The thing with Janeway, I think, is that the writers on Voyager really didn't give a flying frak about characterization.
Well, yes. But this was obvious. :D (Or possibly they got "characterization" confused with "boobies.")
(You know the story about Ron Moore's one-week stint as a Voyager writer, right?)
That's ringing some distant bells, but I'd like to hear it again.
I seem to remember there being at least 3 different Katherine Janeways. There was "No, we cannot break the Prime Directive and interfere with alien cultures, no matter what!" Janeway, there was "Sod the Prime Directive, I will get my people HOME, I am Janeway hear me ROAR!" Janeway, and there was, "Dammit I'm tired, do I care about Directives this week? Do I care if I care?" Janeway.
You never really knew who you'd see, week to week.
YES. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! That is so true. And even worse, it's like she chooses the wrong one every time, at least where getting home in reasonable time is concerned. Hello, contrivance... Bah. They should've planned it for four years and been done with it.
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Date: 2007-12-19 11:28 pm (UTC)Well, yes. But this was obvious. :D (Or possibly they got "characterization" confused with "boobies.")
(You know the story about Ron Moore's one-week stint as a Voyager writer, right?)
That's ringing some distant bells, but I'd like to hear it again.
I seem to remember there being at least 3 different Katherine Janeways. There was "No, we cannot break the Prime Directive and interfere with alien cultures, no matter what!" Janeway, there was "Sod the Prime Directive, I will get my people HOME, I am Janeway hear me ROAR!" Janeway, and there was, "Dammit I'm tired, do I care about Directives this week? Do I care if I care?" Janeway.
You never really knew who you'd see, week to week.
YES. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! That is so true. And even worse, it's like she chooses the wrong one every time, at least where getting home in reasonable time is concerned. Hello, contrivance... Bah. They should've planned it for four years and been done with it.