Bonus Borg soup:

  • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Their character design made me want to break off a bit and smoke myself stupid.

    The concept of the floating “Gilligan’s Island” presented a lot of writing challenges. How can you promote any consistency in antagonists if you’re expected to traverse over 70,000 light years?

    The Borg were already established as a tried and true villain, so having one on their side presented a lot of creative opportunities. The bonus meme was mostly just a useful opportunity for another laugh. They became the big boogeyman for the remainder of the series and that’s ok by me.

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      2 months ago

      I do wish the dank boiz had a true chance to shine, but as you said, that 70k light year travel presented a massive problem for the writers. They did their best though Voyager is fucken awesome.

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      How can you promote any consistency in antagonists if you’re expected to traverse over 70,000 light years?

      You don’t. They had the chance to really let their imaginations free and squandered it.