Star Trek: Voyager Season 5

Star Trek: Voyager Season 5 (1998-1999)
Created by: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor

I know it's not a movie, by my girlfriend and I just finished watching season five of Star Trek: Voyager on Netflix and I felt the need to discuss it a little. How can a show with such depth, great characters, and intriguing plotlines have so many problems? My biggest complaint about Voyager is that many of the most interesting plotlines and character developments are undone by some convenient time traveling. Were the writers worried that if they changed Janeway et al too much over the seven year series that the fans would be outraged and stop watching? The writers did allow for some change: B'Ellanna learns to trust Janeway, Tom begins to settle down, the Doctor becomes a real member of the crew, and Harry gains some command experience, but over the five seasons I've seen so far there has been no major change in any of the main characters. It has long been believed that the way to have a successful and long lived television show is to keep the main characters relatively static. However, I know that a television show can have dynamic characters be successful and long lived because of one of my favorite shows of all time: Lost. I'm not going to tangent too far from Voyager, except to say that Lost taught its audience to appreciate very dynamic character arcs, and allowed all of the main characters to turn into much different characters then they began as in season one. But I have digressed long enough... In general I like Voyager. I just wish it would do less stuff that I don't like. :/

3.5 / 5 stars

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Welcome to Rob Loves Movies!
An important part of being a filmmaker/lover is to not only watch films, but to also engage in thought provoking discussions of said films with fellow filmmakers/lovers.
This is my goal:
Post critical as well as personal reviews for every film I watch.
Too ambitious?
I hope not, and I hope you'll find my reviews enjoyable, and possibly even discover some films you've never heard of!

To start off, here's a review of the most recent film I've seen: Primary.

Primary (1960)
Written and Directed by Robert Drew.
Primary is a documentary that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey during Wisconsin's Democratic primary. The most striking aspects of the film, to its original audiences at least, are the uninhibited camera movements and the genuine capturing of intimate moments. Both of these aspects are direct results of the then-emerging cinema verite style and technological advancements that produced hand-held and mostly quiet film cameras.
The most intriguing scenes in the film include Humphrey taking a nap during a car ride between cities, a long take of Kennedy walking through a crowd before giving a campaign speech, and both candidates waiting for the results with their friends and family. Unfortunately the hour long film becomes arduous to watch in several places, especially a montage of feet seen under voting booths.
To an audience unfamiliar with the cinema verite style of documentary filmmaking Primary was most definitely an exhilarating and unique window into the lives of presidential hopefuls. Along with the rest of Robert Drew's documentaries from this time, Primary was a groundbreaking film and has impacted filmmaking, both documentary and narrative, ever since.