What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Seriously?

POLARIZE THE HULL PLATING!

Way cooler than "Raise shields".

Certainly beats ''reverse bat-climb.''

 

[fireproof78]

I guess Spock on TOS was a big mistake then.

Huge. Hardly a memorable character or one who had any success beyond TOS.

 

[kkt]

Spock was half human but also we are talking about Roddenberry at two different points of time in his life.

They started out with Spock as Vulcanian, full stop. Later on they introduced that he was half human.

Spock was easily the most popular character on TOS. I would have expected Roddenberry to conclude that an alien among the crew was a good thing, not something to be kept in the background.

 

[BillJ]

They started out with Spock as Vulcanian, full stop. Later on they introduced that he was half human.

Not exactly. We weren't given any information on him in "The Cage", but in "Where No Man..." it was introduced that he had human blood in the family, then in "Corbomite..." (first production episode, though aired much later) we learn he is half-human.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Yep. I believe he said one of his ancestors "married a human female" or something like that, during his 3D chess game with Kirk. Half-and-half got codified after the second pilot.

 

[BillJ]

Yep. I believe he said one of his ancestors "married a human female" or something like that, during his 3D chess game with Kirk. Half-and-half got codified after the second pilot.

Yep.

The relevant dialogue from "Where No Man..."

KIRK: Have I ever mentioned you play a very irritating game of chess, Mister Spock?
SPOCK: Irritating? Ah, yes. One of your Earth emotions.
KIRK: Certain you don't know what irritation is?
SPOCK: The fact one of my ancestors married a human female
KIRK: Terrible having bad blood like that.

The relevant dialogue from "The Corbomite Maneuver"...

SPOCK: However, it was well played. I regret not having learned more about this Balok. In some manner he was reminiscent of my father.
SCOTT: Then may heaven have helped your mother.
SPOCK: Quite the contrary. She considered herself a very fortunate Earth woman.

They knew pretty early on that Spock was part-human.

Thanks to Chrissie's Transcripts!

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Yep. I believe he said one of his ancestors "married a human female" or something like that, during his 3D chess game with Kirk. Half-and-half got codified after the second pilot.

When did it get changed from 'Ancestor' to 'His mother'?

 

[Farscape One]

When did it get changed from 'Ancestor' to 'His mother'?

Ancestor was used in "WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE", the second pilot.

It was then his mother on "THE CORBOMITE MANEUVER", the first produced episode of the season.

 

[BillJ]

When did it get changed from 'Ancestor' to 'His mother'?

The answer is right above you.

 

[Jayson1]

Because Star Trek has always been wildly inconsistent on its technology.

It's about time we start demanding the writers to learn the Trek tech Manuel's and make sure the tech is done right!

 

[johnnybear]

TUC was the film that was closest to the TV series in my opinion and the only one that didn't make me feel that the crew were far past their prime
JB

 

[BillJ]

It's about time we start demanding the writers to learn the Trek tech Manuel's and make sure the tech is done right!

Nah. I'd rather spend my time exploring other science-fiction.

 

[cooleddie74]

Yep. As early as the very first series production episode they knew Spock's mother was human. The whole schoolteacher thing was established by the Omicron Ceti III spores episode. By the end of Season 1 we knew the species of both his parents and their professional careers.

 

[Farscape One]

Yep. As early as the very first series production episode they knew Spock's mother was human. The whole schoolteacher thing was established by the Omicron Ceti III spores episode. By the end of Season 1 we knew the species of both his parents and their professional careers.

"THIS SIDE OF PARADISE".

 

[cooleddie74]

Yep. I knew the title, just wanted to give a summation of the plot instead.