All posts by Michael Benucci

Was daystrom android m-5-10 really more human than data though? Data actually achieved a great deal of humanity by the end of TNG, especially after he got his emotion chip.

However, daystrom android m-5-10 was just a jumbled mix of technologies, and the personalities of data, lore, b4, lal, and soong, which would actually make him less individual as a true human, and more like frankenstein.

Also, being human isn't just about being more physically human, it's also about being mentally, and emotionally human. There's also no reason to think that daystrom android m-5-10 more realistically mimics the real experience of human bodies than soong type androids. They're still just synthetic machines.

If by the current version of data you mean daystrom android m-5-10, then yes, he's definitely a downgrade. All the versions of data and soong in PIC are really ridiculous. Data (from TNG) is one of my favorite characters.

I'd like more PRO seasons.

Voyager. It seemed to depict more of the later 2370s, and DS9 seemed to depict more of the earlier 2370s (since VOY's premiere was about 2 years after DS9's premiere, and its finale was 2 years after DS9's finale). Voyager always seemed to depict contemporary starfleet, and an exploration of the future of starfleet, while DS9 was more nostalgic, and always seemed to depict a continuation of the TNG era of the past, and focus more on the past and nostalgia, rather than any exploration of the future (at least until the dominion war, but even then, VOY's last two seasons depicted more of the future compared with DS9).

All the classic shows (TOS-ENT) added their own unique styles and good stories and characters to star trek. However, VOY was probably better than DS9 overall. It had a more cohesive story and characters, and did what TNG and TOS did well, which is to explore strange new worlds and aliens. It was really unique out of all the classic shows, since it was based in the delta quadrant, which was excellent storytelling. DS9 was good, but it was also very flawed. It was basically a jumble of too many different story elements and characters, and as a result, it never really found its own cohesive story. It focused on everything like the bajorans, cardassians, ferengi, trill, federation, klingons, and dominion, as well as a mix of many other story elements which just never really gave it its own unique story. Instead it just mostly continued what was already introduced in TNG, and it even reused worf, which was very unoriginal and took away from the creativity that it could have had with its own original cast of characters. It was also mostly boring, with only a few really good stories and characters. However, it was still a good show, just not quite as good as TOS, TNG, and VOY overall.

ENT was also pretty good (especially in its first two seasons), but was still very flawed. DS9 and ENT weren't as good as the other shows, but they were still pretty good and original on their own. All the classic shows were original, and unique, and definitely added a lot of good stories and characters to star trek.

Slightly overrated. It's definitely a great quality show, with some interesting stories, and characters. However, most of seasons 1-2 are awful with boring, and bad episodes with only a few good episodes. It started getting pretty good in season 3, but then worf was introduced, and while he's a great character, and there were some interesting DS9 episodes with him in them, that really took away from story and character development of the original cast of characters, which would have made the show more unique, original, and interesting. Also, while the dominion war had some good stories, it was basically overused, and dominated most of the entire show's stories. I especially liked the story, and character development of the cardassians, ferengi, and dominion species. I also liked the show being set on a cardassian space station, but also having the runabout, and defiant, since they were all pretty cool. It had some interesting stories, and characters, but also lots of boring, and bad episodes, and a few good episodes, and could've been better.

@JMills095 yeah, those characters were pretty well developed. Actually, even some of the supporting characters had some good character development too (just not all of them), especially considering the show's episode length, and amount of seasons, and episodes.

Interesting question. Those are both great episodes. I don't think redemption uses yesterday's enterprise's story too much, but it builds on it quite well in an interesting way. I think it probably had just the right amount of sela in it, but it also could've used any other romulan character, and been just as good of an episode. Sela just wasn't really essential to redemption's story.

Actually, I don't think any episode with sela really developed her character as well as it could've, but redemption probably gave her the best character development, especially since unification didn't really focus on her character development at all.

I liked yar, and would've wanted more episodes with her in them, but I don't really care very much about sela as a character. I just consider her to be mildly interesting, because she was yar's daughter, but I much prefer other romulan characters.

I voted for TNG, just to choose a poll option, but I like all of the five classic shows in different ways. Also, I know it can be hard to choose just one favorite.

It was hilarious in a ridiculous kind of way, but it was also pretty annoying. It also could have had much better story, and character development. However, it was pretty well made overall.

Overrated. It was pretty ridiculous.

@Jay Rabbit Gaming & Productions I agree. When VOY first aired live on tv, I never really had much interest in watching it (from what I remember, I guess it was just because it was different than TNG, and to a lesser extent, DS9 in style, was based in the delta quadrant, and had different sorts of stories, and characters), but then towards its last season or two, I had an interest in watching it, and realized it was fantastic, which kind of made me regret not watching it sooner.

VOY probably also suffered from franchise fatigue, since it was the fifth star trek show to air in a relatively short amount of time, and it aired mostly at the same time as DS9, so it never really built the same kind of fan base as TNG, and especially DS9, because a lot of DS9 fans who just watched DS9, didn't also watch VOY. So, overall it's often rated somewhat lower than some of the other more popular shows by some people, but it's just as good as, if not better than them in terms of its quality, and enjoyability. It's an excellent star trek show, and is definitely among the three best star trek shows. Well anyways, to each their own I guess.

Cool, and Interesting website, and reviews.

Definitely underrated. There's some people that recognize and appreciate its quality, but there's also a lot of people that seem to underrate it quite a bit, especially compared with TOS, TNG, and DS9. All of those shows were quite good, but VOY was definitely as good as, or better than some of those other shows. It had really excellent stories, writing, characters, casting, acting, production values, music, direction, etc. and it's at least as good as, or better than TOS, TNG, and DS9, but each show was good in different ways. However, everyone has their own personal favorite shows. I also think ENT is somewhat underrated, although it's not as good as VOY overall.

I don't know of any way to filter out all the new star trek content, or of a different fandom for that, but that would be great. Like @Icecreamdif said, many fans might have personal preferences of what they consider to be star trek that can differ quite a bit from what other fans consider to be star trek. My favorite star trek is TOS-ENT.

Great question. Yeah, it seems very likely that bashir probably got the romulan mind probes from quark, since quark could deal in merchandise like that, and bashir was stationed on deep space 9, so he probably wouldn't have been able to get them anywhere else. The only other person he might've been able to get them from, might be from someone on cardassia prime, or one of the other cardassian planets if he knew anyone there (sort of like how he visited tain on cardassia prime to get information to help garak).

Happy birthday mulgrew.