Fixing Voyager Part II: Suder vs. Hirogen

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

So the Maquis included at least one known serial killer, Suder. This was a plot point in a couple of episodes. He was introduced, locked up, and died “heroically” fighting the Kazon in Basics. Later on they introduced the Hirogen, an even less interesting threat force than the Kazon. They were shameless, uninteresting ripoffs of… Read More »

Fixing Voyager

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

Janeway has always been a problematic character. She wasn’t much of a Captain, and her incompetence was legendary especially when it came to the Prime Directive. Her expertise was in the Star Trek sciences, with repeated mention of her time as a science officer and endless smug “look at me sciencing” scenes. This is clearly… Read More »

Starfleet Exterminated the Xenomorphs From Alien

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Alien Universe, Blade Runner, Judge Dredd, Movies, Predator, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Star TrekLeave a comment

Soldier, Blade Runner and Alien are the same universe. This is Word of God from an interview with Ridley Scott. Todd's generation of soldiers were predecessors to their genetically-engineered replacements. Their replacements were the predecessors to Replicants, who were predecessors to the synthetics from Alien. Weyland was a protege of Tyrell. At the beginning of… Read More »