What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah, I adore George Takei. I really do. He came to my city about ten years ago to make a very productive personal appearance after a local politician made a very tasteless remark about Syrian refugees and how refugees from other cultures and from wars are trouble. He's one of my favorite TOS actors.

But damn, he needs to stop throwing gasoline on the fire and keeping the feud with Shatner going. William Shatner's no saint but some of this is George's own fault for being so whiny about on-set actor decisions and favoritism that happened DECADES ago and didn't really adversely affect Takei's career. He's done just fine. Shatner can be an egomaniac and was selfish at times, but a lot of other actors can also be attention hogs and place their own egos ahead of burying hatchets.

It gets the clicks and likes.

 

[cooleddie74]

You're almost 90, George. This is not a good look for you, and hasn't been for a while.

 

[Firebird]

No, other way around. Fontana wrote the original Farpoint mystery and then, when it expanded to a two-hour show, Roddenberry wrote the Q parts. Fontana didn't like the Q parts, not because she disliked John deLancie or even the character of Q, but because she felt it didn't mesh with her original Farpoint story. She talks about this in her interview during Shatner's "Chaos on the Bridge" documentary.

Yup, I've got the second draft script of Farpoint in my collection, which pre-dates the addition of Q. Placed at the back of the script are new pages for the first couple acts that have Q, which are a match for rough draft script pages from Roddenberry's word processor before it was sent to the typist for distribution.

 

[CmdrJoe]

I grew up with STAR TREK, the original series. TNG came out when I was in high school I've loved all of it. Until 2009. I thought the J.J. Abrams movies were okay, certainly not bad. ST Beyond even felt more like a Trek story than the previous two. Now.... Section 31 is the first ever version of Trek that I will refer to as Trash. It's that bad to me.

 

[CoveTom]

Yup, I've got the second draft script of Farpoint in my collection, which pre-dates the addition of Q. Placed at the back of the script are new pages for the first couple acts that have Q, which are a match for rough draft script pages from Roddenberry's word processor before it was sent to the typist for distribution.

I would love to see that. Do you know if there is a digitized copy available online anywhere?

 

[Firebird]

I would love to see that. Do you know if there is a digitized copy available online anywhere?

None that I'm aware of, sadly.

 

[fireproof78]

I grew up with STAR TREK, the original series. TNG came out when I was in high school I've loved all of it. Until 2009. I thought the J.J. Abrams movies were okay, certainly not bad. ST Beyond even felt more like a Trek story than the previous two. Now.... Section 31 is the first ever version of Trek that I will refer to as Trash. It's that bad to me.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

But damn, he needs to stop throwing gasoline on the fire and keeping the feud with Shatner going.

Honestly, calling it a "feud" at this point is pretty generous. I hardly ever* see Shatner respond in kind to Takei's constant attacks, because let's face it, he's got a lot more going on and doesn't need to keep bringing up old stuff like that to get people to pay attention to him. If Takei ever finds himself near a microphone, chances are he's saying something derogatory about Shatner at some point.

*I say "hardly ever" because I did once personally witness Shatner make a joke at Takei's expense, and even then it was pretty mild. At a Q&A before a screening of TWOK, Shatner was asked which other part he'd like to play on Star Trek besides Kirk. Shatner immediately responded, "Sulu, so I wouldn't have to put up with George Takei!"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

It’s more like a vendetta as opposed to a feud.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I've said as much in this thread: the handling of the first regular Klingon character on a ST series was screwed out of the gates. Worf was rarely, if ever taken seriously on an intellectual level, being more like the oversized, half-trained Bigfoot and/or pet who needed to be talked down (by his pompous "owners") from decisions / approaches that his shipmates found to be the opposite of bright, or having the effect of the bull in a china shop.

...but this was supposed to be some upgrade with depth from the allegedly "mustache-twirling" Klingon stereotype from TOS. Mm-hmm...

They hired Michael Dorn who was built like a Tall Line Backer, casted him as the new "Head of Security".

Those who are IRL Operators / Security / Military Types usually aren't the most "Intellectual Types".

They're the "Action Oriented Types".

They usually have a specific set of skills, and it has more to do with getting rid of a target.

Compared to a typical "Mustache Twirling" Villain of the week, it's a lateral shift in roles.

One that comes with alot more "Screen Time" at least.