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The new threat to the universe is...

xpectadeth68xpectadeth68 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
THE VIDIANS.
...watch.

I wouldve said the hirogen,but that would be too easy.

Remember,you heard it here first.
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    steamwrightsteamwright Member Posts: 2,820
    edited July 2013
    So you are assuming the Think Tank lied regarding the curing of the phage? From what I could tell, that was the only drive to violence the Viidians had.
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    vocmcpvocmcp Member Posts: 1,134 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Right now it's Cryptic itself....................
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    voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    vocmcp wrote: »
    Right now it's Cryptic itself....................

    You mean, PWE itself...
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    virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    With the way the voting was going, I thought it was going to be Mulgrew's acting...
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    zenzenarimasenzenzenarimasen Member Posts: 181 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    virusdancer wrote: »
    With the way the voting was going, I thought it was going to be Mulgrew's acting...

    I found her acting to be far preferable to William Shatner and Scott Bacula's acting.

    I have a hypothesis that the vast majority of Janeway haters just want to see themselves being the captain of their favorite show and they get unnerved about trying to think about themselves as a female captain. The Voyager series had far worse problems than Mulgrew, who I think put on a brilliant performance despite all the other problems in the show, like Harry Kim the Forever Ensign, or the overuse of shakey cam.

    If you think Mulgrew was bad, check out the original actress who was chosen to play Janeway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 Now HER acting was attrocious. I can't begin to think how badly she would butcher the line Janeway had later in the series: "there's coffee in that nebula"
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    timezargtimezarg Member Posts: 1,268
    edited July 2013
    zenzenarimasen wrote: »
    I found her acting to be far preferable to William Shatner and Scott Bacula's acting.

    I have a hypothesis that the vast majority of Janeway haters just want to see themselves being the captain of their favorite show and they get unnerved about trying to think about themselves as a female captain. The Voyager series had far worse problems than Mulgrew, who I think put on a brilliant performance despite all the other problems in the show, like Harry Kim the Forever Ensign, or the overuse of shakey cam.

    If you think Mulgrew was bad, check out the original actress who was chosen to play Janeway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 Now HER acting was attrocious. I can't begin to think how badly she would butcher the line Janeway had later in the series: "there's coffee in that nebula"

    Yeah, that actress was too soft-spoken and her delivery in that scene was pretty emotionless and uncaring. Just phoning in the lines.

    I've got my issues with Mulgrew's handling of the role, but she did a passable job most of the time.
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    fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    On topic:

    I don't think it's the Vidians. I thought about the Kazon, but I doubt they would be any threat, so don't think so either.


    Off topic:

    Kate Mulgrew, bad? You have got to be kidding. The charater itself was kind of "unstable", but her acting is very good.
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    tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It has been confirmed in the latest interview that it is NOT the Kazon.

    I hope it ends up being the Krenim. They were interesting.

    Odds are that ends up being the Undine though since they already have Undine assets ingame, and the fact that they recently yanked Terradome for no "good" reason other than to "remaster and re-release it sometime down the road with no eta".
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    kamenriderzero1kamenriderzero1 Member Posts: 906 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Half of an actors problems come from the script they're handed. It's been noted that VOY's writing staff seemed to have an "I don't care, here's your show, where's my paycheck" addiutude. After DS9 ended, one of it's writers moved over. He asked someone "hey, how do you write this character" you know, charactization, continuity. The response he got back was "eh, what ever." Needless to say he quit not long after.


    Now as for Shatner....
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    therealfluffytherealfluffy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The Vaadwaur. They should've recovered by now and they want their Underspace back. And they want revenge on both Janeway and the races who destroyed their planet and almost made their people extinct. And they have thousands of years of history of being a violent and expansive race.
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    carasucia83carasucia83 Member Posts: 568 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Stahl said it wasn't going to be the Kazon.

    I therefore surmise that it will be the Kazon.

    No, seriously. I'm going with the Swarm. They will have some kind of carrier ship that launches those smaller drain ships that attach themselves to your hull and do damage while they drain your ship of power.
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    misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Neelix' cooking.:P
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    lazarus51166lazarus51166 Member Posts: 646 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Odds are that ends up being the Undine though since they already have Undine assets ingame, and the fact that they recently yanked Terradome for no "good" reason other than to "remaster and re-release it sometime down the road with no eta".

    Except that its been explicitly stated that it is a new enemy. Undine aren't new.
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    dixoniumdixonium Member Posts: 219 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Whatever the upcoming storyline brings us, I for one am hoping the Vidiian phage was not cured. The Vidiians are among my favorite Star Trek races, and I'm hoping they'll one day make it into the game.
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    the1tiggletthe1tigglet Member Posts: 1,421 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    steamwright wrote: »
    So you are assuming the Think Tank lied regarding the curing of the phage? From what I could tell, that was the only drive to violence the Viidians had.

    Have to agree with that, just watched that episode again.

    Seriously there are far more dangerous races they encountered than that one also, whole sections of the delta quadrant that were completely bypassed because the enemies that owned those sectors were deadly.
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    misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    the1tigglet wrote: »
    Have to agree with that, just watched that episode again.

