Nothing to do with ST5, but your post provided a happy distraction from contemplation of that cinematic achievement–the memory of a great Jack Handey line:
If God dwells inside us, like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas – because that’s what He’s getting.
Man, I wish I could bitch to someone like Asmiov when my boss is being asinine, and actually get an answer.
Non-canon (from a Star Trek novel); perhaps more authoratative than fan-wank, but only just:
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Apocrypha
According to the non-canon Q Continuum series of novels by Greg Cox, the Sha Ka Ree entity was known as “The One,” and was exiled to the center of the galaxy for causing a civil war centered around the premature destruction of the legendary Tkon Empire millennia before being rediscovered by Sybok and the crew of the Enterprise-A. He was an associate and contemporary of 0 (pronounced “Nil”, as in nothing), the Beta XII-A entity, or (*) as 0 referred to it (used in type because its real name was apparently unpronounceable, or even incomprehensible, by Humans), and Gorgan in this endeavor.
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Quinn from Voyager did.
What Star Trek V? There’s no such movie.
The movie is a steaming pile, no doubt, but I guess I am among the very few who liked the scenes of KS&M seated around the campfire. I thought they were funny and charming, and reflected the old actors’ enjoyment of each others’ company.
I am not sure if this is a fan theory or I made it it up in my head (although either way I am sure it isn’t original) but I thought it might be an evil version of one of the Aliens that showed up in the TNG Barclay episode where he became super smart briefly and took the Enterprise to the center of the galaxy (Nth Degree).
I agree that this part of the movie was decent a should have been the focus. Also, the crew of the Enterprise have met several deity-ish life forms, surely they could have come up with something more original.
No he didn’t. Quinn just wanted to be mortal so he could kill himself.
He needed a starship to free him from an asteroid.
Same answer I gave when I first saw the movie:
What was that ‘God?’
Shatner’s ego
But only because he had been imprisoned there by the other Q’s. Once he was free he was equal in power to Q. But probably not to all the Q’s.
Anybody consider that maybe he was simply Jehovah, pretty much as described in Judeo-Christianity?
He’s clearly not omnipotent, what with having to rest after creation, and also being thwarted by iron chariots. So a sufficiently powerful entity or group of entities could imprison and/or damage Him.
And being imprisoned explains why early on He was all over the Earth doing miracles and talking to people, but then suddenly stopped.