What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Orphalesion]

Mao Zedong
Joseph Stalin

I mean with those three singling any of them out as the "worst" is really an exercise in pointlessness and futility. They all killed and brutalized millions of people, with a good chunk of their victims being their own citizens. You can also ad Pol Pot to make it a quartet.

 

[PCz911]

. But his chart plotting the ratings for TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT is visible at https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/126469/what-was-the-highest-rated-episode-of-star-trek
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this is fantastic. Thank you for sharing

 

[tesral]

On the other hand, there are way too many people these days who are too personally invested in...everything...to the point that they can't handle legitimate criticism because their identity is built around their taste. This goes for both the people the trolls try to trigger, as well as the trolls themselves.

Two real rules:
Never take yourself seriously.
Don't sweat the small shit.

Two real principles:
Be excellent to each other.
Don't make us make a rule.

 

[tesral]

Also, Star Trek is not so special that it gets reverential treatment.

It's a ghodd-damn TV show.

Know who was worse than Hitler?

EXACTLY.

One good thing you can say about Hitler is he killed Hitler.

 

[dupersuper]

In case you haven't noticed, the TNG/DS9 Brigade, which is what I'm talking about, goes after all other Star Trek and thinks it should be like TNG/DS9.

No disrespect, but a great deal of your posts seem to be a reaction to this "brigade". If they post here just put those posters on ignore and move on. I'd like to talk Discovery or Picard, but you and other fans come across as so defensive that as a TNG/DS9 fan I've started just scrolling past your posts after I see the same complaints repeated.

...but how does that even work? The universe presented in TOS is dramatically different form the one in TNG/DS9.... like, I know I say that a lot, but they went to the edge of the galaxy in TOS, that would not be possible in TNG/DS9...

I subscribe to the idea that the galactic barrier envelopes the galaxy, so they could've been going "up" or "down".

Isn't that called gatekeeping? That some fans want a show or media to stay the same, the way they always enjoyed it and not change, grow or evolve.

No, gatekeeping is more along the lines of excluding the fans that like the content/shows/versions you don't (You like *fill in show the gatekeeper doesn't like*? You're not a true fan.), or are new to the franchise and don't know it well yet (Please; you haven't even read the unlicensed technical manual from 1979???). Gatekeepers can have any personal preference.

As much as I like it....a good portion of TNG (and DS9 and Voyager) is ageing like sour milk

How so?

 

[tesral]

You are not a true fan unless:

You are powered by electricity.
You have flat angled blades that move air.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

You are not a true fan unless:

You are powered by electricity.
You have flat angled blades that move air.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_fan

 

[Turtletrekker]

You are not a true fan unless:

You are powered by electricity.
You have flat angled blades that move air.

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[cooleddie74]

Trufans™ stay cool even when you're getting hot.

 

[Coops]

The only Star Trek episodes worth watching are the ones with Brian Brophy in it.

 

[Lord Garth]

No disrespect, but a great deal of your posts seem to be a reaction to this "brigade". If they post here just put those posters on ignore and move on. I'd like to talk Discovery or Picard, but you and other fans come across as so defensive that as a TNG/DS9 fan I've started just scrolling past your posts after I see the same complaints repeated.

Lack of challenging viewpoints is the equivalent of tacit agreement that they're right, especially for a series that's still in active production.

Pushback in both directions is the way this works.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Lack of challenging viewpoints is the equivalent of tacit agreement that they're right, especially for a series that's still in active production.

Pushback in both directions is the way this works.

I don't think so.

In fact, assigning a position to people who don't reply is the equivalent of putting words in people's mouths.

With the possible exception of moderators and admin when it's their job to post, no one is obligated to reply to any post online, whether they agree or disagree with it.

Posting is a personal decision. And I just happened to feel that my position in disagreement with your post was something that I wanted to share. In particular, I feel somewhat offended that someone might construe that I agree with a position (including possibly an offensive one) that, for whatever reason, I do not respond to, whether it's because I have something else I'd rather do instead of directly engaging or because I am simply unaware of what's going on in a particular corner of the Internet.

 

[Sorvick]

Trufans™ stay cool even when you're getting hot.

If only we had some kind of fandom just for Star Trek. Some kinda of... site only for fans an..Onlyfans.

 

[cooleddie74]

My member videos will be very divisive and controversial.

 

[Tim Thomason]

The only Star Trek episodes worth watching are the ones with Brian Brophy in it.

This is a thread for controversial opinions, not objective fact.

 

[1001001]

My member videos will be very divisive and controversial.

No one wants to see video of your member.

And frankly, I'm tired of telling you that.

 

[cooleddie74]

For that you're getting three.

And I don't mean videos.

 

[1001001]

For that you're getting three.

And I don't mean videos.

So, one and a half Klingons?

 

[cooleddie74]

GLORY TO YOU...AND YOUR MODDING.

 

[1001001]

I used to call it The Digital Hello.

It did not catch on.