Editing Kazon (section)

=== Critical reception ===
The Kazon have received a negative response from [[Television criticism|television critics]]. In his 2005 book ''An Analytical Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica'', literary critic [[John Kenneth Muir]] argued that the events of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' lost their urgency with the basing of the second season in Kazon space. He negatively compared ''Star Trek: Voyager'' to science fiction television series [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|''Battlestar Galactica'']], writing that ''Star Trek: Voyager'' could learn from how "the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft)|Galactica]]'' must go on, ever forward, to their destination".<ref name="Galactica">[[#muir2005|Muir (2005)]]: p. 70</ref> The alien species was described as "stereotypical macho space warriors" by writer K. Stoddard Hayes, who was critical of the lack of developed Kazon characters.  He explained this up by saying: "No memorable Kazon characters emerge from two seasons of episodes featuring their different factions."<ref name="WriterReview">{{cite magazine|date=January 14, 2015|title=Voyager: 20th Anniversary|magazine=Star Trek Magazine|location=New York|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]|issue=18|page=18|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>

Critics have also doubted the effectiveness of Kazon as villains. Britt found the Kazon to be among "the silliest, worst antagonists in Trek's history".<ref name="ShockingDefeat">{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2013/05/03/star-trek-into-surprise-7-times-when-trek-boldly-shocked-us/|title=Star Trek Into Surprise! 7 Times When Trek Boldly Shocked Us|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2021|publisher=[[Tor.com]]|last1=Britt|first1=Ryan|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170105053407/http://www.tor.com/2013/05/03/star-trek-into-surprise-7-times-when-trek-boldly-shocked-us/|archive-date=January 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Juliette Harrison of the website ''[[Dennis Publishing|Den of Geek!]]'' wrote that the writers were too focused on the Kazon and Seska storylines. Harrison called them "sub-standard Klingon substitutes" and praised the series' decision to replace them with the Borg.<ref name=":1" /> The Kazon, along with Seska, were placed at number two on a list by [[Io9]]'s Charlie Jane Anders profiling the 10 least threatening ''Star Trek'' villains. Anders explained that the Kazon were more frequently represented as irritating pests than a major obstacle to ''Voyager''{{'}}s journey home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/top-10-least-threatening-star-trek-villains-1585428421|title=Top 10 Least Threatening Star Trek Villains|date=June 3, 2014|access-date=August 15, 2021|publisher=[[Io9]]|last1=Anders|first1=Charlie}}</ref> Charles Evans of ''[[FanSided]]'' questioned the Kazon's desperation for water, since they could use their warp technology to gather it from other planets. Even though Evans described the Kazon as starting from a good premise, he did not find them to live up to their label as "the most powerful race in their area of the Delta Quadrant".<ref name="CriticismCriticismCritcisim">{{cite web|url=https://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2017/01/30/daystrom-institute-library-files-kazon/|title=Daystrom Institute Library Files: The Kazon|last=Evans|first=Charles|date=February 25, 2017|work=[[FanSided]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825232642/https://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2017/01/30/daystrom-institute-library-files-kazon/|archive-date=August 25, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[TrekNation|''TrekToday'']]{{'s}} Michelle Erica Green provided extensive and primarily negative commentary on the Kazon story arc in the first two seasons while re-watching the series. The Kazon were negatively compared to the Klingons by Green, who described the Vidiians as a more suitable and compelling candidate to serve as the primary antagonists for the first two seasons.<ref name="Green2">{{cite web|url=https://trektoday.com/content/2015/12/retro-review-lifesigns/|title=Retro Review: Lifesigns|last=Green|first=Michelle Erica|date=December 11, 2015|website=TrekToday|publisher=Christian Höhne Sparborth|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170105084330/http://www.trektoday.com/content/2015/12/retro-review-lifesigns/|archive-date=January 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Green questioned Janeway's resolve to never share ''Voyager''{{'}}s technology with the Kazon, writing that the species was characterized as "a spacefaring culture with warp drive" so the crew would not be "interfering with a primitive civilization". She argued that the Kazon's attempts to steal a replicator and a transporter rather than offensive weapons lessened their impact as a threatening presence, suggesting that the possibility of relations with the Kazon did not "seem much more heinous than dealing with the Klingons or [[Ferengi]], who oppress women and minorities within their borders".<ref name="Green3">{{cite web|url=https://www.trektoday.com/content/2015/10/retro-review-maneuvers/|title=Retro Review: Maneuvers|last=Green|first=Michelle Erica|date=October 16, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2021|website=TrekToday|publisher=Christian Höhne Sparborth|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170105084447/http://www.trektoday.com/content/2015/10/retro-review-maneuvers/|archive-date=January 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite negative critical reception of the Kazon, the scene in which they commandeer ''Voyager'' was praised by television commentators. Marc Buxton, of ''Den of Geek!'', included the Kazon on his list of the 50 best alien life forms in the ''Star Trek'' universe, for their "advanced technology and a back-stabbing bloodthirst" and success in trapping the ''Voyager'' crew on a hostile planet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/star-trek-the-50-best-alien-races/|title=Star Trek: The 50 Best Alien Races|date=September 9, 2016|work=[[Den of Geek!]]|last1=Buxton|first1=Marc|access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref> Similarly, [[Tor.com]]'s Ryan Britt ranked the moment when the Kazon captured the ship as one of the seven most shocking instances in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref name="ShockingDefeat" />