Fair enough! I don't mind a bit of rehashing.
I'm just glad that I know ahead of time that it's disappointing. I really wanted Voyager to hit a sweet spot between TNG and DS9 when it came to balancing out monster of the week stuff with an overall plotted out story arc, and here almost at the end, to have them still be in the Delta Quadrant in the episode before the finale is just nuts to me.
Somehow right now I'm in the middle of rewatching TNG and watching Voyager and Strange New a worlds for the first time. I'll be happy to have VOY in the rotation. It's a great show. I feel like it's missing it's version of a Worf or an Odo. Seven is interesting, but I wish there were more aliens in the main cast.(It took me a lot longer to come around on Neelix compared to the Ferengi in DS9. He's a great character, he just comes on real strong in that Poochie/Jar Jar vein at the outset.
It took me way too long into DS9 before I realized he wasn't a regular Starfleet officer. I always figured "chief" was his nickname. 😆
That's because it took the show years to decide he was an enlisted officer. He was originally a Lieutenant on TNG and chief was in fact a nickname coming from his job as transporter chief before they retconned it into an enlisted rank.
Yeah at some point I believe that Roddenberry decided that Starfleet was all officers (or maybe it was just the 1701d?).
IIRC, that was actually in the original TOS series bible. It was based on the idea that astronauts were officers and were all at the top of their fields.
You're in for another treat then because I think the first couple eps of Lower Decks are easily the weakest.
Season 1 finished!
There are a handful of other returning actors here and there.
For a show with the tone that Lower Decks has, there are actually a surprising amount of consequences and character development. Mid Season 2 is where it shifts from being "That Fun Reference Show" to being a show more about the characters with references sprinkled in and it's all the better for it. Season 3 and Season 4 especially embrace that.
Can't wait. My only regret is not starting this sooner, since I can't participate in long-dead threads. Kicking myself for not watching Picard, SNW, Disco, and LD before now.
It's mine too…a couple of years ago we had near year round Trek…I miss those days.
Yeah it was great.
Remind me what he does in that one? He doesn't have a great showing in season 1 generally...You know I never got why people hated Wesley Crusher. I'm on episode 5 now of TNG.
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No it was The Naked Now where he took over the Engineering room and was busy with his homemade tractor beam.
It's so bizarre seeing the Ferengi act like this
The Ending Scene From The Last Outpost
Star Trek The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 05 The Last Outpost
I was taking about the post earlier about episode 5 and understanding why everyone hates Westley!
oh you mean episode 3! yeah wesley is bad in that one. but it gave us "fully functional" so... does it balance out? or tip over altogether?
Personally, I think that the best shot to get a new theatrical Trek movie will be in a few years and do one with the Strange New Worlds crew. I don't think we're getting another Kelvin movie (despite the quarterly announcements of new movies), and any movie that is disconnected from an existing cast just feels like a non-starter to me.
