Voyager reset button
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Wow my first fully fledged thread flame war. I had heard of these by friends which is what put me off joining this board for so long.
Its so funny that people watch Trek and embrace its philosophies of diversity and then argue over which series is best. I would say that I am Star Trek fan as in the whole franchise. I grew up hooked on TNG and that was the best program I had ever watched. Then DS9 and VOY came along and took it to another level. I am a Niner as its so delicately labelled
There are lots of things I hate about VOY with a passion. But I still enjoy watching it. There's still so much to praise about it. The end of the series didn't feel like a complete circle, more like it plodded along. However its still quite enjoyable to sit back and watch for entertainment. Whereas I feel that DS9 makes you use your mind more to think about what you're watching.
The reset button has done a lot of damage to the show and lost fans along the way. It is very easy for Picard and Sisco to resupply themselves whenever they want. But it wasn't always like this. Look at early TNG when CGI couldnt produce affordable Dominion fleets and they had to scavange ships together (Redemption part 2) to block Sela's Romulan fleet. Starfleet didn't feel as big back then as when DS9 had a huge Federation armada in A Call to Arms. This was because they literally couldn't afford to make the effects. There's an obvious correlation between improved affordable CGI and the increased resources of Starfleet. So they made it appear the federation was stretched in resources and they didn't have a reset button to magically have more ships or supplies.
I don't see why the writers took a lazy way out of resupplying Voyager when it was convenient. They had TNG suffer from minimal resources they should have made it work on Voyager. The cost of making YOH as a 2 parter would have been so much cheaper stretching the damaged sets over a season. It would have saved money.
Anyways, if you look at Voyager as more of entertainment with sci fi stories its easy and enjoyable to watch. If you want more thought provoking realism and consistent continuity then you also have DS9( which also has its many flaws)
There's a place for both shows in my dvd collection just dont get me started on Enterprise
I may not completely agree with everything you said here but I wanted to say thank you for pointing out the fact that Trekkies are bickering over which version of being friendly in the Galaxy they like better.
Sure there are things that I dislike about Voyager, they are also this things I dislike about DS9, TNG, TOS, and ENT but to me they are all Star Trek. I am a Trekkie, no matter what I will always take the good with the bad.
Plus if Star Trek was completely perfect what would there be to discussing on the boards?
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^I don't even understand where you got Star Wars from that but okay.
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OHHHH I understand now, I think you are right.
Where should we start that thread "ST better than SW, discuss"
Where should we start that thread "ST better than SW, discuss"
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