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author | mms <michal@sapka.me> | 2023-12-03 00:04:16 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content/star-trek/stv/05x07-infinite-regress.md b/content/star-trek/stv/05x07-infinite-regress.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..832977b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/star-trek/stv/05x07-infinite-regress.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +--- +title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x07 - Infinite Regress" +category: +- star-trek +- st-voy +- update +- st-update +abstract: Seven shining episode +date: 2023-12-02T16:02:04+02:00 +year: +draft: false +--- +Another simple episode. +Seven of Nine is starts being controlled by people who were once assimilated by the Borg. +During the course of episode it is revealed that is caused by a weapon Species 6339 aimed at Borg. + +### Impressions + +Story wise, we've got not much to talk about here. + +But this is the first time I've noticed how *beautiful* Voyager is. +Since almost the entire episode takes place on the ship, we see a lot if it. +It's mostly corridors, but still - I love the aesthetics we've got here. +The ship is much darker than Enterprise was, but it's still not pitch black. +It's atmospheric, without being overly grim. +Season 5 had to receive a significant funding upgrade. + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-1.jpg" "Look at this corridor!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140" >}} + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-2.jpg" "And this corridor!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=3" >}} + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-3.jpg" "And this engineering room!" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5" >}} + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-4.jpg" "And this corridor in this artsy-fartsy angle" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5" >}} + +I've also noticed how consistent the design of aliens is. +They mostly limit the FX to adding something on the face, but they do it an away that makes it believable. +They make them look similar enough to make me believe that this place actually exits. + +Also, we see a lot a little girl here (Naomi). +She is cute and not annoying. +Previously, whenever we've seen a child on *Star Trek*, we could assume that it will be (as the kids say) cringe. +Seems the writers learned how to write kids properly. + +But this is Seven's episode, and we are finally able to see what a great actress Jeri Ryan is. +Since she is being possessed by different races, she can be a Human, Klingon and Ferengi - all in the span of a single episode +And she nails each one, especially Ferengi. +The second she became one there was no doubt who this persona is. +The way she speaks, her moves, even the hand twitching. +Perfect. + +Also, one of the personas was a little girl. +Never before have I thought that Borg would assimilate a small kid. +I'm getting soft with age as this really moved me. + +Finally, we see growth of Seven. +This episode and her relation with Naomi mark a huge step toward regaining her human side. + +### Doctor Factor + +Failed! There was quite a lot of him here, but he as not given a chance go shine diff --git a/content/star-trek/stv/05x08-nothing-human.md b/content/star-trek/stv/05x08-nothing-human.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..34578e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/star-trek/stv/05x08-nothing-human.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +--- +title: "Star Trek: Voyager 05x08 - Nothing Human" +category: +- star-trek +- st-voy +- update +- st-update +abstract: +date: 2023-12-02T16:03:04+02:00 +year: +draft: false +--- +B'Elanna is attacked by a non-humanoid alien creature and her life is danger. +Doctor creates a holographic representation of a famous Cardasssian exobiologist, Crell Moset, to help save her life. +It is soon revealed that the Cardassian scientist used to experiment Bajorans during their occupation. + + +### Impressions + +A breathtaking episode. +This is what I call SciFi - to use made up, fantastic setting in order to tell story about *humanity*. +Episodes like this make *Star Trek* my favorite western SciFi. + +We've got a real moral problem here. +Does the goal justify the mean? +Is using prisoners of war as test subjects justified if it pushed all of us forward? + +> **Ensign Tabor**: I can still remember the sounds his instruments made, the screams of his