By Drew Dietsch | publishing
Since all the negative Star Trek news fans have been forced to endure lately, it’s important to remember that good times are important.
The best time in Star Trek will always be our favorite decade.
The 90s!
The 1990s were the golden age of Star Trek, with many successful Trek movies and three different series.
From 1995 to 2001 Star Trek: Traveler It was the last of these series and the last seven seasons of Star Trek TV’s efforts.
Despite many attempts, this has not been achieved since then.
over time TravelerThe reputation now can only gradually grow to the present, Captain Janeway is a coffee meme, and seven out of nine are beloved characters, fans lobbying for their own series.
Star Trek: Traveler The ups and downs, but the show’s biggest rise took place in a particular episode.
Best episodes of Star Trek: Voyager
“Equinox” is a story about what could happen, and it’s a plaguing glimpse Traveler If its crew gave up on the principle, it could have been.
The two-part cliff aired the finale of Season 5 and the premiere of Season 6 in 1999, and during the break of the show, the audience caught the audience The next generation“The Best of Both Worlds Part 1 and Part 2” ten years ago.
Five years before the plot incident, the Federal Starship Traveler The guards stranded it in a remote galaxy, and the entity faced them a 70-year journey home.
Determined to maintain the interstellar population value, TravelerThe staff set up a course for the Earth.
They didn’t know, another federal ship, spring equinoxalso stranded by the guards.
A new star science ship with a crew of only 78 years old. spring equinox compared to TravelerPriceless class design with 141 crew, advanced weapons and a maximum warpage speed of 9.975.
Different from better equipment Travelerthis spring equinox The crew chose a darker path, but it was not clear at first.
when Traveler meet spring equinox After five years working in hostile space, they discovered a beating ship attacked by mysterious alien troops.
These certified aliens consumed most of the plot budget with their ethereal design by ruthless attacks with two-dimensional rifts (depicted by groundbreaking CGI). this spring equinox It was a mess, and its crew was cut.
Voyager’s team searched the wreckage and found a survivor buried under the rubble, “Tell me if my legs are still there.” The original line was completely improvised by actor Rick Worth as crew member Noah Lessing.
Another crew member jumped from the debris, firing frantically before the non-existent invader collapsed, while the rest of the survivors almost happened from the trauma.
this spring equinoxInspired by the undersea war movie, the shabby interior DAS Bootin sharp contrast TravelerOriginal Starfleet aesthetics, emphasizing despair.
Janeway and her crew were delighted to find another federal ship in the Delta Quadrant, who leaped to the help of fellow Star officers, working to repair the ship and working to provide defense for attackers.
this spring equinoxCaptain Rudolph Ransom, once respected Starfleet official, claimed they had no idea why they were targeted by these creatures.
The fact is even darker: Ransom’s crew discovered that interliving creatures could be killed and turned into superfuel for propulsion.
Giving up Starfleet’s rules and morals, they have been slaughtering aliens to speed up their journey home.
ransom plea for despair – propaganda, death, doom – but TravelerThe crew, led by Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), rejected his excuse.
When Janeway tries to arrest them, spring equinox Crew escape, harmful Traveler And make them vulnerable to retaliated aliens.
Janeway’s anger ignited. On two parties, she risked the life of the crew to stop the foreclosure and threatened to kill one spring equinox The crew’s message and when challenging her near-murder orders, please relieve her lieutenant Chakotai.
This dark Janeway was boldly deviating from her diplomatic norms at the time. Kate Mulgrew makes the most of one of her most engaging performances, and the cast thrives with scripts, which makes everyone have a moment.
Mulgrew has admitted in the past that her heart is not always in the work of a traveler. Throughout most of the show’s work, she struggles with personal issues, and there’s a clash between her and Jeri Ryan, which often suffers from tension in the scene.
But for these plots, she chewed the scenery. Janeway became the commander of the relentless commander, a dealer holding an investigation, and his shoulders evoked Captain Kirk.
Writers Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky deliberately guided Original series‘Energy, take it root Travelerbets.
The most troublesome sub-picture of the two involves seven of the nine (Jerry Ryan) and students (Robert Pipido), students and teachers in spring equinox.
Ransom rewrites the doctor’s plan to turn the therapist into a sadistic scientist. When the doctor suffered seven o’clock torture, he manipulated her to sing “My Dear Clementine” as a patient while he dug her brain with surgery that could kill her.
Director David Livingston chose the folk song with his creepy simplicity, an iconic last minute decision. Reverberating in the depths spring equinoxThe incredible gut collapsed, and the seven-seven-year-old voice was forced to sing harmoniously when murdered by her best friend.
By the end of this episode, nothing can be unscathed. The bulkhead exploded and the relationship broke down, not all of them were forgiven.
It paid off. “Equinox” is a key and fan success, praised for its strong performance, moral complexity and film quality.
1999 TV Guide Comments called it “Traveler In the sillyest case, while the early 90s such as Trekweb polled on internet forums in the early 90s, it ranked it the best in the series.
Its legacy holds on, fans are still debating Jennivi’s ethics and ranks the “Spring Equinox” on “Hell Year” and “Scorpion” side TravelerThe best time.
This episode later had a great influence trek Show, with Star Trek: The ProdigyThe writers are inspired by the 2024 season by exploring the moral grey area.
Directed by David Livingston, “The Equinox” feels like an epic feature film, not a TV series. That’s why it continues to work well after decades.
But at the time, the show’s home network didn’t want to do it. Later on, it will continue to interfere, destroy and cancel Star Trek Enterprise UPN insists that they prefer independent plots rather than serialized arcs to attract casual viewers.
However, the success of Star Trek Season 4’s multi-season “Year of Hell” has allowed writers and Livingston to leverage the bargaining more ambitious, character-driven story.
one trek Livingston, a veteran with 62 episodes throughout the franchise, also pushed for a more normal schedule. He has 10 days of work for each episode, not the usual 7 shots per episode.
Livingston uses handheld cameras and dim lighting, inspired by DAS Bootfor a gritty cinematic sense, will play a role within his budget and time constraints.
The actors practice extensively to pin down emotional intensity, mulgrew and the savages combined on a common theatre backdrop to perfect the confrontation.
For Kate Mulgrew, this episode was one of the highlights of her career. In 2003 Star Trek DVD comments, she called it “All of us bring A-Game plots,” which Livingston listed as his favorite directorial experience throughout his career.
“Equinox” is more than just TravelerBest episodes – This is a glimpse of the series if allowed to push the boundaries.
Many people think Season 4’s “Hell Year” is the peak of the series, but “Hell Year” marks the beginning Traveleradventure. It shows willingness to TravelerAs a usual static formula, this mentality peaks with the “Spring Equinox”.
Spring Equinox Capture Traveler The boldest thing is to explore what happens when Starfleet’s ideals collapse under pressure.
