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Morning Star · 16th November 2004, 11:47 AM

I love The Borg! They are my favourite element of Star Trek. I remember being so enthralled watching the episode of TNG where Q showed Picard the future of things to come and I loved the Locutus (sp) storyline.

However...I less than loved the movie. I really enjoyed the fight scenes with The Borg, optic lasers in the dark and such...but I hated, really hated the borg queen. To me, she was the epitome of everything that the borg was not. She was chaotic and driven by emotion...sure I guess The Borg need an origin of sorts and a leader...but I preferred the conflux of light and circuitry (as it appeared on screen in communications) that was "The Collective." (Which she claimed to be.)

I did not want to accept the movie as canon, but if I did...I have a question, with the destruction of the queen, did that mean the end of the borg? What happened to them afterwards?

The Master™ · 16th November 2004, 01:34 PM

I thought the movie (First Contact) was fantastic... The way the victims of the borg were altered...

How could you not accept the Queen??? There had to be some overriding "source" of the unification of the borg populace...

TNG was too plastic - and then First Contact, I thought WOW!!!

Morning Star · 16th November 2004, 02:24 PM

Hey! Don't enforce your morbid attraction of a disembodied Alice Krige upon me! (Hahaha)

Still does not answer my question Jordy, what happened to the Borg after that?

Foxbat · 16th November 2004, 05:08 PM

I got a little tired of Star Trek (too much on TV and I'm all Trekked out) but I do love the Borg - probably one of the best baddies ever - even better than the Cybermen in Dr Who

On the question of the Borg - I was under the impression (I might have got it from Voyager) that the Borg was a collection of Collectives - and this explained their continued existence after the Queen's demise (the again - maybe I just dreamed it)

I, Brian · 16th November 2004, 06:07 PM

First Contact felt too much like watching other people play laser tag. The Borg Queen element seemed like a sad pandering to selling sex, as if the story were otherwise too lacking to stand up on it's own. Unfortunately, as with the Next Gen films in general, that might well have been true.

Yah, boo, I'm a critic.

The Master™ · 16th November 2004, 11:18 PM

I think the whole Queen issue was to do with the Borg being referred to as drones... Therefore looking at the collective as a hive... Bees and ants do a very similar thing - though they tend to kill instead of assimilate...

But I think Brian is right about the pandering to the sex issue...

Morning Star · 17th November 2004, 05:29 AM

Then it's easy to assume that a new queen/king/overmind could have been created? I like Foxbats theory.

You know what other race I liked? Those big hunter guys, (They were in Voyager...although that episode where they were experiencing a holographic nazi holocaust with them kind of sucked.) They had blue body armor and would wear masks...they hunted that evil species from the other dimension species 1234 or something. I always hated species 1234...felt it was kinda sucky and desperate on the part of the writers.

But then, Voyager is probably the most loathed out of all the treks.

I, Brian · 17th November 2004, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by The Master™

But I think Brian is right about the pandering to the sex issue...

Maybe they should have cast Roseanne Barr as the Borg Queen. That would have been more scary.

The Master™ · 17th November 2004, 09:26 AM

Aw, dude - I'm just eating my breakfast - or at least I was!!!

There isn't a certification high enough to deal with that horror...

The Queen worked on many levels sexually - the rubber, the dominatrix feel to her, the power she wields!!!

As for what happened after her death... Well, I would presume that there are several in maturation chambers, to be released when the previous one ceases to be...

MS, you are thinking of the Hirogen Hunters... Amazing how they started out about 8-9feet tall then shrank!!!

And Species 8472 were great... A species that scared the Borg and were immune to them!!! YAY!!!

Princess Ivy · 27th November 2004, 05:56 PM

sorry ms, the most hated series is and always will be ENTERPRISE! and they just don't make baddies like the klingons anymore. the best baddies ever!

Quest · 24th December 2004, 03:20 PM

I liked First Contact. Of all of the Next Gen movies, it was the best (but true, considering some of those films, being the best MIGHT not be a really hard thing to do).

The Borg Queen was questionable. Yes, she was added for sex appeal. Yes, it did cause some confusion. Fans suddenly learned that the Borg weren't all just one mind, but controled by the Queen. The idea must have caught on, because the character was used again in Voyager.

The Borg were probably the best new villains added to the Star Trek cannon. At the very least, they provided a lot of story ideas.

Princess Ivy · 28th December 2004, 11:24 PM

(bah) i've not seen the sex apeal of the borg queen, but that may be cause i'm a woman

The Master™ · 28th December 2004, 11:43 PM

Has a lot to do with the BDSM-style sex appeal... A lot of men find a woman in leather and in charge as very erotic...

Roboripper · 29th June 2006, 02:40 PM

I've always wanted to see what happened to Hugh and the Borg Individuals. I did start writing a fan fic sequel to First Contact fanfic not long after FC came out, where Picard recieves a distress call from Hugh involving the Romulans and the Borg but gave up halfway through 'cause it was a little pants!

j. d. worthington · 29th June 2006, 04:40 PM

I've largely been "trekked out" for a very, very long time; but I still retain a certain sentimental (though distant) fondness for the show. I will say that I thought "The Best of Both Worlds" story, which introduced the Borg, as I recall, seemed truly terrifying (it was a season finale/cliffhanger and next season opener, wasn't it? -- it's been a while). I liked the Locutus storyline, and was rather disappointed that they did so little with it afterward -- that final scene in Picard's quaters, when he's looking out, I picked up a hint that there were traces of the Borg still in him and, while they gave some slight lip service to it later in the series, I felt that this could have had great potential for character conflict, and was another ball that was dropped. What happened to the Borg as things went on just became too saccharine for my system, and I simply gave up watching..... Ah, yes, the road less taken.....

