to create a empire of planets, with a new empire of space travel, what better place besides earth then the moon, then the rest of the planets
It is the Terran Empire we're talking about. No doubt the empire is some kind of stable time loop caused by Mirror Kirk wandering back in time to set things "right" by installing an ancestor on the throne in the 20th century or some other craziness like that.
That episode of Voyager could technically be seen as a mirror universe episode, even though it was a misrepresentation by the alien race. The Warship Voyager has a good ring to it, lol.
So would I but if it helps there are several books set there. Bantam Books published at least 3 set in the Next Gen era with a dark Picard. Watch out for Troi in those, she sets a whole new standard for creepy evil.
Space, the final conquest. These are the exploits of the Warship Enterprise. It's sacred mission: to subjugate strange alien worlds, to seek out new wealth and new glory for the Empire, to boldly bring order where only chaos has existed before.
Humanity was still pretty warlike and aggressive even in the Prime universe until WW3 and the aftermath. It took first contact with the Vulcans and their continued influence over the course of nearly a century to cause us to become peaceful. I agree though that we won't likely become the utopian Humans in Star Trek, we can of course be democratic and not starting wars with aliens but we'll likely still have big corporations, corruption issues, internal disputes and other negative things follow us to the stars. Babylon 5 is a more realistic vision of what Humanity will become, flawed but well meaning.
Dark mirror is definitely enjoyable, like most of Duane's works, but, also like most of her works, is heavily de canonized(it called expanded universe for a reason.) However, though Gene may have hated it, I still prefer the characterization of Romulans in the "Rihannsu" trilogy by Duane, and recommend that trilogy if you enjoyed "Dark Mirror."
@Infinite Possibilities True, but dictatorships are more willing and able to reach that point first, and indeed are always preparing for it. The more militaristic a country is, the more willing the population is to comply.
I'm not a big fan of the Enterprise series, but I have to love it if only for the mirror universe opening. What makes me love it is how the default Enterprise opening starts with historical images of discovery and innovation and extrapolates into a future where the Federation can exist, the mirror opening starts with historical images of war and conquest and extrapolates into a future where the Empire can exist. They're both rooted in our reality, but chosen according to differing ideas of what makes a society great, kind of asking the question of what kind of people, a few centuries from now, will be writing our history.
I think what enterprise gets wrong is that its whole aesthetic and especially that intro pretend mankind went on a clean path to discovering warp technology. That has never been the case in Star Trek lore.
Some of our ideas of democracy have sinister undertones, too Terrible things can happen with the best of intentions and are often ignored if they go towards satisfying the majority
I'm not entirely sure you've even seen the episode. You just described the obvious meaning of the video clip that everyone in the comments also watched.
@@gmlaster This mirror theme music for the show was excellent. The usual theme music for the show was awful. I used to pre-record the show just so I could skip over that whiny noise at the beginning.
Some history trivia: the scene at 0:30 is actually the American victory parade at the liberation of Paris (so it's not some sort of fascist military parade, but literally the opposite).
Canonically the Federation would easily wipe out any enemy if they abandoned their principles of peace and transparency, and properly armed starfleet with the very OP tech that they very much know how to build. I am not convinced Starfleet doesn't know how to create a cloaking device. There's no way an officer hasn't hid away the blueprints somewhere in case a war breaks out with Romulus. That's not even mentioning that transphasic cloak. Also, Project Genesis that can literally wipe out an entire system without a trace using a single bomb? If starfleet had the instructions still around, all they needed to do to win the dominion war is drop a genesis bomb in the great link and watch changelings change into trees and frogs for the last time.
@@naverilllang They can do that with conventional weapons. In fact they did. The Changlings were already gone to another world and the fleet that did it got wiped out.
@@naverilllang They DO know how to make one. They just signed a Treaty saying they won't. Course, thatjust means that the Federation invested heavily in ways to BEAT Cloaking, which it succeeded at extremely well. And as a byproduct meant they had the best goddamned sensors in most of the Milky Way.
The Spitfire We could mix the Imperium of Man, the Terran Imperium, and the Galactic Empire and all others sci fi Human Supremacists Fascists Empires to form one single extremely OP Imperium
The fact that they went out of their way to make a special opening for this episode arc is great attention to detail
Well of course it was. It was two episodes from the alternate universe.
I love that SNW has done the same a few times now (not mirror specifically, but unique intros)
I've recently been watching this show for the first time in reruns and when this episode came on I was totally confused. I thought they changed the theme music which I never liked and then I saw the earth with a dagger through it and I had no idea what was going on. I saw the second part last night and I still don't understand what is going on. The original people were on the old enterprise dressed like the original show. I love that part but I don't understand the story line. The mean Captain Archer was so crazy and out of control it was nuts and I did laugh when Hoshie poisoned him and started making out with Mayweather. The episode didn't seem to have an ending unless there is more to it. It was wild and crazy. The original Star Trek show made more sense with the parallel good and evil universe, at least to me it did.
