Darkkeep

&quot wrote:18 years of continous production, with about 5 years of that with 2 different series on the go

bottom line is number crunchers call the shots. sure anyone can pick crap episodes of ST, all series of ST have em. and yea, wesley was such an awful character, but his blog is funny, so i forgave him of his crimes :)

ST was always the same plot.

Picard: We're enroute to Blahblah V for an important diplomatic thingy
(Insert ship-threatening situation)
Data: We're all going to die, damn. Is that an emotion?
Wesley Crusher: What if we invert the warp deflector inversion field core with a reversed polarity tachyon disrupter beacon emitter, like I did in school last week?
Crewmember: Yay we're saved
(roll credits)

Wash, rinse & repeat.

And don't get certain people going about Nog in DS9....

:-*

LOL

well ya, voyager was the worst out of the modern star trek,
and while id not go as far as tash (talk about stoking the fires!)

voyager was a product of its times, namely technical inovation will solve all problems (dot com boom blah bla). and ya id have to admit that it isnt as good as the other series, im no fan of TOS, but it was ground breaking tv in its day.

but hey, lets not pollute this lementation of a somewhat successfull sci fi show.

Voyager: Surrounded and harried by hostile forces (principally some semi-mechanical ones, if not completely so) They are a desperate trip to Earth, getting into all manner of debacles while trying to maintain their hoity-toity federation morals in face of adversity.

BG: perhaps not surrounded, by certainly harried by hostile forces (mechanical). They are on a desperate mission to Earth, getting into all manner of debacles while trying to maintain their hoity-toity democracy in the face of adversity.

/ducks head to avoid Rev's incandescent rage

;D

Take that back ! >:(

No way can Battlestar be compared to voyager, if any it could be compared to deep space 9 which was the only good star trek series to date. Its the self-contained nature of star trek episodes along with the constant moralising which gets my goat going.

I'd agree with justice that Enterpise wasn't the worst of the lot, thats reserved for both voyager and TNG. I'll also throw in the orginal series as well because while we should think fondly of old things, we all know its really truely awful. And because Star Wars also starts with the word star I'm putting that into the fire as well because its the one series I hate more than startrek.

B.G. can't be compared to the entire Start Trek franchise, which has a far larger universe so to speak, and so greater scope for storylines. It could be compared to the Voyager spin off though, and didn't that end after about 4 seasons?

Star trek was still excellant after 18 years of continous production, with about 5 years of that with 2 different series on the go.

from my experiance most people who didnt like enterprise judged it on its first season. season 4 was exceptional in its quality, with some of the best star trek episodes ever.

im no fan of battlestar galactica, but i still acknolwedge that for many people it was an excellant show.

Much as I love the series, I do hope they end it on the upcoming series.
As 'tash said nothing ruins a series more than letting it run beyond its time. Look at the muck that is startrek as a case in point.