Worst Star Trek Character

Published on April 4, 2006 By Dr Guy In Entertainment

Ok, now you now. I love Star Trek! The original, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise. I miss it too, as well as the 10 movies.

But watching TNG (I have a stupid chest cold so am taking vicks cough drops and staying away from my co workers), they are on the Second season of TNG. And I hate Diane Muldaur! Excuse me Dr. Kate Pulaski! She is the worst actor/actress on any of the series bar none! How could they have done such a boner to get her! I thought I was rid of her when she fell down the empty elevator shaft on LA Law! (Oops, that was a stunt double. DAMN!).

So who is your worst character in the Star Trek Genre? You can pick any of them and tell us why! Just dont tell me you love Diane Muldaur! Gaaaaggggg!

Comments (Page 4)

Ms Mitchell

on Apr 06, 2006

Random thought a propos of nothing in particular. Remember when the kiss between Kirk and Uhura was a huge interracial thing they were being forced to do. (shocking).
Then on TNG we had all kind of interracial and interspecies relationships...So don't you think tht by the 24 th century, humans would be a lot more homogeneous? Everybody would be a neutral toasty beige, kind of like the new racially ambivalent Betty Crocker?

Ms Mitchell

on Apr 06, 2006

That would be Mrs. Gene Roddenberry

Also Nurse Chapel on the original.

Leauki

on Apr 06, 2006

No, sorry. this is the first mention of it. Not all great shows are in English.

Some guy in Germany made two or three episodes of Starship Highlander ("Raumschiff Highlander"). For copyright reasons, I think, they haven't been shown again. I was one of those lucky enough to watch two of the episodes when they were on during Star Trek special nights in the mid-90s.

Higherlander's captain was the famous Captain Norad, who had a few irritating attributes:

- He usually got up late and often didn't take a shower; and it showed on his uniform (black spots on red uniform).

- He was consistently always frightened when he looked at his science officer (who was one of those aliens with a funny-looking forehead).

- He absolutely HATED Romulans and would always assume that the Romulans were behind the problems experienced by Highlander's crew. (His tagline was "Romulaner!!!")

- He had a variety of Batman and Kingkong costumes to change into before battle.

- He never understood the fact that the federation has its own huge space stations and would always try to destroy the huge doors/gates to escape them (instead of requesting for them to be opened). His crew usually stopped him. (Space station command would then reprimand him and tell him that if he destroys another space door he would be charged with treason.)

- His socks were highly aromatic, an attribute he managed to focus on by removing them on the bridge, smelling them (this would cause a very short shock) and then flapping them in the air for a bit to clean them.

http://www.raumschiffhighlander.de/

I believe they have made more professional episodes later but the original two seem to be lost.

This feels like 50s radio.

Ms Mitchell

on Apr 06, 2006

Have you seen Blake's Seven? Caulk guns and blow dryers as weapons. The insignia is > instead of ^.And it's NOT a parody. Just a low budge British knock-off.

bakerstreet

on Apr 06, 2006

"Chang: "I am constant as the northern star!'

McCoy: "I'd give real money if he'd shut up."

But you really can't enjoy Shakespeare unless you hear it in the original Klingon. lol. That movie was a huge rip on political correctness. And a good one at that. Probably one of the best Star Trek movies.

Myrrander

on Apr 06, 2006

Probably one of the best Star Trek movies.

Yeah, "Undiscovered Country" was probably my favorite one, although I liked the one with the whales, too (Chekov talking about "nuclear wessels" cracks me up). Christopher Plummer was much more convincing as a Klingon menace than Christopher Lloyd. I really love "Wrath of Khan," too (of course, both were directed by the same guy), with all its "Moby Dick" craziness (and those ear worm things are mucho creepy).

I've been less happy with the Next Generation movies, although "First Contact" holds its own quite well...and I think I said something about Picard's clone in "Insurrection," but of course the clone was in "Nemesis," and it was Salieri himself, F. Murray Abraham who was the baddie in "Insurrection" (which I thought was decent).

I liked the last few seasons of Voyager, although I never quite "got" species 8472, and I haven't seen enough DS9 or "Enterprise" to make any sort of judgment calls about their characters.

On the whole, though, I hope that Star Trek will make a comeback in the future. I hope Paramount doesn't give up on the franchise because of a lack-luster show and a film that tanked.

taH pagh taHbe'...that is the question...

Myrrander

on Apr 06, 2006

"Undiscovered Country" and "Wrath of Khan" directed by the same guy that is, "Voyage Home" was directed by Leonard Nimoy I think...

bakerstreet

on Apr 06, 2006

Yep, "Just one damn minute, Captain" lol.

I think the movies have been bad because Berman has a vision of the Star Trek universe that doesn't so much synch with Roddenberry's. Not that it is a worse one, but when you're asked to swallow both, they don't match. Roddenberry was always about a bright, optimistic future. If you look at the movies and series after Roddenberry, they're more dark and menacing.

I'm not a fan of the TNG movies, really either. I hated all the toying with the 'emotion chip', and I really, really, really hated the fact that they killed of Picard's nephew and brother. That was one of the hallmark TNG episodes. A crime, imho. They worked really hard to fill out the characters and make them more human, but we'd been with them for what, over ten years by the time the movies started? A little late to start re-inventing them.

GhoS

on Apr 06, 2006

I would agree that Diane Muldaur just didn't fit in Star Trek. She felt like she was the same character from LA Law just pretending to be a doctor. Wesley was a good character, just a bit too whiney.
Overall though I haven't had a problem with the characters, just the stories. They get rather repetitive and boring in some of the TNG episodes especially. And the last couple movies weren't much better than a TV movie of the week special. Since First Contact they haven't made a Star Trek movie that really had a good story and excitement. Of course I partly miss the TOS crew as overall their movies were excellent fun.

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

Everybody would be a neutral toasty beige, kind of like the new racially ambivalent Betty Crocker?

It does make you wonder.

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

Also Nurse Chapel on the original.

And Number 1 on the pilot!

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

believe they have made more professional episodes later but the original two seem to be lost.

This feels like 50s radio.

That is a shame. Your description sounds like it would have been very good.

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

But you really can't enjoy Shakespeare unless you hear it in the original Klingon. lol.

It was about the time of the berlin wall falling, so yes, it is one of my favorites.

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

Roddenberry was always about a bright, optimistic future. If you look at the movies and series after Roddenberry, they're more dark and menacing.

Exactly. While I love a good space opera as much as the next guy, the vision of Star Trek was cemented in the original series. And it is hard to break that mindset when watching the latter shows.

Dr Guy

on Apr 07, 2006

I would agree that Diane Muldaur just didn't fit in Star Trek. She felt like she was the same character from LA Law just pretending to be a doctor

I think that is a good description of her.

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