During the mid to late 90's, my life prohibited me from watching a ton of shows in their original run. I did see some VOY episodes, but never Threshold. According to this and other fansites, it is possibly the worst VOY episode. Possibly the worst episode of Star Trek. I seem to recall posters recoiling in horror when Braga's alien invasion show was named Threshold. So, missing out on it during its original run, I decided for myself to see what it was about and watch it.
Well, I have to say it is not the worst episode of VOY or the worst episode of Trek. But I believe Threshold is the single worst hour of scripted fiction of the last 10 years, if not further back. My goodness. What the hell were they thinking??? Did Braga make a bet that he could make an episode that mangles evolution and physics to an unrecognizable mess and bring to air? And where was Mr. Science Consultant Andre Bore-My-Ass or whatever his name was? Did he even have a high schooler's grasp of biology or physics? And the technobabble, which is usually bad, was taken to new depths. I mean, "sub space torque"? "Multi spectral sub space engine design?" Was there even a way for the foriegn markets to translate that?? No wonder the terrorists hate us!
And the idea of going at infinite speed and end up at every point in the universe only to return to where you started kinda renders the idea of "crossing the threshold" irrelevant.
And how they pissed all over evolution makes my head spin. Was Braga an Intelligent Design proponent and this was his response to people who accept evolution? That moving at infinite speed and ending up at every point of the universe will make humans evolve into catfish salamanders? How does one fathom ideas like this.
I can't see anyone with a working brain can defend this episode. It's not "so bad it's good" bad. It's plain bad. Piss poor. And anyone who has the capacity to even try to defend this dreck, I have to thank you. It's your defense of shitty Trek projects like this which led to Abrams wonderful Trek movie. And that's the only silver lining I can find from a cloud this gray and miserable.
Well, I have to say it is not the worst episode of VOY or the worst episode of Trek. But I believe Threshold is the single worst hour of scripted fiction of the last 10 years, if not further back. My goodness. What the hell were they thinking??? Did Braga make a bet that he could make an episode that mangles evolution and physics to an unrecognizable mess and bring to air? And where was Mr. Science Consultant Andre Bore-My-Ass or whatever his name was? Did he even have a high schooler's grasp of biology or physics? And the technobabble, which is usually bad, was taken to new depths. I mean, "sub space torque"? "Multi spectral sub space engine design?" Was there even a way for the foriegn markets to translate that?? No wonder the terrorists hate us!
And the idea of going at infinite speed and end up at every point in the universe only to return to where you started kinda renders the idea of "crossing the threshold" irrelevant.
And how they pissed all over evolution makes my head spin. Was Braga an Intelligent Design proponent and this was his response to people who accept evolution? That moving at infinite speed and ending up at every point of the universe will make humans evolve into catfish salamanders? How does one fathom ideas like this.
I can't see anyone with a working brain can defend this episode. It's not "so bad it's good" bad. It's plain bad. Piss poor. And anyone who has the capacity to even try to defend this dreck, I have to thank you. It's your defense of shitty Trek projects like this which led to Abrams wonderful Trek movie. And that's the only silver lining I can find from a cloud this gray and miserable.
Just another veiled excuse to whine about ST 2009.