    Seriously there are far more dangerous races they encountered than that one also, whole sections of the delta quadrant that were completely bypassed because the enemies that owned those sectors were deadly.

    Among those guys only known but never seen were these:

    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Krowtonan_Guard

    they might have potential.;)
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    naharikajalnaharikajal Member Posts: 232 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    virusdancer wrote: »
    With the way the voting was going, I thought it was going to be Mulgrew's acting...

    You made me laugh! :-D

    I would say: Voth.
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    gornman47gornman47 Member Posts: 146 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    My vote goes to the Vadwaur and/or the Voth. Either would make good sense story wise, considering the Vadwaur would probably be strong enough by this time period to pose a real threat. The Voth were kinda all powerful and would make for a great enemy where our heroes would actually have to use their brains to get out of a bad situation involving the Voth.
    I just hope we get to go to the Delta Quadrant itself instead of the enemy coming to us.
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    tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    lazarus51166 wrote: »
    Except that its been explicitly stated that it is a new enemy. Undine aren't new.

    Because everything Cryptic says is 100% accurate. They go with a minimalist approach which fits right in with my guess of it being the Undine. Not to mention the yanking of Terradome for no "good" reason when they could have simply made the changes and rereleased it instead of yanking it all together and getting to it sometime down the road.
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    zdfx19zdfx19 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Really, with SO MANY unfinished storylines and alien enemy threats they need to finish the bumpy forehead alien with a gun story from last episode before introducing a new one only to leave it hanging too...
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    eulifdaviseulifdavis Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I honestly think the Vidians would make a great enemy. Yes, the Think Tank said they cured the Phage, but what if the Phage mutated (again) just like it was constantly prone to doing? What if it forced the Vidians back into their old ways of hunting and harvesting body parts?

    Could be great fun. ;)
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    theuser2021theuser2021 Member Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I was just about to say, The Vidiians were supposedly cured by the think tank crew. Never made any darn sense to me. How is it in the 24th-25th century when star fleet has nanobots and advanced medical technology does a virus still harm anyone, let alone still exist? And why go through the trouble of stealing alien organs? I think about how close we are to being able to genetically grow or 3d print replacement organs. I mean we even saw that technology in other star trek episodes. Why couldn't the doctor just show them how to clone new organs? Heck, why not just go cyborg? Phage took your arm? Get a super strong Vidiian Data arm.

    Like I said the Vidiians made no sense.
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    misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    eulifdavis wrote: »
    I honestly think the Vidians would make a great enemy. Yes, the Think Tank said they cured the Phage, but what if the Phage mutated (again) just like it was constantly prone to doing? What if it forced the Vidians back into their old ways of hunting and harvesting body parts?

    Could be great fun. ;)

    Because if they went that route, they'd admit they've run out of ideas and are just rehashing old ones. It would also resemble to approach they had in the 1960's Batman series, where a bump to thead was all it took the create King Tut...again and again.
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    daan2006daan2006 Member Posts: 5,346 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    i still say and hope krenim
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    jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Janeway was one of the best

    Now you want bad wooden acting

    Look to the new films for that
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    freedumb4evafreedumb4eva Member Posts: 269
    edited July 2013
    vocmcp wrote: »
    Right now it's Cryptic itself....................

    Please grow up or at least put up a YouTube video of yourself crying.
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    artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2013
    zenzenarimasen wrote: »
    I have a hypothesis that the vast majority of Janeway haters just want to see themselves being the captain of their favorite show and they get unnerved about trying to think about themselves as a female captain.

    No my problem was with the inconsistent characterisation of Janeway.
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    cabezadetortugacabezadetortuga Member Posts: 251 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    zenzenarimasen wrote: »
    I found her acting to be far preferable to William Shatner and Scott Bacula's acting.

    I have a hypothesis that the vast majority of Janeway haters just want to see themselves being the captain of their favorite show and they get unnerved about trying to think about themselves as a female captain. The Voyager series had far worse problems than Mulgrew, who I think put on a brilliant performance despite all the other problems in the show, like Harry Kim the Forever Ensign, or the overuse of shakey cam.

    If you think Mulgrew was bad, check out the original actress who was chosen to play Janeway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIZcDWKyw0 Now HER acting was attrocious. I can't begin to think how badly she would butcher the line Janeway had later in the series: "there's coffee in that nebula"


    I fully agree. Mulgrew was one of the most talented members of the cast, and I think that she pulled the part of a Starfleet captain off beautifully. Janeway, Tuvok, and the Doctor were very well portrayed in the television program, in my opinion.
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    kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Yeah, Mulgrew's acting was very good. The problem with Janeway was the writing. The writers on Voyager were absolutely god awful terrible. And in Enterprise, you had the same poor quality writers and they were phoning it in even more.

    Even the best actors can look bad with crappy scripts.
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    anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Back on topic...

    I think the new enemy is the suliban cabal resurrected... Maybe the pre-foundation for "future-guy" from enterprise.
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