Voyager

[gothwalk]

I just watched an episode of Voyager, which was the best example ever of a cheap-ass production. The sets used were Voyager itself, a "stasis chamber" which looked like it was from Doctor Who, and an anonymous bit of California desert. There were about ten extras, only four of whom had speaking parts - the others literally shrugged or grimaced when they would otherwise have spoken. There was mention of "beautiful cities", but the visits to them happened off-stage. There was the possibility of staying on this particular planet, and not one crew member took it, pretty obviously so that they wouldn't have to refer to the episode ever again. It was pretty dreadful, and the fearsome thing is that it was better than the other episodes I've seen in the last few days.

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[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

I love the way you can spot when the previous episode ran way over budget with the effects and sets, when the next *two* episodes are very firmly set on the ship/in the building/on the backlot they use for every damned thing...

[loupblanc.livejournal.com]

Is that the episode where they re-animate people from the 1930s, with the woman being the first woman-pilot and so on?

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

That's the one.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

There was the possibility of staying on this particular planet, and not one crew member took it, pretty obviously so that they wouldn't have to refer to the episode ever again.

Grrr. This is exactly what pissed me off about Star Trek (along with 'every new love interest gets killed or transferred by episode's end' syndrome) and why I was so thrilled to discover Babylon 5 :)

Get well soon, by the way.

[two-star.livejournal.com]

There was a really good early DS9 episode... (looks it up, ah, "Duet",) where you could tell the script was designed to save money, but it's saved by having a great guest character, and more clever plot than most episodes had, with some good engaging psychodrama.

[bastun-ie.livejournal.com]

But then Voyager was by far the suckiest one of the franchise (not counting Enterprise, which destroyed my faith in Trekdom forever*).

*Yes, I have heard rumours that later episodes/series will reveal it was all a dream/alternate universe/due to distortions in the space-time continuum caused by time travel, but I'm just not buying it.

[shiftercat.livejournal.com]

What Enterprise is, along with Star Trek: Nemesis, is Rick Berman demonstrating how much he hates Star Trek, but won't give the helm to anyone else because he likes the money.