Been watching Voyager every time I have to fold clothes

[conuly]

And I start to realize that although "strictly interpreted Vulcan" is not, perhaps, the world's most demanding role (and they never did much with Tuvok anyway), Tim Russ manages to make the most of it. It's a pity the character was so underutilized, because I'm sure he would've acted the hell out of it if given a real fighting chance.

The show is now down one Kes and up one Seven. This may be a minority opinion, I don't know, but I've always kinda hated Kes. She's like Deanna, but even more understanding and awesome, and with freaky mind powers and the good sense not to intone "I sense great anger" every time people are frothing at the mouth. Drives me batty. I feel like she's so perfect and nice that you can't even hate her properly!

Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I didn't much like Kes either; I thought she was a fluffy fairy Mary Sue. Seven of Nine was a great improvement, especially at first. "Return this drone to the Borg!" I was ever so disappointed when she ended up with tedious Chakotay; she could have done so much better.

Captain Janeway rocks. The Doctor totally rocks; he's my favorite. The rest of the crew, meh; they're such cardboard cultural stereotypes that none of their roles appear to be very demanding. Sure, the Enterprise has been the Ship Of Hats since the very beginning, and the womens' hats have been particularly stereotypical, but Voyager was so New Age-y that I didn't even watch it till Seven of Nine turned up.

[conuly]

I did try watching TNG while folding laundry, but there are too many episodes I simply don't like.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, especially in the first season, it was like a heavy-handed showcase of Social Issues Of The 80's. All three of the original female characters seriously needed killing. Especially Tasha Yar, Chief of Insecurity - I was so glad when she finally bought it, but then they brought the bitch back twice, aagghhh!!!

However, The Inner Light from TNG is probably my all-time favorite Star Trek episode, and there were a few other particularly good ones. I particularly liked the Klingons, and Q was fun too, but the Borg were outstanding.

[conuly]

Well. It is Trek, after all. Where would it be without heavy handed social issues?