Thank you so much. I saw TOS but didn't remember that. I know Archer was making fun of the idea of a federation of planets. Did the Enterprise crew go back in time and end up on the original Enterprise and wearing the old uniforms? I loved that part.@@KingCrab85
You are awesome! Thank you for the explanation. I didn't realize the connection.🤗
All these comments are saying that the Mirror Universe is our universe, but let's not forget that humanity was just as warlike in the prime universe right up until they nearly blew themselves to smithereens in World War III...
I think that is the divergence point, the "evil" faction (THE IMPERIUM OF MAN!) actually won World War 3
Just wait till ww3, once we have won that war we will find another to fight
If you read the books with by William Shatner, the divergence point was in the movie First Contact. Zephran Cocran flipped a coin wheaher to decide to tell the Vulcan's about the borg or not. He didn't and it resulted in the Prime universe, was as when he did resulted in the empire universe.
Mirror Archer said that the Empire has lasted for centuries, and in this intro we see they conquered space and the moon, I think its actually an Empire from way back, maybe the 1950´s or 1940´s, making it more reasonable (2155-200=1955), this would make it at least 200 years, while if it started after WWIII, lets say, at the moment of the First Contact (2063) it would be less than 100 years
And thats considering the minium, who knows, maybe the Terrans were there from 1600´s, or even 1400´s
+Kim Mendrzycki Do you know how the First Contact ended in the Mirror Universe? Zefran shoot the Vulcans, that isnt exactly tell them about the Borg
The Enterprise cast might be the most underrated cast with their roles in the Mirror Universe. They rarely get a mention, but they are so good playing the two types of characters
Apparently Dominic Keating hated these episodes because he didn't like playing a morally bad character. He was so amazing as evil Malcom though!!
MMM, Hoshi Sato
The actors had a blast. I know Scott Bakula probably enjoyed it.
They should have written a lot more screen time throughout the series for Hoshi. This episode really showcases what could have been.
@@EvilJ069the ladies were quite something in said episodes!
I personally love this particular theme. It's so dark, and dramatic, with some great solos in the brass. Plus, it fits with the pictures really well.
Yeah this mirror universe intro is exceedingly better than the normal prime universe intro for ENT. No vocals, no acoustic guitar, fits the style of and conveyed the tone of the images.
The normal one is too "conventional" and taking "down to Earth" too literally. They could've went with an instrumental only transitionary piece between conventional "earth" music and intergalactic / energetic trumpet prominent music.
@@worlwr2 I wouldve preferred this intro music over the actual one, just replace the "terran propaganda" with something else, like enterprise or its crew fighting xindi. Wouldnt fit for the first 2 season though
I like both themes... both of them fit their respective shows.
Gotta admit,the dark themed version for the ENTERPRISE opening was surprisingly good.
And this is why I play a secret mirror universe operative on Star trek online.
I like the fact that in the later seasons of enterprise where the story got darker the theme went with happier
While I hate the Terran Empire, I do agree that this opening is pretty good.
@@biggshoverwelder3690 hmmm lorca?
@@CaptainSovereign when did i say lorca?
This was the most silly fun I ever had watching two episodes of Star Trek.
Many episodes have humor, but this was something else!
+Ramschat It was so amazing. I only wish I had at least one friend to have watched it with when it aired. The intro blew me away.
It was a very dark humour. It might have been a stress release for the fact it was the show’s final season.
I love the fact that this opening is a full mashup of clips from documentaries and movies. For example at 0:48 the shot of those missiles is the same shot in the opening of the movie The Sum of All Fears
I'm glad I was not the only one seeing this!
The whole series is highly underrated, and it was a real shame it was canceled.
I can imagine if we did get 7 years of Enterprise, we might have gotten an episode or 2 a year of mirror episodes.
The way it ended did leave room for more stories.
The crew have since said that the plan was literally that, every season they'd have a "checkup" episode or two on the Mirror Universe. Its really a shame we never got more
Conquer the Aliens! for the glory of Terra!
LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!!!!!!
All Hail Empress Sato!
All Hail dat midriff!!!
Beware of the alien, the mutant, the heretic! Woops wrong universse... Or is it?
@@ReaverTChannel ... impretty sure warhammer happens in the events after star trek and after star wars since star wars was a long time ago... hrrm interesting
@@aurorauplinks WAIT.... Is it possible that the mirror universe corresponds to an Star Wars alternate universe that the Sith Empire conquered the old republic?
THIS is the prequel series we want
Yes, yes, and HELL YES!!!
This is more likely than the federation by far
Sadly yeahs
Funny thing is. The mirror verse Archer is a lot more better man and captain. Then the canon Archer. For one thing, he will actually honored his words. And another, he puts the Empire needs above his and other personal feelings or their petty squabbles. Unfortunately, mirror T'pol choose the wrong side. Because Archer would free her people or at least acknowledge them. Finally, mirror verse Archer choose the wrong women. I guess mirror verse Archer is the one canon Enterprise needs, but not the one they got.:(
Darius Tiapula Mirror Universe Archer could also win in a fist fight unlike his prime universe counterpart.
