Q RULEEEEEEEEEEEES

[Dee007]

I just wanted to say what do you think of Q.

I think He RULES, but ive read others who have described him as a self centered son of a Gun.

What do you think!!!!

 

[Anji]

Loved Q. Provided some of the best comedies the series had.

 

[Admiral Shran]

He was an arrogant, pompous, condensending, rude, obnoxious son of a bitch! But that's why he was AWESOME!

 

[GeorgeKirk]

He was hilarious. Picard took himself so seriously; it was good when Q would show up and make fun of him.

 

[Jonas Grumby]

I particularly like John de Lancie's work in the role. He (and the writers too, of course) took a character that could have easily become a one-note cartoon and gave him range.

 

[sbk1234]

Just too much of a good thing.

 

[RegFan]

I like him the most in the episodes where he's a mentor for Picard. He didn't work as a villain at all. He's funny but I like him better in his later appearances in TNG where he's there not just for humor.

 

[RyuRoots]

Q was best when he had the opportunity to be a trickster or a mentor. I agree that as a villain, he was tacky at best. Then again, everything else in season 1 sucked too, so yeah.

I think De Lancie is an incredible actor and really brought the character to life, esp. once he was given the chance to put some subtlety and real humor into the character.

And just as a side note, the topic title irks me. I can't get over how this would be pronounced as "roolies" with an elongated "ee" rather than anything that sounds like "rules".

 

[Newski]

Q was best when he had the opportunity to be a trickster or a mentor. I agree that as a villain, he was tacky at best. Then again, everything else in season 1 sucked too, so yeah.

I thought "The Big Goodbye" and "The Neutral Zone" were great episodes thank you very much....


Though I think Q started his metamorphosis around "Hide and Q". Even though he was pretty much challenging the crew. By the time Q Who came around, even his wrong doings were deemed by his mind justifiable.

Deja Q gave him that human touch, along with Qpid.... By the time True Q came along, he had less hostility towards the crew than they had towards him.


He's probably one of the best written characters in the show. Probably because he's written so that, no matter how much the writers change him, nothing ever seems to be out of character.

Even his Voyager and DS9 Stints, which were definitely a step down, he's always been Q. And Q is awesome, even if the episodes arent.

 

[Tyjos Azari]

Q Is awesome in fact, sometimes I think I am Q. [without the powers of course]

I loved seeing him "Pop In" to Annoy the crew from time to time....

Worf: "I AM NOT A MERRY MAN!"
-I love that part so funny-


Just he reminds us that even in the 24th Century they have to put up with some really annoying things other than themselves.

I would have loved to see Picard Punch out Q like Sisko did.....

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I hated the guy. I mean he thought he knew everything.

 

[Joshua Howard]

I like characters who I would desire to emulate or be in the company of to some degree in real life. I would never desire to be anything like Q, or to share his company. Thusly, it is safe to conclude that I do not like him. That said, in his context as a character in Star Trek, I do not dislike the episodes in which he is present.

 

[Green Shirt]

I hated the guy. I mean he thought he knew everything.

What did you say??

I didn't notice, since my attention was on your avatar.

 

[Too Much Fun]

I love Q. Despite the lack of special features, "Star Trek: Fan Collective - Q" is one of the best anthology DVDs I've ever bought. I enjoy every episode on it (even the "Voyager" ones, despite the fact that I hate every other episode of that series I've ever seen!).

Also, I'm apparently the only person on this forum who thinks "Deja Q" is one of the top 5 TNG episodes ever. The interactions that Q has with Data, Worf, and Guinan in that episode are priceless. As Frakes said in an interview, De Lancie just raises everyone's game up whenever he shows up. He inspires the other actors up to his level so they give great performances playing off him.

Q and Picard scenes are some of the most delightful in all of TNG. I would get excited whenever I saw "Q" in the title of the episode...it was always a guarantee of quality comedy, drama, and writing coming my way. Like Sideshow Bob episodes on "The Simpsons" in its prime seasons, the episodes that featured Q could always be relied on to be highlights of their respective season.

Q probably made me laugh more than any other TNG character with his stellar one-liners and antics and he was surprisingly dangerous and menacing in "Q Who". I half wish he'd been in a TNG movie, but then I'm also half glad he wasn't as I worry that his misuse in one of those movies would have tainted a character with an otherwise spotless record on the series.

 

[InklingStar]

I liked Q because he could say things that no other character on the show could say. TNG had an almost pompous air about it, everything was so very serious, but Q could come in and burst that bubble.

 

[GalaxyX]

I liked Q because he could say things that no other character on the show could say. TNG had an almost pompous air about it, everything was so very serious, but Q could come in and burst that bubble.

I get the feeling that was the whole point of the character. He was basically a foil to the stuffiness of the characters. That's particularly seen in the episodes where Picard defends their way of life, never thinking that perhaps Q had some good points. I mean, from our perspective, 24th Century Star Trek humanity has evolved tremendously in a moral sense. But how would that look to the Q, who have evolved so far ahead that they are basically gods. Humans must still look like apes to them in comparison.

And yes, I loved the character, he's my second favorite to Data.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I liked Q because he could say things that no other character on the show could say. TNG had an almost pompous air about it, everything was so very serious, but Q could come in and burst that bubble.

I get the feeling that was the whole point of the character. He was basically a foil to the stuffiness of the characters. That's particularly seen in the episodes where Picard defends their way of life, never thinking that perhaps Q had some good points. I mean, from our perspective, 24th Century Star Trek humanity has evolved tremendously in a moral sense. But how would that look to the Q, who have evolved so far ahead that they are basically gods. Humans must still look like apes to them in comparison.

And yes, I loved the character, he's my second favorite to Data.

There were some really great scenes where Q put a needle in Picard's stuffed shirt.

Picard: We cannot argue like this. We must appear to be...

Q: (Puts his arm around Picard's shoulder and pulls him in) Pals!

 

[Rojixus]

I didn't like Q at first, but after getting through Star Trek Fan Collective: Q, I have developed a new appreciation for the character. He has the funniest lines in the entire franchise. He served as an excellent foil to Picard's stuffiness.

 

[Mr. Scott]

I think Q liked humanity a lot, but thought of them as naive in the way that the Universe works, and he was the one that should teach them for their own safety. For example, the Q showed up and told the Enterprise that there was a big bad threat called the Borg and that the Federation did not have the tools necessary to meet that threat.

Think of that teacher in High School that you thought was an asshole, and maybe he was, but that asshole, in his assholish ways tried to teach you about the ways of the World. You see in the end that this person was right and really had your best intentions at heart.

In the episode where Q introduces the Enterprise to the Borg. Remember when the Borg got into engineering and was messing around with the controlsof the ship with Picard trying in vain for the creatire to "stop that." "I will not allow you to do that." or " We can be friends, just stop fking with that." Well, this enemy does not respond to that. It's either kill or be killed with these guys. Q gave the crew a heads up. Those cube shaped bastards are dangerous and not to be triffled with.

His heart was in the right place, but his methods were wrong, at least wrong in the Enterprise's eyes. It's like to spank a child to keep the child from hurting himself. Do we condemn the violence of the spanking or do we praise the lesson of the spanking to keep what could of happen from not happening?

Q never hurt the crew and tried to help them in the end. However Q's way of teaching a lesson was cruel in and of itself. But it taught a lesson.

Now why did Guinan hated him is not fully explained. Probably Q was trying to teach them and warn them in some fashion, but her race would not listen. Guinan blames Q for being "cruel" without accepting the outcome (the near genocide of her race.)