Agreed, a mediocre show with a lot of potential is still a mediocre show. I can enjoy Voyager by watching an episode and muttering, "Imagine if they'd done THIS...", but I wouldn't recommend the show to anyone based on that. If anything, the great production quality, big budget, and (mostly) competent cast made the utter lack of imagination from the writers & producers that much more frustrating.
What's funny is that, thanks to TNG, my young self was so used to seeing POC's and women in positions of authority, that having a black/female lead in DS9/Voyager didn't feel like a huge leap.
Agreed, a mediocre show with a lot of potential is still a mediocre show. I can enjoy Voyager by watching an episode and muttering, "Imagine if they'd done THIS...", but I wouldn't recommend the show to anyone based on that. If anything, the great production quality, big budget, and (mostly) competent cast made the utter lack of imagination from the writers & producers that much more frustrating.
What's funny is that, thanks to TNG, my young self was so used to seeing POC's and women in positions of authority, that having a black/female lead in DS9/Voyager didn't feel like a huge leap.
Yeah, it's super easy to see a really great show within Voyager that they just didn't make