If you look at every single "Lost Ship" show from the last 40 years worth remembering, they all at least bothered to make them be really huge ships with unique abilities.
Voyager as larger ship
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If you look at every single "Lost Ship" show from the last 40 years worth remembering, they all at least bothered to make them be really huge ships with unique abilities.
I just wanted to quote this point in particular:
I love Voyager and I would not change anything about it [for various reasons] but this premise sounds excellent and I would have watched it as a seperate series. A plucky young crew on a creaking old vessel, lost and forced to improvise could have been fascinating.
I have the Bandai scale models of both the Refit and Voyager in the same scale and Voyager is much larger- 'it's "saucer" being more pyramid shaped adds a lot of volume for decks.
I do not think if Voyager was a larger ship with a larger crew much would have changed in the series. As mentioned earlier the show was written with mostly 18 or so people and only a few rooms being used. Places where there would be interesting size constraints like the shuttlebay were fudged into much larger spaces as the story needed- the Delta Flyer would just fit inside, but we see it parked along one edge in a service section in 'Drive'.
Star Trek Voyager was an interesting show which could have been really different if they had followed up on the original premise of limitations and conflict. The powers-that-be chose instead to turn it into a TNG-lite and changed the ship into whatever was needed to get the story done,
I do not think if Voyager was a larger ship with a larger crew much would have changed in the series. As mentioned earlier the show was written with mostly 18 or so people and only a few rooms being used. Places where there would be interesting size constraints like the shuttlebay were fudged into much larger spaces as the story needed- the Delta Flyer would just fit inside, but we see it parked along one edge in a service section in 'Drive'.
Star Trek Voyager was an interesting show which could have been really different if they had followed up on the original premise of limitations and conflict. The powers-that-be chose instead to turn it into a TNG-lite and changed the ship into whatever was needed to get the story done,
Voyager as a Sabre-Class could've been really interesting to see, a crew of no more than 50 (at the very most) trying to get.
Isn't that essentially Stargate Universe? And we all know how that turned out....
Blakes' Seven, Lexx, Farscape, NuBSG, SGU...the only "Lost Ship" shows of the last 40 years worth remembering (for better or worse) and they all had the ship be a huge one with special abilities.
Well, so much for those people complaining about too many corridors shown as being bereft of anyone. Such a reality would certainly be reasonable given the actual dimensions.
I guess you mean its popular success. As for the story, no we don't. It's unfortunate because I seem to be one of the benighted few who really enjoyed the show, thought it mind provoking, and dismissed all the folderol complaining about it being a genre soap opera.
Especially, with the shifts, a third of the crew is likely in their bunks, 50 or so working at station, and the other 50 huddled around Neelix's stove being lonely. Then, there's Trek's obsession with every other crewman being a geologist, botanist, or some other science with their own lab, it's a wonder you ever see anyone in the halls.
As a fellow traveler, so to speak, I'm loath to pick at one of your points, but feel I have to in one regard. Culluh was a weak leader, who had led his sect down the drain, and only had any chance with Seska pulling the strings. She was the power, he was just a blustery weakling, and after submissively beating a quick retreat from Voyager without putting up a fight, I would wager his further "leadership" brought the Nistrim to dissolution or something close to it, unless he was given the chop by some semi-sensible rival.
Brilliant!!!! But at the least they received the benefit of a caring and wise barkeep, who might just inspire them to find that special someone by following the third path!!!!!
You may be right about Culluh but I do think that he and Seska were a great team. I really enjoy the episodes where they show up.As a fellow traveler, so to speak, I'm loath to pick at one of your points, but feel I have to in one regard. Culluh was a weak leader, who had led his sect down the drain, and only had any chance with Seska pulling the strings. She was the power, he was just a blustery weakling, and after submissively beating a quick retreat from Voyager without putting up a fight, I would wager his further "leadership" brought the Nistrim to dissolution or something close to it, unless he was given the chop by some semi-sensible rival.
Brilliant!!!! But at the least they received the benefit of a caring and wise barkeep, who might just inspire them to find that special someone by following the third path!!!!!
The idea with the Kazon as rivalling sects were actually good. Such things have happened in many places were an occupant or tyrant has been overthrown and then the victors have started to argue among themselves.
A larger ship as Voyager would mean the following things:
1.- Pairs would have more women to pursue and hit on before hooking up with Torres.
2.- Kim would have more women make fun of him and reject his advances.
3.-Janeway would have more nameless security people to send on away missions and get killed. Ala TOS.
1.- Pairs would have more women to pursue and hit on before hooking up with Torres.
2.- Kim would have more women make fun of him and reject his advances.
3.-Janeway would have more nameless security people to send on away missions and get killed. Ala TOS.
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