According to sfdebris Captain Okona is the worst Star Trek character ever? Do you think that is a fair assessment?
http://sfdebris.com/startrek/t130.asp
http://sfdebris.com/startrek/t130.asp
Is Okona a really terrible character?
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The whole episode was pretty stupid, but worst character ever? No way.
I found the character to be pretty annoying. He's basically a ren-faire pirate.
I don't know if I'd say worst ever though.
I don't know if I'd say worst ever though.
I liked Harcourt Mudd. Especially the little trade between Mudd and Kirk during the episode, "I Mudd."
Mudd: Well of course, I left.
Kirk: He broke jail.
Mudd: ...I borrowed transportation.
Kirk: He stole a spaceship.
Mudd: ...They gave me pursuit.
Kirk: THEY FIRED AT HIM!
Mudd, all in all, was pretty amusing. I don't think he was a terrible character.
Mudd: Well of course, I left.
Kirk: He broke jail.
Mudd: ...I borrowed transportation.
Kirk: He stole a spaceship.
Mudd: ...They gave me pursuit.
Kirk: THEY FIRED AT HIM!
Mudd, all in all, was pretty amusing. I don't think he was a terrible character.
Ehh, I was not big on the episode, but I liked the character.
A sorta much less annoying Han Solo.
A sorta much less annoying Han Solo.
Not the worst, but he's quite well up there. It would've been interesting, had be become an occasional recurring character, whether they could've improved him and the general feeling about him may be different...
I also liked the character. The "rogue with a heart of gold" is a classic archetype.
I don't think he was that bad. He wasn't as annoying as Q.
Terrible character? No. The writing for him isn't exactly rapier-sharp in its wit but it's not bottom of the barrel dreadful either. The actor isn't brilliant, which compounds the mediocre writing though.
Really, the biggest problem is they've tried to create an opera buffa type of character, and the episode has him coming off as a second-rate Han Solo, which is not what he's really designed to be in terms of his story function. That drags down the entire episode.
Really, the biggest problem is they've tried to create an opera buffa type of character, and the episode has him coming off as a second-rate Han Solo, which is not what he's really designed to be in terms of his story function. That drags down the entire episode.
I liked the idea of the character - just not the portrayal. The whole episode seemed watered down - the story line, the writing of the characters, and the acting of the guests. It wasn't the worst episode or character but they certainly needed to be kicked up a few notches.
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Okona could have been an interesting recurring character.
They might have written him better with more practice.
I think the main characters certainly got better fleshed out as time went by.
Giving Okona such period-specific hairdo and stubble was something of a mistake IMHO. Harry Mudd milked on the timeless gypsy look rather than its specific 1960s variants, giving us something that's not immediately identifiable as a 1960s pimp, or at least not solely so; Han Solo tried to catch the 1930s adventure movie feel despite bowing to some 1970ism; even the Viper pilots of classic BSG at least made an effort at "being out of time". Okona might have been far more memorable in a silent movie moustache...
Timo Saloniemi
Timo Saloniemi
Okona's a really poor Han Solo clone. He even wears the same kind of outfit.
Subtlety, thy name is not TNG.
I think Wes and Troi were much bigger offenders.
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