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The Best Star Trek Character.
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DrForester
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Pandaman said:
Ensign Suder.
So awesome he even got to stab Christopher Lee in the back.
Agent Ghost
aka MAJIKdR46oN
The Borg Queen
StopMakingSense
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Just want to add an honorable mention of Tuvix.
In the one episode he had the chance to live on Voyager before Janeway had him murdered, he was instantly more interesting and likable than any other crewmember on Voyager.
In the one episode he had the chance to live on Voyager before Janeway had him murdered, he was instantly more interesting and likable than any other crewmember on Voyager.
Enosh
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The_Inquisitor said:
picard is a "prime directive" pussy
Sisko is the only captain with balls
honestly I hated most of TNG, roddenberry was already showing his age and made the whole show into "hippies in space" with any common sense gone from the galaxy when it comes to stuff like military or economy, it's only DS9 that returned some sense into the galaxy
althrough the jemhadar bayonet charging the feds and winning was still retarded beyond belive...
norinrad21
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My vote goes to Garak, what an awesome character, neither good nor evil.
tonkatsu_ramen
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Sisko's the best character for me. He seems like a more down to earth kind of guy compared to the others.
mcmonkeyplc
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It's got to be one of General Martok, Garak or Shren for me.
Yes, Shren, Enterprise did somethings right and he was one of them!
Yes, Shren, Enterprise did somethings right and he was one of them!
British Monsoon
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Voyager isn't half as bad as everyone makes out in my opinion - I just got done watching all 7 seasons recently (watched all of DS9 before that), and while there are some seriousley idiotic plot lines (Borg children on Voyager? Fucking seriousley?) and characters that progress no where (Chakotay; "My people believe that the spirits Akuchimaya etc...I want to have sex with Janeway, but can't - damn protocol.") there are a TON of great individual episodes and some really epic two-parters, the series doesn't deserve half the flak it gets (especially when DS9 is so highly regarded).
Anyways, my favourite Trek characters would be;
01. Captain James T. Kirk
02. The Doctor
03. Spock
04. Captain Jean-Luc Picard
05. Chief Miles O'Brian
06. Dr. McCoy
07. Seven of Nine
08. Worf
09. Quark
10. Various Klingons (Martok, Gowron, The Dahar Masters; Kang, Kolos & Khor)
And my least favourite;
01. Captain Jonathan Archer
02. Stupid Voyager Borg children (Echeb?)
03. Wesley Crusher
04. Harry Kim
05. Major Kira Nerys
06. Lwaxwana Troi
07. Nelix
08. Anyone Bajoran, excepting Ro Laren.
09. Jake Sisko
10. Deana Troi
Anyways, my favourite Trek characters would be;
01. Captain James T. Kirk
02. The Doctor
03. Spock
04. Captain Jean-Luc Picard
05. Chief Miles O'Brian
06. Dr. McCoy
07. Seven of Nine
08. Worf
09. Quark
10. Various Klingons (Martok, Gowron, The Dahar Masters; Kang, Kolos & Khor)
And my least favourite;
01. Captain Jonathan Archer
02. Stupid Voyager Borg children (Echeb?)
03. Wesley Crusher
04. Harry Kim
05. Major Kira Nerys
06. Lwaxwana Troi
07. Nelix
08. Anyone Bajoran, excepting Ro Laren.
09. Jake Sisko
10. Deana Troi
PjotrStroganov
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Joel Was Right
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T'Pol and that's not because of what people think. She was honestly an awesome character. Her dialogue and chemistry with Trip was funny to watch. I was gutted Enterprise had ended, she was the star of the show.
Also
There seems to be a pattern that my favourite Star Trek characters are these beautiful women lol, but in all honestly their characters and persona's were just the most interesting considering their pasts.
The character I hated the most in the Trek Universe was
She was there for nothing other than wearing tight bin bags.
Also
There seems to be a pattern that my favourite Star Trek characters are these beautiful women lol, but in all honestly their characters and persona's were just the most interesting considering their pasts.
The character I hated the most in the Trek Universe was
She was there for nothing other than wearing tight bin bags.
BrokenSymmetry
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She may not be too popular here, but I really liked her character...
British Monsoon
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Meus Renaissance said:
Lol, you rag on Seven of Nine for being nothing more than eye candy...but you really like T'Pol. Good character she may have been, but her whole purpose of being on Enterprise was to wear a series of increasingly skin-tight costumes as the ratings dwindled, plus the writers took any excuse to get her naked (Lol, sorry T'Pol you've got to get half nekkid inside this decontamination chamber/hey T'Pol, Trip can't sleep, how about giving him some of that nekkid Vulcan massage?).
