I sum up my feelings on the characters pretty well in this post, but as for the series itself, I must say I really enjoyed it. I didn't like it as much as TNG, and I'm really loving Voyager, so I can't say DS9 was my favorite, but it has a special place in my heart. I mentioned in my first post in this blog that a common complaint about DS9 is, "The ship doesn't move!" While I agree that the series' setting on a space station limits the scope a bit, there's plenty going on and we get to enjoy storylines with the Bajorans, Cardassians, Klingons, Ferengi, even the Romulans in later episodes, and finally, the pretty terrifying Dominion, not to mention all the new species the series introduces via the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant. There's also plenty of history on the former Cardassian station that makes for good flashback fodder. The religious infrastructure of Bajor offered lots of commentary on the separation of church and state and the evolution/intelligent design "debate." I could have done without the mirror universe, though.
Having lived with Lindsay, I've seen snippets of Voyager here and there. It was on so frequently in our apartment that our other roommate at the time, Courtney, dubbed the series "Not My Captain," noting that the show did not feature Jean-Luc Picard in the captain's chair. The nickname caught on, even though Janeway is most definitely Lindsay's captain.
I rarely sat down and watched an entire episode, but two moments I vividly recall are these: (1) Neelix offering snacks to a Borg child and the child replying "Snacks are irrelevant," and (2) the food replicator malfunctioning when Janeway orders coffee and it replies, "Get it yourself!" I just watched "The Haunting of Deck Twelve" in which the former occurs. I must tell you, I've been waiting the entire series to hear the sassy replicator. I'm up to the seventh and final season now, and I'm starting to worry that I may have imagined it.
Having watched six full seasons of Voyager since I last posted about Star Trek, naturally there's a lot to say. Since this post has already gotten long. I'll limit it to these observations:
- There are lots of mind melds on Voyager.
- Janeway lands the ship on planets a lot. I didn't know you could do that.
- Hair grows back pretty quickly.
- For a Maquis captain, Chakotay (whom I used to call Commander Chipotle) is pretty amenable.
- I shed no tears when Kes left the series (although Jennifer Lien appears to have gotten a raw deal). She returns in the sixth season for no apparent reason other than to be an asshole.
That list could go on forever. More in another post, maybe.
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