SuperJude, great Star Trek posts.

I never gave much thought to the actress playing Kira not being suitable, probably due to her being a bit of a sort, I also thought Tim Russ played a Vulcan as well as anyone can but I wholeheartedly concur with your Chakotay analysis - moreover the Wil Wheaton cheesefest was unfortunate and ruined potentially excellent episodes (for me) truly annoying.

Like you I gave up on Enterprise but rather earlier in the series. Commander Trip Tucker was more than I could bear after only a couple of episodes. I may yet download the series tho'.

BTW does anyone know what the premis of the new Star Trek series will be?