News Retro Review: Revulsion

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[Sophie74656]

I like this episode. As a Tom and B'Elanna fan I love their scenes. And I always thought scenes with Harry and Seven are funny. When they talk about removing one of the Borg pieces and she says "we need to pull it out" the way she says it is funny to me.

 

[locutus101]

It wasn't the first example of creepy hologram. The first one was the doctor in the Darkling.

 

[marlboro]

I liked the Harry and Seven scenes.

The A story had potential, but it turned into a cliched thriller as it progressed. I think it would have worked better if the audience wasn't told from the start that Dejaren was psychotic. Have him be like a slightly more quirky version of the EMH who progressively becomes more erratic until he snaps with his "I am ashamed to be made in your image" speech.

 

[locutus101]

I liked the Harry and Seven scenes.

The A story had potential, but it turned into a cliched thriller as it progressed. I think it would have worked better if the audience wasn't told from the start that Dejaren was psychotic. Have him be like a slightly more quirky version of the EMH who progressively becomes more erratic until he snaps with his "I am ashamed to be made in your image" speech.

Well, the cat was pretty much out of the bag when we saw him dragging corpses in the teaser.

 

[Catarina]

That evil hologram freaked me out. ugh. I couldn't get through those scenes were he lost it. I much preferred the B plot in this one. The awkward Harry and Seven scenes.

 

[AntonyF]

The main story I felt was a good 'horror' story for Voyager - genuinely creep. But a largely forgettable episode, indeed i had forgotten the B story.

 

[Sophie74656]

The B story is actually pretty important. It gave us the Astrometrics lab

 

[locutus101]

Actually, the start of the astrometric lab marked the beginning of The Year of Hell, and that was ironic since the lab didn't prevent them from going into shitty territory.

 

[Sophie74656]

Actually, the start of the astrometric lab marked the beginning of The Year of Hell, and that was ironic since the lab didn't prevent them from going into shitty territory.

Isn't that when it was finished? This is when they first stared building it

 

[locutus101]

Isn't that when it was finished? This is when they first stared building it

Yes, I suppose but I was talking about when the lab actually worked.

 

[Sophie74656]

Yes, I suppose but I was talking about when the lab actually worked.

Ahh yes, it didn't work until Year of Hell. It didn't prevent them from going into the territory but didn't it help in their defense?

 

[locutus101]

Ahh yes, it didn't work until Year of Hell. It didn't prevent them from going into the territory but didn't it help in their defense?

In what way?

 

[Sophie74656]

In what way?

I haven't seen it in a while but didn't they use it to figure out what Annorax was doing and to make their temporal sheilding?

 

[locutus101]

I haven't seen it in a while but didn't they use it to figure out what Annorax was doing and to make their temporal sheilding?

Well, I am sure that they only met Annorax way after they had solved the temporal shielding question because it's the temporal shielding that caused the glitch in Annorax calculations that made him aware of Voyager. But I am almost certain that the Astrometric lab had nothing to do with the temporal shielding.

 

[jmidnight_99]

That evil hologram freaked me out. ugh. I couldn't get through those scenes were he lost it. I much preferred the B plot in this one. The awkward Harry and Seven scenes.

I agree. And the evil hologram kinda made no sense, since it wouldn't even exist without those imperfect organic beings. Come to think of it, the Borg made no sense either. They denounce "Individualism" but have to assimilate individuals to learn new technologies and advance. It wouldn't make sense to assimilate entire races.

 

[jmidnight_99]

Not one of my favorite episodes. The hologram is thoroughly nauseating. Sentient or not, it needed to have the plug pulled after being tortured by deleting his program bit by bit while he was still active.