Star Trek Voyager revisited

POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 17:31
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CITIZEN

Monday, November 21, 2005 10:16 PM

That's great!

I know what you mean about the Borg, I mean they went from a race that nearly wiped out the Federation with one ship to a bunch of losers who could talk big but got spanked at every turn ...

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:24 PM

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Originally posted by citizen:

I know what you mean about the Borg, I mean they went from a race that nearly wiped out the Federation with one ship to a bunch of losers who could talk big but got spanked at every turn ...

Now that you've had a little time to consider your preposturous remark here, do you take it back, or get assimilated???

Chrisisall is futile

CHRISISALL

Thursday, June 15, 2006 8:35 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I'm stuck in small-town Canada for one. I do have hopes of making my way to Toronto (home of about 45% of Canada's entertainment industry) to try to make my mark in TV.

Any progress there, C?
I fancy myself writing and illustrating a graphic novel, but am having a hard time getting off my arse to do it (Comic book block).

Creative brother Browncoat Chrisisall

CITIZEN

Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:04 PM

What are they going to do? Attack me with their supirior ships that explode if you hit them with a paper dart at the central tachyon plexus?

Bring it on you not-quite hive mind nancy-borgs.

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ARCADIA

Friday, June 16, 2006 12:25 AM

I must say, I like your season seven a LOT better than the one that was actually written. It is far more bleak, and, well, I like bleak. And I do like that Seven would have ended up a borg again, but changed. I can just imagine how everyone you HATE it though: "What? Seven saved the world! I hate that byatch. She's only on the show because of her boobs, anyway". We'll ignore the fact that Ryan, Mulgre, and Picardo were the best actors on the show, without a doubt. Yeah. Boobs.

I was attrached to Voyager for two reasons. Reason number one was Janeway. What can I say? I was eightish when the show started, and I was thrilled that there was a girl captain. The second was that they were stranded in the Delta quadrent. I like this more because it meant they were on their own and therefore forced to figure everything out for themselves, and if there were in trouble TOO BAD they just had a deal with it, by themselves, no back up. And, to make it worse, they were only an intrepid class ship. They were tiny (but also way better looking) than the enterprise ships.

So... hmm... I'd never really thought of it this way before, but I guess one of the reason's I was alway attracked to Voyager's story was because fate really stepped on them. Their situation completley sucked.

Hmm... sound like any other science fiction show? Nah...

That siad, Voyager had its flawed. I think it suffered from having great potential, and then never quite using it to the fullest. The characters could have been excellent, and sometimes they were, but all too often they were forgoten about. The borg, by the end, were just a joke.

Here are some things I would have changed about voyager:
* More charact balance. Neelix, he was on the cast... right? I think he gets the award for most often forgotten about, but I always felt like Tuvok and Chakotay got the short end of the stick, too. All these characters cam from such interesting places, and could have been developed more.
* There would have never been the borg kids. I like Imperfection a lot, and the little tidbits with Mizroti (the girl one -- that's her name right?) making an ant colony for a science project and all, but, well, I think they cheapened the Borg. Can't put my finger on why, but they did. So, bye0bye borg orphans.
* Kes would have never come back. Ever. Because the episode were she did return sucked, and it killed her character.
* They wouldn't have had any mysteriously reappearing shuttles.
* Also, I would have kept a notebook around somewhere with the word TIMELINE written on the cover written in big letters. Inside, I would have catalogued things that happened, so later I would know when they happened.
* I don't think Janeway would ever have been allowed to take on the borg without extreme consequences. Towards the end of the show, it all became far too easy. No one really getting hurt in Dark Frontier? Hmm. No. There would be carnage. Janeway would have not once actually hurt the borg. She could maybe stick her tongue at them while running awya, but that is only because she's Janeway and therefore a force of nature. Everyone else would run with their tails between their legs whenever the word "collective" was implied.
* In general, I would have liked the show to be darker. During season 3+ they would have really started feeling the effects of their resources becoming more and more diminished, their crew becoming more and more mostly dead, and so on and so forth. Basically, they would have NEVER been as comfortable as they were. Little things like no holodeck because it is an energy waster.

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CHRISISALL

Friday, June 16, 2006 3:24 AM

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Originally posted by citizen:

Bring it on you not-quite hive mind nancy-borgs.

Nancy-Borgs. That's classic.
lol, I even heard it in Spike's voice.

Chrisisall, Voyager fan regardless

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 16, 2006 4:36 PM

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Originally posted by Arcadia:
Basically, they would have NEVER been as comfortable as they were. Little things like no holodeck because it is an energy waster.

But without Voyager and Trek in general, our appreciation of the grit and realism of FF might not be as great, eh?

Chrisisall, rushing off to his holo-deck

CYBERSNARK

Friday, September 8, 2006 5:17 PM

Bumped in honour of the 40th Anniversary of the franchise.

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CHRISISALL

Friday, September 8, 2006 5:31 PM

Voyager...1/4 greatness, 1/4 good, 1/2 meh.

But I'm still a fan Chrisisall

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