What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?

[Jayson1]

The first TNG movie and the third feel like bad TNG episodes.

At least with Generations you get the see the Enterprise-D looking better than it's ever looked. It's a visually impressive movie. Plus the ship crashing on the planet is just fun to watch. Also Data saying "Oh Shit." That got the biggest laugh in the movie theater when I first saw it.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I didn't at first, either.

What was the source of this? I can't find it at memory alpha.

 

[Nerys Myk]

At least with Generations you get the see the Enterprise-D looking better than it's ever looked. It's a visually impressive movie. Plus the ship crashing on the planet is just fun to watch. Also Data saying "Oh Shit." That got the biggest laugh in the movie theater when I first saw it.

Yes, those make it the better of the bad "episodes". Spock's Brain has the "Brain and brain, what is brain" line but that doesn't save the episode.

 

[Turtletrekker]

At least with Generations you get the see the Enterprise-D looking better than it's ever looked.

The exterior, at any rate. The state of the seven-year-old television sets are the reason why the interior scenes are so dimly lit.

 

[cooleddie74]

What was the source of this? I can't find it at memory alpha.

I wish I could remember, but someone connected to the production of the premiere said that the three Vulcans at the Warp 5 Complex were intended to be the same three who landed in Montana in FC, just older.

 

[Jayson1]

The exterior, at any rate. The state of the seven-year-old television sets are the reason why the interior scenes are so dimly lit.

At that point I think those sets were older than seven years. I mean some of them go back to TMP. Then some of them would continue another seven years on Voyager.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I wish I could remember, but someone connected to the production of the premiere said that the three Vulcans at the Warp 5 Complex were intended to be the same three who landed in Montana in FC, just older.

L'Ree, Moh and K'Rlee

 

[Turtletrekker]

L'Ree, Moh and K'Rlee

Woop, woop, woop!

 

[cooleddie74]

As opposed to the Kazon, who were the Ritz Brothers.

 

[137th Gebirg]

I wish I could remember, but someone connected to the production of the premiere said that the three Vulcans at the Warp 5 Complex were intended to be the same three who landed in Montana in FC, just older.

And one of them was supposed to be Solkar (the one who was the first to greet Cochraine & the captain of the T'Plana-Hath), Spock's great-grandfather.

The Small Universe Syndrome strikes again!

 

[Turtletrekker]

And one of them was supposed to be Solkar (the one who was the first to greet Cochraine & the captain of the T'Plana-Hath), Spock's great-grandfather.

The Small Universe Syndrome strikes again!

That actually has its origin in beta canon -- specifically, the Star Trek Customizable Card Game.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Oh yeah! I remember seeing that back when I played the CCG.

And here he is - circa 1997:

 

[Tallguy]

The exterior, at any rate. The state of the seven-year-old television sets are the reason why the interior scenes are so dimly lit.

I've heard this before. And I have no doubt there is some truth to it. But it also follows the dimmer, moodier lighting of The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan. It has a move "movie" look to it.

I don't think the D ever looked cooler.

 

[Mage]

I've said it before and I'll say it again and it's probably controversial....

First Contact is a very produced and directed movie, but it's also a generic action flick with a Star Trek sauce over it. And I feel the same about TWOK.

 

[Farscape One]

At least with Generations you get the see the Enterprise-D looking better than it's ever looked. It's a visually impressive movie. Plus the ship crashing on the planet is just fun to watch. Also Data saying "Oh Shit." That got the biggest laugh in the movie theater when I first saw it.

Plus, you have some great character scenes with Picard having to face not only his own mortality but that of his family lineage, now that he is the last Picard. That's not a small thing to comes to grips with.

 

[Tallguy]

I've said it before and I'll say it again and it's probably controversial....

First Contact is a very produced and directed movie, but it's also a generic action flick with a Star Trek sauce over it. And I feel the same about TWOK.

And Balance of Terror!

 

[Farscape One]

And Balance of Terror!

Which is a superb episode!

 

[137th Gebirg]

Which takes elements from "Run Silent, Run Deep".