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User Reviews for: Star Trek: Voyager

FinFan
8/10  9 years ago
I´m a Star Trek fan and that will never change. Having said that Voyager always was my least favorite of the shows. I watched it when it originally aired with a bit more of the fanboy attitude and now 20 years later. It´s not that it is bad in general, there isn´t something fundamentaly wrong with it. But after finishing it now I found many little things that I didn´t like. For starters I never really had favorites among the characters. With very few exceptions I found them either annoying or I didn´t care at all most of the time. Voyager had the least amount of memorable episodes which I only noticed now while watching again. With every other Trek show I could name you multiple episodes that really left a mark in my brain so to speak, not with Voyager. There where quite a lot of episodes I had totally forgotten about. I found the later part in general to inconsistent and often times the story was a little to convenient. While at first they struggled to find resources left, right and center, later on it seem to be no problem at all. Loose a shuttle ? No problem next week we have the full complement again. Ship damaged in battle ? Again, next week bright and shiny as new. I could go on but I think I made my point. Maybe I´m beeing unfair, the show was clearly more directed to the casual viewer, it hadn´t a strong main story line beside the going home part and even that solution in the end was a bit to easy for my liking. I often thought maybe they should have brought the ship home a bit earlier and shown how the would all adapt back home. But that´s just me.
Having said all that, and please keep it mind it´s a personal opinion, I still never regretted watching Voyager. It is part of the Star Trek universe and for that reason alone I wouldn´t have missed it. But althought it is possible that I will watch other ST shows again in the future I´m not shure about Voyager.
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Reply by Andreas1138
6 years ago
@finfan I had a good time watching Voyager, it fitted perfectly with my real life since I was traveling a lot in that period (about 5 or 6 hours a day in my car) . When I went back home, during the evening, even if I was tired, one or two episodes were there for me. The main story, making a long journey to reach home, is a theme I really like and I felt like a part of the crew.<br /> I decided to watch Voyager after completing The Original Series. Reading online the reviews of the fans, it seems I watched a completely different show. I really liked Chakotay, probably my favorite character. I wasn't impressed by the doctor: portrayed by a great actor, he is not so interesting as a character (fans seem to love him). Tuvok was a really good companion. I even liked Kes, she was fascinating to me. It was sad to say goodbye to her. <br /> My favorite episode is probably "Resolutions", when Janeway and Chakotay are stranded in a planet together.<br /> About the ending, you are right, and that's similar to other American TV Series. The conclusion is almost unexpected, like they had to conclude the series without a good warning and had only few episodes left to show the return to Earth. British series are usually better in that regard.<br /> I need to watch The Next Generation, but it started with Q and I really hate that character. I know the series is great, overall, and your comment confirms it.
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Reply by FinFan
6 years ago
@andreas1138 One of the many good things about Star Trek - it has something for everyone. When I say "least favorite among the ST Shows" it is still a great show and better than most things running on TV.<br /> The way you describe why you like Voyager I can easily relate to. I drove trucks for the better part of 20 years and I see the connection you made.<br /> I really hope you enjoy TNG, it was my Trek comming out so to say. And this after initially rejecting it (season 1 had some weak episodes). A lot of good things came out of that.
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