What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Oddish]

Controversial: I think that Seasons 1-2 of TNG are it's best.

Underrated, maybe. Especially Season 2. There's a reason why "growing the beard" is a trope.

 

[cooleddie74]

TNG Season 2 is a substantial improvement over Season 1, that's for sure. It gave us "Elementary, Dear Data," "The Royale," "The Emissary" and "Peak Performance" if nothing else and I'll defend Dr. Pulaski to this day. She was abrasive and essentially just a female Dr. McCoy retread but she worked, and Diana Muldaur gave the role her all. TNG had some awful episodes but let's be frank: they weren't ALL confined to just the freshman and sophomore seasons.

 

[drt]

TNG had some awful episodes but let's be frank: they weren't ALL confined to just the freshman and sophomore seasons.

There were a few clunkers in the first two seasons, but at least things seemed new and exciting. The crappy episodes in the last two seasons just highlighted how creatively exhausted the production team was.

 

[cooleddie74]

Bad episodes in Seasons 1 and 2 can - for the most part - be excused. Bad ones in Seasons 6 and 7 just had no business existing.

 

[Oddish]

If you wanted a Doctor who could be a part of the scenery and basically ignored most of the time, Crusher's the proper choice. You want a Doc who could not be easily or conveniently ignored, go with Pulaski. I'll take the latter.

 

[cooleddie74]

Diana Muldaur sold every Trek role she's ever had. Many words can be used to describe Muldaur but boring and blending into the background aren't among those.

 

[1001001]

Pulaski sucked.

Team Crusher!

 

[ananta]

Diana Muldaur had tremendous screen presence. Even if a scene didn’t give her much, if anything, to do, she inhabited and enlivened it. I liked her harder, abrasive edge, which made her more interesting to watch than bland Bev.

 

[Oddish]

Pulaski sucked.

Team Crusher!

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I liked them both. But Pulaski FTW.

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[F. King Daniel]

Matt Smith.

 

[Tallguy]

Matt Smith.

He didn't have the same chemistry with Patrick Stewart but on the other hand he didn't pick on Data. Wait... Which Doctor are we talking about now?

 

[cooleddie74]

I'm on both teams for different reasons in the same way one can love both Pike and Kirk. See? I know how to Treksplain my way out of anything.

 

[Oddish]

I'm on both teams for different reasons in the same way one can love both Pike and Kirk. See? I know how to Treksplain my way out of anything.

You're not the only one. Check this out: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-how-dr-pulaski-helped-the-next-generation-find-its-feet/

 

[cooleddie74]

Beverly is awesome in many ways. So was Pulaski. Trek's not an either/or piece of entertainment. For example I love the Beatles but can still find solo tracks by the individual members just downright unlistenable and just because Joel was great on MST3K doesn't mean Mike sucks or vice versa.

 

[Oddish]

Maybe it's more Elvis vs. the Beatles. They're different, but you can like them both.

 

[cooleddie74]

People with good taste usually do.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Maybe it's more Elvis vs. the Beatles. They're different, but you can like them both.

Not according to Pulp Fiction.

 

[dmac]

TNG Season 2 is a substantial improvement over Season 1, that's for sure. It gave us "Elementary, Dear Data," "The Royale," "The Emissary" and "Peak Performance" if nothing else and I'll defend Dr. Pulaski to this day. She was abrasive and essentially just a female Dr. McCoy retread but she worked, and Diana Muldaur gave the role her all. TNG had some awful episodes but let's be frank: they weren't ALL confined to just the freshman and sophomore seasons.

You would get this
Why doesn't Star Trek have a Pulaski Day?
Pulaski. his sword held high
at Brandywine
(father of the American cavalry.)

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Maybe it's more Elvis vs. the Beatles. They're different, but you can like them both.

Or the Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Smart people have wide tastes. :-)

Pulaski is good. Crusher is good. I'm glad we don't have one or the other and that we have Season 2 as a window into a different writing dynamic.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Controversial: I think that Seasons 1-2 of TNG are it's best.

The only good thing about TNG's second season was Pulaski--a far better doctor character than Crusher. Yeah, yeah, Pulaski was initially designed to be McCoy to Data's Spock, but I found her to be the kind of forceful doctor / senior officer a milquetoast crew like that would need. Best of all, she was not afraid to challenge / stick it to Picard, something TNG desperately needed going forward, but that kind of personality left the series with Pulaski's departure.