I suppose it depends on what you want in your Star Trek.
"Code of Honor" would rather be watched again before watching any SFA again does not necessarily mean that what was said is that episode is not worse than all of SFA thus far. (Though "Code of Honor" IS certainly much better than at least 2 episodes of SFA.)
Agreed. That TNG episode still has a few good things in it.
This will be the biggest driver for me is do I care about the characters. TNG does not inspire any care or warmth towards the characters for me, save for the occasional episodes. I have no desire to see these characters so their adventures are not inspiring for me to watch. I would rather watch SeaQuest before a lot of Berman era Trek because I give a crap about those characters.
Yeah, it's a dumpster fire in progress and you can't take your eyes off it. It's absolute shite and terribly written, but you can't take your eyes away from the avalanche of pure and unfiltered Fail.
Me, neither. That's why I typed "second time". I did miss Denise Crosby, so it has that going for it
I love DS9. Its my favorite series( in case the avatar wasn't already a give away.) But you make some good points. The truth is, the show clearly demonstrated that the old Rodenberry ideals don't hold up when the rubber meets the road and you're about to lose a war. Unless you are Julian Bashir and crazy enough to accept surrender on the hopes that future generations will one day rise up.
If that was the case then then Bashir would've just let the Section 31 virus kill the Changelings. But he went out of his way, even kidnapped a person and hacked into his brain, in order to prevent the deaths of the people they were at war with. The end result was they were able to make a lasting peace with the Founders and coexist with them, and the Jem'Hadar didn't go nuts and murder a bunch of people in revenge. Happy Star Trek ending!
I dont recall kidnapping and mind rape being a part of the Rodenberry mantra. In fact, GR blew a gasket after seeing TUC, which had a mind rape sequence in it. He would also have objected to Siskos actions in The Pale Moonlight. There's also the fact that GR never wanted Star Trek to be about wars to begin with so that negates the entire last two seasons of the show. Not that Im complaining as I always thought the TNG version of Star Trek needed to be questioned the same way it liked to question and judge everything else.
These sentiments are basically what I mean when I say Code of Honor is so bad it's kinda good. Yeah, the episode is garbage and even offensive, but damn does it make one hell of a way to spend forty-five minutes. Especially if you have substance assisted enhancements while you're watching.
