When Did Star Trek Fans Lose Their Imaginations?

Positively Trek 342: When Did Star Trek Fans Lose Their Imaginations?

When Creativity Gives Way to Complaining

The change in the Klingons’ appearance. Do Romulans have head ridges or not? Is Klingon blood red or pink? Just how powerful are Betazoid senses? And why exactly does a French Starship captain sound British?

Over its 60 years of history, Star Trek has given us many interesting and perplexing questions. As fans, we have come up with theories, hypotheses, and outright speculation to make it all fit. But in recent years, it sometimes feels like that fun theorizing has given way to complaining and cries of “the writers don’t know what they’re doing!” Why is that?

In this episode of Positively Trek, hosts Dan and Barry discuss this issue and ask themselves “when did Star Trek fans lose their imaginations?”

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Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

When did Star Trek fans lose their imaginations? (00:05:25)

Why do the Klingons look different (Round One)? (00:08:12)

Why do the Romulans look different? (00:21:36)

Why does Jean-Luc Picard sound British? (00:28:47)

Patreon Shout Out (00:36:56)

Why do the Trill look different? (00:37:36)

Kling vs. Qo’noS (00:42:41)

Klingon Pepto Bismol blood (00:45:24)

Betazoid Abilities (00:49:31)

Why does Khan recognize Chekov? (00:56:03)

Modern Examples (00:59:43)

Final Thoughts (01:11:12)

Closing (01:15:35)

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Barry DeFord

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)