Worst Star Trek Character

I agree that Diane Muldaur was a big mistake. Was Gates McFadden on maternity leave? And yes I was thrilled with the whole LA Law elevator shaft thing as well.
I really could not get into Deep Space Nine. I tried. No go. Everything annoyed me. I particularly disliked Odo. I generally like Rene Aubergenois (I hope I spelled it right). He was just too gruff for the normally effete to pull off.

agree that Diane Muldaur was a big mistake. Was Gates McFadden on maternity leave? And yes I was thrilled with the whole LA Law elevator shaft thing as well.

Let me take this in 2 parts.  I dont know, was Gates?  I may not be the trekie I thought I was!  And yes, why could the elevator thing not been the end of her!  Leland deserved better (altho at the end, he was bad).

I really could not get into Deep Space Nine. I tried. No go. Everything annoyed me. I particularly disliked Odo. I generally like Rene Aubergenois (I hope I spelled it right). He was just too gruff for the normally effete to pull off.

Dont ask me on spelling!  But I did love Odo.  And I will admit that once Rodenberry died, they really killed DS9!  It was so good before they had to start that stupid war!  After that, it was lousy.  And that was what killed enterprise as well.  Star trek was never about "war". It was about discovery!  That is what made it so great.  Even the bad parts.

Ah well, I miss Gene.

Yes, I think Gates was in fact on leave. And I agree about Muldaur.

I like Odo, I think he's a great charactor and Rene did a good job on him.
I really didn't like Picard at first, but he grew on me. Stewart is an excellent actor, it was the charactor I didn't like at first.

Katherine Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is the one I still can't stand.

Ah well, I miss Gene

  so do I,  That's like Disneyland and stuff going downhill since Walt died.

  I can't stand that guy that plays the part of Q,  I don't know the names of the actors.  Although I loved Doohan ( Scotty).

so do I, That's like Disneyland and stuff going downhill since Walt died.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

it is really.  Star Trek without Gene is like Disneyland without walt!  Very insightful!

Yes, I think Gates was in fact on leave. And I agree about Muldaur. I like Odo, I think he's a great charactor and Rene did a good job on him. I really didn't like Picard at first, but he grew on me. Stewart is an excellent actor, it was the charactor I didn't like at first. Katherine Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is the one I still can't stand.

WOW!

yea on most of them.  Patrick I loved in the Avengers, and he was ok as Piquard.    But Janeway?  Yea, she grated!  It was Tuvoc that carried that show.  He was so good!

Ah well, now we can pick the worst and the best!  At least for the next 20 years.  I hope it is not that long, but, I can wait.

I was never a huge trekkie, but I can remember rushing home with my brother from church on Sunday afternoons back in the late eighties to watch TNG. I loved Picard. It's what caused me to respect Patrick Stewart as an actor.
There was a girl I was dating for awhile that was way into Voyager (she felt the woman captain and all was . . . um . . . empowering or something.) We would get in friendly disagreements about it. I told her TNG was the best that Star Trek ever was and the best it ever would be, and she would extol the virtues of Voyager. I'm still not a Janeway fan, though . . .

Other than that, Star Trek was never my cup of tea. I liked it, but the sterile idea of the future never flew very well with me. That's why I was such a fan of Firefly - I'm afraid that's how things are going to be, a lot grittier - less about exploration and more about scraping a way through the 'verse.

I'm afraid that's how things are going to be, a lot grittier - less about exploration and more about scraping a way through the 'verse.

In truth probably so, but then that's what makes fantasy fantasy.

Other than that, Star Trek was never my cup of tea. I liked it, but the sterile idea of the future never flew very well with me.

The girls will get you every time!

In truth probably so, but then that's what makes fantasy fantasy.

And why we can dream.  After all dreams are not reality.  They are our wishes.

