What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Paul755]

Although that specific episode, "Silent Enemy," has one of the eeriest and most effective alien species in Trek history, a species with a bizarre design and appearance that speaks no words, simply boards the ship to poke around Enterprise's systems and then flies off into the void, never to reappear. Malcolm's birthday cake subplot doesn't bother me but it also does little for me.

It’s one of my favorite early Enterprise episodes despite the Malcolm/Hoshi subplot.

 

[cooleddie74]

Those aliens were very creative and original-looking. B&B were often driving on fumes by 2001-05, but sometimes they got an idea right and the execution was pitch perfect.

 

[HotRod]

With the 24th having the obvious most. And with at least 616 episodes and 5 movies taking place in that century

This is exactly why I really don't care to see anything further from Matalas. He's basically promised that anything he makes will just be a direct extension of the 24th century, a time period that we've seen more that enough of, IMO. I've grown so tired of the 24th century aesthetic and characters.

The 22nd century got 98 episodes. The 23rd has 102 if you add The Animated Series to TOS, and with the six TOS movies and the opening scene of GEN that's 109 canon stories set in the 23rd century, not much more than ENT gave us for the preceding century.

So what I take from this is that we need more 22nd Star Trek!

 

[cooleddie74]

Could've told you that 20 years ago!

 

[Farscape One]

The 22nd century got 98 episodes. The 23rd has 102 if you add The Animated Series to TOS, and with the six TOS movies and the opening scene of GEN that's 109 canon stories set in the 23rd century, not much more than ENT gave us for the preceding century.

You're forgetting the two seasons of SNW that have already aired (20 episodes) and the first two seasons of DISCO (29 episodes).

 

[CorporalCaptain]

ENT had too much of a "TNG but with grapplers, no shields

You forgot polarized hull plating.

 

[fireproof78]

Hull playing offline.


That's pretty stupid.

 

[cooleddie74]

You forgot polarized hull plating.

Selectively left it out, more like. At least they tried to make it sound interesting and unique even if the actual execution was, "hey, shields but solid metal plates and not an energy field." Polarizing the hull plating never sounded as good as they probably thought it would.

 

[1001001]

Polarizing the hull plating never sounded as good as they probably thought it would.

Seriously?

POLARIZE THE HULL PLATING!

Way cooler than "Raise shields".

 

[Jayson1]

I kind of like shields being called deflectors.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I kind of like shields being called deflectors.

Or maybe we can call them "Deflector Shields"

^_^

 

[fireproof78]

I'll screen that idea

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I'll screen that idea

Would you prefer "Deflector Screens"?

Cause I do use that term in my Head Canon for my 26th Century.

But it's specifically referencing my "Autonomous Shield Drones" who fly around the specified target to Protect and create literal 2D Shaped Flat Plane "Deflector Screens" of various geometric configurations to block incoming enemy fire.

 

[fireproof78]

Would you prefer "Deflector Screens"?

That's the joke, yes.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Go Old School - "Force Fields" or nothing!

Helps with those time barrier-breaking Space Warps. To travel to Vulcania.

 

[fireproof78]

Go Old School - "Force Fields" or nothing!

Helps with those time barrier-breaking Space Warps. To travel to Vulcania.

I'm half Vulcanian Science Officer Spock and I approve this transmission.

 

[Jayson1]

It's time for a new term. protective shielding

 

[137th Gebirg]

Why do I now have a mental vision of an enormous jock strap hanging off the front of the Enterprise?

 

[Farscape One]

If we're going for a new term... how about 'bubbles'?

Shields appear like a bubble around the ship already. And the dialogue would be funnier.


"Bubbles buckling, sir!"

"Raise bubbles."

"Extend our bubbles to protect the freighter."

"Bubbles down 22%, captain."

"With bubbles up, we can't beam through."

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

If we're going for a new term... how about 'bubbles'?

Shields appear like a bubble around the ship already. And the dialogue would be funnier.


"Bubbles buckling, sir!"

"Raise bubbles."

"Extend our bubbles to protect the freighter."

"Bubbles down 22%, captain."

"With bubbles up, we can't beam through."

You answered your own question as to why it wouldn't sound good in dialogue.

Why do I now have a mental vision of an enormous jock strap hanging off the front of the Enterprise?

Why was that the mental image you went to?