STAR TREK: VOYAGER

[thomasallencummins]

Star Trek Voyager ran hot and cold through most of its life. I agree that the first few seasons suffered from a lack of imagination on the part of the creative team. Overall I followed the show from beginning to end with at least a few fond memories for my time and trouble. I had had enough of the Kazon after their first appearance. I think the show relied too much on the Borg element and Q in the attempt to make things interesting. Neelix was a distraction. I think once I got over what Jeri Ryan looked like in her rather unique uniform, I was fairly impressed with how well she managed the role. Voyager stumbled more than it probably should have and I draw a direct connection from Voyager's seeming lack of vision to its successor. Enterprise seemed to flounder and fumble with its own identity in a similar fashion but its greatest crime was its unrealized potential. In my opinion Enterprise should have been exploring the complex and fascinating back-story to Star Trek but alas it was not to be. Where is Gene Roddenberry when you need him?

[Cad Zombie]

7of9 definately made the show worth watching although I do have a weakness for redheads, and Kate mulgrew looked good in a starfleet uni.

[thomasallencummins]

cadzombie said:

7of9 definately made the show worth watching although I do have a weakness for redheads, and Kate mulgrew looked good in a starfleet uni.

Kate Mulgrew suprised me as Janeway. She had the obvious Katherine Hepburn thing going on. Tough, strong female personality but I'd only remembered seeing her in "Throw Momma From The Train" and couldn't picture her as the captain of a starship. She performed very well in the role. Mulgrew wasn't the problem with Voyager. IMHO.

[dANdeLION]

I'm still trying to figure out why they named the Cherokee dude after a type of hot sauce.

[Avatar]

I liked Voyager on the whole, but then I'm a sucker for expanding universes. Neelix was probably my least favourite character though.

--A

[Cad Zombie]

Chakotay,...kind of a stretch to chapotle' isn't it?

[thomasallencummins]

cadzombie said:

Chakotay,...kind of a stretch to chapotle' isn't it?

Of course it is. dynomite can't possibly have thought the guy's name was Chapotlay. Could he?

[ram]

Long after it's gone, I've decided that I like Voyager. I've been catching the show only sporadically in syndication, but I have yet to see an episode that makes me go, "this sucks, I'm off this boat!"

I like Janeway. I like the chemistry of the cast. In fact, I think I like the Voyager crew more than I like the Enterprise crew on TNG. Or to put it another way: I find that Janeway's crew grates on my nerve less than Picard's crew. Heh. Both Neelix and 7 of 9 still irritate me sometimes, but they aren't any worse than Riker and Troi on TNG.

edit: just want to add that I also like Voyager's holographic doctor.

[thomasallencummins]

I agree about Neelix. I found Kess pretty useless as well. "The Doctor" is by far my favorite character from the series. His comment to the Borg breaking into sickbay in First Contact was priceless. I don't always have the right vocabulary to express how I feel about certain things but suffice to say that I felt there was something "wrong" or "missing" from Voyager that just didn't quite do it for me. Sure STNG had it's problems. DS9 was sometimes difficult to stick with but they managed to capture that elusive "it" that I seem to need to make a series click with me.