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    I think Voyager was perfect just as it was.  It had very believable characters who grew on you, fun and often times dangerous adventures that left you gripping your armrests, and an awesome captain who was a genius mixture of Kirk and Picard.  What more could you want?  Sure, Voyager may have lacked some things that other series had, and perhaps those things in the other series are what drew people to them.  They didn't like Voyager because those elements were missing.  But Voyager, in turn, had some things that other series lacked, which is what draws other people to it.  Each series is different, and those differences produce differences in opinion among the fans.  It's a good thing they're all different, too.  Could you imagine if they were all the same?  Don't judge the show on general opinion.  Judge the show on the value it holds for you.

    My thoughts exactly. Voyager was great ! :waaaa:

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    Everyone knows the accepted lore about alien abduction - the grey, almond-eyed aliens, the lights in the sky, the odd surgical procedures... but what happens to the people whose lives are touched by extraterrestrials?

     

    The epic series Taken tackles the human side of the story of Earth's visitation by aliens. We don't use the word 'epic' lightly - the ten feature-length episodes trace the stories of three families over more than half a century. Steven Spielberg, the creator of the show, had a very distinct vision for the project:

     

    "I've always been interested in the genre and I thought I couldn't acquit this genre in a two hour or two hour and fifteen minute long movie. We would all need a lot more patience and a lot more time to really do the history of alien abductions starting back in 1947 right to today which is what Taken is about - the history of alien abductions. [...] I believe what will keep people tuned in hopefully is that the characters are very compelling and you watch these characters evolve and age before your eyes and give birth to special children who themselves have a purpose in our story."

     

    Narrated by a seven year old girl, Allie, (played by the extraordinarily talented Dakota Fanning), the story starts with Russell Keys' close encounter with 'blueies' - mysterious glowing UFOs - whilst flying a bomber mission during WWII. As the story takes in the events at Roswell in 1947, government conspiracies and the legacy of an alien visitor, the three families at the heart of the story encompass three very different attitudes to the existence of aliens.

     

    "These are stories about incredible things that happen to ordinary people. From a storytelling point of view, those are the most interesting stories to tell. [...] I always knew that there would be three points of view," says Frank Bohem, the writer. "I wanted to look at an ordinary family, like the Keys, whose lives are ripped apart by this. The Clarkes, specifically Tom Clarke, came about, in part, because I was fascinated by debunkers and I've never really seen much about debunkers. And I was interested in including an off-centered look at what might be going on inside the government, which I got with the Crawfords."

     

    The programme looks beautiful - there is an extraordinary attention to period detail in the sets and costumes, and despite the fact that much of the show was shot in and around Vancouver, Canada, the team recreated locations as diverse as Texas and Alaska.

     

    Then there are the special effects - alien 'greys', spaceships, otherworldly artifacts... The production team had their own special effects unit and had constant feedback from Steven Spielberg himself. Visual Effects Supervisor, Jim Lima, notes:

     

    "I had very extensive meetings with Steven Spielberg about the aliens, discussing the lore and the mythology and the accounts of people who have reported to have seen aliens. Steven has an amazing knowledge in this area, because when he did Close Encounters, he went and interviewed these people and had heard these things first-hand. [...]. During production, we sent out tapes every week and Steven was always copied on those tapes and when his comments came back, they were always spot on. We are so fortunate to be working for the absolute master of science fiction."

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    I’m sorry but imo, the "Not an Important enough Mission" theory does not hold water, what about Picards heart? That was not important enough to warrant the Ent going a couple seconds out of it's way... I think the choice to use a shuttle is made for (mostly) personal reasons, Worf needed to be alone for a while; Picard wanted to bond with Wes, things of that sort.

    Well put Alterego. I think you hit the nail on the head with your summary. B)

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    My biggest fears used to involve firghtening ways of dying (drowning, buried alive, skinned, etc.).  Then

    I used to fear growing old.  Later on, I feared Alzheimer's disease (I'm in a career in which I really need

    to think lucidly), and I still fear that a little.

     

    However, now I have children, and my fears changed from involving me to involving them.  I used to

    worry heavily about their physical health, but now my biggest fear is that the beliefs and convictions of my children will one day be tested, and I won't be able to do anything except watch.  I know that they

    will someday face that test, and it's up to me to prepare them to make the right choices, but it's still

    a daunting task, and the time and form of the test can never be predicted.  That's what I fear  - failing

    in my task to prepare my children to change the world. 

     

    Pretty corny, huh?

    Not corny at all. I think this must worry every parent.

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    Their is a great short story about Pike in one of the strange new world books I think it is one or two and the captains table book about him is good as well.  But I do believe that was not Hunter in the first pic I don't rember the actor but I will have to check my star trek encycopedia when I get home to get his name.

    Did you check ?