tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076567041532697877.post7957046846077123439..comments2023-03-25T16:55:44.076-07:00Comments on J. M. Tresaugue: 11 REASONS WHY I HATE STAR TREK: VOYAGER #4 (PART 2)J. M. Tresauguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291742177740994684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076567041532697877.post-39921250701138120212012-06-12T07:26:54.137-07:002012-06-12T07:26:54.137-07:00I would honestly give Voyager a free pass on the B...I would honestly give Voyager a free pass on the Borg if the series was not already a collection facility for junk. There is the continuity argument, but honestly with over 700 hours of Star Trek there comes a point when continuity is practically impossible. But you are right. The Borg were more terrifying before Locutus. The following episodes in TNG provided for some good moral bantering, but otherwise we knew what to expect. "We can't beat the Borg!" 40 minutes later "We beat the Borg!" Once I'd have enjoyed seeing Picard or Janeway losing his/her shirt to the Borg (I'm talking in a drastic way beyond assimilation since we all know Beverly can fix that little issue.) Perhaps the worst of the Borg episodes in the one in which Janeway, Torres, and Tuvok assimilate themselves to perform a bit of espionage. A good idea, but handled poorly.<br /><br />I have never been a fan of Seven, but the way you defend her, well I'd be a fool not to keep your comments in mind the next time I watch Voyager.<br /><br />I agree with you completely on 8472. Boothby. . . How did that alien meeting go down? Did some alien actually raise his hand-tentacle-thing and beg to be the gardener? I was honestly excited when I learned there was a species the Borg feared. What a let down.J. M. Tresauguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291742177740994684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076567041532697877.post-88225767741139630612012-06-12T03:23:16.265-07:002012-06-12T03:23:16.265-07:00Blerk, wrote an incredibly insightful comment and ...Blerk, wrote an incredibly insightful comment and the Internet ate it.<br /><br />So anyway...<br /><br />The Borg was strongest pre-Locutus and before the Borg Queen. To me the idea of a mindless collective was the most alien threat the rugged individualism of the Federation could conceive of. When the Borg became all romanced with individuality, they lost some of their intense horror. I think by the time Voyager came along, it was open season on the Borg.<br /><br />Now you know I love Seven. I was fascinated by her Stockholm syndrome, her loyalty towards the Borg, her ambivalence towards her humanity, her repressed memories. The "childlike" automoton was wearing a leeetle thin by the time Seven came along, but still, I think that the Borg lent excitement and pace to the series, as well as fully teasing out many of the issues of who the Federation are as colonialists and interlopers.<br /><br />8472 could have been so much better. I think someone came up with a really great, simple concept: an alien that frightens the Borg. But then they couldn't actually conceive of such a creature. File that under "the world would be better if I was the boss of it". I mean really, any alien that chooses to take on the form of Boothby? I mean for crying out loud...Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.com