Where to begin? The whole series was screwed from the get-go by bad writing; bar Chakotay, the cast was actually really good, as shown whenever they got a half-decent script (i.e. "Workforce"), the special effects after season 3 were pretty damn good, and the music was decent, but the writing was done by a couple of drunken monkeys on a typewriter. Torres has one personality trait (rage) and literally can't identify shit with a tricorder. Chakotay is a despicable ethnic stereotype. Janeway's personality depends entirely on the writer, and she regularly commits crimes ranging from murder to high treason and gets away with it. Tom Paris is omnicompetent, being an ace pilot commando field medic history buff engineer programming genius Memetic Sex God. Harry Kim has no personality at all, and has two kinds of plots: Those shaming him for having any form of heterosexual inclination, and those that involve him being transparently in love with Tom Paris. Neelix is a toxic thing that should've been killed the moment he stepped on screen, combining utter incompetence in all things with an annoying attitude, emotional abuse of his girlfriend, and buckets of wasted potential. Kes is like every Mary Sue feature rolled into one, but is also the sole competent person on the ship, so of course she is kicked off the show and comes back insane. Seven of Nine hogs the screen time and her outfit is insultingly sexploitative (I watch Trek for the stories and characters, not weak attempts at titillation). Tuvok is relatively competent, unless Kenneth Biller is writing him, so of course he is roundly ignored. The minor characters are waaaay underused, probably because they actually feel like people rather than cardboard cut-outs.
Voyager destroyed the credibility of the Borg, the TNG era's greatest threat. Voyager called its Captain a hero for betraying the Federation and using flesh-melting weapons on sapient life-forms. Voyager subjected me to Neelix for seven straight seasons. When Ron Moore showed up after DS 9 wrapped, he left soon after because Berman and Braga drove him off the show with their incompetence. Voyager regularly contradicted canon, including its own, and had no consistent continuity.
However, I will give Voyager this: It had the EMH, and the EMH was perfect. Picardo played him masterfully.
Incompetence, Inc.: The Series. But not as bad as ENT!
Where to begin? The whole series was screwed from the get-go by bad writing; bar Chakotay, the cast was actually really good, as shown whenever they got a half-decent script (i.e. "Workforce"), the special effects after season 3 were pretty damn good, and the music was decent, but the writing was done by a couple of drunken monkeys on a typewriter. Torres has one personality trait (rage) and literally can't identify shit with a tricorder. Chakotay is a despicable ethnic stereotype. Janeway's personality depends entirely on the writer, and she regularly commits crimes ranging from murder to high treason and gets away with it. Tom Paris is omnicompetent, being an ace pilot commando field medic history buff engineer programming genius Memetic Sex God. Harry Kim has no personality at all, and has two kinds of plots: Those shaming him for having any form of heterosexual inclination, and those that involve him being transparently in love with Tom Paris. Neelix is a toxic thing that should've been killed the moment he stepped on screen, combining utter incompetence in all things with an annoying attitude, emotional abuse of his girlfriend, and buckets of wasted potential. Kes is like every Mary Sue feature rolled into one, but is also the sole competent person on the ship, so of course she is kicked off the show and comes back insane. Seven of Nine hogs the screen time and her outfit is insultingly sexploitative (I watch Trek for the stories and characters, not weak attempts at titillation). Tuvok is relatively competent, unless Kenneth Biller is writing him, so of course he is roundly ignored. The minor characters are waaaay underused, probably because they actually feel like people rather than cardboard cut-outs.
Voyager destroyed the credibility of the Borg, the TNG era's greatest threat. Voyager called its Captain a hero for betraying the Federation and using flesh-melting weapons on sapient life-forms. Voyager subjected me to Neelix for seven straight seasons. When Ron Moore showed up after DS 9 wrapped, he left soon after because Berman and Braga drove him off the show with their incompetence. Voyager regularly contradicted canon, including its own, and had no consistent continuity.
However, I will give Voyager this: It had the EMH, and the EMH was perfect. Picardo played him masterfully.