What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[publiusr]

I usually use Japanese Stationary that I get from either JetPens.com or other fine e-tail or retail outlets that sell real Japanese Stationary.
JetPens even has it's own YouTube Channel that shows off the superior quality, thoughtfulness, & innovation of your average Japanese Stationary compared to most American Counterparts.

And used pens and markers make for nacelle greebles.

 

[HIjol]

Yet another “Old Dog New Word” opportunity,

I had never heard the word, “greeble” before.

Now I have. And, it turns out, I did it all the time, way back in the way back, when I was building my AMT models.

 

[fireproof78]

I’ve been around mentally ill long enough to know that any deviance can become pathological with impetus, and when it becomes pathological, it expresses changes at the genomic level, altering DNA. Do this over enough generations, and you will have bred a psychopathy akin to sociopathy and the results will be no different than living in a prison long-term. Doesn’t matter that the impetus may be survival, the changes occur regardless.

Perhaps, then, the Vulcan rituals like ponn farr are meant more to restore and pull back from that edge of madness and to keep on the side of sanity as a form of psychic pressure release.

Could work, giving a sense of order to the chaotic intensity of emotions and desires.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

Yet another “Old Dog New Word” opportunity,

I had never heard the word, “greeble” before.

Now I have. And, it turns out, I did it all the time, way back in the way back, when I was building my AMT models.

That's because "greeble" is a Star Wars word, not a Star Trek word. As in, "Heyyyy, check out the greebles on that ship!" *wolf whistles* lmao (Well, technically it's a George Lucas word)

 

[HIjol]

And those folks at the Lucasfilm Model Shop could greeble ‘till the Tauntauns came home!!!

(proper use?)

 

[fireproof78]

The first greeble is away.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

And those folks at the Lucasfilm Model Shop could greeble ‘till the Tauntauns came home!!!

(proper use?)

It is, now! And they did greeble everything they could, which is why we see more utilitarian-looking ships than the polished and sleek lines of Star Trek. Star Trek's greebles are all under the hood; Star Wars' greebles are right in the open.

Also, hilarious point of trivia: the reason the black floors in the Tantive IV (the first ship seen in Episode IV) were so polished and reflective was because the maintenance crew buffed the floor at night despite Lucas telling them not to. lmao

 

[Crazyewok]

I can't stand far beyond the stars. It's boring.

I expect space travel in my star trek.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

I prefer a healthy mix of both. Firefly was fun.

 

[fireproof78]

I like characters, emotions and reactions while on a space ship.

That is sufficient for me.

 

[cooleddie74]

I just want good stories. I don't care if a cartoon puffball with cute eyes tries to eat Starfleet officers' bones.

Half of DS9 could have been set on 1950s Earth and my main concern after "why" would be "am I entertained?"

 

[Richard S. Ta]

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[Orphalesion]

I just want good stories. I don't care if a cartoon puffball with cute eyes tries to eat Starfleet officers' bones.

Half of DS9 could have been set on 1950s Earth and my main concern after "why" would be "am I entertained?"

But it's like this for me: when I want a show set on 1950s America, I'll tune in to a show that is about 1950s America.
If I want a show about people in space, I will turn to Star Trek. No need to turn Star Trek into a show about 1950s America for an episode.

 

[cooleddie74]

Fair enough. "Far Beyond the Stars" never bothers me since it's a reality induced by the Wormhole Prophets anyways and at least some scenes of the episode take place in the 24th century aboard DS9. If 85% of the episode is a weird visit to 1950s segregation-era America that's just the story that week.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

But it's like this for me: when I want a show set on 1950s America, I'll tune in to a show that is about 1950s America.
If I want a show about people in space, I will turn to Star Trek. No need to turn Star Trek into a show about 1950s America for an episode.

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[HIjol]

Ok, so this might be a little Controversial Star Trek Opinion, but the only Transporter sound and visual effect should be the ones in TOS.

 

[Michael Two Wolves]

Ok, so this might be a little Controversial Star Trek Opinion, but the only Transporter sound and visual effect should be the ones in TOS.

What about the Borg version? Or other cultures with their own variations?

 

[cooleddie74]

Yeah, the Klingon transporter sounding like the Starfleet one would be just weird. Even in TOS the Klingon transporter effect had more of a "shimmering" sound than the Starfleet transporter.

 

[HIjol]

Lost the part about “ …the only Star Fleet Transporter effect…”

Sorry, and thanks for the chance to clarify!

 

[Orphalesion]

Fair enough. "Far Beyond the Stars" never bothers me since it's a reality induced by the Wormhole Prophets anyways and at least some scenes of the episode take place in the 24th century aboard DS9. If 85% of the episode is a weird visit to 1950s segregation-era America that's just the story that week.

A Star Trek story of the week set in 1950s America is just not a Star Trek story of the week I enjoy, whether it's wormhole aliens, Q, or the holodeck.

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As much as I love SF-Debris' humour I don't want to watch the video right now. Is there anything specific you want to say with it?
Other than that, I hate The Big Goodbye. Noir is really not a genre that I enjoy, and Brent Spiner looking sexy in that suit doesn't salvage the rest of the episode to me.