Weirdest and must unusual opinions you have heard others say about Star Trek?

[stardream]

I get annoyed when people mention how much of a womanizer Kirk was. No, he really wasn't. That was one thing that bugged me about Star Trek 09 which I liked for the most part. According to TOS Kirk was a bit of a nerd at the Academy (can't remember the episode- the one where Finnegan showed up). I finally just reconciled it with the fact that PineKirk didn't have a dad around to smack him back in line.

 

[mlbach]

Shore Leave
Was too

 

[uniderth]

Shore Leave
Was too

No, he really wasn't.

 

[mlbach]

We obviously have different definitions for the term.
He also took his shirt off/had it ripped off a lot, to the point where it was one of the jokes on Galaxy Quest. But that might just have been Shatner.

 

[J.T.B.]

We obviously have different definitions for the term.

Having a girlfriend at around age 20 and seeing her again years later meets the definition of "womanizer?" I guess we do have different definitions.

 

[mlbach]

Shore Leave was the ep that Finnigan appeared, not an example of his womanizing.

 

[stardream]

Shore Leave. That was it. Thanks.

There's a difference between a womanizer and a ladies man. TOS Kirk was a ladies man. NuKirk was probably a womanizer. A womanizer might lie and do whatever it takes to get with a woman while a ladies man is much more honest about his actions.Google the words and look at the definitions.

There were also times when TOS Kirk might use his wiles to get information or provide a distraction for whatever was going on but that's a different category altogether.

 

[mlbach]

Potato potahto. Can't really blame the guy--not supposed to fraternize with the crew, no holosuite...

 

[stardream]

Potato potahto. Can't really blame the guy--not supposed to fraternize with the crew, no holosuite...

Eh, not really but I'll let it go.

 

[Red Alert!]

"Star Trek is about humanity."

More like about the political and ideological propaganda of the United States exclusively, with a dash of Britain and France. Even other NATO countries play a second class at most. The former USSR, Russia, China, North Vietnam and North Korea parts of humanity have been dehumanized as Klingons; and not just during the Cold War—see the reference to Kursk submarine in ENT: "Sleeping Dogs" (source).

Starfleet vessels use the designation USS, just like the U.S. Navy ships. And while it supposedly stands for "United Space Ship", the abbreviation sounds exactly the same. The Federation flagship is the USS Enterprise, just like the flagship and military carrier of the USN's Nuclear Task Force One.

All lead captains are American, except one; Captain Lorca is not a lead role.

 

[The Wormhole]

Well he did create two of the most popular series

He had the ideas for them yes, but TOS benefitted from the works of other writers working on the show who developed the ideas and made them work. A lot of the heavy lifting on TOS was actually done by Gene L Coon, who is in fact responsible for creating things which are now considered "iconic" to the Star Trek franchise, like the Prime Directive, the Federation and the Klingons.

TNG arguably became better when Roddenberry stepped down from running it and turned the reins over to Berman and Piller.

All lead captains are American, except one; Captain Lorca is not a lead role.

Do you even realize you just contradicted yourself? You said all lead captains are American except one, and then you mention one who you note is not a lead.

 

[Ethros]

Pretty much anything said about Discovery over the last year.
When until only a fortnight ago there was really nothing at all to go on. And a 30 second teaser trailer isn't much to judge anything on as a finished product whatsoever. What will be will be.

 

[Vger23]

"Star Trek is about humanity."

More like about the political and ideological propaganda of the United States exclusively, with a dash of Britain and France. Even other NATO countries play a second class at most. The former USSR, Russia, China, North Vietnam and North Korea parts of humanity have been dehumanized as Klingons; and not just during the Cold War—see the reference to Kursk submarine in ENT: "Sleeping Dogs" (source).

Starfleet vessels use the designation USS, just like the U.S. Navy ships. And while it supposedly stands for "United Space Ship", the abbreviation sounds exactly the same. The Federation flagship is the USS Enterprise, just like the flagship and military carrier of the USN's Nuclear Task Force One.

All lead captains are American, except one; Captain Lorca is not a lead role.

You created an account TODAY just to write this purposefully controversial post? Very interesting.

But, nobody's taking the bait, especially since you failed to recognize that Captain Picard is a native of France, not the United States...and that's about as high-profile a character as Trek has. And Captain Philippa Georgiou is Chinese-Malaysian (since you brought up Lorca).

Try again, bruh.

 

[mlbach]

He did say all captains but one...

 

[Vger23]

He did say all captains but one...

Yeah, he was referencing Lorca in Discovery, hence the follow-up statement about Lorca

 

[scotpens]

Intergalactic is a cool word. Intragalactic doesn't have the same ring to it.

They could use the word "interstellar," which is usually what they really mean when they say "intergalactic."

At 100,000 light-years across and with anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars, our own Milky Way galaxy is plenty big enough!

 

[1001001]

They could use the word "interstellar," which is usually what they really mean when they say "intergalactic."

Then you have the film Interstellar which really was, of course, intergalactic.

 

[Forbin]

Then you have the film Interstellar which really was, of course, intergalactic.

It was? I thought they travelled to another star system in our galaxy.

 

[1001001]

No, it was another galaxy.

 

[mlbach]

Just saw I, Mudd again last night, and the makers of the androids were from Andromeda, soooo...
Intergalactic