Did Somebody Say "Star Trek"?

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Across all six series:

Best episode was Balance of Terror.

Best captain was Janeway.

Best adorable alien was Worf.

Best commentary on our times before they were actually our times was Home Front/ Paradise Lost.

Best guest star was Ricardo Montalban’s chest in Wrath of Khan.

Best Uhura was Nichelle Nichols.

Come at me.

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Best movie was The Motion Picture.

“Oh hai guize.”

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You can see Roddenberry’s sticky horny fingers all over this image.

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Maybe. I like the contrast of setting up Ilia at first to be very warm and kind of sensual, but then replaced with VGER who was very cold and quirky. My pre-teen self was not quite sticky or horny, but for many the awareness that my formative cinematic crush was a bald Indian cyborg would probably cause all kinds of things about me make sense.

I like that it was very sci-fi, about exploration and first contact with something both alien, as well as sort of trans-human. The subsequent movies were good but I was never very invested in the banter, politics, and revenge they followed up with. Although I did become a fan of TNG.

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Best novel: Ishmael

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im all set with tickets to see the 35th anniversary showing of khan this week. don’t think i’ve ever seen it in a theater. excited!

also: best captain? i’d throw down for sisko. at the very least he and jake had the best father-son ( and grandfather! ) relationship on television pretty much ever. ( when i go with an opinion, i go boldly. :smiley_cat: )

for me, voyager squandered too many opportunities. while it’s characters were what made it passable for me, i feel like janeway never really got a proper chance at being truly great. the show itself missed it’s mark.

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That looks suspiciously like a couple different Louis L’Amour paperback covers.

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Best episode was: I cannae say cap’n.

Best captain was Scotty.

Best adorable alien was Scotty.

Best commentary on our times before they were actually our times was Scotty while drinking.

Best guest star was Scotty in Relics.

Best Uhura was Nichelle Nichols, while contacting engineering.

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Well you didn’t say 5 so we’re ok.

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Best actor for multiple characters jefferey coombs.

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Best episode was In the Pale Moonlight.

Best captain was … depends on what kind of captaining you need. Mostly Picard, Sisko, and Janeway though.

Best adorable alien was Dr. Phlox.

Best commentary on our times before they were actually our times was Homefront.

Best guest star was J.G. Hertzler (since Coombs was already mentioned).

Best Uhura was Nichelle Nichols.

And I’ll add a new one …

Best on screen romance was Garak / Bashir.

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Best villain was probably Gul Dukat.

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Villain! More federation lies! Sisko got to you, didn’t he? :wink:

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Best captain was Jeffrey Hunter.

Best ships’s doctor was John Hoyt.

Best annoying teenager was Will Wheaton.

Best Vulcan was Spock.

Best Chief Engineer was Scotty.

Best Klingon is a tie between Michael Dorn and Michael Pataki.

Best aliens were Tribbles.

I could go on.

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Plenty of good impulses that he rarely let get the better of him. Certainly the most complex villain they ever had.

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DS9 definitely had the best villains, antagonists, and lovable scamps of all the shows.

Quark was all three of these. I’m placing him as best Quark.

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creepy is when I read your comment as those two are having coffee and flirting on the -other - screen in front of me (as I am watching DS9 currently)

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