I have finished watching Star Trek Next Generation and Deep Space 9 following a friend’s recommendation. I enjoyed both shows and started watching the other one, Star Trek Voyager.
So far, I’m not finding it as enjoyable as the other two. I want to try to see it through the eyes of someone who enjoys the show, maybe it will also help me understand why it feels different somehow.
After watching ds9 and doing the Voyager route I can say that I don’t remember shit about Voyager and I had to absolutely push myself through the entire series. Neelix is the fucking jar jar binks of the star trek universe…the last season I think I remember being the only redeeming quality otherwise you had this fetch quest npc asking you to get mushrooms for a soup.
I think Neelix gets the Jar Jar comparison because he’s an alien, but I believe there is a worse character on the show that no one ever talks about.
Tom Paris. I don’t understand how this guy is not more disliked by the fanbase. He’s the kind of person that would sleep in a racecar bed. Neelix is annoying, but every single scene with Tom is just so fucking awkward. He is a 9 year old in a star fleet officer’s body. He’d be tolerable as a side character, but as a main character he’s just so grating.
I’ll take Cooking with Neelix over Tom Paris pretending he’s Captain Proton.