What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[oldtrekkie]

She's just a good listener, like any bartender. And she can spot a temporal anomaly at ten paces.

Well, in the Star Trek universe you can't swing a cat without hitting a spatial/temporal anomaly of one sort or another.

 

[fireproof78]

hmmmmmm you got me.. I just don't like the character that much.

Same. Temporal anomaly spotting isn't enough to make up for general annoyance.

 

[oldtrekkie]

Guinan is a terrible character. She often speaks in riddles and gives half assed advice, why would anyone go to her for advice but they make it sound like she's some otherworldly person like the Q but you never see any of her otherworldly powers.

Well, except that she hasn't aged a day in five centuries and can sense alternate timelines.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Well, except that she hasn't aged a day in five centuries and can sense alternate timelines.

That's being time sensitive, but not really a super power, not like the things a Q can do. We never really were shown why he was scared of her.

 

[publiusr]

I think it is more than her just being a listener like Soran.

She could be a douwd.

 

[Henoch]

Just like some people have phobias about little, harmless things like bugs, perhaps something similar is the situation with Q and Guinan. "I hate snakes, Jock. I hate 'em."

 

[Maurice]

That's being time sensitive, but not really a super power, not like the things a Q can do. We never really were shown why he was scared of her.

He didn't appear afraid of her. He just wanted to be rid of her.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

He didn't appear afraid of her. He just wanted to be rid of her.

Oh...... On many other ST forums people think he was afraid of her.

 

[at Quark's]

I always got the impression that Q being 'afraid' of Guinan was a bit like me being 'afraid' of a yellowjacket. There's no real power comparison and normally speaking, it won't be able to seriously harm me, but I'd rather avoid its sting all the same if I can help it.

 

[oldtrekkie]

I think it is more than her just being a listener like Soran.

She could be a douwd.

Douwds are extremely dangerous, they can destroy an entire species with a thought.

 

[oldtrekkie]

I always got the impression that Q being 'afraid' of Guinan was a bit like me being 'afraid' of a yellowjacket. There's no real power comparison and normally speaking, it won't be able to seriously harm me, but I'd rather avoid its sting all the same if I can help it.

You should be more afraid of bees, because they often leave their stinger in the wound and that can start an infection.

 

[Maurice]

You should be more afraid of bees, because they often leave their stinger in the wound and that can start an infection.

What does that have to do with anything Q related?

 

[fireproof78]

You should be more afraid of bees, because they often leave their stinger in the wound and that can start an infection.

Nah. Got stung yesterday. Checked the wound-no stinger. Cleaned and bandaged.

Good wound care means no fear.

 

[Coops]

I guess this won't be altogether unpopular but I was thinking the other day, no matter what Trek is produced and by whom, in one hundred years time when Star Trek is referred to in the media of the day it will be images from TOS that they use. And I like that.

 

[oldtrekkie]

I guess this won't be altogether unpopular but I was thinking the other day, no matter what Trek is produced and by whom, in one hundred years time when Star Trek is referred to in the media of the day it will be images from TOS that they use. And I like that.

I don't know. A hundred years ago, the best we had were silent movies and nothing akin to a franchise.

 

[F. King Daniel]

You should be more afraid of bees, because they often leave their stinger in the wound and that can start an infection.

What does that have to do with anything Q related?

Because if Guinan is a wasp to Q, a bee would be... idk a Traveller or something.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I don't know. A hundred years ago, the best we had were silent movies and nothing akin to a franchise.

That's untrue. The influence of The Perils of Pauline reverberates today.

 

[FormerLurker]

So does Little Nemo, so does Buck Rogers, so does Flash Gordon. Admittedly, the last two are a little less than a hundred years old, but still.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

And although the films most famous today aren't 100 years old yet, the Tramp was well established over 100 years ago. That's really the best example of a silent-era franchise from 100 years ago, I'd think.

 

[Paul755]

I guess this won't be altogether unpopular but I was thinking the other day, no matter what Trek is produced and by whom, in one hundred years time when Star Trek is referred to in the media of the day it will be images from TOS that they use. And I like that.

I would agree with this. In fact I would say to the general public, non Trekkies, etc…we are almost at that point now.