"De-Lurking" I can't believe nobody has mentioned Neelix yet. Hands down the most annoying grating character in just about the history of television. And I am still having nightmares about that episode where he and Tuvok get combined by the transporter to become Tuvix. Just the stuff of lovecraftian horror. Janeway comes in a close second. Followed by Kim. Followed by Chakotay. Getting the impression that I hated Voyager? Favorite characters would probably be Bashir, O'brien, Sisko and of course, Picard. And everybody from the original show. Didn't hate Pulaski as much because I loved that era of Next Generation, but she was kind of annoying, especialy the way she was constantly trying to prove that Data wasn't a real person, like she had nothing else better to do. Must stop talking about Star Trek now or will never stop. "Re-Lurking"

Worst character?
Wesley Crusher.

Oh god, I never thought I'd type those two words.
I feel dirty.

agrippa23(Anonymous User)

WOW!  Great insight!  But I liked Nelix.  But you have excellent points. 

Reply By: Yellow SignPosted: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 Worst character? Wesley Crusher. Oh god, I never thought I'd type those two words. I feel dirty.

!  Wesley was the best!  SO why?  Please explain.

I don't love Everything Star Trek, but did watch original, TNG, and Voyager. I couldn't stand Riker. And believe me, I tried to like him, but I just didn't get him. Smarmy.

Worst character by far was Lore. Was speaking really slowly supposed to be menacing or something? Every time I saw Lore I was disappointed. Worst "evil twin" ever.

Best character by far was Reg Barclay, played with manic pathology and chaotic nuance by Dwight Schultz (good ol' Mad Murdock from the A-Team)! I enjoyed every episode with him, and it was truly poetic how he helped program the Voyager's holographic ship's doctor and his personality (along with Doc Zimmerman).

And no, I didn't mind Voyager. The one I didn't like was DS9. Never could get into it, found it dumb and derivative. But I did meet Armin Shimerman (Quark) once at a British food store in Scottsdale, AZ. He was signing autographs there because the owner of the food shop was his sister.

Worst Star Trek character?

Q.

Ferengi. (The entire blasted species.)

Hell, anything that came out of "Next Generation." *SHIVER*

I don't love Everything Star Trek

We forgive you.

But I did meet Armin Shimerman (Quark) once at a British food store in Scottsdale, AZ.

I met Nog.  He was at a mini convention in town.  Seemed ordinary enough without the makeup.

Worst Star Trek character? Q. Ferengi. (The entire blasted species.)

I loved Q.  But the Ferengi?  They really kind of morphed over the latter series.  I remember the first season and the Guardian.  From that, to Quark's mom?  Does not compute.

I never like that guy in the Red Shirt that went down to that planet and was killed.

I never like that guy in the Red Shirt that went down to that planet and was killed.

Pick an easy one!

I haven't researched it, but it is my understanding that the switch between the doctors was because Rodenberry didn't like the doctor, and wanted someone more like McCoy. If you note, she acts almost exactly like Bones.

I was always hard on Berman, especially in terms of the movies, but I think Roddenberry left to himself wouldn't have done that great of a job with TNG. A lot of the annoyances I had with it later turned out to be Roddenberry's idea, or so I take it from what I read. When you go back and watch the early seasons where he had more control, you find that they are a lot more slipshod.

Just my opinion.

Wesley was the best! SO why? Please explain.

Um, is 'slimy smartass' enough of an explanation?

By the way, that just reminds me - some guys here in germany re-dubed several episodes of TNG. Quite funny, because although their dialogs are 100% silly, they fit the expressions of the actors perfectly. Picard is always bullying everyone and threatening to start a fight all the time, but of couse he never does. Data is a retired showmaster and Worf always complaining that everyone is sooooo evil... hillarious stuff.

I'm not a good trekkie because I can't remember her name but I hated that religous leader on DS9. She didn't even have to talk just seeing her made my blood boil. I guess it's just the type.

My favorites were Kira, Odo and for some reason I loved Gul Ducat.

I should rent these DVD's I haven't seen them in so long. I watched TNG sporadically, DS9 regulary, and only occasionally watched Enterprise or Voyager.