Plus Mirror Archer despite being brutal and bad tempered cares about Humanity as he was angry when he learned what his Prime Universe counterpart did and accused him of selling out his people to aliens and in betraying his Human heritage.
I've got a feeling that he and Paxton of the Terra Prime movement from the Prime Universe would get along well. Then again, Mirror Archer could very well be disgusted with his hypocrisy for taking alien drugs to stay alive. I know that Mirror Archer would bring in Paxton's right hand man into his crew as he actually practiced what he preached.
This should’ve been the actual theme music for the show. It’s pure genius! I absolutely hated “Faith of the Heart” with a passion for which there are no words. The whole easy rock thing was just wrong for any Star Trek.
As for the imagery, let’s face it…most of that was actual footage. We really fired all those bombs and blew people up. I think the show would’ve been SO much better had it been premised on a violent but realistic past THAT WE OVERCAME…somehow, but the mirror universe people did not. Meeting the Vulcans was the point of divergence. We aspired to conform. They aspired to conquest. But stabbing people in the back and sleeping our way to the top…that’s who we really are. We are WAY more like the mirror universe people than people living in the Star Trek utopia.
In the mirror universe, they watched the entire series of this show and a couple of episodes from this universe's Enterprise. And when they did, they thought "Such pussies!"
Cerberus: Humanity First.
Just remember mirror spock calculated the Terran Empire would only last 264 years where in Voyager it became apparent that the federation would exist as far as the 29th century.
***** We.Need.WAR!
I don't know why you'd think that.
wolfpup3 WAR IS THE MOTHERFUCKING ANSWER!
Reminds me of the Imperials from Star Wars.
+Larry-three “Larry-3” pfffft, they're a bunch of amateurs, try the Imperium of Man
+Field Marshal Fry Dropping the exterminatus on all them xeno scum!
+Larry-three “Larry-3” More like the Imperium Of Mankind from Warhammer 40K!
Imagine this music being used in the Star Wars opening crawl😄.
Regina of Andor, Dominous of Q'onos, Conquerer of Vulcan, All hail the Emperor, Iaponius Centaris, Phillipa Georgiou.
I loved the episodes this comes from, largely because it shows the original Constitution-class updated to modern standards. It also shows how awesome it really is compared to 22nd century ships, which is great because the original series never had many battles (because of the budget and technology available).
Humanity, FUCK YEAH.
When you lose you’re faith, of the heart
Other than the Xindi story arc, probably the best episodes of series. Like all the Mirror Universe stories, it was great to see the actors playing their evil selves. Linda Park in particular.
These 2 episodes are my favourite in the series , just well made and the opening was special.
If every episode in Star Trek : Enterprise was a mirror, ratings would have shot up and the series run for 7 seasons instead of 4.
I dont know, I was sad to see the characters I followed for so much time being... animals
masterace088
It would still be on and Scott Bakula wouldn't have been available when yet another NCIS spin-off was churned out.
Well folks, you're now getting what you all wanted, less Bakula's crew!!
So basically, if humans were Kling-Ons.
Human's are weak King-ons. What makes us strong is technology.
Cool music. Very intense.
As a break from the political suggestions...this intro is probably the baddest-ass intro ever done for ANY "Star Trek," bar none! I can only imagine what viewing fans thought when that first aired! The composition and the orchestration are of the highest order.
Plus, I think it rather neat that they captioned Jolene Blalock's name right in sync with the Baker blast: She really was nuclear-hot!
"I can only imagine what viewing fans thought when that first aired!" I saw this on-air and was completely bewildered. Before the intro came up there was that alternate version of the First Contact scene. Mirror-Cochran shooting the Vulcan just came outta nowhere.
At the time I'd seen the second half of DS9 and knew that the Mirror Universe existed, but I'd not seen ToS so the meaning of the Terran Empire logo popping up was completely lost on me. I think I was like a good bit into the episode proper before I figured out what was going on.
It wasn't until much later after I'd watched ToS, and then rewatched this episode that I understood the references in it
It's glorious to see the Terran flag ship ISS Enterprise chasing the Xindi rebels while firing torpedoes
The mirror universe seemed way more than a reflection of the Prime Universe... therefore the Prime universe sits between two extreme opposites - one we have seen from TOS to DS9 to Enterprise and to Discovery... and one where pot noodles are edible.
I like star trek in general but I think it'd be nice to see humans depicted as a "don't screw with us or suffer the consequences"bad asses the klingons are,instead of everyone hugging and singing kumbaya all the time.
A mirror universe tv show would be cool.
Perhaps it gets discovered the reason everyone is more violent is because of the original ancient humanoids 4.5 billion years ago,shown in the chase episode,were hyper violent themselves?
Or perhaps temporal manipulation of earths timeline by someone to keep that universe's humans unstable to prevent alliances against an invasion?
The empire discovers this and tries to change their destiny?
Ds9 showed the humans COULD be sane,chief obrian,and not just be sociopaths looking to kill everyone,but still not go"Oh I'll just wait while you shoot my ship a have dozen times to prove how patient I am before firing back"like picard did all the time.
