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What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

little shop? battle beyond the stars? galaxy of terror? black scorpion for superhero fans?

corman wasn't in the business of making *bad* movies, whether directing or producing. he was in the business of making a bunch of movies on a budget, so any one failure wouldn't tank the studio, and with a lot of variety.
 
Imagine a world where Ed Wood made Eraserhead.

anyway.. moving on.

controversial trek theory (this is Trek Tech stuff):

the Ring Drive from the XCV ships never went away entirely. It just got incorporated horizontally as a secondary method, which is why the script sometimes seems to indicate ships still managing FTL or close to it without a Cochrane drive. Where did the ring go? (points to the saucer)
 
Actually, what do you think warp nacelles are? A series of rings...

Except in the case of Geoffrey Mandel's warp nacelle blueprint.

Possible explanation: rings work for most space warping uses. Geoffrey Mandel's is based upon TAS...

They may have attempted to find a better solution, and did, but it was 'more' limited, and they went back to rings... TNG.

But in order to even try a change, it had to be at the very least, have better than a ten percent improvement. Otherwise, why bother?
 
Imagine a world where Ed Wood made Eraserhead.

anyway.. moving on.

controversial trek theory (this is Trek Tech stuff):

the Ring Drive from the XCV ships never went away entirely. It just got incorporated horizontally as a secondary method, which is why the script sometimes seems to indicate ships still managing FTL or close to it without a Cochrane drive. Where did the ring go? (points to the saucer)

I would love to see a world were Ed Wood made "Ed Wood." How would Ed Wood see himself and his career.
 
Or on a smaller level, it's the same as how every turbolift journey takes exactly as long as our characters' conversation, no matter how far they are going.
Side note:
I just love how in Star Trek 2009 there is a scene where Spock enters the turbolift in the shuttle bay, and then, in one continuous shot, seconds later he arrives on the bridge - very purposefully implying there's some futuristic magic going on with the turbolifts (JJ Abrams even says so in the audio commentary)

Only for then in the very next movie, Into Darkness, people then having long, drawn out conversations on the turbolift that take exactly as long as the ride.
 
Triad, anyone? :p

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