So I have a good friend with whom I have spent the last few years slowly marathoning TNG and DS9, and having a great time doing so. Neither one of us could ever really get into Voyager (we both dropped in and out for the entire original run), and we were thinking we want to give it another shot.
We were discussing how an interesting thing about Voyager (from our perspective) is that their female characters are fabulous and so intriguing... but the male character's are just death. We LOVE Janeway, Seven, Torres, and Kes, but are unbearably bored with Chakotay, Kim, Tuvok, and Neelix. Paris and the Doctor are a bit of a split decision... the Doctor, I like the character and the actor, but I get so infuriated with the dismissive way the rest of the crew treats him that it interferes with my ability to enjoy Doctor episodes. A Doctor episode tends to make every other regular on this show into the villains from TNG's "Measure Of A Man." Paris, we love the character concept, the actor is hot, but in practice what we've seen where he's the focus hasn't been interesting. But I would love to know if there's some amazing Paris eps from the run of the series...
So I suggested to my friend: we should watch a seasons-worth of the best Voy episodes for our favorite characters, maybe that'll hook us on watching the rest of the series. My friend said, great idea, but how do we figure out which episodes those are? I said, I have just the message board to ask!
So, anyone have any mini-marathon recommendations for TNG/DS9 fans who are looking to get into Voyager, who want to see more on Voyager's female characters and are totally uninterested in (almost) all the male characters? (And these episode recommendations don't need to take into account series plot coherence -- we already know the basic arcs of the series and where it all goes) We so enjoyed our marathons of the other Trek shows, we're sort of hoping this will hook us on the rest of the series...
We were discussing how an interesting thing about Voyager (from our perspective) is that their female characters are fabulous and so intriguing... but the male character's are just death. We LOVE Janeway, Seven, Torres, and Kes, but are unbearably bored with Chakotay, Kim, Tuvok, and Neelix. Paris and the Doctor are a bit of a split decision... the Doctor, I like the character and the actor, but I get so infuriated with the dismissive way the rest of the crew treats him that it interferes with my ability to enjoy Doctor episodes. A Doctor episode tends to make every other regular on this show into the villains from TNG's "Measure Of A Man." Paris, we love the character concept, the actor is hot, but in practice what we've seen where he's the focus hasn't been interesting. But I would love to know if there's some amazing Paris eps from the run of the series...
So I suggested to my friend: we should watch a seasons-worth of the best Voy episodes for our favorite characters, maybe that'll hook us on watching the rest of the series. My friend said, great idea, but how do we figure out which episodes those are? I said, I have just the message board to ask!
So, anyone have any mini-marathon recommendations for TNG/DS9 fans who are looking to get into Voyager, who want to see more on Voyager's female characters and are totally uninterested in (almost) all the male characters? (And these episode recommendations don't need to take into account series plot coherence -- we already know the basic arcs of the series and where it all goes) We so enjoyed our marathons of the other Trek shows, we're sort of hoping this will hook us on the rest of the series...
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