If it's any consolation, Chuck, I should point out I am a HUGE Social Justice Warrior and yet I know you don't hate Janeway because she's a woman. You hate her because she's a megalomaniac.SFDebris wrote:Well, like I said, I wouldn't feel the need to say it if history hadn't taught me it needed saying. If even a fellow ChannelAwesome contributor will say in public that sexism is why guys don't like Voyager and then single me out specifically, then the memo clearly isn't getting out there.
Mind you, I am the kind of guy who does think there's plenty of times a stew is bad because of one bad onion in the bunch even in the face of legitimate criticisms. Among the people who hate Rey of Jakku there's plenty of people who do think a lot of stuff comes way too easy to her and she's not allowed to show off any flaws. There's also that one guy who breathed a sigh of relief in the Last Jedi because she had her relationship with the black man sunk and is happy to say that's why he hated Finn/Rey.
Re: Michael Burnham
I think she's a character who I am about 80% onboard with. The problem is I do think she's too much and doesn't really work as a lead without someone to play off of. The Seven of Nine comparisons aren't really very apt because Michael doesn't WANT to be human and there's no real need for her to be since being Vulcan is fine. My big issue with her I think is that if you made her NOT Spock's kid sister and Sarek into Random Vulcan 15# then that would STILL be an interesting backstory.
Since when is being raised by Vulcans not cool enough by itself?
There's also the fact her failed mutiny clashes with her somewhat smug sense of self-righteousness (which all of Starfleet has had at various points but this is full on Season 1 TNG) and her backstory doesn't really fit her attitude. Where does she get off lecturing people about Starfleet rules and regulations?
In a weird way she's Spock/7 of 9/Tom Paris and that's too many characters.
