But her character is also CRA. ZEE., and this goes completely unacknowledged by the other characters. Like, after about three seasons, this woman really, really does not need to be charge of a starship. Also, there are the usual Trek irritations of the Reset Button after every episode (even after six seasons, the ship looks brand new, and they have plenty of food, plenty of shuttles despite the fact that they seem to lose one in every episode, etc. etc.), complete lack of character development (for three-quarters of the characters, the S1 and S7 versions are interchangeable) and stupid one-off love interests (Cap'n Katie falls in love with a HOLOGRAM).
Think of it this way: Voyager and BSG start from a very similar premise. Imagine BSG with every single one of its teeth removed: there's very little real danger, everything gets tied up with a nice little bow at the end of the hour, and the fact that they're stranded 70 years from home is treated as so much background, to be referenced maybe once every ten episodes. I think there may have been an arc early on about a Maquis spy, but it was over in about five episodes. (For that matter, the Maquis and the Starfleeters integrate entirely into one crew, no problems, during the pilot, and their really quite important difference in origins is mentioned about twice more in seven years.) You now have Voyager.
Granted, I speak with the particular flaming ire of the former fan and there may be some hyperbole here, but really, it's a terrible show. The only bits worth watching involve B'Elanna (and, consequently, B'Elanna/Tom). Argh argh argh.
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Date: 2010-10-28 09:33 pm (UTC)Think of it this way: Voyager and BSG start from a very similar premise. Imagine BSG with every single one of its teeth removed: there's very little real danger, everything gets tied up with a nice little bow at the end of the hour, and the fact that they're stranded 70 years from home is treated as so much background, to be referenced maybe once every ten episodes. I think there may have been an arc early on about a Maquis spy, but it was over in about five episodes. (For that matter, the Maquis and the Starfleeters integrate entirely into one crew, no problems, during the pilot, and their really quite important difference in origins is mentioned about twice more in seven years.) You now have Voyager.
Granted, I speak with the particular flaming ire of the former fan and there may be some hyperbole here, but really, it's a terrible show. The only bits worth watching involve B'Elanna (and, consequently, B'Elanna/Tom). Argh argh argh.