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What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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The Canon Hierarchy
1. Later Canon
2. Earlier Canon
3. Writer's Intent in the absence of Canon
4. Good Head-Canon that's well thought out and easily explains things or fills in gaps
5. Bad Head-Canon that's a Hell of a stretch, complicates things, and just sounds ridiculous
6,000. Declaring Canon based on "What I like!"
Probably shouldn't be a "controversial opinion" but because this post is about Canon, it probably is by default.
Mine is: TOS, then the rest.
Still works.Mine is: TOS, then the rest.
Does "James T. Kirk" not trump "James R. Kirk"?
Still works.
Does "James T. Kirk" not trump "James R. Kirk"?
Mitchell was experiencing the Mandela Effect.
Unpopular opinion (based in part on recent LD, but just a feeling I'm getting over): Star Trek needs to stop trying to do romance. Look, I understand that romantic relationships are part of the human experience, and that Star Trek has included flirting, and comments, and whatnot from the word go.
But Star Trek just sucks when the main characters are in romantic situations. It's not enjoyable, it's not interesting, and I can count on one hand the number of romances I felt were believable in this franchise.
Have the characters going around, exploring anomalies of the week, planets of the week and new aliens. Leave romance out of it.
But Star Trek just sucks when the main characters are in romantic situations. It's not enjoyable, it's not interesting, and I can count on one hand the number of romances I felt were believable in this franchise.
Have the characters going around, exploring anomalies of the week, planets of the week and new aliens. Leave romance out of it.
I mean, that's fair. Maybe I just don't want painful reminders.That makes it more realistic, as humanity generally sucks when in a relationship.
No, no, it's just stupid.
I mean, that's a very low bar to clear.
I think, generally, Trek will continue to stumble through relationships.
The greatest Star Trek romance was Leeta and Rom.
The captains were lousy at relationships, the others did ok (except in TOS)
Yeah they were good too.
Also Tom and B’Elanna seemed like a very real couple as well.
The Enterprise-D was an ambassadorial ship and that's why it was so luxurious.
Thus making Picard's umbrage at it being called a hotel a sign of his own embarrassment.
Thus making Picard's umbrage at it being called a hotel a sign of his own embarrassment.
Sisko and Kasidy Yates had a pretty good relationship. Well, at least up until Sisko's self-sacrifice that left his bride pregnant and alone.
Oh, probably. It's just become an increasing pet peeve of mine to have these relationships and just feel so painful to me.
The humans were lousy at relationships, the inter-species couples did very well
Sarek/Amanda
Worf/Jadzia
Leeta/Rom
Paris/Torres
Exception
Sisko/Cassidy
Miles/Keiko
"Patterns of Force", efficiency comment aside, is as relevant today as it was in the Sixties and an important episode about not trying to romanticize fascism or nationalism.
There should be romantic subplots but the story shouldn’t be contrived around creating conflict for them.
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