Unfortunately I have not seen them yet but I will enjoy finally seeing him smile when I do
So many horrible characters aboard the Voyager
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Unfortunately I have not seen them yet but I will enjoy finally seeing him smile when I do
And when Trek did spend extra time on personal stories it gets called a soap opera. See DS9.
Science fiction is always having a big stress between how much is about what's outside the ship and how much is about what's inside.
Well, I didn't like the way the character was written, I didn't like Tim Russes portrayal and rather pathetically, I didn't like his hairline...
Remember Horny Teen Tuvok from Gravity?
Or Romulan Tuvok from Meld?
Or Romulan Tuvok from Meld?
If you think Kim had a small role in the show, how do you feel about Mayweather?
Kim at least had lines.
Kim at least had lines.
Who?
Whoreshi's pet hound from the Mirror Universe Episodes of Enterprise.
That lad was in a few regular episodes of Enterprise too.
That lad was in a few regular episodes of Enterprise too.
Have you watched TNG recently? Can you tell me whats interesting about any of those characters other than Picard and Data?
Neelix was annoying as hell, BUT with good reason. He'd seen a lot of tragedy, he was pretty fucked up and very insecure. It was an act he put on and I think Ethan Phillips did a great job of showing that when he got time in the spotlight.
Chakotay was the dullest character on the show by far.
I wish they'd kept Tom the cocky jerk he was in the lead-up to "Basics"
Her depression episodes were the worst-handled thing in modern Trek with the exception of "Dear Doctor" and "The Outcast". But otherwise I found her inoffensive.
He was a bright eyed kid whose hopes were totally fucked when Voyager was stranded. He put on a brave face. Not used very well, but I liked the intent.
I can only assume you've repressed all memories of Wesley and Beverlump from Next Gen, to call Harry Trek's most boring character.
I think cutting 3-5 parts would improve all the Trek series, with the exception of TOS.
I enjoyed it for what it was. But if you didn't, why are you torturing yourself by watching it?
Enough! Enough with all this awful VOY bashing!!
So many mean posts, and here it is almost Valentines day!!
Well it being so close to valentines day which episode shold we go for DSN's "Trials and Tribble-ations" or VOY's "Flashaback. As they could in a loose sense be called love letters to the fans.
But I think what the OP might have meant was Bland Characters.
Some of the characters were pretty weak, added to that poor writing and all the fanwank over Seven and you get a bad situation for the series.
Janeway started off a good character, both Captain and scientist. But as the series progressed there was little consistency, swinging from upholding UFP law to the letter to attempted murder of Noah Lessing. Had they picked a direction and stuck with it (either as someone who will hold onto the rules and regs or someone willing to do whatever needed to be done to get home). She needed more to her, other than simply being billed as Star Trek's first female lead.
Chakotay was very dull. Aside from being a Native American Maquis there didn't seem to be much else to him. He should have been angrier and more abrasive, butted heads with Janeway at every opportunity, make him more focused on his people than the crew as a whole. This would change over time, as would his relationship with the Captain, both becoming far more complex.
Tuvok I loved. A proper Vulcan who showed us the logical use of violence. But of course he suffered from the Seven Syndrome, once she arrived he fell into the background as was his friendship with Janeway.
Tom Paris I have always been kinda 'meh' about. A decent enough character, a few interesting stories, though didn't understand the relationship with Torres, though it was well done. All in all pretty inoffensive.
Torres is another character I loved to fell victim to Seven Syndrome. All the things she would have done went to Seven in later seasons, leaving her with just the Paris relationship to develop. One thing they did with her that I hated was having her accept her Klingon side, she was far more interesting when she hated a big part of who she was.
Kim was dull from his first to last scene. The idea of a green ensign is interesting, but after a year lost in the unknown he'd have grown some balls and would begin to mature, instead he whines about wanting him mummy for years. He should have died in Scorpion (serious, who'd they poll to find him attractive?).
The Doctor was alright but over time he really started to annoy me. They did far too much with him, made him too great and wonderful at everything, even got him in command of the ship. They should've left him stuck in Sickbay.
Neelix. Where to start? A hated character, whose role as cook could have been held by some extra, as a guide he became useless, he never did anything as morale officer, and as ship's ambassador he was a joke. The character should have been more rugged and darker, more of a Han Solo scoundrel.
Kes came into her own after she finished being Neelix's girlfriend (to this day that is still creepy). She had potential and lots of directions open to her, but they got rid of her needlessly.
For me, Seven ruined VOY. If she wasn't the cause of storylines she was the cure for them. The idea of a former Borg recovering their humanity was interesting but poorly done. For one, her implants should have been removed over at least half the season, becoming less of a drone with each episode, but since she was just there as a sex symbol then they couldn't have that now could they.
Janeway started off a good character, both Captain and scientist. But as the series progressed there was little consistency, swinging from upholding UFP law to the letter to attempted murder of Noah Lessing. Had they picked a direction and stuck with it (either as someone who will hold onto the rules and regs or someone willing to do whatever needed to be done to get home). She needed more to her, other than simply being billed as Star Trek's first female lead.
