Just noticed, after rewatching a slew of S1 episodes, that there are several scenes that go like this:
Kim: Captain, 'we're captured in a technobabblion field that will lead to plot complications, and we will probably fill the next 29 minutes trying to come up with solutions, only to succeed with a last-ditch effort!'
<cue in dramatic music, zoom in on Janeways face, much like this:>
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-medi...ogressive,q_80,w_800/nonph4auxdgovlujeb8a.png
<fade out, go to next scene>
In later seasons we see much less dramatic emphasis in situations like these, there she usually acts more like 'ah, the plot of the week has arrived, helm, put impulse in reverse!'.
So, on the one hand, in-universe I can understand Janeway being inexperienced and gradually becoming more seasoned, but I must say, these early 'overly dramatic' depictions annoy me a bit as well. We don't see it that much in other star trek captains, either. I've rarely seen Picard or Sisko given this screen treatment, for example, though they had their share of problems, too.
Is this intentional, to show that Janeway is still a relatively 'green' commanding officer this early in the series, not yet used to never show to her underlings she's out of her depth in the Delta Quadrant, too? Is it just Mulgrew and direction, still trying to find their footing with the new series? Or is it because she's a woman, and her depiction this early in the series still suffered from stereotyping in direction that situations like these should evoke more of an emotional response in her than in male officers?
Kim: Captain, 'we're captured in a technobabblion field that will lead to plot complications, and we will probably fill the next 29 minutes trying to come up with solutions, only to succeed with a last-ditch effort!'
<cue in dramatic music, zoom in on Janeways face, much like this:>
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-medi...ogressive,q_80,w_800/nonph4auxdgovlujeb8a.png
<fade out, go to next scene>
In later seasons we see much less dramatic emphasis in situations like these, there she usually acts more like 'ah, the plot of the week has arrived, helm, put impulse in reverse!'.
So, on the one hand, in-universe I can understand Janeway being inexperienced and gradually becoming more seasoned, but I must say, these early 'overly dramatic' depictions annoy me a bit as well. We don't see it that much in other star trek captains, either. I've rarely seen Picard or Sisko given this screen treatment, for example, though they had their share of problems, too.
Is this intentional, to show that Janeway is still a relatively 'green' commanding officer this early in the series, not yet used to never show to her underlings she's out of her depth in the Delta Quadrant, too? Is it just Mulgrew and direction, still trying to find their footing with the new series? Or is it because she's a woman, and her depiction this early in the series still suffered from stereotyping in direction that situations like these should evoke more of an emotional response in her than in male officers?
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