What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[CorporalCaptain]

Random chance seems to have operated in her favor.

In plain, non-Vulcan English, she'd been lucky.

 

[Firebird]

Now, "New Eden(DSC)"? Great Trek - and in any series.

God, if only the back half of Disco's second season matched up with its first five episodes...

The loss of Berg and Harberts in that season did a lot of damage to the season's story arc, but that's on them for their shitty behavior.

 

[TomEvans]

Ceti Alpha VI.
We'll blow up the planet for 'ya.

Aka planet Krypton, while Ceti Alpha V was the phantom Zone.

 

[TomEvans]

In plain, non-Vulcan English, she'd been lucky.

Colloquially expressed, but essentially correct.

 

[TomEvans]

Admiral Janeway willingly altered the timeline and undid those 30+ years.

Kirk went back to restore history.

Janeway was selfish. Kirk was doing his duty. Big difference between those situations.

That is true, but result is the same.... once the timeline changed, for whatever reason unintended reason, you cannot switch the trolley back.

 

[1001001]

That is true, but result is the same.... once the timeline changed, for whatever reason unintended reason, you cannot switch the trolley back.

Please use the multi-quote function, rather than posting three times in a row.

Colloquially expressed, but essentially correct.

Like this.

Thanks

 

[The Salt Umpire]

I'll delete comments, then respawn them in a multi-quotes comment to keep from triple-posting.

 

[korblborp]

this is the only place i've been that *has* that function, and i forget about it sometimes, tbh

 

[Set Harth]

it doesn't have to be automated, you can do it manually.

 

[BillJ]

…you cannot switch the trolley back.

Why?

 

[XCV330]

this is the only place i've been that *has* that function, and i forget about it sometimes, tbh

one day I want to make the monster of all multiquotes, see how far it can go.

 

[Farscape One]

That is true, but result is the same.... once the timeline changed, for whatever reason unintended reason, you cannot switch the trolley back.

Why can't the trolley get switched back? It's been done many times in the franchise. Some examples...

"THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER", TOS
"YESTERYEAR", TAS
"Yesterday's Enterprise", TNG
"PAST TENSE" two-parter, DS9
"YEAR OF HELL" two-parter, VOY
"STORM FRONT" two-parter, ENT


Every single series in the classic era has done this at least once.

 

[Nyotarules]

Why can't the trolley get switched back? It's been done many times in the franchise. Some examples...

"THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER", TOS
"YESTERYEAR", TAS
"Yesterday's Enterprise", TNG
"PAST TENSE" two-parter, DS9
"YEAR OF HELL" two-parter, VOY
"STORM FRONT" two-parter, ENT


Every single series in the classic era has done this at least once.

So true. The reset button is a Trek tradition.

 

[knightgrace]

Random chance seems to have operated in her favor.

There is no such thing as chance.

Statistical science is only a convenient methodology, in an attempt to get a grip on something called "reality".

For example: the Monticalo method developed to enable the development of the Atomic Bomb during world War II.

The problem was that an enormous number of calculations had to be done by the original Computers. The original Computers were human beings, not electronic devices. Meaning that one had to choose a starting point, meaning that if rigorous logic was followed one could not know when to stop, meaning an infinite number of calculations would have to be done. So a filter, permitting random sampling had to be invented. By going with a 'fixed' system untenable. By choosing to sample random locations (values), one could look for anomalies, for further clarification.

In other words, what Edith Keeler's street crossing shows us is that you can cross a street without looking both ways, but at some point expect to get hit.

It also tells us that Edith Keeler probably grew up in the country, where traffic was low.

 

[Tallguy]

"YESTERYEAR", TAS

It might mean something in the course of time. To some. But apparently not to YOU.

 

[Shawnster]

I see what you are saying about Spock and the recording.

I'll have to watch the scene again to be sure, but I think Spock was already looking at his tricorder as McCoy stepped through and again before he and Kirk went in, which indicates he was already getting the information on the altered history.

Right m I agree Spock was already recording history before McCoy stepped through. Therefore, Spock recorded Edith's obit before McCoy stepped through. Therefore Edith died before McCoy stepped through.

 

[Farscape One]

It might mean something in the course of time. To some. But apparently not to YOU.

I actually love "YESTERYEAR". Not just the best episode of TAS, but it's up there among the best in the franchise. Great lessons and wonderful story.

 

[Tallguy]

You know, I never followed why Spock needed a ship's computer (or a stone knives and bearskins version) to access the data on his tricorder. I don't think this was the case in any other episode.

 

[Farscape One]

You know, I never followed why Spock needed a ship's computer (or a stone knives and bearskins version) to access the data on his tricorder. I don't think this was the case in any other episode.

Might be because the speed that time and information was going while the Guardian was showing the stuff was too much to access easily and required more than the usual power to access it.

(Kind of like the Nintendo Switch: the Switch will hold saved data for any game, but some games require so much more memory to function that you can't access the game or the data without the added memory card.)

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Might be because the speed that time and information was going while the Guardian was showing the stuff was too much to access easily and required more than the usual power to access it.

(Kind of like the Nintendo Switch: the Switch will hold saved data for any game, but some games require so much more memory to function that you can't access the game or the data without the added memory card.)

Hugs my Game Boy Advance tighter