Chakotay was very dull. Aside from being a Native American Maquis there didn't seem to be much else to him. He should have been angrier and more abrasive, butted heads with Janeway at every opportunity, make him more focused on his people than the crew as a whole. This would change over time, as would his relationship with the Captain, both becoming far more complex.
Tuvok I loved. A proper Vulcan who showed us the logical use of violence. But of course he suffered from the Seven Syndrome, once she arrived he fell into the background as was his friendship with Janeway.
Tom Paris I have always been kinda 'meh' about. A decent enough character, a few interesting stories, though didn't understand the relationship with Torres, though it was well done. All in all pretty inoffensive.
Torres is another character I loved to fell victim to Seven Syndrome. All the things she would have done went to Seven in later seasons, leaving her with just the Paris relationship to develop. One thing they did with her that I hated was having her accept her Klingon side, she was far more interesting when she hated a big part of who she was.
Kim was dull from his first to last scene. The idea of a green ensign is interesting, but after a year lost in the unknown he'd have grown some balls and would begin to mature, instead he whines about wanting him mummy for years. He should have died in Scorpion (serious, who'd they poll to find him attractive?).
The Doctor was alright but over time he really started to annoy me. They did far too much with him, made him too great and wonderful at everything, even got him in command of the ship. They should've left him stuck in Sickbay.
Neelix. Where to start? A hated character, whose role as cook could have been held by some extra, as a guide he became useless, he never did anything as morale officer, and as ship's ambassador he was a joke. The character should have been more rugged and darker, more of a Han Solo scoundrel.
Kes came into her own after she finished being Neelix's girlfriend (to this day that is still creepy). She had potential and lots of directions open to her, but they got rid of her needlessly.
For me, Seven ruined VOY. If she wasn't the cause of storylines she was the cure for them. The idea of a former Borg recovering their humanity was interesting but poorly done. For one, her implants should have been removed over at least half the season, becoming less of a drone with each episode, but since she was just there as a sex symbol then they couldn't have that now could they.
True, but he'd only been with the Borg for a few days, not the years Seven had been in the Collective.
In the pilot, Janeway was clearly depicted as someone who would bend the regs to do what she thought was right, even at the cost of not getting home. You're imagining inconsistency because you've ignored what's on screen.
There is no reason for such anger. Pointless conflict has no dramatic interest. Petty squabbles would have been dull.
Kim wasn't in enough scenes to whine for years. The handful of Kim episodes was less than 5% of the series. 5% is the rule of thumb for negligible! Also, Garrett Wang was very good looking and certainly fit into the People magazine "Beautiful People" spread. It really seems as though the mere sight of the character enraged you, which is a little odd.
No, there were no directions for her to pursue on Voyager. It was never clear why the woman was there in the first place. You could have made a show following Kes on her adventures in the Milky Way, but it wouldn't have been Star Trek. Jennifer Lien was very attractive (the voice was gorgeous!) but the actress' sex appeal does not justify the character. If only they'd had enough ruthlessness to ditch Paris and/or Torres, who were also dead end characters.
To elaborate, I'd say that Janeway and Tuvok are the only two lead characters in any Trek series that I disliked by the end of their run. I wasn't fond of Sisko but became so, I warmed a little to Neelix as time passed, and Torres became less annoying to me.
Well, I didn't like the way the character was written, I didn't like Tim Russes portrayal and rather pathetically, I didn't like his hairline...
The show had such great potential,a chance to be NuBSG before NuBSG.Instead the producers were too anxious to recreate the clean cool lines of TNG that the show suffered from the curse of the reset button.Consequently you got stories and concepts that had been done so much better by other sci-fi shows not least TNG itself.
I feel sorry for poor Chakotay (and Beltran)Chakotay should have been the type of guy you would bet on in a Klingon knife fight but the character was ignored and yes somewhat castrated(metaphorically)by a very strident captain.
I feel sorry for poor Chakotay (and Beltran)Chakotay should have been the type of guy you would bet on in a Klingon knife fight but the character was ignored and yes somewhat castrated(metaphorically)by a very strident captain.
It's probably because the newbie cadet OP thought he was the first person ever to complain about it. Which is how a lot of newbie cadets think. But what's even more annoying is when newbie cadets post OP's like this, and then don't even bother to interact after the responses it gets.
The show had such great potential,a chance to be NuBSG before NuBSG.Instead the producers were too anxious to recreate the clean cool lines of TNG that the show suffered from the curse of the reset button.Consequently you got stories and concepts that had been done so much better by other sci-fi shows not least TNG itself.
I feel sorry for poor Chakotay (and Beltran)Chakotay should have been the type of guy you would bet on in a Klingon knife fight but the character was ignored and yes somewhat castrated(metaphorically)by a very strident captain.
I think the show could have been a much better show even without trying to be 'dark and gritty'. A ship constantly on the move at high warp is naturally an episodic setup. They could have had their 'alien of the week' and kept stories light and fluffy, if they had a rich cast of recurring characters and more consistent relationships between crewmembers, and lasting damage between episodes. Continuity on ship/alien of the week off ship would have been a really good formula.
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