Most disappointing species in Star Trek ?

[RAMA]

All of them turned out ok except Species 8472. One species that were so alien and hostile, we didn't need to understand them, same was true of the reverse. Then we had that horrible episode where they impersonate us on Voyager. Arghh!

I wish the Romulans had been the SOLE alien race in Nemesis, but otherwise I was ok with them in it.

RAMA

 

[Mistral]

I am the thread killer! Swear to god, I answer and the thread dies. What happened to this one? Everybody lose interest?

 

[PsychoDan]

Perhaps humans can be the most disappointing, maybe Roddenberry's vision was too Utopian, much too pleasant and very rare is it we've seen their urban, dirty, agricultural sides out on the edges of civilization like the Joss Whendon tv series Firefly portrayed humanity. DS9 gave humans a grittier feel but we were still in the Federation's universe. Humanity IMO needed to be portrayed a little more human.

Poll's already closed, but that would have been my vote, for exactly those reasons.

 

[PhoenixIreland]

Perhaps humans can be the most disappointing, maybe Roddenberry's vision was too Utopian, much too pleasant and very rare is it we've seen their urban, dirty, agricultural sides out on the edges of civilization like the Joss Whendon tv series Firefly portrayed humanity. DS9 gave humans a grittier feel but we were still in the Federation's universe. Humanity IMO needed to be portrayed a little more human.

Poll's already closed, but that would have been my vote, for exactly those reasons.

Two points

In terms of them being too perfect they were not.
I cite:
Soong and his Augments
Ben Maxwell
Mike Eddington
Tom Paris
Ben Sisko (some of his controversial war/combat decisions)
Eric Pressmen
Section 31

Also, whats human? they're 400 years into the future.
Can you imagine how people in the 1600s would have reacted if someone told them in the 20th century there would be no slavery, universal sufferage, universal healthcare, social welfare, social security, progressive taxation, free enterprise (as opposed to being given royal monopolies), same-sex marraige, if you tried to explain laptops and the internet to them, if you told them that in 2007 there would not be a single empire (as they knew it) left on earth, that a bunch of ragtag Brit colonies would rise to become the most powerful and influencial country on the planet.

Even 100 years ago, if you had told the people of Europe who were seeing constant military conflict something like the European Union would exist they'd have laughed you out of the room.

ST amed high and it should have done just that, they addressed how this far advancement might transend into arrogence with the Maquis storylines in DS9 well enough (eg Siskos "the problem is earth..." speeach)