Lately, I've been binging on Voyager episodes ala youtube. I never really watched the show back when it first aired( I was all Star Trekked out from TNG) but now I realize that I have missed Trek's optimism about the future. It seems to be all 'dark, gritty' sci-fi nowadays(Say hello, Battlestar Galactica)! Not that I don't like dark and gritty mind you. I loved Battlestar Galactica. I just like a little bright and happy, "we are innocent explorers of the universe" every now and again. Plus they have a diverse cast and a woman for a captain! I really appreciate the effort that Gene Roddenberry made to be inclusive(he is deeply missed in the franchise for sure**).
**Let's not discuss the travesty that was Star Trek: Enterprise. Or the new movie which, while not horrible, wasn't nearly as awesome as it could have been(Uhura still managed to be wallpaper and they refrigerated Spock's mom-ugh).