+kris guntner Well part of Rodenberry's artistic vision was a world where humanity had evolved into something better. A violent and ruthless world was one he already lived in.
*****
I know but that's what we currently live in and based on how many shows that have a real world spin to them it's obvious I'm not the only person who likes the idea of aggressively going after people that try to screw us over and none of this "you shot us twice but it's ok because you stopped just short of killing us" b.s.
What good is a philosophy if it's anti-survival?
Best explanation I have heard is the Federation lost the Earth Romulan War. For fifty years, Earth was subjegated until a band of rebels overthrew their Romulan oppressors. After liberating Earth, these rebels vowed "Never again shall we be conquered! Now we will be the conquerors!"
Babylon 5 is a bit like this.
When you realize the mirror opening is the real life opening
Yep, we are the mirror universe..
to boldly conquer, where no human has conquered before...
Anyone knows where the shot with the tank (0:46) is from?
They don't have faith.
Too bad that we never get an entire mirror darkly series
Ave Imperium! Suffer not the Xeno to Live!
Humanity, Fuck Yeah!
Long live the Empire!
I remember hearing this on TV. What is this? It kinda looks like Enterprise. Am I on the right channel?
Then I saw the scene with Zefram Cochrane. Wait, I saw this in the movie. But it was different. Wtf?
Then I saw the rest of the episode. I loved it.
This was a fun 2-parter. Loved that they brought back the Constitution-class Defiant. I was a bit dubious about their plan to spread more episodes out among season 5. DS9 went to the "mirror universe" well a few too many times.
0:51 Clip from the first Top Gun film. I guess that makes sense since they’re both from Paramount but it was a pleasant surprise!
Long live the Empire
TERRA FIRMA!!!
The Terran empire feels like a dark version of the USA as the US would promote freedom and equality the Terran Empire is the opposite
Washington would’ve chosen to become the emperor of the 13 colonies rather than a president I believe that is where mirror universe separated from our own
With the US becoming a empire the war of 1812 would be a war out of fear of what the British have allowed the colonies to become
The civil war would be a rebellion pushing for the creation of the USA but failed
WW1 would play as normal but without the US
WW2 would be a Germany seeing the Terran Empire and their plans to take over the world and tried to right it’s wrongs it ended with Japan Germany and France becoming Terran colonies
The mirror universe just got darker and darker as history continues
I should also point out that the mirror universe intro is the same until the HMS enterprise witch will support this theory
HAHAHAHA
America IS the Terran Empire.
China?
Nah its the damm romans
It seems that the empire is an old cabal of people. They also took influence from the Romans.
Long Live The Empire!!!!!
"Stand for something! Join Cerberus today!"
United States #SpaceForce
1:20 The new Space Force symbol.
The funny thing is that, by the look of it (giving that the first man on the moon got the imperial flag), humanity, despite being worse in this universe, managed to unite under a unified planetary government much sooner than the other primary timeline or even us in the real world.
It's funny, but I like this opening a lot more than the standard Enterprise one.
I like Enterprise, especially season 3 and 4, but me and a friend are working on a rewrite of the series of what could have been. We cut out the Temporal Cold War or move it to a later season. Instead of the Temporal Cold War stuff at the start of the series that went nowhere in the series Season 1 and 2 will be the Xindi arc. Season 3 will be more diplomacy and exploration but will slowly build up towards the Romulan War for a Season 4. Season 5, 6, or 7 depending on how long we want to make it, will then involve more Federation building or a reworking of the Temporal Cold War arc.
Love the change of opening for these episodes. How do we make an opening for the Mirror Verse? Change it from being about the best, most hopeful of humanity to the worst and most destructive.
I really hope for our own sake that humanity can overcome its own worst tendencies.
I'm trying to determine where history diverges.
We have the HMS Enterprise, so we know the British Empire existed.
The World War I era planes have the Iron Cross, so we know the German Empire existed.
The rest of the images are more ambiguous.
We see JU 87 Stukas but cannot clearly see if they are suppose to be Nazi or Terran.
None of the "American" planes such as the F-14 or the B-1 have visible American markings.
Additionally, the Saturn V rocket dosent clearly say "United States".
After this is the "Terran Moon Landing" and the Terran Phonix.
So we can assume the the point of divergence was World War I. Which makes sense since the Empire is a despotic monarchy rather than Communist or Fascist, which would make more sense if it were World War II.
It’s when J J Abrams was born and introduced to Star Trek.
The Mirror Universe may very well be a variant of our own timeline, where we didn't squabble around left ideologies and didn't ditch the space race.
These episodes are my favourite mirror universe episodes after "Mirror, Mirror".
Now this is something even the Inquisition would approve of. Purge the xenos~!
"One Small Step for Man; One Giant Empire for Mankind"
"The Terran Empire stamps it's boot in your face forever..."
