
If the vast majority were not genocidal, then were was no threat and that undermines everything we saw in Scorpion.

This change just contradicts so many things and makes the Voyager crew seem foolish.Ĭlick to expand.Except wouldn't Kes have sensed that, why did she only sense the evil thoughts?Īlso how of them were genocidal and how much many were not? Were a majority of them genocidal or were a majority ones who believed only defensive wars? Because if the vast majority were genocidal, a few of them not being genocidal doesn't make their society any less of a horrific. If Species 8472, why didn't use their mental powers to tell Kes the real story, instead of saying "The weak shall perish" over and over again. Why couldn't Kes sense these non evil intentions from Species 8472, why did she just sense malevolence? Changing Species 8472 makes Janeway's actions in Scorpion go from from somewhat dubious but perhaps understandable, to being completely stupid. If Species 8472 were only aggressive because the Borg invaded their space and only wanted to invade thse Federation because of her alliance with the Borg, she comes off as extremely foolish. This unexplained change makes Janeway's actions in "Scorpion" to go from being somewhat understandable, to being completely foolish.

They are too good a villain to waste by making them just confused aliens.Ĭlick to expand.Its bad writing for Species 8472 to go from ultra social Darwinists who see all other life as something to be destroyed, to just being confused who only went to war with non Borg species because of a misunderstanding.

What do you think, were Species 8472, another wasted opportunity? If they do another Star Trek TV show, they should do what Star Trek Online did and make them evil again. It took all the menace out of these guys. That's so lame, they went from pure evil villains who wanted to exterminate all life, to guys who prepared for war only because a misunderstanding. Then in their final appearance they were not evil at all and only attacked Voyager because they thought they were in league with the Borg.

Then one was being hunted by the Hirogen and Voyager had to protet it, kinda weak. They were pretty awesome in their first appearance. These guys started off as really scary powerful villains, were as evil as the Borg, but with a complete different motive, extermination rather then assimilation. We had a thread about how the Maquis were a wasted opportunity in Voyager, so let's talk about another wasted opportunity Species 8472.
