Trek cliches that annoy you

[C.E. Evans]

Also, they killed off baseball! That's something you just don't do.

Ya! WTF?

Not only that, but they did it for typical PC bullshit namby-pamby liberal cushy peacenik reasons. Supposedly people were changing, that nobody was interested in competitive sports anymore! Bullshit.

That wasn't it at all. It had nothing to do with "typical PC bullshit namby-pampy liberal bushy peacenik reasons" or a lack of interest in competitive sports.

Baseball ended because mid 21st-Century society had become too fast-paced and the people of the era thought that baseball was simply too slow and didn't have time for it anymore. It seemed to be a warning that we could lose some favorite pasttimes if we're always in a rush to do things faster and faster. DS9 seemed to treat the rebirth of baseball in the 24th-Century as being a good thing actually.

 

[Shazam!]

When everyday sayings are futurised. Someone in a rush isn't just in a rush; they're moving at warp speed!

 

[Crewman47]

Something I just thought of, why is it always human emotions, human mannerisms, human sense of humour etc, etc? What about Bolians, Andorians and even Denobulans, to name but a few. Vulcans must've have had dealings with other similar races but when they met Humans it seemed we were the only race in the entire galaxy they had something bad about everything small we do, no other race compared to us, well maybe the Andorians, but they fall under the mono culture cliche.

 

[barnaclelapse]

The way it's almost always humanity's fault when there's some kind of misunderstanding between our race and another. At least, that's how it seemed for much TOS and TNG. I get that we're one of the lesser-developed races out there in the galaxy, but I really think the writers harped on the whole "People still suck, but at least they're willing to try harder to learn" deal a little too much.

I could be wrong.

 

[JarodRussell]

Redshirts. It never was good writing to begin with, and the cult really annoys me.

Meaning what exactly?

Meaning... that it annoys me? What do you want to hear?

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

When everyday sayings are futurised. Someone in a rush isn't just in a rush; they're moving at warp speed!

Although THAT has kind of spilled back over into 20th/21st century parlance...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To those who think the bridge shouldn't be on top of the saucer because it's supposedly vulnerable there:

It doesn't matter where the bridge is. It's not the job of the hull to protect the bridge. That's what SHIELDS are for.

Any attack powerful enough to punch through shields will hit the bridge even if it's deep within the hull.

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Also, they killed off baseball! That's something you just don't do.

Ya! WTF?

Not only that, but they did it for typical PC bullshit namby-pamby liberal cushy peacenik reasons. Supposedly people were changing, that nobody was interested in competitive sports anymore!

No one believes in that, it's just a straw man that's become conventional wisdom.

 

[Shazam!]

Although THAT has kind of spilled back over into 20th/21st century parlance...

Let's play cloak and seek.

 

[Myasishchev]

Fans who do nothing but nitpick and complain.

I say nice things, too.

 

[timothyjward]

That is so true. Security must be like the easiest field to get into in Starfleet.

 

[timothyjward]

-
- Wesley Crusher saves the day.
- No one ever has an urgent need to go to the bathroom while on duty.

I hate Wesley Crusher. Whenever he plays a major role in an episode I just want to turn it off. They are on a starship that is the pride of the fleet with the best crew and this 16 year old comes up with an answer no one else could think of.

Do they even have bathrooms near the bridge????

 

[timothyjward]

The way it's almost always humanity's fault when there's some kind of misunderstanding between our race and another. At least, that's how it seemed for much TOS and TNG. I get that we're one of the lesser-developed races out there in the galaxy, but I really think the writers harped on the whole "People still suck, but at least they're willing to try harder to learn" deal a little too much.

I could be wrong.

I agree with you on this one. It got a little tired sometimes, the whole 'humans are idiots' routine.

 

[timothyjward]

I hate the holodeck. I hate how you can do just about everything with a holodeck. It started out okay. But then it got to the point where it became virtually a godlike device that could create everything from complex computer systems to sentient beings. It became a crutch for lazy producers who didn't know what else to do so they'd just create another 'holodeck episode' where the sky was the limit.

I agree with you here. The holodeck became WAY too powerful. And it seemed so easy to program. You just tell it what you want and, 'Let there be light', it was created. Plus if you really could do all that on the holodeck people would never leave, Ever. It would be like crack but only 10,000 times worse.

 

[Myasishchev]

With the holodeck's subsidiary replicator function, it could literally be cocaine. At least, it'd better be, if I'm playing my Studio 54 RPG.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Do they even have bathrooms near the bridge????

There's one in Picard's ready room, and I think there's also one near the entrance to the briefing room.

Ya! WTF?

Not only that, but they did it for typical PC bullshit namby-pamby liberal cushy peacenik reasons. Supposedly people were changing, that nobody was interested in competitive sports anymore!

No one believes in that, it's just a straw man that's become conventional wisdom.

Oh, really? Care to explain THIS, then? (hint: look under "Background")

 

[C.E. Evans]

Not only that, but they did it for typical PC bullshit namby-pamby liberal cushy peacenik reasons. Supposedly people were changing, that nobody was interested in competitive sports anymore!

No one believes in that, it's just a straw man that's become conventional wisdom.

Oh, really? Care to explain THIS, then? (hint: look under "Background")

Well, the only that is listed there is some idea (possibly conjectural) that never made it onscreen. What did make it onscreen, however, was that baseball largely declined due to people "not having time for it" anymore. If anything, it kind of implies that baseball wasn't competitive enough to keep people interested in it...

 

[Myasishchev]

The people clearly turned to rollerball.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

No one believes in that, it's just a straw man that's become conventional wisdom.

Oh, really? Care to explain THIS, then? (hint: look under "Background")

Well, the only that is listed there is some idea (possibly conjectural) that never made it onscreen. What did make it onscreen, however, was that baseball largely declined due to people "not having time for it" anymore. If anything, it kind of implies that baseball wasn't competitive enough to keep people interested in it...

In If Wishes Were Horses didn't the Buck Bokai character say that people actually wanted faster games with more action and less subtlety. I am paraphrasing from bad memory, but I thought that was the suggested reason behind it.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

The way it's almost always humanity's fault when there's some kind of misunderstanding between our race and another. At least, that's how it seemed for much TOS and TNG. I get that we're one of the lesser-developed races out there in the galaxy, but I really think the writers harped on the whole "People still suck, but at least they're willing to try harder to learn" deal a little too much.

I could be wrong.

I agree with you on this one. It got a little tired sometimes, the whole 'humans are idiots' routine.

I kind of think the opposite is a cliche too. How many instances were there of an alien race being so anal that if you get one word wrong of a greeting they take it as mortal insult and go to war for a century?