What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Nerys Myk]

Does the prime directive apply to anyone other the Starfleet personnel?

Worf's brother?

 

[Tenacity]

Worf's brother?

Who was Worf's brother working for? I didn't get the impression that he was completely independant. Was he a researcher working for Starfleet, that's why Starfleet was sent to pick him up.

 

[Jayson1]

The Prime Directive I assume applies to anyone who is a Federation citizen.

 

[BillJ]

The Prime Directive I assume applies to anyone who is a Federation citizen.

I don't think it applied to the folks that crashed on Angel One, IIRC.

 

[StarTrek1701]

Stop it. Just stop it. Another reboot, this time quietly.
This is my controversial opinion: move the fuck on from this timeline fuck!!!

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[BillJ]

I don't think it applied to the folks that crashed on Angel One, IIRC.

RAMSEY: Mistress Beata be damned! Her wish is not my command, and neither is yours. You can't force us to go.
DATA: Mister Ramsey is correct, Counsellor. The Odin was not a starship, which means her crew is not bound by the Prime Directive. If he and the others wish to stay here, there is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

 

[Jayson1]

I don't think it applied to the folks that crashed on Angel One, IIRC.

It's been awhile since I saw the episode but didn't the men from the crash ship at first try and live away from the population and didn't try and change the government or anything. But then many of them fell in love and sort of became part of the society because they never thought they would get off the planet.

 

[BillJ]

It's been awhile since I saw the episode but didn't the men from the crash ship at first try and live away from the population and didn't try and change the government or anything. But then many of them fell in love and sort of became part of the society because they never thought they would get off the planet.

I followed up with the relevant dialogue, from Chrissie's Transcripts.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Who was Worf's brother working for? I didn't get the impression that he was completely independant. Was he a researcher working for Starfleet, that's why Starfleet was sent to pick him up.

Probably the Federation or some private entity.
Answering distress calls is Starfleet's job. Be it from a civilian, another ship or an unknown species. Checking up on scientific missions is also part of their job.

 

[cooleddie74]

Worf's brother?

Ah, yes. The main character of Temu Insurrection.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ah, yes. The main character of Temu Insurrection.

I thought Insurrection was from Temu?

 

[cooleddie74]

That makes Into Darkness from the back of a sketchy truck in a bad neighborhood.

 

[Nerys Myk]

That makes Into Darkness from the back of a sketchy truck in a bad neighborhood.

Pssst. You want some Star Trek? I got some Star Trek.

 

[cooleddie74]

"What you got?"
"Uncut Nemesis."
[*Calls cops*]

 

[Nerys Myk]

Got TMP, baby. Knock you right out!!!

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Early TNG was overall pretty bad, the first reasonably solid episodes don't occur until S2, and the first unqualified solid episodes didn't occur until S3. However there were some highlights and great efforts in S1, such as "The Big Goodbye," "Conspiracy," and "The Neutral Zone," but all lacked the polish and focused structure needed for them to stand with the upper-half of episodes from S3+.

 

[Nerys Myk]

TNG was in a sort of twilight zone of being like TOS while trying not to be like TOS. If that makes any sense.

 

[cooleddie74]

I do have to laugh at how Gene insisted and demanded that TOS not be referenced in his new series but the premiere episode has 137-year-old McCoy and the third is a sequel to a TOS episode wherein Kirk is not only directly referenced but his Enterprise is shown as a graphic on a bridge console screen.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I do have to laugh at how Gene insisted and demanded that TOS not be referenced in his new series but the premiere episode has 137-year-old McCoy and the third is a sequel to a TOS episode wherein Kirk is not only directly referenced but his Enterprise is shown as a graphic on a bridge console screen.

Not to mention the elephant in the...er, the Klingon on the bridge.

 

[cooleddie74]

TNG is full of TOS references even if Gene didn't want to acknowledge them. He just had to claim TNG was 100% its own unique beast as part of the publicity.