One of the problems with a franchise like Star Trek is that it quickly becomes cramped. Any franchise that endures for a period of time will start to show signs of wearing out, of inconsistencies, of being stretched too far. But Star Trek is unique in that it has done well in so many types of media: TV, movies, novels, comics, computer games, board games, reference guides, merchandising, etc., not to mention the fan-driven aspects such as fan fiction, discussion boards like this one, conventions....

The problem is that for every year that goes by, the Star Trek universe expands more than any other fictional universe in human history. With it expanding in so many varied directions, it will eventually reach the point where a coherent universe will be nonexistent.

Now, a few months back, a friend suggested to me that they "reboot" Star Trek--that is, that they start over with Enterprise and discard whatever doesn't make sense. One aspect in which this needs to be done is in explaining away every minor visual discrepancy with a real Trek-universe explanation (e.g., inventing a story about the Klingons to explain why TOS Klingons have no forehead ridges).

What does everyone think?

Why not just call it a day and abandon Enterprise altogether?

I still think that Enterprise has a lot of potential, and besides, abandoning the show wouldn't solve the problem that the creators of the series seem content to let said series drown in a sea of poor writing and continuity errors. And that's not just continuity errors as in "this contradicts such-and-such episode of TNG," but even internal consistency seems to be a tough concept to grasp. Those problems would still exist if the same people were around for whatever would follow Enterprise

I also have felt that the powers that be have a hard time with continuity & rewriting history. I guess what I should have specified was that I think they should call it quits, or at least take a break for a while, before they really screw something up. You know, give it a rest for a bit and come back with a fresh perspective.

What the powers that be should do is let fans of the show become "continuity experts" and allow or disallow issues which prevents mistakes.

I don't watch Enterprise after seeing 3 shows, it was boring but also messed up the other 4 series so easily. Plus Paramounts fixation with the word Enterprise, its annoying and from day one it contradicted the other shows.

Trek should take a break and re-align itself.

If not i'll and many others will ignore it.

I still think they need to have a new Star Trek, that focuses on adventure like TOS instead of the long philsophical debates of TNG et al.
The captain would be a Vulcan male, the first officer would be a human female who secretly loves him *am I seeing Spock and Chapel here?*, then there would be a chief engineer, a human male, who is in love with the woman.
Add a Ferengi navagator and a Cardassian security chief, and you're all set!
Whaddya think?

I think the success of any such show has nothing do with whether the captain is Vulcan, or the engineer human, the navigator Ferengi or the Security Chief Cardassian.

The success lies in the shows premises, its characters, and its stories, and how those things are executed.

Well, now it has been, thanks to J.J. Abrams.

For more on that, see the main Star Trek Movie boards.