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Dave · 27th July 2007, 11:41 PM

Voyager and Enterprise are hardly "new" series, though they may be to you.

Personally, I think neither are as good as TOS, TNG and DS9, but many people rate Voyager as their favourite.

I think Voyager was a string of missed opportunites - a crew of conflicting personalities and ideologies that was watered down until they became just another Star Trek crew - the greatest Star Trek alien villains, the Borg, watered down until they became tame pets - the first cgi aliens with psychic powers that were never used - Kes, a crewmember with psychic powers that were never used.

The writers made big mistakes too - the ship never suffered any damage that could not be repaired - the Ocampa only give birth once a life (7 years) but somehow still repopulate their planet - Janeway uses a 1980's PC. Little things, but sloppy mistakes.

Most fans derided Enterprise and it was eventually cancelled. Personally, I think that is a shame, because after the huge mistake it was to make a prequel anyway, and after a poor start, I was beginning to like it and I thought the third series was really going somewhere.

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Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,427	Re: Is this new series good? Voyager and Enterprise are hardly "new" series, though they may be to you. Personally, I think neither are as good as TOS, TNG and DS9, but many people rate Voyager as their favourite. I think Voyager was a string of missed opportunites - a crew of conflicting personalities and ideologies that was watered down until they became just another Star Trek crew - the greatest Star Trek alien villains, the Borg, watered down until they became tame pets - the first cgi aliens with psychic powers that were never used - Kes, a crewmember with psychic powers that were never used. The writers made big mistakes too - the ship never suffered any damage that could not be repaired - the Ocampa only give birth once a life (7 years) but somehow still repopulate their planet - Janeway uses a 1980's PC. Little things, but sloppy mistakes. Most fans derided Enterprise and it was eventually cancelled. Personally, I think that is a shame, because after the huge mistake it was to make a prequel anyway, and after a poor start, I was beginning to like it and I thought the third series was really going somewhere.