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re: Star Trek Voyager
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:07 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:07 pm to Ace Midnight
If you think only DS9 and B5 have staying power, we clearly have completly different tastes, and I think you belong in the Transformer circle a lot more than I do.
I didn't love every character either. I thought Kes (appropriately killed off and replaced with proper nerd porn) and Neelix (the Klinger of the show) were annoying, as was Chacotay with his face tattoo and Cherokee hair tampons. And I didn't always like what they did with the characters I did enjoy, especially with the romances.
I enjoyed the fact that they were alone in the quadrant and that nearly everything they encountered was new, just like TOS and TNG.
Enterprise was okay, but absolutely nothing was new, and the constant repetition of familiar characters played it out very quickly. 4 seasons was about as much as it could handle.
I didn't love every character either. I thought Kes (appropriately killed off and replaced with proper nerd porn) and Neelix (the Klinger of the show) were annoying, as was Chacotay with his face tattoo and Cherokee hair tampons. And I didn't always like what they did with the characters I did enjoy, especially with the romances.
I enjoyed the fact that they were alone in the quadrant and that nearly everything they encountered was new, just like TOS and TNG.
Enterprise was okay, but absolutely nothing was new, and the constant repetition of familiar characters played it out very quickly. 4 seasons was about as much as it could handle.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:29 pm to rmc
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I started TOS but could not get very far. I am going to attempt it again one day.
TOS isn't something you can binge watch like shows of today. Each episode is a stand alone that you can watch pretty much in any order and enjoy. Avoid Spock's Brain.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:31 pm to Bamatab
If I had to rank the series it would go:
TOS
TNG
Enterprise
DS9
TAS
Voyager
TOS
TNG
Enterprise
DS9
TAS
Voyager
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:34 pm to UL-SabanRival
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If you think only DS9 and B5 have staying power, we clearly have completly different tastes, and I think you belong in the Transformer circle a lot more than I do.
I didn't say "only" they had staying power - I have been very complimentary to TNG in this thread (but fair, I think with my criticism, as well) and I have tried to steer it back towards the original topic - which I will do now. I said they had a certain rewatchable factor that I believe the others lack (to be fair, I've seen most of the TNG episodes a half dozen times, each, or more - so I may be comparing apples to oranges).
I am a fan of the Star Trek brand all the way through 2008 (and I'll leave it at that.)
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I thought Kes (appropriately killed off and replaced with proper nerd porn)
I don't agree with this - one of my problems with Kes (and one of the strengths of DS9 - in my opinion) was there was so much potential there was just squandered. DS9 really got into Sisko struggling with being the Emissary, Kira's past as a Bajoran freedom fighter/terrorist, Odo's struggle between living among his human friends/rejoining his biological family, Quark's struggle with his place in Ferengi society, the joined Trill issues with Dax, deeper into Klingon issues - we learned more about each of them than we ever did with Kes - who, again, IMHO is one of the most wasted characters in all of Trek history. The set everything up perfectly. Now part of it was she left the show - but still, they could have done more with her while she was there.
To their credit they did better with Seven of Nine in that area, certainly - she was a great vehicle for expanding on the Borg. Certainly inspired by the sexual tension between the Borg Queen and Data - Seven did put a literal human face on the Borg collective at large - extensions of 2 separate TNG-based stories - the Borg Queen from First Contact, and the "de-assimilated" Borg team from TNG - Seven was the most intriguing character of Voyager during the back half of the run (although, admittedly, I have seen only about 1/3 of Season 6, in a disjointed fashion, and little of Season 7.)
This post was edited on 1/7/14 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 1/7/14 at 5:44 pm to UL-SabanRival
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If you think only DS9 and B5 have staying power, we clearly have completly different tastes, and I think you belong in the Transformer circle a lot more than I do.
Yeah, B5 has been confused with Michael Bay movies never.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 8:13 pm to rmc
Don't argue sci-fi with Ace guys. He thinks BSG sucks.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 8:20 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I don't think I ever finished voyager but can someone remind me if there was an episode where the voyager crew ran into some sort of dinosaur alien race that was the evolved forms of Earth dinosaurs that had left Earth millions of years ago I'm assuming on a spaceship? Is that for real or did I just dream that shite.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 8:24 pm to BOSCEAUX
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Is that for real or did I just dream that shite.
Not for real. Pass the marijuana cigarette though please.
