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Started Star Trek: The Next Generation for the first time last night. How big of an ongoing factor is "Q?" Because I kind of hate him. (kbin.social)

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I also had no idea the top portion of the Starship Enterprise could separate like that. That was pretty sweet.

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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I felt the exact same way about Q after the first episode both as a character and as a concept for the show. They basically introduced God in the first episode of a science fiction show and he is annoying and arrogant.

But he is actually one of the best characters by the time the show is over and his all-powerful nature is toned down a little bit.

Season 1 is pretty goofy and inconsistent overall. Give it a chance and accept it for what it is and by season 4 the writing is some of the best in science fiction TV.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

There’s literally a trope for how bad TNG was in the first seasons… until Riker grew a beard.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrowingTheBeard

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

introduced God... he is annoying and arrogant

I mean, if you had those powers too, wouldn't you be a little arrogant?

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TOS had so many "god" characters. At least they condensed them into 1.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

That's a fair point. I remember there being several but honestly don't remember any specifically other than the Gamemaster of Triskelion because he gave such a funny performance.