On the one hand, yes, the Borg get all the attention. But on the other hand, that also resulted in them getting dumbed down, watered down, and utterly violated with the nerf bat until they were left cowering in a corner and sobbing.
I almost wish they’d stopped with the Borg stuff after Best of Both Worlds. At the very least they should have set some hard limits on how much they would ever be allowed to show up, maybe once or twice a series.
IIRC, something similar happened behind the scenes with Q; the plan had originally been for him to be a frequent visitor on TNG but it was realized that his constant presence would only diminish the character so they limited him to roughly once a season.
Establishing the Borg Queen in First Contact and later Queens with Voyager was the biggest misstep. I get that from a narrative perspective that it helps to put a face to your antagonist, but it severely de-clawed them as a whole.
On the one hand, yes, the Borg get all the attention. But on the other hand, that also resulted in them getting dumbed down, watered down, and utterly violated with the nerf bat until they were left cowering in a corner and sobbing.
I almost wish they’d stopped with the Borg stuff after Best of Both Worlds. At the very least they should have set some hard limits on how much they would ever be allowed to show up, maybe once or twice a series.
IIRC, something similar happened behind the scenes with Q; the plan had originally been for him to be a frequent visitor on TNG but it was realized that his constant presence would only diminish the character so they limited him to roughly once a season.
Establishing the Borg Queen in First Contact and later Queens with Voyager was the biggest misstep. I get that from a narrative perspective that it helps to put a face to your antagonist, but it severely de-clawed them as a whole.