What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

Well I'm glad you enjoyed it. But it really didn't work for me(gave me 2nd hand embarrassment!), add that alot Ezri's development after the writers started the Ezri/Juilan relationship drifted mainly toward who she would date which was just boring and uninteresting to me.

I know usually ppl don't care for Ezri, But why do you dislike Julian? /gen

 

And that's fair. Most of Star Trek's impersonal relationships give me that 2nd hand embarrassment, largely because I hate how relationships are generally handled, with some exceptions. But, Julian was relatable enough to me and I liked Ezri a lot. So it just hit that surprise zone of being more engaging that Jadzi and Worf.

 

Hm, that's interesting since I largely hold the same view on both if these characters(tho in my case it was Ezri who very relatable to me) and yet their relationship was my least favorite part of S7 different strokes ig. And agreed I really hope in the future Trek writers wise up and write relationships better.

 

I read this as "He needs kelp"...

 

SARU: "Yes, Michael, but who here is willing to hold him steady as he relieves himself?

His alcohol intake has gone beyond simple physical assistance."

 

For me it felt very much like a war time relationship. Two people who needed a connection and stumbled in to one despite a lot of stuff going wrong and being complicated in their lives. It felt more human to me.

 

I think the Archer character was sabotaged by Brannon Braga et al. He's started looking less like a jerk after they were gone. One more season or two he may have seemed normal. I don't know if it was deliberate or just incompetence, either way, the damage was serious and season 4 just wasn't enough to save him.

 

Thar, be whales, otters and other shit ...down thar.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home

 

Star Trek IV is fun to watch but you shouldn't think about it too much if any. I mean a couple of whales will not repopulate a species, no way!! The species will go extinct with serious genetic defects after a couple of generations due to direct inbreeding (brothers with sisters). Wich also would explain why we're so screwed up if the bible is to be believed that we came from one single couple...

 

Controversial Opinion:

If people judged Star Trek IV on a lot of the same criteria they've judged post-2005 Trek with....it would be the most hated film in fandom history.

But of course, they don't. Because that doesn't fit the narrative.

 

Exactly so. But, if we fans didn't have double standards then what would we have?

 

Well, I will not force my opinions about the Bible at this point upon you.

But I shall give you a ticket to ride.

 

Well ignoring the movie's talk of repopulating the species, the probe was happy just to hear from them. If they then immediately die out a generation after... they've done their job.

 

You forget that whoever launched the probe expects to hear from them on a regular basis, if these bulletins stop, you can expect a new visit sometime after...


By the 32nd century, they would have undergone three or four of these visits...

 

The novelization said something about establishing a breeding population and increasing the genetic diversity using preserved cell samples. Although the Federation has displayed enough control over genetics that they could probably take care of the defects on their own. Just watch out before introducing any Whale Augments.

 

Well, if a whale is Ahab then who would be Mobidick?