patients, the smell, chemicals and dead flesh. He operated on my grandfather, exposed his internal organs to nadion radiation. It took six days for him to die. He blinded people so he could study how they adapted, exposed them to polytrinic acid just to see how long it would take for their skin to heal. +> **The Doctor**: Ensign, the man you're accusing cured the Fostossa virus. He stopped an epidemic that killed thousands of Bajorans. +> **Ensign Tabor**: By infecting hundreds of people so that he could experiment with different treatments - old, helpless people, like my grandfather, because he considered their lives worthless. +> **The Doctor**: How do you know this? +> **Ensign Tabor**: Everybody knew. + +But the biggest question here: does applying knowledge gained from atrocities, give those actions validity? +This entire episode is an allegory of World War II where Germans, Japanese or Russians did unspeakable things. +This which gave them knowledge we use every day (I am writing this on an semi-IBM machine). +And it does it without sounding cliché or forced. + +I was expecting a rogue hologram episode (like TNG did a lot) and I was not ready for what I got. + +On a lighter tone: once again we see an improvement in special effects. +The team created a nice animatronic alien and a CGI version. +We've all seen Babylon 5 and know that the tech was not ready for computer graphics. +They tried and did what they could. + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-2.jpg" "Animatronic greatness" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3">}} + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-3.jpg" "CGI definitely not greatness" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3">}} + + +### Doctor Factor + +Wooohoooo! +Finally, a rare Doctor-focused episode, and they nailed it. + +{{<img-center "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-1.jpg" "The in-between-names doctor in full glory" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142">}} diff --git a/content/star-trek/stv/episodes.md b/content/star-trek/stv/episodes.md index 60d5206..4aa082c 100644 --- a/content/star-trek/stv/episodes.md +++ b/content/star-trek/stv/episodes.md @@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ abstract: "List of episodes of Star Trek: Voyager" date: 2023-12-01T22:47:03+01:00 draft: false --- +Please note, that I started to write notes about episodes starting with Season 5. +If the name is underlined, you can read the notes on the linked page. + +Markings: +★ great episode! {{<st-logo "st-voy-logo.svg">}} - Season One @@ -25,113 +30,113 @@ draft: false - S01E13 Faces - S01E14 Jetrel - S01E15 Learning Curve -- Season16wo - - S01E01 The 37’s Rating - - S01E02 Initiations Rating - - S01E03 Projections Rating - - S01E04 Elogium Rating - - S01E05 Non Sequitur Rating - - S01E06 Twisted Rating - - S01E07 Parturition Rating - - S01E08 Persistence of Vision Rating - - S01E09 Tattoo Rating - - S01E10 Cold Fire Rating - - S01E11 Maneuvers Rating - - S01E12 Resistance Rating - - S01E13 Prototype Rating - - S01E14 Alliances Rating - - S01E15 Threshold Rating - - S01E16 Meld Rating - - S01E17 Dreadnought Rating - - S01E18 Death Wish Rating - - S01E19 Lifesigns Rating - - S01E20 Investigations Rating - - S01E21 Deadlock Rating - - S01E22 Innocence Rating - - S01E23 The Thaw Rating - - S01E24 Tuvix Rating - - S01E25 Resolutions Rating - - S01E26 Basics, Part I Rating +- Season Two + - S02E01 The 37’s Rating + - S02E02 Initiations Rating + - S02E03 Projections Rating + - S02E04 Elogium Rating + - S02E05 Non Sequitur Rating + - S02E06 Twisted Rating + - S02E07 Parturition Rating + - S02E08 Persistence of Vision Rating + - S02E09 Tattoo Rating + - S02E10 Cold Fire Rating + - S02E11 Maneuvers Rating + - S02E12 Resistance Rating + - S02E13 Prototype Rating + - S02E14 Alliances Rating + - S02E15 Threshold Rating + - S02E16 Meld Rating + - S02E17 Dreadnought Rating + - S02E18 Death Wish Rating + - S02E19 Lifesigns Rating + - S02E20 Investigations Rating + - S02E21 Deadlock Rating + - S02E22 Innocence Rating + - S02E23 The Thaw Rating + - S02E24 Tuvix Rating + - S02E25 Resolutions Rating + - S02E26 Basics, Part I Rating - Season Three - - S01E01 Basics, Part II Rating - - S01E02 Flashback Rating - - S01E03 The Chute Rating - - S01E04 The Swarm Rating - - S01E05 False Profits Rating - - S01E06 Remember Rating - - S01E07 Sacred Ground Rating - - S01E08 Future’s End, Part I Rating - - S01E09 Future’s End, Part II Rating - - S01E10 Warlord Rating - - S01E11 The Q and the Grey Rating - - S01E12 