What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Lord Garth]

Starfleet command might have no faith in Picard in FC. But in the heat of battle when Picard announced that he was taking command of the fleet, his fellow captains immediately accepted his leadership. That says a lot about Picard.Compare that to Kirk, who showed respect to a reproduction of President Lincoln and seemed to enjoy showing a 1960's fighter pilot around his ship.

Lincoln isn't from the 21st Century. Neither was Captain Christopher.

 

[fireproof78]

Starfleet command might have no faith in Picard in FC. But in the heat of battle when Picard announced that he was taking command of the fleet, his fellow captains immediately accepted his leadership. That says a lot about Picard.

Of course Picard was able to take command but that doesn't mean his faith in his superiors would be maintained.

 

[Oddish]

No his career was destroyed because he lied on his application about his background.
Although not canon the novels corrected that nonsense, he went on to be CMO of a starship

Another novel had him get drummed out completely. Neither is canonical, though I like your version better. Maybe he was returned to Earth pending an investigation, and took the opportunity to study at the academy, allowing him to return to space as an ensign rather than a crewman.

Yeah, all Tarses did was lie on his application. Satie's witch hunt did not prove effective and even the head of Starfleet Security walked out.

One of my favorite Trek moments. I even included it in the "favorite Trek one liners" topic. Even though it was actually a zero-liner.

 

[Odo]

I guess the closest thing I have to a controversial Star Trek opinion is that, while often very left-leaning, Trek's reputation as trailblazing progressive programing is sometimes overstated.

 

[fireproof78]

I guess the closest thing I have to a controversial Star Trek opinion is that, while often very left-leaning, Trek's reputation as trailblazing progressive programing is sometimes overstated.

Extremely so.

 

[Odo]

Extremely so.

People often remember the Kirk/Uhura kiss but rarely Kirk and Miramanee being stoned...

 

[Oddish]

I guess the closest thing I have to a controversial Star Trek opinion is that, while often very left-leaning, Trek's reputation as trailblazing progressive programing is sometimes overstated.

As someone who leans very much to the right, I can say that Trek is often appreciated by us as well.

 

[FormerLurker]

It's okay to lean to the right, as far as you want, but I don't recommend walking over there. Like the far left, the lights flicker, the floor is sticky, and there's something lurking in the shadows.

 

[Paul755]

Of course Season 1 Picard didn't just show contempt to those three 80s stereotypes in The Neutral Zone. He frequently seemed like he could hardly stand to breath the same air as his fellow "evolved humans".
That's what I mean when I say Season 1 Picard was his own beast.

I’ve been watching the BBCA Next Gen block while working from home and they recently rolled over from S7 back to S1. It’s a little jarring seeing him be such a jerk to everyone. I mean, Wesley deserved it. But everyone else. Geeze.

 

[Oddish]

It's okay to lean to the right, as far as you want, but I don't recommend walking over there. Like the far left, the lights flicker, the floor is sticky, and there's something lurking in the shadows.

Well, we on the right worry less about things lurking in the shadows. Primarily because we have half the guns on the planet.

 

[Odo]

I don't know, the snacks over here on the far left are delicious!

 

[Oddish]

Vegan and organic, I expect. Very healthy, I'm sure. We, on the other hand, have fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits, and boxes of doughnuts provided by our friends in blue.

 

[cooleddie74]

Hey, I'm pretty liberal and my diet contains more fat and sugar than entire nations. Biscuits comprise at least 15% of my bloodstream.

 

[Odo]

Mmmm....now I want some fried chicken, damn it. And biscuits. And -

 

[Oddish]

My apologies to your arteries.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

My apologies to your arteries.

I can't wait till the 24th century when nanoprobes will clean your arteries of any fat build up in there.

 

[Nyotarules]

I can't wait till the 24th century when nanoprobes will clean your arteries of any fat build up in there.

Unless you are living on a distant colony near a dodgy border.....

 

[Mytran]

Unless you are living on a distant colony near a dodgy border.....

Or on some farm planet with nothing but automated machines for company and two brothers to cook for, mend their clothes, canal mud a foot thick on their boots every time they walked in...

The future is a weird place!

 

[suarezguy]

Red shirt jokes got tired after the first two or three, then dumb after the first ten or so.

Yeah, them dying happened quite a bit, pointing it out so often, mocking it or laughing about it isn't funny or smart.

 

[Oddish]

Wearing a red shirt is not quite as dangerous as you would think. In the 79 TOS episodes, only 18 featured redshirt fatalities.