Dragon's Teeth
comments? pforooghi@compusmart.ab.ca
'Dragon's Teeth', lets just say that it left me
feeling a tad frustrated and angry at how things are turning out this year.
I have a lot to say about the show in general and this episode in particular, so
I hope you will bear with me. Let me know what you think about all
this, and your take on things. Warning- I will throw in a few episode
spoilers, so don't read if you haven't seen the show yet. Well, here
goes:
I thought "Dragon's Teeth" was way off as far as character continuity
goes.
Why would Janeway wake up an entire army of aliens without
first making sure that they could be trusted? To me, that was a stupid move on
her part, and Janeway is not a stupid person. Why are the writers insulting her
intelligence as well as ours? The Janeway I know does not trust anyone
blindly, rather she must be certain that her trust won't be misplaced. Seven?
I can understand her wanting to do some good because of all the guilt she feels
about her destructive borg life. I can also understand her not thinking through
the ramifications of her "good deeds". She is still a rather naive and
innocent character, with a lot to learn. But Janeway? Give me a break! She would
never do what she did in this episode. Then, when Seven apologizes about waking
up ONE member of the alien race, Janeway doesn't bother to acknowledge her part
in the disaster, rather makes it sound as if it was all Seven's fault somehow. I
was furious as I watched this episode, because I kept thinking "where is
the real captain?"
In the same vein, I must admit that this season has been rather disappointing
thus far. With the exception of the first few episodes, which I thought were
outstanding despite a few flaws, the other shows have either been awful (Alice)
or merely good (like Dragon's Teeth and the other episodes) I don't know
what's happening, but the quality of writing seems to have gone downhill this
season. Perhaps its because all the good writers have left the show, so they are
bringing in new writers who are not that familiar with the characters and thus
do not know how to portray them accurately. I hope things will start to improve,
otherwise, this will be one of my least favorite seasons.
Finally, what would a decent Pooneh rant be without some comments about the J/7
relationship in general. All I can say is may it rest in peace! It's over; they
have effectively killed this relationship, no matter what you would classify it
as- mentor/pupil, mother/daugher, etc..., none of the old feelings are evident
any more. They don't even exchange those telling glances anymore, so all subtext
has in essence vanished. What a crying shame. Those writers really didn't know
what they had in the J/7
relationship. I guess they were blind to all the fabulous chemistry they
generated, not to mention the interesting scenarios in which those two could
have continued to partake in. I'm just glad we have Gina's great stories to fill
the enormous void on the show that is the J/7 dynamic. Again, I'm sorry for
the rant, but I'm feeling kind of frustrated with the state of the
show right now.
Well, that's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it! One comm badge.
Cheers!
Pooneh