Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam (Today is a good day to die!)
Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
I always had a thing for Vulcans and Romulans. It's like Elves... there's something about those pointy ears that make people (read: the fairer sex) so darn attractive...
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
I would say Hirogen (since who else would?), but I think I'll really say, Bajoran. Klingon characters eventually show a real strain being Klingon. Ferengi struggle against their own values. But we had a Bajoran (Kira) on screen for seven years, and her values didn't fail her.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Nobody will agree with me on this one, but I vote for Betazoids. Nothing beats the ability to read another's thoughts. You can anticipate their next moves and understand their motivations.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Tribbles.
They're never unhappy.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
They are also extict, iirc.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Then they're all in Tribble heaven, having a wonderful time .
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
No, some of them were brought forward through time, and have been enraging Klingons ever since.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The Borg, baby.
And maybe the Romulans and the Cardassians.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Humans.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
mph, I was going to put that in lieu of Tribbles ( ), but since johnsonweed did specify "alien" race which seems to imply any race that isn't human, I decided against it.
But if I can put humans, that's my serious answer. I don't particularly like any of the Trek aliens all that much.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Species 8472!
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
romys
Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :
Horta
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
The Q kinda rock. I'd love to be able to do/create anything I want!
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Today I was in a Hallmark store. They had the Christmas ornaments up already.
One that was presented proud and center was a Klingon Bird of Prey.
My thought was, "What a totally anti-Christmas thing to put on your tree. Why don't they offer a Star Trek ship that truly reflects the meaning of Christmas? Where was the Ferengi Merchant Ship anyway?"
I think Vulcan's are my favorite, but that the Ferengi could be made interesting if they were presented a little more like Picard described them in Season One of TNG, and less like Quark without a backbone.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I have a gorgeous Patrick Stewart photo as my desktop wallpaper at work....
"Why does the Captain always get the girl? Because he's the Captain!" (quote from the book 'Everything I Ever Needed To Know I Learned From Star Trek') Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
The Trill. Love that Dax!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I liked the Hirogen too.
But for best race. I liked the Trill too, or the Changelings.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
This thing. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
What the heck is that?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh! I know! It is the Nancy-Monster from the Original Series. She pretends to be McCoy's old girlfriend, Nancy, but in reality she is a salt-sucking monster. If you don't feed her lots and lots of salt tablets, she'll kill you by sucking the salt out of you.
You want to be THAT? Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Do the Travelers count as a race?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Sure. One of the more annoying races.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Aw, but still intriguing.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You want to be THAT?
Want to BE that? Who said anything about being a particular alien? I just think it looks funny.
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
I second species 8472
Posted by KPhysicsGeek (Member # 8655) on :
Vulcans, I find it intruiging that they had to tightly control all their emotions in order to survive and wonder if we'll be in that situation some day.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Yeah, yeah, all that Vulcan discipline and self-righteousness. But whenever someone is pitching a huge fit and going all nutsy, who is it? The Vulcan. Those dudes need to get down off their high horse and loosen up a bit.
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
I love when Picard took Sarek's emotions into himself and for the first time we saw Sarek raw and uncut, as his love for his son and wife poured out.
And when Tuvok merged with a serial killer and nearly lost all control as he conveyed the disgust, rage, and frustration that vulcans have toward arrogant, narrow minded, emotion, short-lived humans.
the Vulcans are cool, especially when you see the storm beneath the calm waves.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The Vulcans are fascinating (to coin a phrase), but the Rihansu are even more intriguing.
Posted by johnsonweed (Member # 8114) on :
I like the bumpy headed Klingons the best.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
*was going to say something about liking Klingon sex*
*decided johnsonweed might think I was trying to make a pass at him. So I'll refrain*
FG
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I've always been fond of the Bajorans
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I rather like the Borg, but I also need to put in a secondary vote for the Cardassians, if only for Garek in DS9 and the "There are four lights" epsisode of TNG.
--Enigmatic (must admit he doesn't recognize a few of the races mentioned so far)
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'll have to go with the Borg too just because it is the first TV villian that actually made me scared for the crew. I hated what they did with them (First Contact is the most annoying movie ever), but they sure started out great. Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Since Star Trek TNG, the franchise had a wonderful philosophy, that any enemy could become a friend if treated correctly. The problem is that once you pacify and befriend your enemy, creating an exciting story becomes difficult.
So you have the villainous Klingons going all military noble in Worf and being allies, then you have the mysterious/dreaded Ferengei becoming just cheap merchants and bad theives. Then you have the Romulans going all reunificationally noble, the Borg being Hue'd to friendship, even Q going mellow in several episodes.
It took a lot of work on DS9's part to create an enemy that could not be won over by the vitues of the Federation--the Jem Hadar were scientifically programmed not to be won over.
There were a lot of excellent evil races in the Star Trek Universe, but their whimping out to Federation Normal leave them a bit disappointing.
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
If I can't be a Q, then I want to be a Trill
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
I vote Qs are the best race! Vulcans are a close second.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
But are the Q's (the continuum) really a race?
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
I like the Q and the Trill, too.
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
Don't remember who the Rihansu are.
I just liked species 8472. Especially in their fake Starfleet Academy, learning how to infiltrate/live among humans. Too bad that storyline was never picked up again.
Instead we got Seven and Chakotay in the holodeck and later stuck on a planet and falling in love. Or a race of people who took an early Starfleet satellite that contained all of human knowledge, misapplied the information and blew themselves up and ruined their planet and somehow its the humans fault. And so it's ok the Lt Kerry got killed needlessly, after 7 years in the Delta Quadrant, since the aliens were justifiably upset with the humans.
Three more Species 8472 episodes would have been much better.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Another group of aliens I liked were the...uh....what was Weyoun?
And IanO, you might better know them as the Romulans (although not as the later series portrayed them). See Diane Duane's series. (And oops, I misspelled. It's Rihannsu.)
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
Jeffrey Combs has been just about every single species there IS in the Trek universe. And then some... he's a classic.
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