I have finished watching Star Trek Next Generation and Deep Space 9 following a friend’s recommendation. I enjoyed both shows and started watching the other one, Star Trek Voyager.

So far, I’m not finding it as enjoyable as the other two. I want to try to see it through the eyes of someone who enjoys the show, maybe it will also help me understand why it feels different somehow.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I think DS9 was pretty developed already by the end of TNG, so once it started there wasn’t that much left to figure out. This can be seen by the TNG crew visiting DS9 towards the end. TNG, however, felt a little more uncertain in the first season in that the actors didn’t have their characters nailed down yet, and it shows.

    I suspect that Voyager might be a bit more like TNG in this regard - the concept was a bit more uncertain when they started. However, it does improve massively as it vows on.

    I for one really like the temporal war storyline.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      See what you think about this-- I thought TNG’s aesthetics and scripts could be rather bland sometimes, but in terms of acting talent, I found Spiner, Dorn and Stewart’s acting work to be generally superb. Frakes and Burton were also strong (pick your poison of course).

      The reason I’m mentioning the above is that I found it almost shocking how mediocre, and almost unlikable most of DS9’s and VOY’s cast were, outside of standouts like Ryan, Picardo and Russ, and to a lesser extent perhaps Auberjonois, Brooks, Shimerman and Mulgrew.

      And at the same time, DS9 and VOY had some far more ambitious and arc-type scripts than TNG ever did. Evidently, TNG had the chance to do so with the parasites from “Conspiracy,” but instead shifted them in to being the Borg. Sure, a classic set of villains without question, but also the horror motif of the parasites was mostly lost. A real white-washing in order to maintain a more family-friendly version of the show, I would think, but… well, that’s enough for one comment.

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