I was never a great fan of Q, but I really, truly enjoyed John de Lancie chewing up the scenery. c.f. His Odin on Charmed, Uncle Sid on Andromeda, and Discord on My Little Pony (); he’s a fun guy to watch.
Stamets did get a lot more interesting after his self-experimentation; he changed and it’s still a little weird. And weird is good. (And the real life Paul Stamets is pretty darn interesting too.)
Canonical problems aside, I also enjoy Michael Burnham, she’s seems to have different motivations than most Star Trek characters, her fervent speech about the principles of the Federation, her correct assessment of the Klingons… I want to see where her character goes.
Pedant moment here. Voyager established that Annika Hansen’s parents were studying the Borg aboard the Starfleet research vessel USS Raven some while before the events of Encounter at Farpoint. Given the Temperoal Prime Directive, it seems reasonable that Starfleet discloses anachronistic records on a need to know basis.
I kind of stopped worrying about and learned to love the bomb it for one simple reason. In a universe with unbounded time travel into the past, any changes to the timeline don’t only effect the future, but also the past prior to the change because the new timeline will produce new time travelers.
Haven’t seen Orville yet, but I gave up on Discovery once it was revealed the drive was powered by space-mushroom spores and navigated by a Tardigrade.
What is this, the U.S.S. Psilocybin?
In my headcannon, like Bashir the Hansens were drafted by Section 31, which operates outside Federation law and presumably Starfleet general order one. I find it awfully convenient that Starfleet had an anti-Borg program less a year after Q “introduced” the Enterprise to the Collective. And studying the Borg is exactly the sort of thing Section 31 would get up to once it realized the threat they posed.
Related but off topic a tad. I am curious how much different a Star Trek series would be helmed by, written, produced, etc by an English or European studio/crew. At this point it seems that the studio culture in the US is largely incompatible with the kind of tone and themes Trek fans are expecting. I’m also largely curious how different such a series would be.
); he’s a fun guy to watch.
