I'm so disappointed in Riker and Troi...

[elfs]

Omaha informs me that Riker and Troi got married somewhere along the way in movie ten, Nemesis which breaks the rule that even-numbered Star Trek movies don't suck. I haven't seen Nemesis so I was unaware of this.

I'm kind-of disappointed by this. I wanted them to be awkward fuckbuddies for the rest of their lives. That was what the chemistry between Jonathan Frakes and Mirina Sirtis gave off, and writing to that vibe would have been perfect for them.

It takes a bad writer in a poorly-thought-out universe to decide to marry two people who get together once in a while, fuck like mad, and then have trouble looking at each other in the morning... and then do it again three weeks later. Repeatedly.

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[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

Especially since Troi and Worf had a pretty serious thing going for a while.

And then Worf and Jadzia Dax actually went ahead and got married.

Frankly, I always found the JE to be much more believable representations of adult romantic and sexual relationships in the future.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

Omaha informs me that Riker and Troi got married somewhere along the way in movie ten, Nemesis which breaks the rule that even-numbered Star Trek movies don't suck. I haven't seen Nemesis so I was unaware of this.

Didn't Worf and Troi get married, on Deep Space Nine? When did they break up?

Of course, I've long since given up on any of the Star Trek series really having continuity with any other.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'm wrong. They were lovers on ST:TOS and then the plot was totally dropped in DS9.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Uh, if they were lovers in ST:TOS, that would be a helluva time travel story! ;) Actually, they were loves in ST:TNG. :D

[mouser.livejournal.com]

I think it was more like "This is the last episode of 'Friends' where (whoever the heck they were) HAVE to get together or the fans will lynch us!"

But honestly, they'd been awkward fuckbuddies for DECADES. At some point, characters have to grow up and evolve.

[kenshardik]

I've not seen Nemesis because I was really disappointed with Insurrection and heard nothing about Nemesis to convince me that the writers weren't playing fast and loose with continuity and cannon just to make some crappy space opera about clones.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

You pegged Nemesis to a tee. The director kept calling Geordi La Forge an alien, for example. As I told Elf, Nemesis broke the rule that Only Even-numbered Star Trek Movies Don't Suck. Now they all do. :(

I'm not going to go see XI, or whatever the hell they're planning on calling it. I have no faith in Paramount anymore.

They've lost a dedicated Trekker with their antics. And I'm *not* the only one.

Two words...

[pendorbound.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they got married, and I agree the whole awkward thing was far better than wedded bliss, but two words: "Data singing".

It was painful. Not necessarily in a good kind of way either, but it still made the movie worth wincing through. Really. You should see it. Or at least the first 10 minutes of it.

Re: Two words...

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Actually, Data singing (if you mean when he was seeking "life-forms") was in the first ST:TNG movie, Star Trek: Generations.

And yes, I do have this all memorized. I'm pathetic. ;)