Joel Was Right
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Bootaaay said:
You need to read my post again though, I never said any of that. In fact I specifically started in citing that my favouritism towards T'Pol wasn't based on her appearance. In anything it was based on her demanour, her sense of curiousity, her emotional conflicts and how she tried to act more Vulcan despite becoming more human. All aspects which Seven of Nine tried to explore but failed horribly. I swear everytime the screen was on her face the image became blurred and there was a subtle wink at a frame in there. They wanted to force and visibly illustrate, wait, more like ooze sexuality from Seven of Nine to balance with her lack of emotion or expression. But it had no direction, it was just random and so cheesy. They learnt their lesson with T'Pol, and her sex appeal was much less apparant/occuring than Seven of Nine's. They focused that on her relationship with Trip; showing her bare back for a few seconds in one episode is better than seeing her walk around with paint for clothing. But best of all, they actually gave her a meaningful character and one of the best character developments in the Trek Universe (something you can't say for many of the names listed here).
beelzebozo
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tonkatsu_ramen said:
part of sisko's character on ds9 is a reaction to the particulars of his assignment: working on ds9 is just not the same thing as captaining a starship, particularly if you want to contrast it with picard's enterprise. ds9 was, in many ways, hostile toward a federation presence from the outset, densely populated by species who were not ready to fall into the federation line. that's not to say that sisko strong-arms them, but he is also very clearly not adverse to using less conventional, officially sanctioned negotiating tactics and coming up with creative solutions to station problems.
he's sort of an intersection between picard and kirk, which works really well for the show: very aware and careful of the regulations, but also conscious of when it behooves him to break them. like every great ds9 character, very complex, and not easily pegged.
You are not a true trek fan if you don't make the top 3 kirk spock and mccoy. Not including ANY of them in your top list makes you a embarrassment 
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Picking a bunch of DS9..etc characters makes you a TNG era fan NOT a real Star Trek fan imo. There is the TOS crew and then a bunch of wannabe's.
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Picking a bunch of DS9..etc characters makes you a TNG era fan NOT a real Star Trek fan imo. There is the TOS crew and then a bunch of wannabe's.
beelzebozo
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oh come on man :lol
i don't consider anyone a real baseball fan unless their favorite player is cy young
i don't consider anyone a real football fan unless their favorite player is jim thorpe
i don't consider anyone a real food fan unless their favorite food is wild berries and raw meat on sticks
i don't consider anyone a real baseball fan unless their favorite player is cy young
i don't consider anyone a real football fan unless their favorite player is jim thorpe
i don't consider anyone a real food fan unless their favorite food is wild berries and raw meat on sticks
Its hyperbole obviously for the sake of the thread!beelzebozo said:
But I really don't see TNG/DS9/etc as "Star Trek" it just isn't the same. They are just spin-off's of the untouchable original crew. Although I like DS9 and TNG, own the dvds, getting the tng blurays...etc
Although I think putting ALL TNG and DS9 characters before the original crew is pretty much comparable to putting like Hoover or Garfield as your favorite Presidents well above the Lincoln, FDR, Jefferson types. It's a valid opinion, but a bit odd. You are putting the no namers over the world renowned big guns!
British Monsoon
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Cheebs said:You are not a true trek fan if you don't make the top 3 kirk spock and mccoy. Not including ANY of them in your top list makes you a embarrassment
Picking a bunch of DS9..etc characters makes you a TNG era fan NOT a real Star Trek fan imo. There is the TOS crew and then a bunch of wannabe's.
There is the TOS crew, there's the TNG> era crews, then there's those imposters from that monstrosity of a movie that should never have been made - they aren't the same characters as the TOS crew, they just happen to share their names.
beelzebozo
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Cheebs said:
the reason people pick characters like garak and sisko over kirk and spock is because they were actually given many seasons of an extremely developed, complex character development. i understand the allure of kirk and spock, because i love them too: they're almost mythic. the movies did a better job of developing their complexities, but for the most part, they're fairly predictable and we know what to expect of them in a given situation. the old tv show didn't really do much to make them three-dimensional.
compare that to what a show like ds9 did: seven seasons of solid character building. by the end, i felt like i knew these people, the same way you do with any great character-driven show. t.o.s. and ds9 are just very different kinds of shows, the former more focused on high-stakes situations episode to episode; the latter took frequent detours into small stories that were personally significant to a particular person on the station.
Cheebs said:
this we agree on.
pine was bad.
fucking.
ass.
The Librarian
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You say they're untouchable, I say they were surpassed.Cheebs said:
You are young so you have time to learn so it's ok.Dax01 said:You say they're untouchable, I say they were surpassed.
I'll make out with you too.beelzebozo said:
She has made a deal with the devil. She got hotter as the tv shows/movies went on not less. She looks better today than she did in 87.Grug said:
The Librarian
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no uCheebs said:
Riker was cool, but this is talk about the best of the best ST characters.Dina said:
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Cheebs said:
and he directed a remake of THNDERBIRDS. i mean, c'mon.
Escape Goat
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Cheebs said:
They were androgynous.
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