ETA: Damn. Guess it was real. I is dumb
This post was edited on 1/7/14 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 1/7/14 at 8:26 pm to BOSCEAUX
That was actually one of my favorite episodes! Very well done IMO. You are correct- the 20 million year old alien race were descendants of hadrosaurs that had evolved and fled the planet before the mass extinction. Season 3 episode called Distant Origin.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 8:42 pm to boxcarbarney
Really liked Voyager. It has its faults, but the plot of the long journey and exploration made it very enjoyable. The doctor is great imo.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:23 pm to boxcarbarney
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There was an episode of TNG where multiple Enterprises from multiple timelines appeared in one place. One of the Enterprises was heavily damaged with Worf and Riker as the only surviving crew members. They came from a timeline where the Borg had all but destroyed the Federation, and the remaining Federation ships were on the run. I think a series based on that would be very interesting. More interesting that the standard travelling to different plants bit.
Wasn't that the episode were Tasha yar was on the enterprise C or D from another time and then later on we learn that Tasha had been captured by Romulus, raped, and given birth to a daughter that later teamed up with the 2 klingon whore sisters to make sure their genetically altered brother would become ruler in stead of gulducot. I know my spelling sucks.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:39 pm to bulldog95
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Wasn't that the episode were Tasha yar was on the enterprise C
No, those were different episodes, but the plot you mentioned does pretty much happen like you said.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:43 pm to UL-SabanRival
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They also tried to be to PC with the lesbians and jungle fever
So, you have no issue with SPECIES intermingling in the series?
I really think you missed the point of Star Trek. Look at the original series, Kirk bedded a green girl, and a black lady was in a military organization in space doing important things. Granted, she was basically a phone operator but the show was ahead of its time when it came to looking past skin color and such. You probably also disliked DS9 because a black man was in charge, right?
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:44 pm to Thunder Tiger
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Overall I liked it better than DS9 and less than TNG.
In this camp.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 10:04 pm to Ace Midnight
I really enjoyed DS9. I definitely got into the whole ware and interconnecting storyline in it, which as very different than "Next Generation" or any of the other series.
Voyager is definitely worth a viewing. I really didn't mind Janeway all that much, but I guess Chakotay did kind of such. The Doctor was a great character as people have mentioned. Brought the boogeyman that was the Borg to the forefront of a series, and introduced something that even they feared.
The thing I find funny in all the series is when a character has a change to their uniform with no on screen comment of it happening. Like when Picard starts wearing the grey shirt and the fancy, suede looking jacket. And I think Torres all of a sudden started wearing some sort of engineering coat with sleeve pockets and stuff. Definitely makes sense. Speaking of pockets, silly that the cadet uniforms had cargo pockets but the officers didn't. Pockets would be important even in the future.
Voyager is definitely worth a viewing. I really didn't mind Janeway all that much, but I guess Chakotay did kind of such. The Doctor was a great character as people have mentioned. Brought the boogeyman that was the Borg to the forefront of a series, and introduced something that even they feared.
The thing I find funny in all the series is when a character has a change to their uniform with no on screen comment of it happening. Like when Picard starts wearing the grey shirt and the fancy, suede looking jacket. And I think Torres all of a sudden started wearing some sort of engineering coat with sleeve pockets and stuff. Definitely makes sense. Speaking of pockets, silly that the cadet uniforms had cargo pockets but the officers didn't. Pockets would be important even in the future.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 10:42 pm to Sasquatch Smash
Interesting discussion... I wonder if DS9 or VOY were made in the current tv golden age would it be better as a more long-form story such as BB or TWD .... Or a nice combo of the campy stuff and serious plot like BSG
Voyager's biggest problem is too many of its episodes didn't really advance the plot. All kinds of stuff would happen, tuvok would press some buttons and they'd be back on their way...but we never had any idea of time or distance.
Voyager's biggest problem is too many of its episodes didn't really advance the plot. All kinds of stuff would happen, tuvok would press some buttons and they'd be back on their way...but we never had any idea of time or distance.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 10:57 pm to Rev1897
Hey Ace, have you ever watch the fan-film star trek phase II?
The acting hurts at times, but the visuals and the stories are pretty good.
Here is one of their latest episodes
Star Trek Phase II
Might be worth a look if you enjoy the original series look and feel.
The acting hurts at times, but the visuals and the stories are pretty good.
Here is one of their latest episodes
Star Trek Phase II
Might be worth a look if you enjoy the original series look and feel.
Posted on 1/7/14 at 11:12 pm to Ace Midnight
You're a chick, aren't you?
Posted on 1/8/14 at 12:10 am to UL-SabanRival
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You're a chick, aren't you?
Posted on 1/8/14 at 12:47 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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Don't argue sci-fi with Ace guys. He thinks BSG sucks.
Please refrain from mis-characterizing my opinion.
I said it wasn't for me. I never said BSG sucked.
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