the biggest controversies of Trek

[M'Sharak]

Nacelle-cap brightness in TOS-R

 

[Michael]

Nacelle-cap brightness in TOS-R

Which reminds me of another one: What color is Kirk's uniform? Avocado, gold, yellow or mustard?

 

[Bill Morris]

If you want to get into that sort of thing, then a big one is the mass of the TOS Enterprise.

 

[Broccoli]

How dare they have ANYTHING after TOS. Hell, how dare they even make TOS after The Cage!

Win.

 

[Reanok]

Tatv.And Trip's unecessarily death & being killed off in such a crappy way. Kirk's death in Generations when the script was leaked on the internet. Soran shoots Kirk in the back with a phaser and he dies.and the fan uproar made them rewrite Kirk's death at the end was reshot with Kirk falling over a cliff it still sucks.Gates Mcfadden being Fired. Tasha Yar's lame death in season 1. Terry Ferrel's character being killed off in season6.

 

[KimMH]

What are they?

-Red eye Dukat?

Janeway murdered Tuvix (yes she did/no she didn't)?

-TATV?

-Warp 10 salamanders?

Ironic and shameful that two that come easily to mind came from VOYAGER. VOY had so many wonderful moments that were punctuated by sheer suckitude. ANother controversial one of course is ENT's Similtude. The underlying issue is so much more important than ANIS's foolishness. TATV, well, I'm thinking around it and dislike it more because it was pawned off as the poor little cousin of TNG.

 

[Mach5]

LENS FLARES!

 

[Kross]

I just checked MA and I was wrong and The Wormhole was right (he's The Count, so he's always right), it was Jake. No idea why I thought it was Dorn.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I just checked MA and I was wrong and The Wormhole was right (he's The Count, so he's always right), it was Jake. No idea why I thought it was Dorn.

Because they're both BLACK (omg, you're so racist).

 

[Kross]

That's probably it. I keep forgetting that Jake was in that episode.




And that he exists.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The Borg appearing on Enterprise. I remember the day the first rumours of that were released the Enterprise forum here literally exploded in rage.

Yep, them and the Ferengi.

 

[Welshie]

Answers below:

Do they use money in Star Trek?
Some races do, some don't. It depends.

Is Neelix a pedophile?
Yes, he is.

Are sombreros canon?
Sombreros?

 

[M'Sharak]

Nacelle-cap brightness in TOS-R

Which reminds me of another one: What color is Kirk's uniform? Avocado, gold, yellow or mustard?

What color? Now, you can make the call.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

Do they use money in Star Trek?

Is Neelix a pedophile?

Are sombreros canon?

The sombrero one is the most controversial of all.

I say they are.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

The Borg appearing on Enterprise. I remember the day the first rumours of that were released the Enterprise forum here literally exploded in rage.

Yep, them and the Ferengi.

In retrospect...

Ferengi on ENT: Bad idea.

Borg on ENT: Good idea (because they did it only once and it fit in nicely with "First Contact").

 

[Kross]

Ferengi were on ENT? I vaguely remember something about that.

Canon Violation?

 

[Jaespol]

That's probably it. I keep forgetting that Jake was in that episode.

And that he exists.

HA! So true.

Oh and Neelix was definitely a pedophile, the dates confirm it.

 

[Basil]

Kirk's death in Generations when the script was leaked on the internet. Soran shoots Kirk in the back with a phaser and he dies.and the fan uproar made them rewrite Kirk's death at the end was reshot with Kirk falling over a cliff it still sucks.

Actually, I preferred the original, except that it was a bit too close to John Wayne's death in The Cowboys.

Didn't Kirk kiss France Nuyen before Uhura? I realize Nuyen is bi-racial, but anything mixed with white blood in this country usually sends white people into a froth. Also, didn't Lucy and Ricky ever kiss in the 1950s?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Like that actually determines canon.

I don't see why it wouldn't. Seems perfectly logical to me that if it ain't called "Star Trek", then it ain't a Star Trek canon product.

Then the Dark Knight isn't a Batman movie.

 

[Ro Boat]

I'm surprised that the concept of DS9 has not been mentioned. DS9 was extremely controversial in Trek fandom when it was released. I remember Usenet being ablaze at the time.

Now that it has been accepted by many, I think people are forgetting the outrage. It is easily in the top five controversies, if not top three.