Spoilers General Disco Chat Thread

[Lord Garth]

Gene Himself did say Star Trek would be shit if they listened to what the fans said they wanted.

I wanted to look up a source for this quote. According to second-hand information, for anyone else curious, he would've said it at a Convention in Anaheim in 1988.

Given when this was, he was most likely referring to TNG and it was his response to die-hard fans who thought Star Trek should begin and end with TOS.

This is also the man who wouldn't stop trying to get his "Stop the Kennedy assassination" story made, so it balances out.

Plus the fact that he resisted most of the TOS Movies, and TNG became better the less he was involved.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

In the latter stages of his life, Gene’s mind was a veritable factory of shitty ideas.

We are lucky that a great deal of the nasty Ferengi Jew stereotypes fell by the wayside for example.

It should also be noted that the majority of things Gene disliked in Star Trek were things he could not personally profit from.

 

[Firebird]

It should also be noted that the majority of things Gene disliked in Star Trek were things he could not personally profit from.

This is really why early TNG shied away from making overt references to TOS. Not because he was trying to built out the universe, but because his first wife got part of the royalties for the old show in the divorce. If Gene didn't reference it, he wouldn't have to split up the profits.

 

[Turtletrekker]

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[at Quark's]

Just watched the S5 episodes.

There are many scenes where they're walking out of the room they were in, or through corridors, and then transport (e.g. to the bridge) (I mean without a sudden emergency coming up that changes the situation).

So, why were they walking in the first place if they were going to transport to their location anyway?

 

[Quantum21]

Just watched the S5 episodes.

There are many scenes where they're walking out of the room they were in, or through corridors, and then transport (e.g. to the bridge) (I mean without a sudden emergency coming up that changes the situation).

So, why were they walking in the first place if they were going to transport to their location anyway?

You can't look at things just by transporting in. There's a reason also why they don't just transport every 50 feet on an away team mission.