@avclub-64ad8f3af92ef8d9a1c7dfd7265e577d:disqus The fact that YoH is designed around a reset button isn't a validation of the concept of reset buttons, it's an indictment of the entire Voyager writing process! The interesting part of that scenario isn't the time travel bullshit (actually, in fairness, I did find that…

Yeah, having the Maquis in Starfleet uniforms almost immediately removes them from the show, certain main characters excepted. I suppose it could have happened gradually, and there are actually good reasons for having everyone wear the same uniforms, particularly when interacting with other cultures.

@avclub-64ad8f3af92ef8d9a1c7dfd7265e577d:disqus The problem is that the writers seem to be completely unaware when Janeway is making questionable or inconsistent decisions. We're just expected to accept that her decisions are the right ones because she's the Captain.

Well, the main problem with that is that the show never bothered to establish that Federation ideals were better than modern human ideals, let alone the caricatures of societies they encountered. It's simply something the show expected us to assume. Even if Janeway had been written as sticking to a consistent set of…

Yes, BSG was a far better execution of the same premise. However BSG's biggest problem (IMO) is one that it shared with Voyager, a severe lack of forward planning. I'd say that it fell apart earlier than season 3, it fell apart as soon as Admiral Kain was killed. There was a sense of momentum from the pilot up till…

Oh, completely agreed. I didn't mean any of what I said as a defense of Voyager, only that the "lost ship" premise requires a bit of thought and planning to remain plausible over a long running series.

Err, he means BSG's fourth season was a horror show.

I agree that Voyager deserves all the scorn it gets. I admit to only skimming over the article, but the title rings wrong to me. Voyager didn't just "preside over" the franchises decline, it was the main cause of, the embodiment of the decline. It really warms my cockles to now know that it rated worse than DS9 over…

People always say that Voyager wasted it's premise, and I agree it did, but I think that central premise is more difficult to do right than people think. There can be 2 extremes for a ship in Voyagers situation:

I've seen all the Stargate seasons which include the original cast (i.e. not the last 2). I'd say it holds up up to around season 5 or 6. After that it just got a bit too repetitive and stupid. It's always formulaic, but not always in a bothersome way. There's the occasional episode with an interesting sci-fi premise…

You're correct. Q takes the Enterprise to a known system (J-25) which is 8000 (or thereabouts, I don't remember exactly) lightyears from their previous location. Data says that at max warp it would take them 3 years to get back to the nearest starbase, a far shorter time than Voyagers estimated travel time of 75…

I would argue that even if B5 doesn't hold up in terms of execution (they had a far lower budget) it still trumps DS9 in terms of the design of the various ships and the direction of the space combat scenes. They're just a whole lot more kinetic and propulsive than scenes in DS9.

That's interesting, thanks. Seems the lack of physical models really did provide them a great deal of freedom.

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@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus An army of disposable Data's fighting the Federation's wars would be bad, yes.

I'd just like to add that one of my favorite parts of Business as Usual is the fact that Hagath is a human rather than a Ferengi (or some other alien). It's one of the few hints we get in Trek if a broader human world outside of the Federation.

I know you're mainly addressing the mind control stuff, but I don't see any contradiction between an optimistic view of human development and the Federation doing it's fighting with robots. The Federation's, and the show's for that matter, attitude towards robotics and AI are kind of weirdly regressive, which I…

@Mighty_Ponygirl:disqus I thnk the show could have gone in 2 different directions with changeling abilities, both of which would have been more interesting than the nonsensical physics destroying magic biology we got.

@jerodast:disqus Sorry, but I just can't accept Berkoff as Stilgar. He's far too urbane and civilised. He didn't even grow a beard! Big Ed will always be Stilgar to me. He looks like he could snap you in half if he cared to.

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