Comment on ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Cast On How Series Was Last Hurrah For “Boys Club” TV Before Me Too Movement

• benfell@infosec.exchange ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @ValueSubtracted I recall noticing the sexism on Enterprise. I don't recall noticing it on Voyager, which had two strong female characters. But I'm an old man raised in a more chauvinistic era--I might not notice.

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  • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Seven of Nine’s suit was painted on

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah if they hadn’t struck gold with Jeri Ryan that whole situation would have been seen in a whole different light. She and the writers pulled that decision out of the gutter.

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    • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I definitely noticed that.

      I think Janeway and 7 were well written. B’elana was mostly just angry.

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      • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        B’elana was mostly just angry.

        I don’t remember shit about B’elana , or much of Voyager characterisation except :

        • Janeway : Hardass
        • Doctor : fun guy
        • Tuvok : generic serious vulcan
        • Neelix : obvious comic relief, silly
        • Chakotay : Native american guy with a cool face tat

        B’elana being mostly angry makes sense as a Klingon and an engineer. each facet isn’t known for being sunshine on rainbows, combined, not exactly going to be a delight.

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      • SuluBeddu@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I read B’elana as a point that the chief engineer doesn’t always need to be some composed nerd. Even a person with deep anger control issues, with interest in (Klingon) religion, can be a good fit for that position and can stand her ground to a literal Borg.

        Plus ofc Janeway + B’elana and + 7 later, meant that most science-related decision were made by a group of women.

        But as everyone on the cast, once 7 and doctor were out, the screentime was really compressed 😶

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      • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Jeri was local and would appear regularly at local cons :p

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• StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do recall that Enterprise was hyped as a response to the demands from (mostly male) fans who wanted a ‘return to exploration’, less ‘magic technology’ and implicitly ‘men doing stuff.’

  The 1990s BBS hate of the women in leadership roles in the early seasons of Voyager was savage.

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