Comments on: TrekInk: Review of Star Trek: Aliens Spotlight – Q

By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:25 +0000

This comic is terrible, one of the worst from IDW (I’ve read them all). The portrayal of Q is just horrible; he (a nearly omnipotent being) misses an obvious solution to a problem — yet a solution that likely wouldn’t have really worked, anyway, but does in this poor story — and to a problem that is pretty lame and poorly defined in the first place. It illustrates some of the worst aspects of Q, ignoring the best — and the best can be great.

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By: Nick Cook

Nick Cook — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:34:01 +0000

Received my copy to day. Enjoyed it, but it was pretty light. Always nice to see some TNG crew action though.

By: Sarah S

Sarah S — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:49:12 +0000

#13; Only as limited as the scope of a creative imagination.

By: Robert Gillis

Robert Gillis — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:22:53 +0000

Read it at Newbury Comics — NOTHING special at all. In fact, pretty boring. Art was OK, nice to see something set after ST:FC, but not special at all. Although at one point Q offers to remove Picard’s memories of Locutus, which was unexpected.

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By: MC1 Doug

MC1 Doug — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:22:48 +0000

I think doing Q stories is like what happened with TREK doing Borg stories.

Too many times to the (collective) well removes the mystery, the intrigue and the terror.

That said, I like Q, but I wonder just what can possibly be done that is new and different with him. omnipotence does have its limitations (is that an oxymoron?) when it comes to writing stories about the Q.

By: tman

tman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:22:20 +0000

I think Q was most effective when his motivations were beyond human understanding and there was a glimpse of divinity in his fore-knowledge and the path he forced people to choose as a reaction to his antics. I think episodes where they cheapened the character by presenting him as flawed but didn’t hint at that divinity are quite forgettable. With that in mind I don’t see how you make a good comic about Q himself. That would further take away the mystery and cheapen him.

By: CarlG

CarlG — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:42:17 +0000

@9: An actor who’s bored with a character roped into performing that character again is NOT going to give the performance you want.

By: Nick Cook

Nick Cook — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:24 +0000

Looking forward to this.