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You could try talking to it. It would probably die with boredom. Only joking!!! B) B) :(

Can I just say! No offence, but why did you include the likes of Argyle and the other 'one line' chief engineers in this poll? I mean, who would vote for them? It's a bit like me sticking up a poll on best captains and putting in all the 'viewscreen' captains that have popped up over the years. It's really a contest between the five. In all honesty. But I understand the need to stick in a couple of extras to beef it up.

Geordi rules. He's efficient (unlike that fibber with the big head Scottie) and he's not an a$$ hole like Bellanna.

O'Brien is ok but he's not an officer which I (in my own prejudice) makes me think he isn't as worthy as the others. To be honest I think he should have been left a lieutenant in Trek, just for the respect thing. Tucker is good but too new for me at the moment. Also, he never seems to be runnin around runnin the show like Geordi did!

I like to check my e-mail at lycos and look at car web sites. Our BBC website is fun as well. Their cult section has a lot of interesting features. Also, if you like funny stuff steakandcheese.com is fun

I never liked her i just thought that she took troi's job they should have given troi her lines but i am in the minority

Woo hoo! Yay! Good man! Im glad someone at last is behind me in the 'Guinan sucks' camp.

What if Star Trek had've initially run in the late 70s/early 80s? Would Captain Kirk have worn flares and a silver top? Would Uhura have been roller skating round the bridge? Would Spock have been Mr Groove on? I know the motion picture was made in 79, but would the series INITIALLY have been like this?

Will we get to see more advanced ships before the end of Enterprise? Like the Horizon? The big ball thing!

In the Motion picture, they spoke in a strange language, had developed strange ridges, and looked very very dumb. They flew great battle cruisers with orange displays and grubby interiors. They set the tone for the future Klingon! It was a pity that they were not used more in this film, as they were so interesting.

Then we see them again in Search for Spock. We see a mad looking female Klingon, and Krudge and co. An evil madman! Their next usage was in Star Trek 5. By now, after TNG, variances in ridges and outfits were the norm. And we had Captain Klaa, Vixis his female first officer, and the fat General, Koord. They seemed under-developed and at the end, they all had a drink together on the Enterprise. Kirk seemed very unphazed by this. Why? Didn't he hate them?He seemed to have no grievance with them coming on board. Well, this film was rubbish so I wouldnt worry. Imagine that whole Voyage never happened. B)

Star Trek 6 was the best Klingon arc of the movies. They wanted peace! Chancellor Gorkon and his entourage were the most sophisticated Klingons yet. General Chang had an evil sea-dog 'human' quality while Gorkon had the look of Abraham Lincoln. Great costumes and mannerisms, tying in well with the TNG era 'friendly' Klingons. In this film, Kirk is back on form. Damn Klingons. He hates them and this time when they all get drunk together, there are no jokes about lovely muscle tones and whiskey. There is tension and animosity between the crews.

TNG evolved that 1979 'dumb' Klingon into a creature with politics, a culture, and nobility. They had religion, Weapons, hierarchy. The evil rogues of the movies were not gone though. The evil Duras sisters (personally my favourites) had developed throughout TNG and briefly on DS9 as well. Lursa and B'Tor were like the Klingon Patty and Selma and Picard was their Homer. Sensual, driven, they popped up in Generations as part of mad man Soran's ambitions. Here they meet their fate and that is about it. Not a great use but effective none the less. T

he Klingons have been absent now in the last three movies. We have had the Borg, Stretchy Sona and the good old Romulans. Maybe, if there is to be a new movie, we should have the Klingons wreaking havoc again. Some may argue 'let them lie'. But either way, the Klingons have made a valuable contribution to the movies.

Back when I was about 6, I saw this film on television. It is the first film I can ever remember watching and holds great nostalgic value for me, despite the fact that it is bright, badly scripted and tacky as hell! You gotta love it! B)

Lily Tomlin plays average housewife Pam who has a bad reaction to a variety of cosmetics and washing detergents and stuff. A sort of an early indication of the pollution caused by sprays and chemicals in the early 80s, the film is full of flares, big hair and gaudy polyester suits. The music is chirpy, Tomlin a scream and the whole film has an easy quality to it.

Surprisingly Joel Schumacher directed it. It was on tv again recently and it was a trip down memory lane for me. Have you ever seen it?

Vayager was a good show but we can't delude ourselves that it was perfect. Every thing has room for improvement and for each of us, what that is is a very subjective matter. For me, I thought there was a need fror more of an edge. Everyone was 'too good' friends. They all had it too easy if you asked me. I loved Yar of Hell. By far the most outstanding story line for me. A darker more troubled Voyager would have given a lot more room for dramam and emotion. I never lauged or cried during Voyager. By the end of each episode I knew that the carpets would be hoovered, the rails polished and Voyager would warp off with a big grin on it's face. Ok there was the seldom episode where something was a miss, but even then this was washed over. There were continuity issues as well. I would have loved to have seen the Equinox crew members again. Or that Bajoran they liberated from the mini-Borg collective. Whatever happened them? They became background characters. The background characters themselves became furniture. There wasnt a close nit thing going on as should have been in such a small ship. The Enterprise D was bigger and would have had transfers. This ship had a 'clique' who had all the fun while everyone else had to make do. Neelix and the Captain and their little meetings and all. Not real enough for me. Anyway, that is what ME MYSELF AND I think needed to be done. More characters, more emotion, a bigger picture. Apart from all that, it made a good enough series but neither surprised or excited me. And you may start going on at me as much as yyou want and stamp your feet cos you love it, but i'm only saying my thoughts.

