I had missed some of the bonus content and am finally getting to your coverage of S1 ep1 Caretaker. I've really enjoyed it. I have seen the first 3 or 4 seasons back when they originally aired but haven't seen any since then. I can't say that Voyager stuck with me, it's my least favorite Trek. So my question for anyone is: What are the 5-10 best episodes of Voyager?
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- I am not the biggest Voyager fan. The series never lived up to the potential I thought it had. So my disappointment in it is all on my end as a viewer. That being said I recently watched the premiere episode again and was impressed by how good it was. The intro starts with a text crawl that looks like it came from a 16 bit video game. Its terrible. I don't think it was needed, some other contextual clue would have been better. The intro then drops us right in the action with Maquis being chased by Cardassians and disappearing. This is more action than most episodes get right off the bat. The main function of a premier is to show us the crew, the ship and the setting. Voyager does an excellent job introducing the crew. Disgraced officers, rebels and a mix of new and veteran Starfleet personnel promises for an interesting show. Captain Janeway is fully fleshed out from the get go, they did a great job making her character feel real for the audience. The cameo by Quark is also very well used, setting up a crucial friendship between Paris and Kim. They spend enough time and give us something about all of our main cast here which is a very strong start. The ship doesn't need alot of time and doesn't get it. It can't compare to the Enterprise so they don't try. It's a smart choice. The plot in how they ended up in the situation is where this gets a little thin. I actually think they would have been better served by making the alien more incomprehensible rather than a hologram that babbles. Janeway makes a difficult and understandable choice, but if I was a crewman I would be mightily pissed off. This is a strong start for the series and is the second best premier, after DS9, in my opinion. It was way lower for me prior to this rewatch, so I am somewhat surprised by Voyager here.
This is exciting news! Now if only we could get a firm start date for the Picard show!
I think they start filming next week.
I am also excited for more "Discovery" in 2020! woo hoo!
Even though... I've been hot and cold on s2. Tbh, I think I enjoyed the Short Treks more than this actual season so far. Lol
BUT if we Trekkies know anything? - it's that our series often don't get awesome until s3 or s4, so I am a patient critic! I'm just starting to think that the general streaming model for TV content (i.e. heavy serialization, to keep subscribers hooked) isn't the best model for how I most enjoy Star Trek storytelling. I think that's why I really dug those Short Treks - because they were so charmingly episodic, and varied in tone/topics.
Who knows. Maybe we'll be getting different types of storytelling in all these Trek spinoffs and series to come. I'm just thrilled that the Star Trek franchise is - for the first time in years - blossoming :) :) :)