What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Snowdrop82]

I just wish he hadn't gone bonkers insane. I think he should have met his fate with his faculties intact

I really enjoyed the scenes with him working with Sisko. Especially the one where they both were talking about their sons.

 

[ananta]

I feel like the Bajorans in DS9 and TNG came off as terrorists / radicals, and I really wish that Dukat was reformed and became some kind of hero at the end of the show instead of going bonkers insane.

Is that you, Marc Alaimo?

 

[oktay]

I don't know if it's a controversial idea, but it would be nice if Paramount released all the Star Trek movies made to date in remastered versions, one week apart, in 2026, as a special 60th anniversary. If they're not going to release a new Star Trek movie.

 

[137th Gebirg]

They're in the middle of a shit show right now with this whole Paramount Global/Skydance dumpster fire going on.

Just like the botched 50th, I suspect it will screw up any real meaningful effort of anniversary events/merchandising.

Even if everything goes smoothly (and there has been no indication that this has been the case thus far), it will take them months, if not close to a year, to settle the administrative dust to do anything for the franchise. It'll likely be yet another missed opportunity. This has all happened before - this will all happen again.

In short, don't hold your breath.

 

[Orphalesion]

I think what the Cardassians went through in the Dominion war did more than enough to reform them.

The Cardassians as a people...yes, okay.
Dukat...no.

 

[oktay]

They're in the middle of a shit show right now with this whole Paramount Global/Skydance dumpster fire going on.

Just like the botched 50th, I suspect it will screw up any real meaningful effort of anniversary events/merchandising.

Even if everything goes smoothly (and there has been no indication that this has been the case thus far), it will take them months, if not close to a year, to settle the administrative dust to do anything for the franchise. It'll likely be yet another missed opportunity. This has all happened before - this will all happen again.

In short, don't hold your breath.

Isn't it CBS that made the series win the Emmy Special Jury Award for its 52nd anniversary instead of its 50th anniversary?

Paramount had made an agreement with a subscription satellite broadcasting platform called 'Digiturk' in Turkey for the 50th anniversary. They broadcast the original series and all the movies and documentaries. Other countries did this too, maybe they will do it again.


But I wish they would try and release 13 movies all over the world at once, 1 week apart.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

But I wish they would try and release 13 movies all over the world at once, 1 week apart.

It isn’t financially viable.

 

[cooleddie74]

I read that post in the voice of the protester outside the bank in Falling Down.

 

[Farscape One]

It would be a nice 60th anniversary treat for the fans, though.

Plus, I can catch TMP, TSFS, and TVH on the big screen, since those are the only ones I have not seen in the theater.

(Never saw 09 or ID in the theater either, but I don't care about those ones. But it would be great for those that did like those two films.)

 

[Snowdrop82]

The Cardassians as a people...yes, okay.
Dukat...no.

I wish more was done with the Cardassians. More that can paint them in a good light. I wanted to see more Cardassian characters.

 

[137th Gebirg]

I dunno… The Cardassians seemed better fleshed out as a society to me in DS9 than the Klingons ever were in any of the shows. The latter simply got relegated to bellowing Samurai-Viking bikers who lectured everyone about honor yet demonstrated very little of their own. The Cardassians had depth and variety. Damar rocked.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

The Cardassians are easily one of the most well-developed species in the franchise with a wide variety of characters spread all along the moral spectrum.

 

[fireproof78]

Damar was about the only enjoyable Cardassian.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

I read that post in the voice of the protester outside the bank in Falling Down.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

It’s a cool voice to have my posts read in. Very good.

 

[Tallguy]

Damar was about the only enjoyable Cardassian.

Eventually. He was, on the whole, fairly despicable.

Wait, what about Garak? (Also despicable, but really so much fun!)

 

[fireproof78]

Eventually. He was, on the whole, fairly despicable.

Wait, what about Garak? (Also despicable, but really so much fun!)

Garak was not fun.

*Checks thread title*

That works for today.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Oh yeah he was. Very fun to watch. Fun to think of what he knows, where he's willing to go to accomplish a mission and how he would go about achieving it.

Garak was very fun, with a playfulness that demonstrated he truly enjoyed what he was doing at any given time.

 

[Farscape One]

Garak was not fun.

*Checks thread title*

That works for today.

I got to say, your post certainly qualifies as a match for the thread title.

 

[Commander Troi]

Garak was not fun.

*Checks thread title*

That works for today.

I always enjoyed watching Garak, but that comes down to how Robinson portrayed him.

 

[fireproof78]

I always enjoyed watching Garak, but that comes down to how Robinson portrayed him.

I do give all credit to Robinson and his portrayal for my dislike of the character. I do not usually enjoy smooth criminal operators like Garak was played as, a smile to your face and a knife in your back if it suited his purpose. I dislike Captain Jack Sparrow and Harry Mudd for similar reasons. Great for maybe and episode or two but they're scoundrels who then get admired.