True ... but where's the fun in THAT?
That sentence alone sets up Q's entire worldview.
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That sentence alone sets up Q's entire worldview.
And why he is such an irritant. A character who feels like nothing is to be taken seriously.
That's terific, sharing it in the Captain Rios thread too!
I had a hard time imagining Q in the type of series Picard is, but then I think of "Tapestry", then maybe "Q Who?" and "True Q", and realize it can be done. "Deathwish" as well, as a serious/dramatic Q episode.
He has shades of Trelane from TOS.
He does what he does primarily for giggles.
Trelane was grating too. Not enjoyable.
I actually would classify Trelane as malevolent. He came this close to actually torturing people.
Q, on the other hand, would not do that. Whatever Q does, it's for a purpose, in a way.
Q, on the other hand, would not do that. Whatever Q does, it's for a purpose, in a way.
I like Picard's version of Q.
He's far more malevolent, far more Mephistophelean, than he was In the Berman era (Berman-era Q was much more foppish and OTT).
I think Q is best understood as Star Trek's version of the Trickster archetype. Sometimes he's there with a serious purpose underneath -- trying to get Picard and the Federation to realize their hubris and that they are not masters of the universe in "Q Who," for instance. And sometimes he's just there to be a silly Dionysian figure of chaos in conflict with Picard's Apollonian embodiment of order, as in "Deja Q." Sometimes he's antagonistic, but ultimately there is a bond there in spite of the antagonism.
Yeah, although I think Q very specifically works best in conjunction with Picard; he disturbs Picard's sense of order, and that's why he's such a wonderful foil. The characters who don't have as strong a sense of order to them -- Sisko and Janeway -- he just doesn't work as well when paired with them. There's a reason Sisko just punched Q and he never came back!
I think Q probably could have worked well when paired up with other characters who have major sticks up their asses -- Worf, Odo, early Bashir, Tuvok, Seven, T'Pol, Saru, etc. Characters who like a sense of order and get upset when that sense of order is disrupted. But of course why do that when you have Jean-Luc Picard just sitting there now?
And it makes a lot of sense to bring Q back, because his relationship with Q was genuinely one of the most important relationships in TNG.Side-note: I wonder what might have happened if Q had ever been paired with characters that don't have sticks up their asses and don't mind a little chaos? Imagine Garak stuck alone on a runabout with Q!
She's more likely to shoot him.
And when Q has a problem, if no one else can help, and if he can find them, maybe he can hire... the A-Team.
Wouldn't actually succeeding in saving the Romulans, or at least working harder for it, be more likely to do that?
"Time has been broken" "We can save the future"
World ending threats, again. This time, time itself is at stake.
Remember one of the most revered episode from TNG, All Good Things?
It was about Q and Timetravel.
Remember another revered episode from TNG, Tapestry?
It was about Q and Timetravel.
Remember another revered episode from TNG, Yesterday's Enterprise?
It was about Guinan and alternative Timelines.
Why don't we combine elements from the most revered episodes from TNG, a sort of best of, and make that the center of the second Picard season?
How creative! How imaginative! How exciting! Screw exploration! Screw strange new worlds.
And also let's go dark! Again!
You know, one thing that was always missing from TNG was that TNG was the only classic Trek show that never had an episode with the evil versions of the characters/evil Federation. TOS, DS9, VOY, ENT all had one or more episodes. Let's throw some evil Federation/Space Nazis into the mix, you know, get it really dark and depressing. Screw utopia.
World ending threats, again. This time, time itself is at stake.
Remember one of the most revered episode from TNG, All Good Things?
It was about Q and Timetravel.
Remember another revered episode from TNG, Tapestry?
It was about Q and Timetravel.
Remember another revered episode from TNG, Yesterday's Enterprise?
It was about Guinan and alternative Timelines.
Why don't we combine elements from the most revered episodes from TNG, a sort of best of, and make that the center of the second Picard season?
How creative! How imaginative! How exciting! Screw exploration! Screw strange new worlds.
And also let's go dark! Again!
You know, one thing that was always missing from TNG was that TNG was the only classic Trek show that never had an episode with the evil versions of the characters/evil Federation. TOS, DS9, VOY, ENT all had one or more episodes. Let's throw some evil Federation/Space Nazis into the mix, you know, get it really dark and depressing. Screw utopia.
Seven of Nine was evil incarnate for eighteen years. She doesn't NEED a "Mirror" version of herself.
I've always found that refreshing.
Utopia must be earned. TNG didn't do a single thing to earn its utopia.
That's how they get clicks on their YouTube pages -- going negative.
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