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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
No good Voyager stories? Oh, contraire! Voyager stories, in my opinion, were some of the best Trek writing since the original series. "Memorial" remains my absolute favorite, but there were others.
True, like all other Trek series, the end of each episode pressed the "reset" button and moved on, but that's episodic TV for you. Very few shows manage to avoid that crutch.
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That Reset button has become a deal breaker for me.
But I'll admit a sort of progressive Trek myopia. I was watching from TOS, and I think the franchise really needs to lie fallow for a while. Part of the problem is that Paramount has never really understood what made Trek popular, so each new version has tended to be a retread of stuff already done. Paramount is afraid to innovate for fear of hurting the franchise. Rick Berman commented at one point about how hard he had to fight to turn DS9 darker in the Cardassian war arc. Paramount was afraid of alienating the audience.
Well, they've already alienated me by refusal to innovate and take chances.
I'm glad Voyager worked for you. I have different requirements.
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Dennis