What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I want to know why everyone doesn’t use those cool Ferengi Whips?

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Imagine Picard or Pike using one of those.

It would be awesome.

If a Ferengi whip can throw a energy projectile

I can implement swords that throw energy blasts within the Star Trek Universe.
Bringing Aspects of Japanese Tokusatsu into the Star Trek Universe and making it make sense.

Spoiler: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger - Team Finisher: "Final Wave"

I can see the logic for phaser bolts in ground battles. It does make sense that a military/defensive force would make weapons that wouldn't give away their position with the origin of the beam.

However, I think phaser bolts for space battles makes for an utter mess, especially when you're trying to differentiate between them and photon torpedoes. It just becomes a mess of blue/red balls flying around without any real visual language that helps the audience keep track of who's firing at who, whether it's making a difference, and a cohesive idea of any real strategy.

To me, the low point to this sort of thing was the Discovery season 2 finale with the battle against control, which was just a visual mess from start to finish. It's just a bunch of small craft flying around specks of light and exploding from time to time while the Enterprise and Discovery get rocked and fire from time to time. I just binged season 3 of The Orville and arguably the weakest part for me were the space battles since it becomes impossible to differentiate the Orville from all the other ships, there are points you don't know where the hero ship is, and the battles devolves into blue balls of light and green balls of light flying past each other.

For Larger Capital ships, "Continuous Beams" makes more logical sense.

Smaller 'Agile Ships' like "The Defiant" or "StarFighters" or "Remote Autonomous Attack Drones" would make better use of Energy Bolts / Streaks because of their naturally manuevering nature.

They don't have the luxury of standing around nearly as often and need to constantly move to survive.

Larger Captail StarShips have the "Tanki-ness" to take a hit, and keep dishing out damage.

 

[fireproof78]

TOS S1 had the original phaser bolt by the way, ship to ship in "Balance of Terror" and "Errand of Mercy." The purists seem to have forgotten that.

Fairly standard. There are examples of variety, and variable weapon design, from TOS forward. It's just that the beam was so frequently used it became a short hand, and then the only hand.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

They're all just space suits. They're all just actors in silly alien makeup. They're just a bunch of sets.

I mean… yeah? The TNG sets looks massively different to the aesthetic set out in TOS. Uniform colours vary between the two. Likewise, Klingons, but it doesn’t bother me. Not as long as I can invest in the story.

Same for whatever flavour of laser gun they are using.

We can put Geroge Takei and Wil Wheaton on bar stools in overalls. The SCRIPT will carry us through.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

 

[Lord Garth]

I missed all the good stuff.

 

[1001001]

I missed all the good stuff.

When was that?

 

[Lord Garth]

When was that?

Page 861.

 

[Farscape One]

Page 861.

If it helps, you can comment with a similar quip after I say this:

Sticks and stones may break my bones... but Ferengi whips and chains excite me!

 

[Lord Garth]

Always have to think, "What would Blanche do?"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Page 861.

There was a bit on that page where I posted. Nothing else was good. Just that bit.

Oh, plus any bits you posted, if you like?

 

[fireproof78]

If it helps, you can comment with a similar quip after I say this:

Sticks and stones may break my bones... but Ferengi whips and chains excite me!

 

[Farscape One]

Indeed. We've learned we all need to just have a few laughs once in a while.

(singing slightly altered lyrics)
If you want to live long and prosper
You've got to fun on your DUTY ROSTERRRRRRR!!!

 

[FormerLurker]

Always have to think, "What would Blanche do?"

Either get ready for her closeup or get pushed down the stairs by Baby Jane. Depends on the Blanche.

 

[Qonundrum]

Always have to think, "What would Blanche do?"

Anything that Dorothy wouldn't permit...

 

[Paul755]

perhaps…controversial…perhaps not…

in light of the end of the actors strike and the fact it was trending on Twitter…I DO NOT want “Star Trek Legacy” at least not as a series. A movie or two like Section 31 might be fine.

It’s not because I’m against “Terry Trek” or “memberberries” or anything like that. I loved Picard S3.

I would just rather see them follow the “TNG” model and set a new series on an Enterprise 70-80 years after Picard. Let it be a relatively clean slate just with familiar trappings. Like the occasional cameo of an old character that has a longer than human lifespan.

 

[Tallguy]

Like the occasional cameo of an old character that has a longer than human lifespan.

Shatner?

 

[Paul755]

Who else

 

[Lord Garth]

perhaps…controversial…perhaps not…

in light of the end of the actors strike and the fact it was trending on Twitter…I DO NOT want “Star Trek Legacy” at least not as a series. A movie or two like Section 31 might be fine.

It’s not because I’m against “Terry Trek” or “memberberries” or anything like that. I loved Picard S3.

I would just rather see them follow the “TNG” model and set a new series on an Enterprise 70-80 years after Picard. Let it be a relatively clean slate just with familiar trappings. Like the occasional cameo of an old character that has a longer than human lifespan.

I do want Legacy, (mainly because why wouldn't I want a continuation of a series I ended up liking even more than Discovery?)...

... BUT I wouldn't mind the type of series you're describing either. Though only on the one condition that it's done by someone who really wants to do a series set in the mid-to-late-25th Century, has a passion for it, and a burning urge. Because then I'll know it'll be done justice by someone who has an idea for the general direction of where things are going in-universe and has thought out the possibilities at-length.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Controversial Opinion:

Star Trek would massively benefit from being rebooted from the ground upwards.

 

[Macintosh]

Controversial Opinion:

Star Trek would massively benefit from being rebooted from the ground upwards.

JJ Abrams says no

 

[CorporalCaptain]

JJ Abrams says no

That's awfully controversial, since STXI happened 14 years ago, and he is not participating in any current Star Trek productions.