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LaurenRivers commissioned this picture of a crew on the bridge of a Trek-style starship. I was deeply flattered that she wanted to include me as part of the crew!The fleet was in disarray, with three heavy cruisers destroyed and the flagship falling out of formation due to a damaged starboard nacelle. We had taken several solid hits, and the bridge had been damaged. Some of the less-experienced crew were nervous, but we remained at our posts. With shields down to 38 percent, tactical officer Rivers had announced that the ship wouldn't sustain much more direct fire.
At that moment, the captain gave a direct order to break formation and execute evasive maneuvers. My heart leaped into my throat as I came to the sudden realization that the lives of all 87 crew members aboard were now depending on my ability to pilot the ship out of danger.
I gunned the aft impulse thrusters and shouted a warning that the damaged inertial dampeners might not be able to fully compensate for sudden changes in motion!
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And this was due -entirely- to where Roddenberry went to find his actors... -broadway-. He sought out solid method-actors, who could sell a character, however 'otherworldly' they were. Or however non-human they could most distinctly be... All the way to the great diplomat captain, who was driven through the cosmos by his ego, rather than his libido. (Face it, that is what drove Kirk, he followed his pecker through the cosmos...)
Yeah, I felt that DS9 was decent, but Voyager and Enterprise needed a fresh hand at the helm. Like the way they did BSG was amazing, a star trek like that would blow me away. Voyager had too many 'gimmick' episodes, and though I like Seven of Nine, it seemed inappropriate to add as they described it 'a borg babe'. I thought she would become interesting when they tried to make her more human towards the end, but then they did what they always do and reset things to the status quo.
Star trek's flaw is that despite their claim to be evolving and a future where all is equal, they are afraid to do arcs, kill regulars, do things that have lasting effects, and it seems like they're hesitant to cast females. One doctor out of five is female, one engineer out of five was female, one captain out of five was female, and in trek the men always outnumber the ladies.
Star trek's flaw is that despite their claim to be evolving and a future where all is equal, they are afraid to do arcs, kill regulars, do things that have lasting effects, and it seems like they're hesitant to cast females. One doctor out of five is female, one engineer out of five was female, one captain out of five was female, and in trek the men always outnumber the ladies.
Good points all. Very male centric, and the female cast (with a few exceptions like Janeway) are just there for eye-candy.
The only thing you mentioned I don' fully agree with is that DS9 was decent... It had its merit, and it had its big arc... IF they could ever keep themselves from gimmicks and all the BS with 'the prophets'. It got old -really- fast, when it was all just Sisco in some other 'way in the past' setting, for some 'test' by those blasted 'prophets'. Wanted nothing more than to just get back to the story arc, but apparently, it wasn't a deep enough story arc to support that kind of writing... Only once the show was all but 'done', and had a sunset actually determined, did they show some C.O.Jones in the writing. The last episodes did pull off that 'edge of your seat' feeling, that exciting plot that could captivate you.
Anyway, I like watching the bloopers, and Voyager had some of the best. Look em up some time if you haven't already...
The only thing you mentioned I don' fully agree with is that DS9 was decent... It had its merit, and it had its big arc... IF they could ever keep themselves from gimmicks and all the BS with 'the prophets'. It got old -really- fast, when it was all just Sisco in some other 'way in the past' setting, for some 'test' by those blasted 'prophets'. Wanted nothing more than to just get back to the story arc, but apparently, it wasn't a deep enough story arc to support that kind of writing... Only once the show was all but 'done', and had a sunset actually determined, did they show some C.O.Jones in the writing. The last episodes did pull off that 'edge of your seat' feeling, that exciting plot that could captivate you.
Anyway, I like watching the bloopers, and Voyager had some of the best. Look em up some time if you haven't already...
Well, I didn't like when DS9 got all prophet ish, though at least it is one of the treks where they explored spirituality or religion. It seems like they just sidestep that whole issue in general, no gay people, no mention of religion for anyone else, etc....
The last episode of DS9 kind of bothered me that they spent two years building up to an epic final battle, but once they got to Cardassia the other side surrendered and they made peace. Then, almost as an afterthought, Sisko goes to the fire caves to get prophetized and is 'missing'. I had hoped for more of a Way of the Warrior ending.
The books brought him back, pretty well, I thought. Though I was unhappy with the way DS9 ended.
The last episode of DS9 kind of bothered me that they spent two years building up to an epic final battle, but once they got to Cardassia the other side surrendered and they made peace. Then, almost as an afterthought, Sisko goes to the fire caves to get prophetized and is 'missing'. I had hoped for more of a Way of the Warrior ending.
The books brought him back, pretty well, I thought. Though I was unhappy with the way DS9 ended.
I thought Enterprise had a lot of potential, but they wasted a lot of time doing time travel and Archer gets taken prisoner episodes rather than developing a story arc that told of the formation of the Federation. They did things the same way they aways did, one episode at a time, and only started doing arcs in season 3 and 4, but by then it was too late, and even selling out their principles and renaming it Star Trek: Enterprise despite their promise that they would not do so, didn't help. Though season 3 and 4 did have some strong ideas, they were often afraid to follow through with what seemed to me like the logical conclusions.
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