- Mirror Universe George Orwell III
just love it
makes me want to say "FUCK YEAH"
"Mankind, headed by the Immortal Emperor, is the rightful heir to the galaxy. He holds rightful dominion over all other races and creatures that are all so much less than He. This gives man the inalienable right to assert control over His domain. We do this with rifle, tank, fist and sinew. We do this without mercy or compassion. We fight to survive and to uphold what is unarguably our rightful place at the top of the echelon of existence. Your vigilance is demanded by the Immortal Emperor."
Actually there were Romulans on ENT. Remember that episode where Tucker and Mayweather or whoever he was took over that ship?
Nice sub shot from Hunt for Red October.
The irony is that is how humanity looks right now
Greatest resistance x gate opening ever
@McCbobbish Spot on if we do ever get out there that is how we will act.
some one who has the star trek rights make a series about the Terran empire and please for the love of God us this theme music and the war, military scenes. please! let's hope it made :-)
Just my thought on where they possibly changed in history to a critical point.
In a TOS episode where Edith Keeler was suppose to die to allow the US to enter WW2 and defeat Germany, but the accidental time jump by McCoy (city on the edge of forever) changed that, US became pacifist and Germany won WW2.
I have always thought that was a critical point in the mirror universe time track.
However I am open to discussion / debate if you can find any holes in it in a constructive way. I will never stop learning. - Darren
Nacizam is not very diffrent form then comunisam its all about equality and shit but the bad side is that there is always a dictator as a ruler and many times dictators are crazy so shit happens...i think that in the future everything needs to be based on those two ideologies but with out the bad sides..on the other hand capitalism its way more close to this mirror univers in this ideology the rich are getting richer and the poor well y get my meaning...today no one gives a shit about the others its all about me and only me people will even kill others to get what they want all becouse there is no equality....
I Can see that.....were the center of the Universe.....Gods help those Alien Bastards when we perfect the Kinetic engine.....
I just saw a trailer on RUclips for Voyager dragons' teeth and it has the same footage this vid has at 1:08.
When I first saw this intro when it aired, I had just walked into the room and I thought I was watching a rerun of of "Star Trek: First Contact." That was up to the point when the Vulcan got shot. When I saw that, I said "WTF?" Then, the intro for "Star Trek: Enterprise" ("In A Mirror, Darkly") started and I said to myself, "Oh, no way!" Then, I smiled! :-) How they explained about what happened to the U.S.S. Defiant (NCC-1764) after "Star Trek: TOS": "The Tholian Web." It was very well done. Both episodes were very well done and directed. It tied up everything very, very nicely. "5 Stars."
+SouthTexasPrepper THis was when the show was actually getting really good. They pretty much knew they were getting canceled so the last two seasons they tried new things. With the third season being one long arc with morally questionable issues being brought up and emotions running high. And the fourth season did what they should have done from the beginning of the show and made an actual prequel that tied in stuff from the other shows to show how this could lead to what happens in them. I hate that they only started actually trying things when they had already lost too many viewers to get another season. They were even planning to do one or two seasons on the Earth Romulan War and how that makes the federation.
Xindi storyline was hands down the most creative in any star trek series
@@Nostripe361 Yeah I was disappointed when they cancelled it, it was just getting good and then smack its all over. If I ever get a time machine I will definitely be making sure it gets more seasons.
Thank you for sharing your story, I had a similar experience and the same reaction and I agree they did a great job explaining the USS Defiant and the Tholian's.
@@Nostripe361 If there had been more ST-E like In a Mirror Darkly, the series wouldn't have crashed and burned.
Long live the Empire!
LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!!!
MAY YOUR ENEMIES PARISH BENEATH THE TERRAN FLAG
@@flashlightfreek Ha ha!
0:57
Commander Neil Armstrong smiled coldly as he pressed the Imperial flag into the lunar soil. The wound in his right shoulder stung, but it didn't matter. Buzz Aldrin's mutiny attempt had failed and he would deal with the treacherous Lunar Module Pilot later. He knew his first words on the surface had been well-chosen.
"That's one small step for a man, one great world conquered for the Empire!"
Emperor Nixon would be pleased.
N I C E
and what was Michael Collins doing while all of this was going on ; )
Mike Collins, on the other side of Luna, is now faced with two options: Deny his involvement in the mutiny, let Armstrong on, and hope he isn't killed, or leave Armstrong on the planet and return to Terra with the glory previously split.
I have to wonder what the plaque Apollo 11 left on the moon would have on it in the mirror universe.
Nice
It's been a long raod....Killin from there to here....
Followed by a metal riff
No wonder why the Xindi were so desperate to destroy Earth.. lol.
Playgame Productions
heh!
Maybe that is how the Sphere Builders tricked them into helping them. They showed them footage of the Terran Empire from Mirror Universe destroying everything then claimed it was from Earth in the prime universe. This is possible since the sphere builders can see and travel into other universes at least from that one mission in Star Trek Online, since the player had to travel to the JJ Abrams's Star Trek Universe and stop the Sphere Builders. During the mission, there are consoles in the spheres that explain that the Sphere Builders were trying to conquer other universes but they ended disastrously with that universe being destroyed or they met heavy resistance like in one universe the Dominion made an alliance with the Iconians to stop the Sphere Builders.