Macrocosm Rating - - S01E13 Fair Trade Rating - - S01E14 Alter Ego Rating - - S01E15 Coda Rating - - S01E16 Blood Fever Rating - - S01E17 Unity Rating - - S01E18 Darkling Rating - - S01E19 Rise Rating - - S01E20 Favorite Son Rating - - S01E21 Before and After Rating - - S01E22 Real Life Rating - - S01E23 Distant Origin Rating - - S01E24 Displaced Rating - - S01E25 Worst Case Scenario Rating - - S01E26 Scorpion Rating + - S03E01 Basics, Part II Rating + - S03E02 Flashback Rating + - S03E03 The Chute Rating + - S03E04 The Swarm Rating + - S03E05 False Profits Rating + - S03E06 Remember Rating + - S03E07 Sacred Ground Rating + - S03E08 Future’s End, Part I Rating + - S03E09 Future’s End, Part II Rating + - S03E10 Warlord Rating + - S03E11 The Q and the Grey Rating + - S03E12 Macrocosm Rating + - S03E13 Fair Trade Rating + - S03E14 Alter Ego Rating + - S03E15 Coda Rating + - S03E16 Blood Fever Rating + - S03E17 Unity Rating + - S03E18 Darkling Rating + - S03E19 Rise Rating + - S03E20 Favorite Son Rating + - S03E21 Before and After Rating + - S03E22 Real Life Rating + - S03E23 Distant Origin Rating + - S03E24 Displaced Rating + - S03E25 Worst Case Scenario Rating + - S03E26 Scorpion Rating - Season Four - - S01E01 Scorpion, Part II Rating - - S01E02 The Gift Rating - - S01E03 Day of Honor Rating - - S01E04 Nemesis Rating - - S01E05 Revulsion Rating - - S01E06 The Raven Rating - - S01E07 Scientific Method Rating - - S01E08 Year of Hell Rating - - S01E09 Year of Hell, Part II Rating - - S01E10 Random Thoughts Rating - - S01E11 Concerning Flight Rating - - S01E12 Mortal Coil Rating - - S01E13 Waking Moments Rating - - S01E14 Message in a Bottle Rating - - S01E15 Hunters Rating - - S01E16 Prey Rating - - S01E17 Retrospect Rating - - S01E18 The Killing Game Ratingx - - S01E19 The Killing Game, Part II Rating - - S01E20 Vis a Vis Rating - - S01E21 The Omega Directive Rating - - S01E22 Unforgettable Rating - - S01E23 Living Witness Rating - - S01E24 Demon Rating - - S01E25 One Rating - - S01E26 Hope and Fear Rating + - S04E01 Scorpion, Part II Rating + - S04E02 The Gift Rating + - S04E03 Day of Honor Rating + - S04E04 Nemesis Rating + - S04E05 Revulsion Rating + - S04E06 The Raven Rating + - S04E07 Scientific Method Rating + - S04E08 Year of Hell Rating + - S04E09 Year of Hell, Part II Rating + - S04E10 Random Thoughts Rating + - S04E11 Concerning Flight Rating + - S04E12 Mortal Coil Rating + - S04E13 Waking Moments Rating + - S04E14 Message in a Bottle Rating + - S04E15 Hunters Rating + - S04E16 Prey Rating + - S04E17 Retrospect Rating + - S04E18 The Killing Game Ratingx + - S04E19 The Killing Game, Part II Rating + - S04E20 Vis a Vis Rating + - S04E21 The Omega Directive Rating + - S04E22 Unforgettable Rating + - S04E23 Living Witness Rating + - S04E24 Demon Rating + - S04E25 One Rating + - S04E26 Hope and Fear Rating - Season Five - - S01E01 [Night](/star-trek/stv/05x01-night/) - - S01E02 [Drone](/star-trek/stv/05x02-drone/) - - S01E03 [Extreme Risk](/star-trek/05xstv/03-extreme-risk/) - - S01E04 [In The Flesh](/star-trek/stv/05x04-in-the-flesh/) - - S01E05 [Once Upon A Time](/star-trek/stv/05x05-once-upon-a-time/) - - S01E06 [Timeless](/star-trek/stv/05x06-timeless/) - - S01E07 Infinite Regress - - S01E08 Nothing Human - - S01E09 Thirty Days - - S01E10 Counterpoint - - S01E11 Latent Image - - S01E12 Bride of Chaotica - - S01E13 Gravity - - S01E14 Bliss - - S01E15 Dark Frontier - - S01E16 The Disease - - S01E17 Course - - S01E18 The Fight - - S01E19 Think Tank - - S01E20 Juggernaut - - S01E21 Someone To Watch Over Me - - S01E22 11 - - S01E23 Relativity - - S01E24 Warhead - - S01E25 Equinox + - S05E01 [Night](/star-trek/stv/05x01-night/) + - S05E02 [Drone](/star-trek/stv/05x02-drone/) + - S05E03 [Extreme Risk](/star-trek/stv/05x03-extreme-risk/) + - S05E04 [In The Flesh](/star-trek/stv/05x04-in-the-flesh/) + - S05E05 [Once Upon A Time](/star-trek/stv/05x05-once-upon-a-time/) + - S05E06 [Timeless](/star-trek/stv/05x06-timeless/) ★ + - S05E07 [Infinite Regress](/star-trek/stv/05x07-infinite-regress/) + - S05E08 [Nothing Human](/star-trek/stv/05x08-nothing-human/) ★ + - S05E09 Thirty Days + - S05E10 Counterpoint + - S05E11 Latent Image + - S05E12 Bride of Chaotica + - S05E13 Gravity + - S05E14 Bliss + - S05E15 Dark Frontier + - S05E16 The Disease + - S05E17 Course + - S05E18 The Fight + - S05E19 Think Tank + - S05E20 Juggernaut + - S05E21 Someone To Watch Over Me + - S05E22 11 + - S05E23 Relativity + - S05E24 Warhead + - S05E25 Equinox - Season Six - S06E01 Equinox, Part II - S06E02 urvival Instinct |