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conulyBut then it turned out she was duped (or so she claims, and I'm not digging too deeply), so I decided to celebrate by watching some Voyager after putting the nieces to bed last night while Jenn worked late.
A few things I am remembering about that show:
1. It's not the best Trek, however, it is actually possible that Janeway is the best captain. Patrick Stewart is great, don't get me wrong, but I always thought Picard was too thinky. What Janeway lacks in brains and badass, she makes up for in sheer attitude. It must be all the coffee.
2. Paris really is an idiot. In one episode he is baffled that they got stuck in an event horizon because they accidentally responded to their own hails from their future selves being stuck in the event horizon. Janeway laughs and patiently explains that one of the weirder aspects of life is that sometimes the effect can precede the cause. The VERY NEXT EPISODE they kill a planet with their own rescue attempt after they get stranded in the past, right before the planet dies and they go to find out what happened. Once again, Paris gets a puzzled look and asks how it can be possible that the effect preceded the cause.
It's not possible, Tom, just go with it. You're an idiot.
3. The best part of this show, coming back vaguely through the mists of the past, is watching to identify the "exotic" fruits and vegetables hanging out in the galley. Not sure how they got pomegranates and plantains just a few weeks after they started up their hydroponics bay, and I lol'd a bit to see that apparently, when the first episodes were filmed, Swiss chard was unusual enough that the Ocampas could believably grow it.
A few things I am remembering about that show:
1. It's not the best Trek, however, it is actually possible that Janeway is the best captain. Patrick Stewart is great, don't get me wrong, but I always thought Picard was too thinky. What Janeway lacks in brains and badass, she makes up for in sheer attitude. It must be all the coffee.
2. Paris really is an idiot. In one episode he is baffled that they got stuck in an event horizon because they accidentally responded to their own hails from their future selves being stuck in the event horizon. Janeway laughs and patiently explains that one of the weirder aspects of life is that sometimes the effect can precede the cause. The VERY NEXT EPISODE they kill a planet with their own rescue attempt after they get stranded in the past, right before the planet dies and they go to find out what happened. Once again, Paris gets a puzzled look and asks how it can be possible that the effect preceded the cause.
It's not possible, Tom, just go with it. You're an idiot.
3. The best part of this show, coming back vaguely through the mists of the past, is watching to identify the "exotic" fruits and vegetables hanging out in the galley. Not sure how they got pomegranates and plantains just a few weeks after they started up their hydroponics bay, and I lol'd a bit to see that apparently, when the first episodes were filmed, Swiss chard was unusual enough that the Ocampas could believably grow it.
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Date: 2014-04-14 07:10 pm (UTC)We did love Janeway, though. We used to take a sip for every time she did something Kirk would have done. If she emulated Picard, that would be two.
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Date: 2014-04-14 10:17 pm (UTC)