I went through that phase with DS9 when I was living alone as I used to watch videos to get me to sleep.

Yes, videos. None of this DVD nonsense/

I agree that Scott Backula was miss cast as Archer. He couldn’t seem to work out how to play him. One minute he’s a new wet behind the ears captain of a science ship. The next minute he’s trying to be a Kirk clone with shoot first ask questions later. You could tell that the show was in trouble because Jolene Blalock and Linda Park started wearing less and less clothing (never a bad thing I grant you). The episode Mirror Darkly made me laugh with the cut midriff shirts for the girls showing their perfect abs LOL.

As I mentioned on Galacticabbs Voyager just never felt in danger. If they got in trouble there were the replicators for food or a handy planet nearby where they could trade for supplies. Even though they were millions of light years from home nobody ever lost the plot, and all the dangerous Marquis suddenly turned into fine Starfleet officers within 2 episodes.

I agree that DS9 was the best series. Sisko was the working mans captain which I always thought was cool. He was not a Kirk or Picard clone and you could see that he struggled more at times which made him more human. One of the reasons I liked DS9 was it reminded me of Babylon 5. B5 finished 5 years before DS9 and I think that they took the concept of the show and Trek’ed it.

But…

The more I watch Star Trek. *Any* Star Trek (TWOK – TUD excepted), the more I dislike it. It’s the wierdest thing, but I seem to enjoy the idea of Star Trek more than the excecution. I can’t really explain it, but I just seem to lose interest after ten minutes. Even the very best of TOS episodes don’t hold my attention any more.

I don’t get it.