I’m sorry but imo, the "Not an Important enough Mission" theory does not hold water, what about Picards heart? That was not important enough to warrant the Ent going a couple seconds out of it's way... I think the choice to use a shuttle is made for (mostly) personal reasons, Worf needed to be alone for a while; Picard wanted to bond with Wes, things of that sort.

I agree. I never thought of it as a choice thing before.

I read this in an old Star trek magazine from 2001. He said he had the idea but then used it in Workforce. So it was just a potential movie idea at one time.

These are my favourite drinks but please feel free to add your own! I like gin and west coast cooler. A potent brew that tastes lovely. Vodka and red bull keeps me goin as does brandy and coke in the winter!

Quark was in TNG. And Voyager.

 

When was Quark in TNG?

He WAS in TNG. Quark appeared on the Enterprise viewscreen when Riker wanted a favour in Firstborn, Season 7.

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I see both your points, but I think the explanation behind it would be that the Enterprise had other duties to attend to during these shuttle trips.

Yeah but we're talking only a few seconds to zip over in the Enterprise. I mean warp drive vs sub light. If it would take hours in a shuttle then it would be literally seconds at warp 8 and that would hardly take the Enterprise too much out of it's schedule. If it would then that would mean that the Enterprise would have to be run to the very second each day. So how do they cope when a Romulan Warbird attacks or a virus hits the system?

Which series?

The Next Generation crew.

Pulaski? I wouldnt trust her to make me toast! Old bag. I would always wprry that he EMH would go a wee bit crazy or unethical or something.

I am from Northern Ireland. It is part of Ireland but is still under British rule. There are two communities in Northern Ireland. A Protestant British community. And a Catholic Republican culture. I can apply for either a British or an Irish passport. The troubles here have pretty much ended and there is a steady peace process going on. However, animosity is still high between the two communites. I would consider myself Irish. My descendants are all Irish. The people who live here and are descended from the British invaders of the 17th century would consider themselves Britishhowever. I think Britain is a good enough nation. A little funny in it's ways.

WOWEE! that must have been scary. Especially for me cos i get scared really easily.

Eg. last night at midnight I saw what looked like a person hiding behind the loungeroom curtain. I then froze on the spot and cried hysterically  for 15 minutes before my parents came and took me to bed. I dunno what came over me. It's really embarrassing  , but i felt i should tell somebody. Please don't laugh!

Too many drugs my dear. It's cute you call the nurses your parents. (Please dont kill me)

I know. Aparently her and the gear stick were getting jiggy with it and she lost her footing.

I know that there may be youger readers here so i'll phrase this as carefully as i can. I read once that a woman in a car had to be removed from it by a team of firemen after she had slipped.

Janeway was in Nemesis. Do movies count?

Ooooooh he's already mentioned that one! He'll slap your wrists and tell you off!

Quark was in TNG. And Voyager.

Berman floated the idea of a film that started off with the crew all living different lives in the same way that the Voyager crew did in Workforce. Anmd then they all came to realise who they were. Very interesting.

UC. In Generations something happened I have never received a good answer for; why did Kirk not know he was in the nexus for some seventy years, remember Guinan said From his point of view, he just got here or something like that. The point was it implied he had been being held in limbo all those years, not enjoying his hearts content like everyone else who was in the Nexus, why?

Guinnan, "Time has no meaning here."

 

Kirk wasn't in the Nexus for 78 years. Picard arrived in the Nexus, realised his "fantasy" was just that, a fantasy. Then Guinnan's echo shows up, and decides to send Picard to when Kirk first got to the Nexus as well. She can do that, seeing as time has no meaning there. So, after a while, Picard convinces him it isn't real, and to go back with him to save Verridian III. Hope that helps.

 

As far as The Undiscovered Country vs. Generations? I don't think that's a fair comparrison as STVI:TUC is the final adventure of TOS while ST:G is the first movie adventure of TNG.

Can I just stop you there a minute, and question your infinite wisdom for one second.

I think it is a very fair comparison. Why cant we compare the just because one is the end for one crew and one is the beginning for another? How does that have any bearing on making a comparison of each film on their merits?

Since time was non existent there I think that Kirk could have been inside that pleasure for a second, an eternity, whatever you want to consider 'timeless' occupancy. However, my most reasonable explanation for Picard arrining just when Kirk did was because he chose to arrive at that time. When Kirk arrived. Argh! Need more drugs.....

You should never re-cast. That is a real Dallas tactic if I ever saw it. No one ever dies in Star Trek. There're always holgrams, clones, alternate realities, flashbacks,blah blah to bring them back. If they left then that would leave it open for a swift return. But either way, they'll always be there.