Re-Watching VOY

[Lord Garth]

I was impressed with the location-shooting. And it looks like they put some money into the planet-of-the-week sets. So, props for that.

I liked the costuming design, but the combination of colors made it look kind of like everyone worked at a fast-food restaurant.

 

[Oddish]

And that Calico Arms was selling guns in the Delta Quadrant...

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Overall, it wasn't bad, and there are worse ways to spend your time if it's a slow day, but if I spent more time talking about a Sickbay scene and a Bridge scene, neither of which have to do with main plot, that tells you something right there.

I think you're going to have to get used to that, as on my rewatch I discovered that Voyager spends more time in its sickbay than any other series. A Star Trek medical drama would get less use out of its sickbay set than Voyager does.

 

[Oddish]

I think you're going to have to get used to that, as on my rewatch I discovered that Voyager spends more time in its sickbay than any other series. A Star Trek medical drama would get less use out of its sickbay set than Voyager does.

Probably because the breakout character was confined to sickbay for the first third of the show.

 

[Lord Garth]

I'm now half-tempted to edit VOY into a medical drama starring The Doctor.

 

[Akiraprise]

the combination of colors made it look kind of like everyone worked at a fast-food restaurant.

I remember thinking the same thing.
Personally I gave T&A a 7/10 as well.

 

[Oddish]

I'm now half-tempted to edit VOY into a medical drama starring The Doctor.

Something like this?

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[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

In a sense, they did. "RELATIVITY" fits the bill.

At a certain point, the DTI should have sworn a Voyager crew member in as an agent aflight to handle all timeline investigations.

 

[Oddish]

At a certain point, the DTI should have sworn a Voyager crew member in as an agent aflight to handle all timeline investigations.

A new job for Harry, maybe. He needed to be taken in a new direction.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

There's your promotion - the job requires an increase in rank, and it comes from an outside source.

 

[Lord Garth]

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I'd watch it!

 

[Anna Yolei]

And the character aspect of the episode has my interest, but the technobabble part loses me.

Regardless of one's opinion of Discovery, I think most of us would agree it's a net boon that the show uses plain English to get it's scientific concepts and plots across.

I've gone back to VOY recently myself and while I have a better appreciation for the show as a whole, the worst technobabble can often be a distraction.

 

[Lord Garth]

"The Phage"

The Vidiians are interesting, though hideous looking. I feel bad for them that they need to harvest organs in order to survive. I also feel bad for them that their faces look like they have bacon on them. At least it was nice of one of them to modify one of Kes' lungs for Neelix.

Neelix's Neelix-ish-ness was amped up to 11 at the beginning of the episode. At a few points I thought to myself, "Can he please be quiet for at least two seconds?" I feel bad for him that the Vidiians harvested his lungs, but I also felt bad for the Doctor when he faced the prospect of Neelix being stuck in Sickbay for life.

It would've been nice if Neelix had consulted Janeway before during her dining area into Voyager's version of Ten Forward. But at the same time, I have to ask: Why would Janeway have such a large private dining space on an Intrepid Class Starship? I can't even imagine Picard having such a large dining private space of his own on a Galaxy Class Starship.

This is the first episode where Kes expresses an interst in studying medicine. It's also the first episode where Neelix becomes paranoid about Paris swooping in and taking Kes from him.

I got a kick out of one scene where Neelix asked the Doctor if he sings, and The Doctor gives him an angry, annoyed glare. If only they knew what was coming later...

Holographic lungs were an interesting concept. Though if Ocampan physiology is less complex than Talaxian, the first thing I'd think of if I were Kes is, "Can you create an artificial second lung for me?" If only to increase the lung capacity.

Overall, I give this episode a 7.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Why would Janeway have such a large private dining space on an Intrepid Class Starship?

Perhaps Intrepid class ships were originally designed to accommodate diplomatic missions - state dinners, first contacts and Federation membership invitations? Janeway ought to be glad in hindsight for being stranded if she got to have more interesting adventures as a result of the Maquis mission debacle.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

The way I understood it, Voyager already had its Ten Forward (Paris and Kim had a scene there in Caretaker), but Neelix turned the smaller dining room next door into a kitchen and took the wall of replicators away to connect the two spaces.

 

[Farscape One]

"The Phage"

The Vidiians are interesting, though hideous looking. I feel bad for them that they need to harvest organs in order to survive. I also feel bad for them that their faces look like they have bacon on them. At least it was nice of one of them to modify one of Kes' lungs for Neelix.

Neelix's Neelix-ish-ness was amped up to 11 at the beginning of the episode. At a few points I thought to myself, "Can he please be quiet for at least two seconds?" I feel bad for him that the Vidiians harvested his lungs, but I also felt bad for the Doctor when he faced the prospect of Neelix being stuck in Sickbay for life.

It would've been nice if Neelix had consulted Janeway before during her dining area into Voyager's version of Ten Forward. But at the same time, I have to ask: Why would Janeway have such a large private dining space on an Intrepid Class Starship? I can't even imagine Picard having such a large dining private space of his own on a Galaxy Class Starship.

This is the first episode where Kes expresses an interst in studying medicine. It's also the first episode where Neelix becomes paranoid about Paris swooping in and taking Kes from him.

I got a kick out of one scene where Neelix asked the Doctor if he sings, and The Doctor gives him an angry, annoyed glare. If only they knew what was coming later...

Holographic lungs were an interesting concept. Though if Ocampan physiology is less complex than Talaxian, the first thing I'd think of if I were Kes is, "Can you create an artificial second lung for me?" If only to increase the lung capacity.

Overall, I give this episode a 7.

I love the Vidiians! Definitely the best race or villain VOYAGER ever created, and one of THE best in the entire franchise.

As a horror fan, I love their look. And as villains, they have a built-in moral dilemma... is it right to go to such extreme measures, like stealing other organs, to keep living?


And everything else was great, too.

I give this one an 8.

 

[Farscape One]

The way I understood it, Voyager already had its Ten Forward (Paris and Kim had a scene there in Caretaker), but Neelix turned the smaller dining room next door into a kitchen and took the wall of replicators away to connect the two spaces.

That's how I saw it, too.

 

[Lord Garth]

The way I understood it, Voyager already had its Ten Forward (Paris and Kim had a scene there in Caretaker), but Neelix turned the smaller dining room next door into a kitchen and took the wall of replicators away to connect the two spaces.

Okay, that makes more sense. Thanks!

 

[Farscape One]

That does beg the question... how was Neelix able to do that without Janeway or Chakotay or Tuvok knowing about it?

It's the equivalent of knocking down a wall in a home to open up space. That doesn't go unnoticed.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Modular pieces that can be recycled into torpedo casings.