AND she stranded them in the delta quadrant in the first place. She could've used the array to send them home and left behind a couple of photon torpedos with timers instead of destroying it first. Tuvok should've said something.
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The Star Treks
- Thread starter mellowinman
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I'll be the odd duck; I like Voyager better than any of the others. TNG runs a close second, followed by DS9 and TOS, then Enterprise/Disc on the bottom rung. Thoroughly enjoyed Picard, though it definitely had problems.
The thing is, the bad episodes made the good ones really stand out more. Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and Jeri Ryan were just amazing, pure acting chops making their characters fascinating to me as they matured. Everyone else was absolutely replaceable, but those three kept me glued to the screen. Especially the Doctor's character development stories.
That whole "species 8472" stuff was terrible, but otherwise I dunno, I liked most of it. Better than trying (and failing) to keep an anguished mother from murdering a sentient crystal lattice with RF emissions. :shrug:
The thing is, the bad episodes made the good ones really stand out more. Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and Jeri Ryan were just amazing, pure acting chops making their characters fascinating to me as they matured. Everyone else was absolutely replaceable, but those three kept me glued to the screen. Especially the Doctor's character development stories.
That whole "species 8472" stuff was terrible, but otherwise I dunno, I liked most of it. Better than trying (and failing) to keep an anguished mother from murdering a sentient crystal lattice with RF emissions. :shrug:
Thanks, Gorn. That’s actually very helpful. I haven’t seen Voyager in close to 20 years, and (obviously) I was much younger at the time. Once I’m done with Enterprise I may have to go back and revisit it with a more critical (jaded, middle-aged) eye.
Trek has a long history of noble (even if personally flawed) captains and the drama of an episode often comes from them having to do what’s right, instead of what is easy or personally beneficial. It’s interesting that Voyager would choose to portray a captain who’s seemingly less ethical.
My opinion isn't exactly popular. I don't think many ST fans consider her a war criminal that should've been at least relieved of duty and court martialed after her debriefing with the Federation council once they got back.
Enterprise is excellent. You just started right? Captain Archer will make some questionable decisions down the road. He's a great character though.
Ha, noted!
Yeah, I think so far they’ve done a good job of combining our somewhat provincial 20th/21st century worldview with some of the optimistic elements of TOS. It was a novel concept to do a prequel, instead of a traditional spinoff. Archer is definitely less cautious and suspicious than a later captain, like Picard.
Archer is just a regular guy who happened to grow up in a world where aliens have been around for about a hundred years. Humanity isn't as enlightened as they are in the TNG time, but they're on the way. Poverty and crime have already been eliminated on earth but they don't have transporters or full on replicators so everyone is still kinda regular. It's a really interesting portrayal of humanity in the not so distant future. Where are you, the first season? Things change pretty drastically going forward so be ready for that. It's definitely worth watching to the end.
Coming to the end of season 6 (of 7) of Star Trek Deep Space 9 and Vic Fontaine just appeared.
I thought this was a great move on the writers part. Made the other characters more 'human'. To see Odo playing piano in his tux
His quintet reminded me of the trio I played in ; (singer, drummer, me on grand piano, synth and bass pedals.
We played all those standards... Very nice memories.....
Mike
A little Vic...
I just watched, yesterday, DS9 S6 E16 “Change of Heart”. My heart was in my mouth when Dax was critically injured. All good though.Coming to the end of season 6 (of 7) of Star Trek Deep Space 9 and Vic Fontaine just appeared.
I thought this was a great move on the writers part. Made the other characters more 'human'. To see Odo playing piano in his tux
His quintet reminded me of the trio I played in ; (singer, drummer, me on grand piano, synth and bass pedals.
We played all those standards... Very nice memories.....
Mike
But it made me think though, Dax has been injured or sick a few times in the last season or two. Hmmm.....
* don’t worry I have watched DS9 all the way through before. But years ago.
I just watched, yesterday, DS9 S6 E16 “Change of Heart”. My heart was in my mouth when Dax was critically injured. All good though.
But it made me think though, Dax has been injured or sick a few times in the last season or two. Hmmm.....
* don’t worry I have watched DS9 all the way through before. But years ago.
Yes, a great episode.. more to come.....
They never would've made it as a couple if Jadzia had lived. She would've gotten bored with him.
The statute of limitations for spoiler alerts ends at the turn of the century.
OUCH ! Spoiler alert....
I did know, but tried to avoid saying it explicitly.
I watched a movie with the fam on Netflix last week. At the end they threw up 3 suggestions for me.
TOS, TNG & Voyager.
my kids “ see we said you only watch Star Trek “