@@Yasuda9000 Think you were cut short a little too early at the Dominion allying itself with an unknown party. But that scenario with the sphere builders is entirely possible.
Maybe, however in this reality humans could have stopped Xindi attack by heavy force and then destroyed their world in retailiation
@@aleksandergrzybowski142 Which world lol
Ah, the Mirror Universe. Where people are unfailingly polite and friendly online, but will stab you for the hell of it out on the street.
More more exciting than Orion slave girls! Sick of them!
So. I'm living in the mirror universe already? Because that's just how it is in most parts of europe right now. "Hatespeech" gets you banned and punished to make everything nice, censored and happy, while our politicians import illegals to endager their population for no reason.. -.-
@Berzerk Llama Nice try. Better luck next time.
Stab you? Only for gain.
well the irony is in the mirror verse your polite if your not in stabbing range... so everyones nice and civilized up until your within arms length plus a dager blade :/ i am sorry
Watching humanity destroy the Klingon vessel is epic.
Like a "Warriors? Bitch please THIS is how to be a fucking warrior!"
Klingons might be the warriors but Humans are the killers ;)
Not only that, but one getting shot in the chest by the descending ISS trooper
Damn, that's hot!!! The idea that humans are the real warriors and not Klingons…I love it!!!
"Honor....what? Humans are bloodthirsty war machines, we got no time for honor!"
That is... _not_ the message of the season that leads with them shooting a spaceship to pieces as they fly off to a (later-averted) future of bloody war and mutual destruction.
The sound effect heard as the logo changes from white to black sends a shiver down my spine. I think the "In a Mirror, Darkly" 2-parter is definitely two of my favourite episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
I know I'm late to the party on this, but that note and really this intro as a whole... it kind of scares me. Its just so unlike star trek for the most part, and very abrupt like god damn.
@@Slaashr Yeah, after all these years I finally got on board with enterprise and this episode swept me off my feet, totally unexpected , super cool and well done.
Slaashr I think the whole point is really to be kind of an unsettling experience. Like a haunted house or a nightmare. Things that look so familiar but twisted with no possible out from the horror. There’s something kind of cool about it in a creepy way.
The theme music…perfect setup for two of the best episodes ever. That should've been the theme for the show, not Faith Of the Heart.
I've heard that exact sound effect on Kitchen Nightmares lol. Although commonly used on reality TV, Kevin Kiner used it very well here.
I still remember the first time I saw this. I was giggling like an anime school girl through the whole episode.
Saw this when it aired originally. The cold open twist was crazy and when I saw the Terran Empire ensignia I literally cheered. Awesome two parter. This series should have gotten at least two more seasons.
When it finally got good, they canceled it. Voyager got a chance for soft reboot in season 4 with 7 of 9 and Voyager was way worst than Enterprise. Don't see why they didn't gave same chance to this show.
@@VRGamercz I honestly blame it on the intro song. You want a theme, not a spoken word balad. Is that something you want to hear 150 times throughout the run of a show? I don't think it is. People would hear it and probably change the channel.
Blame it on not enough people watching this network show. It started with lower ratings than Voyager and went progressively lower from then on. In hindsight, it was lucky to last four seasons. I loved the show but hated the cheap-looking bridge. Archer was far from the most likeable character that Scott Bakula has ever played. And I say that as someone who loves the original Quantum Leap and NCIS New Orleans.
@@VRGamercz Low ratings and expensive show to make equals cancellation.
Funny thing is that I recognized immediately where those two clips of submarines involved in a battle came from. First one was a Russian sub from Hunt for Red October, and the second one was a German U Boat in the movie U571.
Yeah. The missiles were from The Sum of All Fears intro as well. A lot of it is US Government footage that’s public domain. They probably had to borrow b roll from a lot of IPs that Paramount also owned just to fill the intro and I can’t blame them.
@@masonwong8007 That shot always seemed familiar, thanks! Similarly, I think the shot immediately after that (of a targeting system locking onto a fighter jet) is from Top Gun.
Alfa-class attack submarine V. K. Konovalov, commanded by Captain Tupolev, torpedoing the Red October
All reused footage:
1:07 reused Voyager footage
1:10 when enterprise attacked Duras
1:13 the mine raid
1:15 romulan holo ship masquerading as enterprise
1:18 enterprise pursuing the xindi death star
The shot at 0:59 is from Star Trek: First Contact. First flight of the Phoenix
how on earth was 1:07 from voyager??
@hornet370 the bombing of the city was from dragons teeth, the vaadwuar episode
@@hornet370they probably thought it was the Prometheus with it's multivector assault mode. But it's not, you're right.
0:45 was from U-571
Fear The Alien. Hate The Alien. Kill The Alien
praise be to the Emperor
"Long Live The Empire!!!"
Howyaduing
*BLAM!* FOR THE IMPERIUM OF MAN!
warhammer 40k is the star trek mirror verse; CONFIRMED!
BLAM! ( more like PEW!) look men the commissar seems to have fallen down, probably well shooting at one of my men loyal men.
