What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Tallguy]

Her panties are camouflage.

Yes. You heard it here first. Una rocks camo panties. And she's spectacular in them.

Come on! Leave us a little... Mystique!

 

[Unnamed Caitian]

Her panties are camouflage.

Yes. You heard it here first. Una rocks camo panties. And she's spectacular in them.

Well, that clears that

 

[Tallguy]

Well, that clears that

Is the road to ruin paved by intentions of fools
Nice people who
Couldn't keep a secret

 

[1001001]

Come on! Leave us a little... Mystique!

 

[Commander Troi]

Come on! Leave us a little... Mystique!

*GROAN!*

 

[Coops]

My controversial opinion is that the clothing civilians will wear in the 24th century will be ridiculously 90s looking.

 

[cooleddie74]

Based on Jake Sisko and what the civilian clothes look like in, say, the Enterprise-B scenes both final cut and deleted from GEN I'd say the trend of a return to 1990s fashion sense will start by late in the previous century.

 

[Coops]

That's a good point. Also, whatever environmentally-friendly version of hair lacquer we're using by then it's going to NEED to be strong.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Una Una Una

I dont watch SWN because they ruined Number One. (To me) her name is Number One. The mysteriousness is radical to the character.

I *was* going to give them a chance until that short when the put "Una" (I hate the name) and (of all of them) Spock into a turbo singimg Major General

And they didnt even try to justify that with spores(*) or polywater

Also I just learned shes an AUGMENT yeesh

(*) Omicron spores NOT disco spore drive. That would be stupid

FWIW, the Augment bit, and other elements of her backstory were inspired by an old novel written by D.C. Fontana called Vulcan's Glory.

That D.C. Fontana.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Una is not an Augment, as such.

Illyrians routinely employ genetic engineering, true. Just not genetic enhancement. I mean there's no evidence Illyrians are stronger or smarter or more ambitious than normals.

If Una were an Augment, she'd be another Khan.

 

[Macintosh]

The only part of the time travel in Voyage Home that doesn't make sense to me is the slingshot time travel method itself, which I assume most people just aren't going to be bothered by since: 1) it's basically the same idea that people had already seen in Superman and 2) Star Trek is built on obviously nonsensical technologies anyway, so if people can just accept that transporters work because that's what the movie says they can do the same for whatever method of time travel the movie says is possible.

And it's a previously established ability.

Slingshotting round a massive object at warp speed to achieve time travel is not unlike the concept of a Tipler Cylinder.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

They've already laid down some groundwork for McCoy becoming CMO instead of M'Benga, if they use it.

Spoiler

I think M'Benga loses his position due to a PTSD-related issue. Or, in S3, we find out Starfleet didn't just forget about what happened in SNW S2E8, which opens up a whole can of worms where they don't send him to prison, but do reprimand or demote him, if he isn't cleared.

I doubt Starfleet will ever find out the truth.

Spoiler

There are no recordings of what goes on in sickbay, and despite what Christine said there were no witnesses to Rah's death. So unless she comes clean, no one will ever know what happened.

And obviously the Klingons won't press the matter, since no doubt they consider Rah a cowardly petaQ who deserved his fate.

 

[Tallguy]

I mean there's no evidence Illyrians are stronger or smarter or more ambitious than normals.

Una has been shown to be unusually strong.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Believe it or not: The Final Frontier and Insurrection are among my favourite instalments.

Change nmy mind.

No need to change your mind about The Final Frontier. It has some of the ST film series' most heartfelt, brutal moments with the Big Three, and philosophical exploration like the best of the Star Trek tradition (at least with the TOS end of the franchise).

Insurrection....well, did you suffer a head injury lately?

 

[F. King Daniel]

I doubt Starfleet will ever find out the truth.

Spoiler

There are no recordings of what goes on in sickbay, and despite what Christine said there were no witnesses to Rah's death. So unless she comes clean, no one will ever know what happened.

And obviously the Klingons won't press the matter, since no doubt they consider Rah a cowardly petaQ who deserved his fate.

Weird that in some episodes they record the ship 24/7, and in others it's like CCTV as well as seatbelts and fuses just never existed in the Trekverse.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Sickbay would be exempt from that kind of monitoring. Starfleet takes patient privacy very seriously indeed.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

The bridge would definitely have video recorders, as well as any section related to weapons fire, to facilitate after-action reports and briefings. Landing party members would have (optional) body cams for the same reason, and also for communication of the situation on the ground.

Sickbay would have audio for autopsy findings, with optional video for that and possibly medical procedures, if the patient consents.

 

[Commander Troi]

Una has been shown to be unusually strong.

Is she? I've been wracking my brain, but nothing's falling out.

 

[Unnamed Caitian]

^ Sickbay would be exempt from that kind of monitoring. Starfleet takes patient privacy very seriously indeed.

I am sure a lot of murders occur in starships sickbays.

This could be a Star Trek trope as strong as -- say -- mad admirals. Let's make it happen

 

[Tallguy]

Is she? I've been wracking my brain, but nothing's falling out.

In Ghosts of Illyria after she stops Hemmer from beaming up the planets core she says "Screw it. People are in trouble." and picks Hemmer up like a sack of flour to take him to sickbay. There's slow motion and dramatic music and everything.