The Great Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch – Caretaker
So, K commented that Voyager was cycling around to the beginning again and that she was going to watch it. I’ve got her old Tivo, so that sounded like a fine idea to me. And I could just watch and make comments to her. But, hey, maybe the whole world is interested too. Or at least some geeky segment of the world anyhow.
We’re watching on Spike, so I can’t tell if it’s been edited for time or edited on whim or not.
So, “Caretaker”.
This is a two-parter. Though I can’t remember if it aired as a two-parter or as a two-hour pilot. Ah, so long, long ago it was.
Speaking of long ago, it decided to start with a Star Wars start! Some text scrolling up about political stuff going on. Mercifully short. Then some ships shooting at each other. Pyew, pyew.
Then we see the Maquis. Torres, Chakotay, Tuvok. And I am reminded how many cool characters there actually were on this show. Considering the large place Janeway and Borgboobs had taken up in my brain, it had eclipsed nearly everyone else. And that is such a freaking shame.
Also, how diverse the cast was! The only white, male human isn’t in a position of power.
Moving on, why does Janeway have a dog? She’s a captain. One has to assume she likes having a ship. And flying around space in it. And probably she would be allowed to bring her dog along if she wanted. Data had a cat. She’s the Captain. It’s her ship. Now, whether a dog would be happy in a ship without a holodeck (at least, I don’t think it had a holodeck other than the sickbay and oh drat.. technically the doctor’s a white, male human, albeit a holographic one. But anyway, the dog. Why have a dog you’ll rarely get to see and which usually has to be kept in a kennel? It’d be one thing if she shared a dog with her SO, or with a sibling or something. But it’s her dog. All hers.
Then Janeway does the thing that made me really start to dislike her the first time I watched this (long, long ago). She says not to call her ‘sir’. Grr! Flaunt Starfleet protocol if you want, but why that one? I liked that one! Actor thinks she’s being all feminist by going against it. But I don’t have to agree. Or like it. And yea, you see what I did there? Called her an actor.
To be clear, I don’t hate her now. Or even really actively dislike her. I just don’t particularly like her.
Ha ha! First officer is in a red shirt! You’re going down!
Aww, the replicator’s computer voice makes me sad.
Bye, bye, first officer. It was nice knowing you. I did like your greying temples.
Janeway takes time to fix her bun while quick-stepping to engineering.
Everyone is beamed to The Array, and it makes me think we’re on (was it Heinlein’s or Bradbury’s?) Mars.
Random Maquis on this mission. He might be a goner.
I just realized they were saying ‘he’ like there was one controlling entity behind this whole Array thing _before_ they met The Caretaker.
Can you be an M-class planet with no bodies of water or rain?
To be continued….
K Said,
May 11, 2010 @ 11:35 pm
Since “class M planet” is ST technobabble, they can make it mean whatever they want, I guess. But I agree, typically class M implies lots of water. Of course, there -is- lots of water on that planet, it’s all just underground.
Jellyn Said,
May 16, 2010 @ 9:31 pm
After watching part 2, it seems like it _was_ Class M, before they messed it up and turned it into a desert planet. But you do have a point with the underground water.