Now I just want to see an entire series about how in the mirror vs humans are the ultimate badasses and kick the crap out of the klingons.
I mean... I guess that's what 40k is, but still.
40k has more medievil/dark age feels, with the lost of old technology and the rise of religion.
You got your wish
In the ST:TNG novel "Dark Mirror", by the 2360's, the Mirror Terrans have conquered their universe's version of the Klingons and have ruled over them for decades PLUS it seems that they broke their will to resist Terran rule.
Of course, that's not a canon novel.
@The Future is Waifu Until in DS9 the humans started a rebellion supported by a few other races who also didn't like how the new overlords were possibly even worse than the old Terran Empire, and managed to get their hands on the Defiant blueprints from the normal universe, resulting in the rebels having access to one of the strongest ships in their entire universe.
@Martin Beck Doesn't sound like Karma to me. As you said Spock did major reforms and I believe the Empire became Pacifist.
HUMANITY F*** YEAH!!!
Even being human won't keep you safe since your superiors can send you to an agony booth for blinking the wrong way. Also all your underlings are plotting to murder you to asend the ranks :p
@@sayachan6069 Glory to the human race
Commander Bohn The Imperium of Man is better, and that's literally a Fallen Empire!
Coming to save the mother F*** in day yeah!
I'd love an entire series on the Terran empire. I think it would a good series
Definitely...a series based on the mirror universe would be awesome....if today's writers took risks in storytelling....
Game of Thrones, Trek style
I'd like to see it in the form of a radio drama
Too dark for Paramount. They would reject a Terran Empire series just like they rejected the proposed Section 31 series starring Michelle Yeoh.
I think we're living it now.
The funniest thing to me is the implication in ST: First Contact that without the Borg's interference, there would never have been a Federation of Planets...
Discovery is redundant, this Enterprise intro sequence already firmly establishes that the Terran Empire predates First Contact.
Imperium flag on the moon (circa 1969?), nationalistic symbols (from proto-Imperium?) on all the WWI and WWII and post-war troops/vehicles, strange (not British, not American) flag flown by the naval tallship "Enterprize".
The moon scene may have been post first contact if they decided to create a empire of planets, with a new empire of space travel, what better place besides earth then the moon, then the rest of the planets
Adam Levine discovery isn't canon
It is the Terran Empire we're talking about. No doubt the empire is some kind of stable time loop caused by Mirror Kirk wandering back in time to set things "right" by installing an ancestor on the throne in the 20th century or some other craziness like that.
@@KertaDrake There's probably many Mirrors - an infinity of diverging alternates - because the shows don't always seem to visit the "same" one.
They should really make a series based on the Mirror Universe
all of my yes
Hell yeah! We've seen some of the Mirror episodes from the Star Trek franchise, but never a series, I would love to see that happening
This needs to happen.
That episode of Voyager could technically be seen as a mirror universe episode, even though it was a misrepresentation by the alien race. The Warship Voyager has a good ring to it, lol.
Thomas Rodgers
Is it sad I know exactly what you're talking about?
goddamn this remains such a solid banger of an intro. What a track.
You mean what a trek
Hehehe
@@soljafon ba dum tss
I would love a full series set in the mirror universe
So would I but if it helps there are several books set there. Bantam Books published at least 3 set in the Next Gen era with a dark Picard. Watch out for Troi in those, she sets a whole new standard for creepy evil.
You mean our universe?
The actual Star Trek universe was destroyed by atomic wars before they entered the golden age.
Right, we never have done good things. *facepalm*
Space, the final conquest.
These are the exploits of the Warship Enterprise.
It's sacred mission: to subjugate strange alien worlds, to seek out new wealth and new glory for the Empire, to boldly bring order where only chaos has existed before.
Humanity is somewhere between the mirror universe and the normal one, somewhere between the two but not quite sure where.
Most likely it'll end up being like the UEG in Halo or Systems Alliance in Mass Effect.
Humanity was still pretty warlike and aggressive even in the Prime universe until WW3 and the aftermath. It took first contact with the Vulcans and their continued influence over the course of nearly a century to cause us to become peaceful.
I agree though that we won't likely become the utopian Humans in Star Trek, we can of course be democratic and not starting wars with aliens but we'll likely still have big corporations, corruption issues, internal disputes and other negative things follow us to the stars. Babylon 5 is a more realistic vision of what Humanity will become, flawed but well meaning.
@@LIONtib I hope not, I want a return of Kings, I'd even take a dictator at this point.
We are The Mirror Humanity Admit it
@@Jesus_Offical No, and stop blaspheming.
The most badass theme in Star Trek
By far.
I would of liked to have seen a mirror darkly episode with the TNG cast (Picard, Date, Riker etc.)
That would of been interesting to see.
There's an episode of TNG that shows a plethora of multiverse Enterprise-D vessels. Within the menagerie is an ISS Enterprise-D.
There's a Star Trek Novel Called "Dark Mirror" is pretty damn close. Have a Read!
I'll check it out, thanks.
