True. It might have been nice if they had followed up on it even if it wasn't a drawn out threat like the Borg.
So what was the most powerful last scene in any ST?
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I was going to mention it (From TOS: "City on the Edge of Forever") - but it seems you already did. Interestingly CotEoF isn't a favorite of mine, BUT the last scene with Kirk is a good one.
True. It might have been nice if they had followed up on it even if it wasn't a drawn out threat like the Borg.
Funny you should mention 'The Borg' because the race in 'Conspiracy' was retooled into what the Borg became. Originally, that signal was going to be tied into the Neutral Zone outpost destruction referenced in the following episode "The Neutral Zone" - and that would happen in Season 2 as an episode in response to that situation was planned with the aliens from Conspiracy. Because (at the time) the VFX crew thought it would be too difficult/expensive to depict more elements of that race on screen without looking cheesy/ridiculous, they were retooled into 'The Borg' (the one aspect remaining was the 'Hive Mind') and introduced in 'Q-Who' - where they then referenced the similarity of a nearby planet's devastation to what occurred.)
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I got that from a TNG Writer's panel at a Loscon many years ago where they were discussing Season 2; and someone asked why 'the signal' from Conspiracy was never followed up on in a later story.
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I do remember hearing about that a looong time ago, but even after the Borg were introduced it's still something that could have been followed up with.
I was going to mention it (From TOS: "City on the Edge of Forever") - but it seems you already did. Interestingly CotEoF isn't a favorite of mine, BUT the last scene with Kirk is a good one.
True. It might have been nice if they had followed up on it even if it wasn't a drawn out threat like the Borg.Nearly thirty years later, we're still wondering!
Funny you should mention 'The Borg' because the race in 'Conspiracy' was retooled into what the Borg became. Originally, that signal was going to be tied into the Neutral Zone outpost destruction referenced in the following episode "The Neutral Zone" - and that would happen in Season 2 as an episode in response to that situation was planned with the aliens from Conspiracy. Because (at the time) the VFX crew thought it would be too difficult/expensive to depict more elements of that race on screen without looking cheesy/ridiculous, they were retooled into 'The Borg' (the one aspect remaining was the 'Hive Mind') and introduced in 'Q-Who' - where they then referenced the similarity of a nearby planet's devastation to what occurred.)
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I got that from a TNG Writer's panel at a Loscon many years ago where they were discussing Season 2; and someone asked why 'the signal' from Conspiracy was never followed up on in a later story.
I haven't read a Trek tie-in novel for ages. I have a few tie-in novels left on my shelf, but they're all the earlier stuff as I lost interest in most of the books at least a decade or so ago.
Trust me, rare is the loose end that hasn't been dealt with in the books at some point! Loose ends are catnip to Trek writers.
Although somehow I can't seem to interest Pocket Books in a sequel to "Spock's Brain" . . ...
The words "Don't even think about it, Greg" may have been uttered at some point.
(They know me too well.)
Most powerful--I don't know, but the final scene of Voyager's Course: Oblivion is pretty stark, cold, and sad in its recognition that, sometimes, all efforts are truly futile. That the universe really doesn't give a rat's ass about what we want or aspire to. Don't like it? Complain to the universe, then. That was the message I got from that ep and ending and I liked its dark edginess.
A couple from TNG:
I always well up at the end of "The Offspring," when Data announces that he's integrated Lal's programming into his own.
The end of "The Emissary": "I will not be complete without you," and then Worf beams K'Ehleyr away. That's very powerful.
I always well up at the end of "The Offspring," when Data announces that he's integrated Lal's programming into his own.
The end of "The Emissary": "I will not be complete without you," and then Worf beams K'Ehleyr away. That's very powerful.
The message I got was that Janeway's duplicate was as equally self-righteous and inflexible as the original, which was demonstrated in her refusal to listen to her crew when they were telling her to change course earlier.
There was nothing inevitable about the outcome. Had she listened, they may well have survived.
I have always loved TUC's ending, hand's down. The fact that it might have been Kirk's final words just make it feel all the more fantastic.
I enjoy the ending to Terra Prime very much. One of the few times than Archer speech feels appropriate and welcome.
A couple of honorable mentions just because they stick out to me, and so are powerful on a personal level, but I doubt many fans would think of them:
Rascals: Guinan and young Ro Laren. Laren asks if it is time for her to be changed back to an adult. They actually take the time to let Laren be a kid just for a moment more. Actually an interesting coda to the whole situation.
Disaster: Picard actually allows children on the bridge and shows his appreciation for getting through the crisis. Its a bit cutsey, but I like it.
All Good Things-"Sky's the limit." Enough said
I enjoy the ending to Terra Prime very much. One of the few times than Archer speech feels appropriate and welcome.
A couple of honorable mentions just because they stick out to me, and so are powerful on a personal level, but I doubt many fans would think of them:
Rascals: Guinan and young Ro Laren. Laren asks if it is time for her to be changed back to an adult. They actually take the time to let Laren be a kid just for a moment more. Actually an interesting coda to the whole situation.
Disaster: Picard actually allows children on the bridge and shows his appreciation for getting through the crisis. Its a bit cutsey, but I like it.
All Good Things-"Sky's the limit." Enough said
Kirk: It's from Spock! (reading letter) "Dear Jim, if my calculations are correct you will receive this letter immediately after you saw the Jellyfish struck by lightning. First, let me assure you that I am alive and well. I have been living logically these past eight months in the year 1885. The lightning bolt--" ...1885?!
(at bottom of letter)
"September 1885!"
McCoy: Now wait, Jim, wait a minute, what's this all about?
Kirk: He's alive! Spock's alive! He's in the Old West but he's alive!
McCoy: Tell me Jim, are you all right? Do you need any help?
Kirk: There's only one man who can help me.
*cut to nuSpock*
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All kidding aside, one of my favorites is the end of Preemptive Strike, as someone mentioned earlier. If I were Riker, I'd get out of that Ready Room even faster!
(at bottom of letter)
"September 1885!"
McCoy: Now wait, Jim, wait a minute, what's this all about?
Kirk: He's alive! Spock's alive! He's in the Old West but he's alive!
McCoy: Tell me Jim, are you all right? Do you need any help?
Kirk: There's only one man who can help me.
*cut to nuSpock*
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All kidding aside, one of my favorites is the end of Preemptive Strike, as someone mentioned earlier. If I were Riker, I'd get out of that Ready Room even faster!
Nice!
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