Amazon had a sale.
I had spare cash.
I had spare time.
So, having been a long-time Trek fan, I faithfully bought all of TNG and DS9 on DVD from Best Buy when they first came out, because I wanted those bonus discs you could only get at Best Buy. After YEARS of setting VCRs to record and dubbing VHS tapes to remove commercials, I finally threw it all away in exchange for some nice, neat boxes containing simple discs - no commercials, no dubbing, just viewing pleasure!
But I didn't buy Voyager. Part of me told myself I was bitter over how the show had gone downhill as it progressed. But the reality was I didn't love the show enough to spend the amount of money on it that I had spent on TNG & DS9.
So I waited. And waited. And finally, years later, the prices FINALLY came down, and I had money again. I had always wanted to purchase the Voyager DVDs, and now I had the means & opportunity.
And so, I've been on a marathon of sorts. And I'm finding that so far, I really like Voyager. When it was first airing, I only caught it sporadically and never really got hooked. It was in the third season or so that I started watching faithfully, and while I loved the characters, I was always frustrated by the stories.
But in the first seasons, it really does seem like the writers tried hard to make the show faithful to its premise. Maybe it's easier to see watching the show in batches of 3 or 4 episodes at a time, but being halfway through the second season now, I'm surprised & pleased that so much focus was placed on the search for resources and the difficulties of being away from home.
I've often read that the crew too quickly melded into a Starfleet philosophy, and while I agree to a certain extent, the division in the crew was NOT as immediately abandoned as my old impressions remembered. Yes, they were too heavy-handed with the Holy Prime Directive (I just finished watching "Alliances" and yuck), but there are more Maquis influences evident in each episode than I had remembered.
There are still elements that annoy me, such as Neelix's jealousy. I was VERY glad to see that somewhat resolved in "Parturition." And the fact that the ship is still in Kazon space bothers me as well - how much territory do these thugs control, anyway? But on the whole, I'm finding this journey through the series to be highly enjoyable, especially having not seen these episodes in order or even at all for years. So far it's quite a fun ride, and I'm eager to get back to my DVDs to see/remember what happens next.
So, have YOUR impressions of Voyager's quality changed with the passing of time?
I had spare cash.
I had spare time.
So, having been a long-time Trek fan, I faithfully bought all of TNG and DS9 on DVD from Best Buy when they first came out, because I wanted those bonus discs you could only get at Best Buy. After YEARS of setting VCRs to record and dubbing VHS tapes to remove commercials, I finally threw it all away in exchange for some nice, neat boxes containing simple discs - no commercials, no dubbing, just viewing pleasure!
But I didn't buy Voyager. Part of me told myself I was bitter over how the show had gone downhill as it progressed. But the reality was I didn't love the show enough to spend the amount of money on it that I had spent on TNG & DS9.
So I waited. And waited. And finally, years later, the prices FINALLY came down, and I had money again. I had always wanted to purchase the Voyager DVDs, and now I had the means & opportunity.
And so, I've been on a marathon of sorts. And I'm finding that so far, I really like Voyager. When it was first airing, I only caught it sporadically and never really got hooked. It was in the third season or so that I started watching faithfully, and while I loved the characters, I was always frustrated by the stories.
But in the first seasons, it really does seem like the writers tried hard to make the show faithful to its premise. Maybe it's easier to see watching the show in batches of 3 or 4 episodes at a time, but being halfway through the second season now, I'm surprised & pleased that so much focus was placed on the search for resources and the difficulties of being away from home.
I've often read that the crew too quickly melded into a Starfleet philosophy, and while I agree to a certain extent, the division in the crew was NOT as immediately abandoned as my old impressions remembered. Yes, they were too heavy-handed with the Holy Prime Directive (I just finished watching "Alliances" and yuck), but there are more Maquis influences evident in each episode than I had remembered.
There are still elements that annoy me, such as Neelix's jealousy. I was VERY glad to see that somewhat resolved in "Parturition." And the fact that the ship is still in Kazon space bothers me as well - how much territory do these thugs control, anyway? But on the whole, I'm finding this journey through the series to be highly enjoyable, especially having not seen these episodes in order or even at all for years. So far it's quite a fun ride, and I'm eager to get back to my DVDs to see/remember what happens next.
So, have YOUR impressions of Voyager's quality changed with the passing of time?
And having a flatscreen HD TV really helps the quality of the picture on TV as well as DVD. 
But I can understand not getting into it til the third season, but I feel a true Voy fan would have watched it since the beginning. 