Dark mirror is definitely enjoyable, like most of Duane's works, but, also like most of her works, is heavily de canonized(it called expanded universe for a reason.) However, though Gene may have hated it, I still prefer the characterization of Romulans in the "Rihannsu" trilogy by Duane, and recommend that trilogy if you enjoyed "Dark Mirror."
At that point the Federation did not exist, the Terran Empire was gone, overthrown by the Klingon-Cardassian alliance.
I hate to say it as a Trekker, but the Terran Empire would kick ass. What a war machine!
@Infinite Possibilities True, but dictatorships are more willing and able to reach that point first, and indeed are always preparing for it. The more militaristic a country is, the more willing the population is to comply.
To quote Discovery, “their strength is painted rust.”
@@PhoenixT70 This is also why the Terran Empire's fallen about six or seven times.
@@PhoenixT70you’re so dense man. You talk like someone whose entire historical knowledge is based off of pop-culture.
An empire like theirs would never last with how easily everyone is so happy to slaughter each other for power
I'm not a big fan of the Enterprise series, but I have to love it if only for the mirror universe opening.
What makes me love it is how the default Enterprise opening starts with historical images of discovery and innovation and extrapolates into a future where the Federation can exist, the mirror opening starts with historical images of war and conquest and extrapolates into a future where the Empire can exist. They're both rooted in our reality, but chosen according to differing ideas of what makes a society great, kind of asking the question of what kind of people, a few centuries from now, will be writing our history.
I think what enterprise gets wrong is that its whole aesthetic and especially that intro pretend mankind went on a clean path to discovering warp technology. That has never been the case in Star Trek lore.
Some of our ideas of democracy have sinister undertones, too
Terrible things can happen with the best of intentions and are often ignored if they go towards satisfying the majority
I'm not entirely sure you've even seen the episode. You just described the obvious meaning of the video clip that everyone in the comments also watched.
Still the greatest opening theme in star treks history
Absolutely not. What's wrong with you.
Totally agree! And that music should've been the theme music for the whole show, not just those episodes.
@@gmlaster This mirror theme music for the show was excellent. The usual theme music for the show was awful. I used to pre-record the show just so I could skip over that whiny noise at the beginning.
@@pwnmeisterage So did I.
This is really good for a theme but I'd say far from the best.
Some history trivia: the scene at 0:30 is actually the American victory parade at the liberation of Paris (so it's not some sort of fascist military parade, but literally the opposite).
Long Live the Empire
No, HAIL THE EMPIRE!!!
First, lets go find Thanos and kill him
Hail the Empire and long live Empress Hoshi Sato! May she continue to reign supreme!
They REALLY should do a spin off on the mirror universe featuring Emperor Georgiou, direct descendant of Emperor Hoshi.
EMPRESS Hoshi, if you please. She'll stick you in the agony booth for saying otherwise.
no they shouldn't. these 2 episodes were bad enough.
@@Maplelust We'll have to agree to disagree.
@@Maplelust lmao i quess everyone have different opinion
@@vexorv well I suppose so. I didn't like these episodes but I do like t'pol. maybe we can all agree on that?
Is it just me who feels pride thinking the Terran Empire could dominate the Alpha Quadrant so quickly?
But only briefly.
Canonically the Federation would easily wipe out any enemy if they abandoned their principles of peace and transparency, and properly armed starfleet with the very OP tech that they very much know how to build.
I am not convinced Starfleet doesn't know how to create a cloaking device. There's no way an officer hasn't hid away the blueprints somewhere in case a war breaks out with Romulus. That's not even mentioning that transphasic cloak. Also, Project Genesis that can literally wipe out an entire system without a trace using a single bomb? If starfleet had the instructions still around, all they needed to do to win the dominion war is drop a genesis bomb in the great link and watch changelings change into trees and frogs for the last time.
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They can do that with conventional weapons. In fact they did. The Changlings were already gone to another world and the fleet that did it got wiped out.
@@naverilllang They DO know how to make one. They just signed a Treaty saying they won't. Course, thatjust means that the Federation invested heavily in ways to BEAT Cloaking, which it succeeded at extremely well. And as a byproduct meant they had the best goddamned sensors in most of the Milky Way.
When I first saw this opening, it immediately fascinated by this music. I think, beautiful, I had heard a hundred times.
The music was SPECTACULAR!!! That's what a Star Trek theme should sound like.
FOR THE IMPER- um, i mean, FOR THE TERRAN EMPIRE!
The Spitfire We could mix the Imperium of Man, the Terran Imperium, and the Galactic Empire and all others sci fi Human Supremacists Fascists Empires to form one single extremely OP Imperium
@@admiralspire8867 don't forget the Terran Dominion from starfox
I was so pissed when I found out that they left the story of In a mirror darkly on a MASSIVE cliffhanger
1:05 - Best bit
Enterprise comes about escorted by two Jupiter Classes. bombing a city (I am aware that scene was from ST: Voyager)
I dont think they r that class
Those are Warp Deltas. They're a patrol frigate armed with laser cannons.
A series set in the Mirrorverse? So GAME OF THRONES in space...
Would have rather had a series based on this than STD