I've been reading the various reactions, and comparing them to my own, and I think I've finally come to a realization.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, as I have most NV/PII episodes, despite recognizing a number of flaws. In fact, I enjoyed it more than STC's most recent outing, "Divided We Stand." It didn't look as polished, but I found myself more willing to overlook its flaws.
What I think does it for me is that on the whole, I'm more interested in the kind of stories NV/PII does than the majority of STC's offerings. One result of that is that it makes the failure mode much more forgiving.
It's one of the things that had me interested in Axanar: I find the failure mode of pew-pew-pew to be less annoying (and more entertaining) than the failure mode of "I'm not worthy of command."
I'm looking forward to both STC's episode 6, and NV/PII's "Torment of Destiny," but right now it's still NV/PII that has more of my interest. It's not just that they provide more information about upcoming episodes, but that their episodes try to answer questions I already had. (This is one reason "Fairest of Them All" is my favorite STC episode; I was already interested in the story.)
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, as I have most NV/PII episodes, despite recognizing a number of flaws. In fact, I enjoyed it more than STC's most recent outing, "Divided We Stand." It didn't look as polished, but I found myself more willing to overlook its flaws.
What I think does it for me is that on the whole, I'm more interested in the kind of stories NV/PII does than the majority of STC's offerings. One result of that is that it makes the failure mode much more forgiving.
It's one of the things that had me interested in Axanar: I find the failure mode of pew-pew-pew to be less annoying (and more entertaining) than the failure mode of "I'm not worthy of command."
I'm looking forward to both STC's episode 6, and NV/PII's "Torment of Destiny," but right now it's still NV/PII that has more of my interest. It's not just that they provide more information about upcoming episodes, but that their episodes try to answer questions I already had. (This is one reason "Fairest of Them All" is my favorite STC episode; I was already interested in the story.)