What would have been refreshing to see in a holodeck

[John200]

Instead of say a Vic Fontaine type...how about an Ozzy Osbourne type.

I'm sure there would be someone interested in rocking out in the 24th century

Instead of baseball ,pro wrestling?

Porn?...well that might of been pushing it

Why did it have to be all this classical stuff?

 

[TerraUnam]

Because it kept the network/stations happy with the ratings, and most of the things you mentioned have copyright issues?

Besides making too modern distracts from the Trek characters, who are supposed to be the focus of the story.

 

[sbk1234]

I know that I really didn't like how they would create people in there. I always just wanted to see environments. I always felt realistic people was pushing it a bit. At least for my taste. Of course, back in 1987 they didn't have the cgi technology they have now, so I might feel different about it if I thought about it now.

 

[Finn]

A contemporary 24th Century establishment.

 

[Mysterion]

Jadzia Dax takes Kira to Woodstock in Quark's holosuite.

 

[RyuRoots]

Alien culture. ANY alien culture aside from Klingon, really. Seems like just about the only uses for the holodeck are for most people are old parts of Earth history or fiction from old Earth history and nothing else ever.

 

[The Wormhole]

What would have been refreshing to see in a holodeck?

It working properly

 

[Myasishchev]

Fantasies that looked like they would be fun to play in, specifically ones edited down to the fun parts.

I suppose the Sherlock Holmes game might cut it, although it wouldn't have been my cup of tea; the western from "Fistful of Datas" looked pretty fun, I guess; but both appeared to be programmed so full of real-life inconveniences like actually having to walk around to get somewhere, or wait for hours for the action to start, that they're hard to take seriously as a form of escapist entertainment. Edit: on the other hand, people play WoW, so what do I know? : /

Other than Worf's fighting-for-the-sake-of-fighting programs, Barclay's extraordinarily lame fantasies probably came the closest to actually compressing the action into an enjoyable scenario. On the other hand, the bizarre power-tripping idyll he came up with was actually more disturbing than if he had just made standard hardcore porn with Crusher and Troi.

Anyway, I too would have been delighted to have seen a rock star-fantasy type game at some point. It's just so obvious. Play a concert, do some coke, bang a groupie, Rock Holoband is the best game ever.

I think a superhero game would be a no-brainer to put on a holodeck, as well.

 

[John200]

That's what i'm saying.

When they used the holodeck it was almost always thisartsy-fartsy stuff.

 

[stonester1]

Porn.

Because, like the internet, if such a technology comes into being, sex WILL dominate it.

 

[RyuRoots]

Porn.

Because, like the internet, if such a technology comes into being, sex WILL dominate it.

Well, references were made to Quark's holosuites being used for that.

 

[M.Robison]

^^ Took the words right outta my mouth ^^

 

[stonester1]

I will say Bashir's superspy scenarios, Bashir and O'Brien reliving famous battles and Tom Paris' Captain Proton scenarios looked fun.

 

[Withers]

I like the idea of anything relating to contemporary 24th century living. The only two forays into that area I can think of are Sisko's (Ben's dads restaurant) and Reg's apartment. After three series of from that era we've got a pretty good idea of how Starfleet officers live... but how do the rest of Earth's society get on? What do they... do all day? We get a sense of some of the sports they play and we assume they have at least one kind of election I guess but in truth we don't really know much about them.

Bashir or OBrien or Sisko missing something from contemporary society would've played well on DS9. Showing it in the Holosuites would've gone a long way in furthering that Earth had things worth defending other than its history.



-Withers-​

 

[Myasishchev]

I will say Bashir's superspy scenarios, Bashir and O'Brien reliving famous battles and Tom Paris' Captain Proton scenarios looked fun.

Concur. Captain Proton is probably the neatest thing Voyager came up with (and not limited to holodeck uses--in all seriousness, it actually smacks of imagination and an awareness, on some level, of science fiction history).

Compare, of course, to Janeway's interminible English manor house, or the French pool hall, which are insanely boring on one hand, and on the other little more than a communal space to hang out (of which they already had several).

 

[stonester1]

I will say Bashir's superspy scenarios, Bashir and O'Brien reliving famous battles and Tom Paris' Captain Proton scenarios looked fun.

Concur. Captain Proton is probably the neatest thing Voyager came up with (and not limited to holodeck uses--in all seriousness, it actually smacks of imagination and an awareness, on some level, of science fiction history).

Not only that, it's neat in that it indirectly says, even when the science fictioney future arrives, there will still be science fiction fans.

I like that.

 

[The Wormhole]

Compare, of course, to Janeway's interminible English manor house, or the French pool hall, which are insanely boring on one hand, and on the other little more than a communal space to hang out (of which they already had several).

The French pool hall was just weird. I remember one episode where there was even a stereotypical Frenchman (complete with thin stache and "romantic" accent) with an alien forehead. I was like "the hell?" This seems like a lame cover-up "No, no, he's not an offensive French stereotype because he's alien."

Maybe Offensive is too harsh a word.

 

[UssGlenn]

I like the idea of anything relating to contemporary 24th century living. The only two forays into that area I can think of are Sisko's (Ben's dads restaurant) and Reg's apartment. After three series of from that era we've got a pretty good idea of how Starfleet officers live... but how do the rest of Earth's society get on? What do they... do all day? We get a sense of some of the sports they play and we assume they have at least one kind of election I guess but in truth we don't really know much about them.

Bashir or OBrien or Sisko missing something from contemporary society would've played well on DS9. Showing it in the Holosuites would've gone a long way in furthering that Earth had things worth defending other than its history.

-Withers-​

There was the Doctor's holodeck program on Voyager where he has a normal 24th century life.

 

[shadowedgalaxy]

pr0nz?

 

[Holder]

In reference to the posts discussing sex in the holodeck. After Riker had his encounter with the perfect mate, he promptly notified the bridge that if he was needed, he would be in the holodeck, leading one to believe that he was going there to relieve some sexual frustration. It was actually a funny line.