D, you make me smile. :D I had actually not seen Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap until much later than the attempt I made at watching Enterprise, and I was shocked at how much better he was in QL. Young and pretty and emoting, rather than the sort of cardboard stiffness I got off Archer. I don't know why.
I would have loved to see a show about Vulcans early in the Federation, but what I saw of T'Pol was, indeed, too much sex kitten. Of all the races to do that to!
But I haven't really watched that show, so possibly I'm not qualified to comment.
When Voyager was done well (ie, when the writing was less all over the map) it was good; one of my favourite episodes is the one where Kes leaves and Seven shows up. I say this even though I loved Kes and was upset when she left and do feel that they sometimes used Seven for male-gazey fanservice. But that first episode--Seven so terrified of being alone outside the collective, just panicking and freaking out, contrasted with how utterly centred Kes was--Kes knew who she was and where she was going, and it was a beautiful thing to see, even if it meant she was leaving people she loved. (Also: the three main characters in that episode were women: Janeway, Seven, Kes.) Generally I love Janeway, and not just because she was one of my first fictional lady-crushes. But the characters were often under-served by the writers, alas.
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Date: 2013-03-29 05:34 pm (UTC)I would have loved to see a show about Vulcans early in the Federation, but what I saw of T'Pol was, indeed, too much sex kitten. Of all the races to do that to!
But I haven't really watched that show, so possibly I'm not qualified to comment.
When Voyager was done well (ie, when the writing was less all over the map) it was good; one of my favourite episodes is the one where Kes leaves and Seven shows up. I say this even though I loved Kes and was upset when she left and do feel that they sometimes used Seven for male-gazey fanservice. But that first episode--Seven so terrified of being alone outside the collective, just panicking and freaking out, contrasted with how utterly centred Kes was--Kes knew who she was and where she was going, and it was a beautiful thing to see, even if it meant she was leaving people she loved. (Also: the three main characters in that episode were women: Janeway, Seven, Kes.) Generally I love Janeway, and not just because she was one of my first fictional lady-crushes. But the characters were often under-served by the writers, alas.
DS9 is my baby forever, only outclassed by B5.