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O'Brien was also really good in certain episodes of TNG - he was the most "ordinary" person on the show from a 20th/21st century perspective.
Voyager's worst episodes get brought up because they represent fundamental and recurring problems with the show. Threshold is horrible science and nonsense technobabble getting them into a situation which is solved through nonsense technobabble. Endgame demonstrates Janeway's inconsistency and insanity. Fair Haven and its sequel highlight the absurd use of energy and direction of resources on what's supposed to be an isolated ship. The Fight has both fake Native American bullshit, and confuses confusingness with depth and complexity.I would generally agree that Voyager gets too much hate. More so than other Trek series, it seems to get judged exclusively by its worst episodes, and every Trek series has had some terrible episodes.
At the end of the day it was a decent show that squandered its own premise, but that doesn't mean it was bad.
Also, you can tell how little respect they had for the concept because they would just randomly jump thousands of light years ahead at random points. The whole journey home didn't even matter once they got to season 5.
It's funny that the Maquis stuff was really the only "crossover" between DS9 and Voyager. B'Elanna going crazy after she learns all their friends are dead was an interesting attempt to have some continuity at least.Seemed even earlier than that.
What captivated me was their isolation. All of the sudden it did not seem to be a concern to anyone and it was poorly portrayed. I was also very disappointed with the different political views of the crew that did not last after season 2 besides the partial Klingon, and even that was weak minus the wedding.
O'Brien was also really good in certain episodes of TNG - he was the most "ordinary" person on the show from a 20th/21st century perspective.
It's funny that the Maquis stuff was really the only "crossover" between DS9 and Voyager. B'Elanna going crazy after she learns all their friends are dead was an interesting attempt to have some continuity at least.
But yeah, for about alone as they seemed to be... they were never actually alone. By season 7, it was just another Trek.
I like how they invented a reason why Holodecks could be kept on all the time even though they were always low on resources. I mean they blew up maybe 20 shuttles? And they just magically kept coming up with more.my thought, they tried to incorporate other delta zone cultures but for the most part it just became lazy.
Their appearance of isolation was terrible, I think they only searched for tri-lithium once? Seems odd since the rationing was pretty much throughout the whole show.
The maquis situation could of been a goldmine too, sad they didn't use it more considering half the bridge was marquis to start.
agreed
disagreed with "even O'Brien"
like, Chief O'Brien was aces man, aces. When he single handedly updates the space station to fire some mega cannons at enemy ships, man
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Agreed on O'Brien; he's a great character. Really the only weak link in the main cast I would say is Dax. Of course a big strength of the show is also having a lot of great recurring characters such as Garak and Weyoun. I'd even throw Dukat in there even if I disliked the direction they took him at the end.
I'm rewatching the episode Flashback and I've just realised Neelix's culinary skills are on par with Bender's.