Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek : Voyagershould have gotten to have a motion-picture show follow - up , but the premise meant it could n’t follow in the footsteps ofStar Trek : The Original SeriesandStar Trek : The Next Generation . AfterThe Original Series’cancelation , the franchise lived on in sixStar Trekfilms , beginning with 1979’sStar Trek : The Motion Picture . WhenStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countryhit dramatics , Star Trek : The Next Generationwas in its fifth season . AfterThe Next Generationended , the cinematic torch passed from theTOScast to the USS Enterprise - D bunch in 1994’sStar Trek Generations .
It made sense thatStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Voyagerfilms would followTNG ’s film , either with contemporaneous installments or through aGenerations - mode passing of the torch . TheVoyagercameo from Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) in the fourth jaunt for theTNGcast , Star Trek : Nemesis , wasn’t the major crossover experience thatStar Trek Generationswas , butJaneway’sNemesisappearance still suggest at the possibility of moreVoyagerinfutureStar Trekprojects . That hope fell flat whenNemesisfailed to live up to box office and sports fan expectation .
Star Trek: Voyager Deserved To Have A Movie Like TOS & TNG
Star Trek: Voyager Is More Like TOS & TNG Than DS9
YetStar Trek : Voyagerdeserved to have a movie likeTOSandTNG , given their similarities . WhileDS9broke newfangled basis for theStar Trekfranchise with its serialized storytelling and heavy character spark , Voyagerconducted clientele as usual with occasional adventures in undiscovered space . As withTNG , it was n’t necessary to know complicated backstories to understandVoyager ’s cast of characters ; most could be explained within the talks . Captain Kathryn Janeway ’s USS Voyager even made first liaison with more foreign species than anyone since Captain James Kirk ( William Shatner ) .
In some manner , Voyager ’s twelve two - part episodes pretend like short movie in their own rightfield .
In some ways , Voyager ’s twelve two - part episodesact like short movies in their own right . Star Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , installment 15 & 16 , " Dark Frontier " , was commercialise as aVoyagertelevision movie , present as one rough episode when it first air ( and on streaming services).Voyagerseason 3 , installment 8 & 9 , " Future ’s final stage " , sense like a direct court toStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home , with the USS Voyager crew in 20th - 100 San Francisco solving problems with a modernistic - daylight distaff scientist . Unfortunately , these episodes were in the end just substitutes for the big - covert cinematic experience that could have been .
Star Trek: Voyager’s Premise Made A Movie Continuation Almost Impossible
Star Trek: Voyager’s Ending Meant A Movie Wouldn’t Be Like The Show
However , the narration and ending ofVoyagermade a movie protraction complicated . Voyager ’s concept of being misplace in the Delta Quadrant was perfect for aStar TrekTV show that continue the bequest ( and format ) of earlierStar Trekshows . TheTOSandTNGmovies show what happen after their series ' conclusion , more or less in substantial time , with the preserve adventures of their respective USS Enterprises . UnlikeTOS ' abrupt oddment andTNG ’s more open - all over finale , Voyagerends with the USS Voyager getting back home , which intend there could be no continue adventures for Janeway ’s crew .
ConcludingStar Trek : Voyagerwith a theatrical button of " Endgame " in all probability would have estrange casual movie - goers , since previousStar Trekmovies did n’t trust on having any prior knowledge of eitherTOSorTNG .
rather of being unmediated continuations like theTOSandTNGmovies , aVoyagermovie would have to be very different from the TV show . The conception that definedVoyager — theunfamiliarity of the Delta Quadrant — would not be present in any story set after the finale . rather of employing the safe storytelling that madetheseries easy and enjoyable to watch , aStar Trek : Voyagermovie would have to chart young story priming . to boot , afterStar Trek : Nemesis ' box office dashing hopes , endue in aVoyagermovie , especially one drastically dissimilar from its source material , would have been too risky .
How A Star Trek: Voyager Movie Could Have Worked (Despite The Show’s Ending)
How Does The USS Voyager Crew Adjust To Life In The Alpha Quadrant?
Still , aVoyagermovie might have worked with some brainstorming . Voyager ’s series finale suffered from ending too abruptly , without showing any of the aftermathof the USS Voyager ’s return . A movie would have created space to explore the upshot of the crew ’s absence seizure and see how they adjust to being back home . DS9 ’s Dominion Warchanged the Alpha Quadrant during the USS Voyager ’s meter away , so friends and family might have been lost . Voyager ’s characters banded together to survive in an unfamiliar environs , and being back home would sure have psychological effects on the bunch .
Star Trek : Voyager ’s beloved characters have come back in Star Trek : Picard , Star Trek : Lower Decks , and peculiarly Star Trek : Prodigy .
That heavy subject matter is n’t all that different from the musings on aging , grief , legacy , or change in earlierStar Trekmovies . AVoyagerfilm could have determine a way to work in stem of alienation and hurt bond paper , alongside the USS Voyager crowd reuniting to cover with a threat they ’d be uniquely equipped to treat . A call from the Delta Quadrant or a time - travelling dangerous undertaking , a Modern ship , and promotions all around would have made aStar Trek : Voyagermovie that lived up to its assumption and the legacy ofStar Trekmovies before it , despite the commercial risk of infection .
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In this sci - fi series , the starship Voyager becomes ground in the Delta Quadrant , 70,000 lite - years from Earth . The divers crew , led by Captain Janeway , embarks on a perilous journey family , encountering unfamiliar specie and challenge while adhere to Federation principles in uncharted space .
