For me, one upshot of the recent Chat GPT advances is that Data on ST:TNG now sounds hopelessly antiquated. Like, apparently he was programmed with 1980s expert system technology. Chat GPT can write passable novels, while Data stumbles through a poem about his cat.
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ChatGPT’s creators heisted Lore’s emotion chip from the set and used it to further the development of novel-writing robot AIs.
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RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
Your tearducts are no longer under your command.
Nor are your cheek muscles.
What a perfect closing episode!
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I mean, can you think of a better way to end it? The only way it could have been better is if Whoopi Goldberg had bothered to show up to tend bar. I wonder if they’re considering a series with Captain Seven?
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Guinan tending bar for the crew would have been awesome, I agree.
Seven captaining her own ST-series would also be awesome. I still shudder when I remember that character in her fanservice catsuit (same for Deanna Troi). Giving Seven of Nine a ship of her own would slightly begin to make up for that.
I did miss Captain Janeway. I liked her stern attitude softened by her almost motherly care in ST-V.
EDIT: By the way, for more Trek-related goodness, have you (or anyone else following the continuing Star Trek shenanigans on this thread) seen the animated drama fantasy series Gargoyles? It became a bit of an in-joke that if you acted in ST, you should try to get a voice-role in Gargoyles.
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I used to watch that. I’d forgotten all about it.
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How about Strange New Worlds?
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May I ask a different Trek question in this thread? What are your top three Star Trek characters (of all series)?
Mine:
- Spock (I’m a nerd)
- Picard
- 7 of 9 but not because of her boobs but because of her background: escaping the Borg (I’m a nerd…)
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I really enjoyed ST: SNW. I love the layering of old-school ST with a new story that has crossover with the original. I’m excited for season 2.
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I’m seven episodes into SNW and so far they haven’t given Rebecca Romijn (Number 1) this treatment. Apparently they’ve evolved since the days of DS9 and Voyager.
One thing I find funny in both SNW and Discovery is how overwhelmingly female the bridge crews are. It must drive the incels nuts.
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1.) Data
2.) Janeway
3.) Quark
There are way too many honourable mentions though.
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Well, if we’re doing series regulars, mine would probably be:
- Spock
- Picard
- O’Brien
For non-regulars, though? It’s all DS9:
- Garak
- Rom
- Damar (I was as shocked as anyone)
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Garak was in the running for me as a top character regardless of the amount of screen time. Though my favourite non-regular would have to be Q, hands down.
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I feel this says far too much about me, but:
- Q
- Khan Noonien Singh
- Toss up between Trip Tucker or Phlox
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Sometimes it’s just how the actors portray the characters. De Lancie was so perfect in that role that you couldn’t imagine anyone else being Q. He elevated that character beyond what the writers had intended. Why else did he make so many appearances? He’s John - fricking - de Lancie, that’s why!
I really liked Nog as well. That was a great character.
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1.) Picard (STILL so dreamy)
2.) Seven of Nine
3.) Guinan
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Picard is such a good role model of a generally great person tbh
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The funny thing about that is Patrick Stewart was initially considered a prima donna pain in the ass by the rest of the cast and crew.
After around 6 months, he came to settle in. Before this, however, there was some notable friction between him and the other actors. Stewart, being the classically trained actor he was, was very serious about the whole acting business. He approached each moment incredibly professionally, something his fellow cast members did not do. Stewart later revealed that he was appalled by how they all conducted themselves on set, as they were not focused or serious. The show’s American actors joked around and played pranks on one another. This all bubbled up into some explosive conflicts on set, notably between him and the actor who played the sash-wearing Worf, Michael Dorn.
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Ah yeah I remember reading about this. Somehow it doesn’t surprise me from him, he does have very serious vibes. Also the whole shakespearian background
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