Why do so many people hate Voyager?

[Ranger REG]

It's starfleet duty to secure the defense of the Federation. If that device falls into enemy hands, then the Alpha Quadrant and the Federation would be threatened by the enemy who can "transport" anywhere inside the territory.

To shirk that duty for the sole purpose of coming home would be inexcusable (not to mention would screw the whole premise of the show).

 

[reapersaurus]

It's starfleet duty to secure the defense of the Federation. If that device falls into enemy hands, then the Alpha Quadrant and the Federation would be threatened by the enemy who can "transport" anywhere inside the territory.

IF, IF, IF!

So you're professionals: make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands, and don't shoot yourself in the head while doing so.

They have robots, A.I., intelligent holograms, and enough explosives to waste a county, and they couldn't have found a better way that slamming the door shut on themselves?

I'm just a casual viewer, but there was nothing I remember from watching the show that justified that extreme of solution.

Don't justify or make something up that wasn't in the script.
It was just plain BAD WRITING, and the only reason for it to have happened is that there wouldn't have been a Voyager series if it hadn't have.

Pretty pathetic. (IMCasualO)

 

[Holy Bovine]

You're going to trust an alien device's function to work exactly as it should, fire a volley as a Kazon reinforcement approaching, and then "jump" out without realizing if you completely destroy the device?

How about they go through the device back to the Alpha Quadrant, then send every photon torpedo they have armed to explode in 20 seconds back through the array's transport beam (or whatever the hell it was). 38 photon torpedoes should be enough to blow the crap out of that thing.

And if the Kazon's keep coming so what? They're in the middle of the Badlands! Not a great spot to launch a war from!

Gaahhh! There is soooo much wrong with Voyager that it boggles the mind.

 

[Ranger REG]

It doesn't seem to operate like a wormhole, more like a transporter. And I doubt the Caretaker who used it is fixed on that location. It can "transport" to/from any location. As I said, if it falls in the wrong hand, someone could use it to transport behind enemy line and hit them unexpectedly.

 

[JacktheRabbit]

There is zero information to support that theory. The only ships taken came from that exact spot. Till proof otherwise comes along the only place it can go is that spot.

BTW, you are afraid the Kazon are going to use it to attackt he Federation? The Kazon are so stupid that even with a Cardassion helping them they were unable to create a replicator. I doubt you have to worry about the Kazon's doing anything with whatever remains of the array after you leave a dozen time delayed photon torps to nail it after you go home.

It doesn't seem to operate like a wormhole, more like a transporter. And I doubt the Caretaker who used it is fixed on that location. It can "transport" to/from any location. As I said, if it falls in the wrong hand, someone could use it to transport behind enemy line and hit them unexpectedly.

 

[Napftor]

While I don't have anything to add to the caretaker discussion, I'd like to point out that Voyager gave us the Vidiians. They weren't for everyone, perhaps, but i thought they were the best new enemy to come down the pike since the Borg. Those merciless organ harvesters always made for a good episode. Even the "Spock's Brain"ish one where Neelix's lungs were stolen.

One of the best eps that show had was actually written by Braga. It was when Voyager flew through some anomaly and was duplicated. While one ship was pulverized by the other for power needs, the intact one was grappled and boarded by Viddians! Seeing the harvesters zapping people and having their way was quite exciting. And then the shocker was the near-dead Voyager surviving. But, as others have pointed out, the continuity police were never around so it was back to business as usual with no damage and no further mention of the "other" Harry Kim on board.

"Weird is part of the job" indeed.

 

[Ferret]

I liked it, it was my favourite out of them I really dislike DS9 And the original I like the latter of the Nxtgen serieses

 

[Ranger REG]

There is zero information to support that theory. The only ships taken came from that exact spot. Till proof otherwise comes along the only place it can go is that spot.

BTW, you are afraid the Kazon are going to use it to attackt he Federation? The Kazon are so stupid that even with a Cardassion helping them they were unable to create a replicator. I doubt you have to worry about the Kazon's doing anything with whatever remains of the array after you leave a dozen time delayed photon torps to nail it after you go home.

Heh. That's what Q said about us "child-like savage species" but we managed well.

Never underestimate such species whose ambition is to conquer.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

At the beginning, the Voyager Crew didn`t know much about potential threats in the Quadrant, but they had to assume that the Kazon-Ogla was not the only one (and did they now that the Kazon where so incompetent beeings?) ... And imagine what species like Borg (who where probably assumed to be somewhere in the Quadrant) or a race like the Vidiians could have done with the technology aboard the base...

And there were also the Ocampa, who would have been enslaved by the Kazon if they managed to get control of the base.

The lack of consistence in the series is still one of the weakest spots, I think...

Mustrum Ridcully

 

[KnowTheToe]

There are so many good examples of why it was a weak show. We are a nit picky bunch, aren't we.

I did not really watch it until it ran reruns early morning. At first I really liked it, but the more I was exposed the more the above mentioned flaws bothered me.

I alway wondered why there were so many episodes about 7 of 9, I guess a little something on the side never hurt anyones career.