All posts by SkepticType

I love the design of the 1701-A/refit 1701. Decided to vote with the 1701-A as 1701 is more recognisable in its TOS form (which I never hugely liked).

I wouldn’t say Nemesis is underrated, more so over hated, although I’ve decided to go with Generations because I don’t really see people talk about it much.

Maybe elaborate on your rankings?

My personal ranking:

1. First Contact - We get to see the Enterprise-E for the first time, time travel, the USS Defiant, and a big battle with the Borg - all in one movie!

2. Wrath of Khan - I loved Ricardo Montalbán's performance as Khan and a clever premise for a starship battle.

3. Generations - The Enterprise-D looks really nice in this movie and I love the destruction sequence.

4. Voyage Home - The comedy and the reveal of the Enterprise-A.

5. Beyond - The whole destruction sequence of the Enterprise - it wasn't just 'boom, it's gone', you felt the ship die.

6. Search for Spock - The first movie to destroy an Enterprise before destroying the Enterprise every movie wasn't the norm yet.

7. Undiscovered Country - Team-up between Captains Kirk and Sulu.

8. Star Trek (2009) - Revived Star Trek with a great opening scene, but too many lens flares.

9. Nemesis - Over hated movie. It has flaws, of course, but that battle between the Enterprise-E and the Scimitar was fun to watch and Data's sacrifice is moving.

10. Into Darkness - It's an alright movie if you pretend that John Harrison is John Harrison and not Khan.

11. Motion Picture - I just see it as boring, although it did introduce us to the refit Constitution class.

12. Insurrection - Again, I just found it to be a boring movie with a weird plot.

13. Final Frontier - Where to begin?? Ah, here goes:

• Deck 78

• Spock in rocket boots

• Not using Nichelle Nichols' actual singing voice

• Erotic dancing?

• The whole sub-plot of the Enterprise-A not working properly.

• They let William Shatner write a movie

• The list goes on...

Seeing a Constitution class destroy a Borg cube probably isn't something you usually see in Star Trek... not something a Constitution class should be able to do in my opinion, but still - it's fun.

Yeah, STO is pretty weird when it comes to stuff like that. That's why I prefer 'canon builds' on my ships - not all of the extremely overpowered gear. Once your ship can destroy something instantly it sort of takes the fun away from the space battles. Still, my canon Constitution build somehow managed to destroy a group of Borg spheres, probes, and adaptors on its own without getting destroyed (although I did come close a couple of times).

SNW goes back to episodic storytelling like the older Trek shows. Its characters are more likeable and the acting is better than what we’ve seen in Discovery. I haven’t seen Picard or Prodigy (yet), but at first glance Prodigy seems primarily directed at a child audience, and people just don’t seem to like Picard for reasons I’m yet to work out. Lower Decks is probably more or equally as popular as SNW, mainly because of its comedic take on Trek.

I love all things Star Trek. I've never skipped over an entire show, but I don't like Discovery. I skipped half of TNG season 1 because - you know - but I love the rest of the show. I also skipped most of TOS season 3.

I like SNW, not quite sure why people hate it so much as I think it's one of the best Star Trek shows produced in 'New Trek', along with Lower Decks.

My top five:

1. Data

2. Christopher Pike

3. Geordi LaForge

4. Jean-Luc Picard

5. Nyota Uhura

Bottom five:

1. Ro Laren (it's Ro Laren)

2. Michael Burnham (good premise for a character but they didn't develop her well)

3. Sylvia Tilly (irritated the hell out of me)

4. Wesley Crusher

5. T'Pring

Ro Laren

I love The Next Generation and the Enterprise-D - but my god does its exterior look ridiculous. It has some good angles, but most of the time I just find it disproportionate.

I love the Constitution class, especially the refit. If we're going exterior design, definitely the Enterprise-A. Interior-wise, the Sovereign class looks much more homelike, but I have to go with the A.