I Can’t Stand Gene Roddenberry

The Freehold ^ | August 19, 2012 | Jonathan David Baird

[Vaquero]

Transporter works because of the invention of the Heisenberg compensator. And yes I’m ‘certain’.

And I’m not a nerd but I play one on TV

[KevinDavis]

I may have been a bit harsh of DS9, but by then I was beginning to suffer Trek Fatigue... However, the episode Past Tense was the worst of all Star Trek shows.

[usmcobra]

He’s dead Jim.

[Lee'sGhost]

Hear! Hear!

And damn straight.

[Lazamataz]

Heisenberg compensator

Aw hell, why not? Let's break EVERY law of physics. ;)

[Vaquero]

Get to point, Bender. I've a date with a Doomsday Machine

DONT YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?

[GOPJ]

All (good) military groups MUST function as ethical totalitarian socialists organizations. They don't have time or energy to be democratic.

(Ok, let's vote on this attack plan... all in favor raise your hand.."

Our military today is a socialist organization. As it should be. Medical care is free, housing is provided, orders are 'given' not 'voted on'. Think about it - it has to be that way ... That's NOT to say Roddneberry didn't screw up trying to apply those totally workable ideas for a military to civilian situations ( where they become unworkable) - even if it was fiction.

[GOPJ]

All (good) military groups MUST function as ethical totalitarian socialists organizations. They don't have time or energy to be democratic.

(Ok, let's vote on this attack plan... all in favor raise your hand..") - Not gonna happen - not ever.

Our military today is a socialist organization. As it should be. Medical care is free, housing is provided, orders are 'given' not 'voted on'. Think about it - it has to be that way ... That's NOT to say Roddneberry didn't screw up trying to apply those totally workable ideas for a military to civilian situations ( where they become unworkable) - even if it was fiction.

[Bender2]

Well, you see, Vaquero, it started when I owed Doc... this 600 dollars--

Wrap it up, Bill... your doomsday machine awaits.

[hattend]

You forgot T’Pol from “Enterprise”

7 of 9 helped give us Obama. (Yeah, her ex-hubby is a scum sucking douche, but still)

[hattend]

Enterprise is underrated, IMO. Especially the latter years.

Agree.. The Xindi arc was good entertainment.

I like Enterprise better than all the other Trek series

[GSWarrior]

"Give Heinlein a try."

Or Jack Vance.

[rockrr]

That’s some funny stuff there Bender. Thanks for the chuckle.

[Bratch]

[longtermmemmory]

Rodenberry said there was no cash in the future but the IDIC pin was created as a merchandising ploy.

The series was better the LESS he was involved.

Gean Koon (sp?) was what made the series tick.

PC kept trying to destroy the series.

[hattend]

Yep

[Bender2]

Re:

Gadzooks-- What a waste... and I'm throwing away the receipt of our wild weekend on Risa!

[Fledermaus]

Even in the original Star Trek, in Starfleet you earned “credits” and “spent” them.

[yuleeyahoo]

Galaxy Quest ping!

[ronnyquest]

"Sorry to all you Star Trek fans out there. I may be the only science fiction fan in the universe that really hates his guts. He stands in the annals of history with Karl Marx as one of the most vile perpetrators of socialism and communism this planet has ever known. I call him the used philosophy salesman…. and he was good at that job, one of the best. "

No, sir, you are not the only person in the universe who despises Roddenberry's marxist utopian fantasy and I make no apologies. I despise him and his cultist followers. Bunch of marxist nitwits. That's redundant--the two seem to go hand in hand--marxism and nitwittery.

It was people like him who called Robert A. Heinlein a fascist because he dared to claim that people who had never served their fellow man in any capacity and who were unwilling to risk their own safety did not deserve citizenship.

After creating his utopian vision of our future, Roddenberry was forever uncomfortable with the militaristic nature of Star Fleet, which is why we got those freakish pajama outfits in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

And he also issued that remarkably stupid statement that "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few--or the one." My ass. That's marxist-speak for their disdain for individual liberty.

Firefly is where it's at.