I liked those elements too, the interaction and the musical score, I thought both were really great. I think the settings are two things I really liked, both Yosemite national park and Nimbus III's endless desert. The planet at the center of the galaxy did just look like outback America (don't know where exactly)...
So what didn't work with the plot? "God" being at the center of the galaxy rather than the center of the universe? I thought it was gutsy to take a subject like religion on the way they did.
So what didn't work with the plot? "God" being at the center of the galaxy rather than the center of the universe? I thought it was gutsy to take a subject like religion on the way they did.
That thing wasn't God, though. Q is much closer to being a god than that creature was; and the existence of species like Q, the Organians, and others in the Trek Universe would make recognizing an actual creator being (if one even existed) pretty difficult, if not impossible. But that thing at the centre of the galaxy was just another non-corporeal alien (of whom Kirk encountered many), probably imprisoned there by its own species since it was obviously psychotic. Since the species is obviously quite powerful, they probably established the barrier themselves to contain it.
I'm no great fan of religion in Star Trek, but if someone is seeking that out I usually suggest Deep Space Nine.
I'm no great fan of religion in Star Trek, but if someone is seeking that out I usually suggest Deep Space Nine.
So... it's just another cliched evil alien entity? Star Trek 5 came out in 1989, so was Q invented yet for TNG?
DS9? What show is that? 
DS9? What show is that? Q first appeared in the series premiere of The Next Generation, which aired in September 1987.
And yeah, it was just another alien. It wasn't even that powerful, as far as those energy creatures go. It wasn't able to reach the Enterprise orbiting the planet, since it told them to "bring the ship closer"; and the Klingon ship's torpedoes managed to at least injure it.
And yeah, it was just another alien. It wasn't even that powerful, as far as those energy creatures go. It wasn't able to reach the Enterprise orbiting the planet, since it told them to "bring the ship closer"; and the Klingon ship's torpedoes managed to at least injure it.
It's weird watchng 
, I'm not sure if John De Lancie is more famous for that or for being Discord now. To be honest though, I've only watched him recently because of Discord. It'd be cool to get more famous actors and people like that on the show for all us geeky types.
I don't want to argue about it, but I'm glad I can just watch something and enjoy it for what it is. It's only a movie, after all.
, I'm not sure if John De Lancie is more famous for that or for being Discord now. To be honest though, I've only watched him recently because of Discord. It'd be cool to get more famous actors and people like that on the show for all us geeky types.I don't want to argue about it, but I'm glad I can just watch something and enjoy it for what it is. It's only a movie, after all.
Oh, I think Mr. De Lancie will always be more famous for his role as Q than Discord. As much as I love Friendship is Magic, I don't see it outlasting Star Trek in the public consciousness. In the here and now there's more talk of Discord, as FiM is quite recent and his appearances on TNG are long over; but 40 years from now it'll be Star Trek people are still watching.
I don't know, My Little Pony is pretty big. Star Trek will always be there of course, but I'm optimistic about both. And there must be a lot of people growing up on Ponies now. At least it'll be nostalgic when it's over.