16th November 2004, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Morning Star Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 315	Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I love The Borg! They are my favourite element of Star Trek. I remember being so enthralled watching the episode of TNG where Q showed Picard the future of things to come and I loved the Locutus (sp) storyline. However...I less than loved the movie. I really enjoyed the fight scenes with The Borg, optic lasers in the dark and such...but I hated, really hated the borg queen. To me, she was the epitome of everything that the borg was not. She was chaotic and driven by emotion...sure I guess The Borg need an origin of sorts and a leader...but I preferred the conflux of light and circuitry (as it appeared on screen in communications) that was "The Collective." (Which she claimed to be.) I did not want to accept the movie as canon, but if I did...I have a question, with the destruction of the queen, did that mean the end of the borg? What happened to them afterwards?

16th November 2004, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Master™ Right hand of Vengence!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,753	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I thought the movie (First Contact) was fantastic... The way the victims of the borg were altered... How could you not accept the Queen??? There had to be some overriding "source" of the unification of the borg populace... TNG was too plastic - and then First Contact, I thought WOW!!!

16th November 2004, 02:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Morning Star Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 315	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! Hey! Don't enforce your morbid attraction of a disembodied Alice Krige upon me! (Hahaha) Still does not answer my question Jordy, what happened to the Borg after that?

16th November 2004, 05:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,371	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I got a little tired of Star Trek (too much on TV and I'm all Trekked out) but I do love the Borg - probably one of the best baddies ever - even better than the Cybermen in Dr Who On the question of the Borg - I was under the impression (I might have got it from Voyager) that the Borg was a collection of Collectives - and this explained their continued existence after the Queen's demise (the again - maybe I just dreamed it)

16th November 2004, 06:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
I, Brian Admin and Tea-boy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 5,370	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! First Contact felt too much like watching other people play laser tag. The Borg Queen element seemed like a sad pandering to selling sex, as if the story were otherwise too lacking to stand up on it's own. Unfortunately, as with the Next Gen films in general, that might well have been true. Yah, boo, I'm a critic.

16th November 2004, 11:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
The Master™ Right hand of Vengence!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,753	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I think the whole Queen issue was to do with the Borg being referred to as drones... Therefore looking at the collective as a hive... Bees and ants do a very similar thing - though they tend to kill instead of assimilate... But I think Brian is right about the pandering to the sex issue...

17th November 2004, 05:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Morning Star Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 315	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! Then it's easy to assume that a new queen/king/overmind could have been created? I like Foxbats theory. You know what other race I liked? Those big hunter guys, (They were in Voyager...although that episode where they were experiencing a holographic nazi holocaust with them kind of sucked.) They had blue body armor and would wear masks...they hunted that evil species from the other dimension species 1234 or something. I always hated species 1234...felt it was kinda sucky and desperate on the part of the writers. But then, Voyager is probably the most loathed out of all the treks.

17th November 2004, 09:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
The Master™ Right hand of Vengence!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,753	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! Aw, dude - I'm just eating my breakfast - or at least I was!!! There isn't a certification high enough to deal with that horror... The Queen worked on many levels sexually - the rubber, the dominatrix feel to her, the power she wields!!! As for what happened after her death... Well, I would presume that there are several in maturation chambers, to be released when the previous one ceases to be... MS, you are thinking of the Hirogen Hunters... Amazing how they started out about 8-9feet tall then shrank!!! And Species 8472 were great... A species that scared the Borg and were immune to them!!! YAY!!!

27th November 2004, 05:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Princess Ivy Damsel in this dress Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,763	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! sorry ms, the most hated series is and always will be ENTERPRISE! and they just don't make baddies like the klingons anymore. the best baddies ever!

24th December 2004, 03:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
Quest Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Delaware Posts: 38	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I liked First Contact. Of all of the Next Gen movies, it was the best (but true, considering some of those films, being the best MIGHT not be a really hard thing to do). The Borg Queen was questionable. Yes, she was added for sex appeal. Yes, it did cause some confusion. Fans suddenly learned that the Borg weren't all just one mind, but controled by the Queen. The idea must have caught on, because the character was used again in Voyager. The Borg were probably the best new villains added to the Star Trek cannon. At the very least, they provided a lot of story ideas.

28th December 2004, 11:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
Princess Ivy Damsel in this dress Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,763	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! (bah) i've not seen the sex apeal of the borg queen, but that may be cause i'm a woman

28th December 2004, 11:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
The Master™ Right hand of Vengence!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,753	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! Has a lot to do with the BDSM-style sex appeal... A lot of men find a woman in leather and in charge as very erotic...

29th June 2006, 02:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
Roboripper Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 20	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I've always wanted to see what happened to Hugh and the Borg Individuals. I did start writing a fan fic sequel to First Contact fanfic not long after FC came out, where Picard recieves a distress call from Hugh involving the Romulans and the Borg but gave up halfway through 'cause it was a little pants!

29th June 2006, 04:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
j. d. worthington Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,744	Re: Resistance Is Futile! You Will Answer! I've largely been "trekked out" for a very, very long time; but I still retain a certain sentimental (though distant) fondness for the show. I will say that I thought "The Best of Both Worlds" story, which introduced the Borg, as I recall, seemed truly terrifying (it was a season finale/cliffhanger and next season opener, wasn't it? -- it's been a while). I liked the Locutus storyline, and was rather disappointed that they did so little with it afterward -- that final scene in Picard's quaters, when he's looking out, I picked up a hint that there were traces of the Borg still in him and, while they gave some slight lip service to it later in the series, I felt that this could have had great potential for character conflict, and was another ball that was dropped. What happened to the Borg as things went on just became too saccharine for my system, and I simply gave up watching..... Ah, yes, the road less taken.....