Winn always made my skin crawl!
Yeah, but you're supposed to dislike Winn, she's the villain. Her acting was perfect for the role.
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Personally I absolutely love Winn ...... because I hate her character so much.
As soon as I see her in an episode I know I'm gonna enjoy it because she'll leave a lasting memory for me as to why I dislike her so much. Louise Fletcher is such a beautiful actress because she makes you forget you're watching a TV show and makes you absolutely want to step into an air lock and blast yourself out into the vacuum of space just to leave her presence.
She reminds me of Joffrey from GoT in that sense.
I will never stop loving to hate Louise Fletcher characters. She was amazing.
Good villains make you want to crawl in through the screen and punch them, and boy is Kai Winn a punchable character.
Ironically, I have never wanted to punch Q, but Sisko punched him and never Winn.
People hated Wesley more than they hated Pulaski.
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Come on, Pulaski wasn't that bad. She even had a decent character arc to become likeable. Winn though.. yeah we hate her.
with every rewatch of TNG, i come to appreciate Pulaski more and more. her exchanges with Moriarty, in particular, make for an enjoyable watch.
She was one of the only characters to have true growth. I loved her. Plus, Diana Muldaur is awesome. Still with us at 86!
Are you saying Winn didn't have character arc?
She had the biggest arc in startrek and it was masterfully acted...
From disliked to loathed is still growth.
Yeah, but there was that little moment in between where you almost felt sorry for her, before the ultimate "nah, she is still piece of shit..."
I have nothing against her actress. She played wonderfully. I really loved to hate her character. This overzealous and overtly jealous priest.
I don't know, Winn stresses me out. I always think DS9 is my favorite until I remember how much I hate Winn, and how much anxiety she creates, and I hesitate. I don't like to hate her. I just wish she weren't there.
The Elders tell me Pulaski was supposed to be “unlikable” but in a gruff, McCoy dammit-i’m-a-doctor kind of way.
But the fact that that wasn’t possible to do (and wouldn’t have worked if it was) apparently didn’t stop them from trying.
The sophomore slump hits everybody.
She even had a decent character arc to become likeable.
Her whole arc was supposed to explore the idea of a kind-of rational and legitimate hatred, then see where it led.
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Time and again, her bigotry caused new injury to herself and to others. But then this was held in contrast to Ed Mercer's persistent failed efforts to extend an olive branch to rival alien races who were unable to divest of their own bigotries.
That's what made the latest season of Orville so fucking good.
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The whole season is about trying to build a coalition between the liberal Planetary Union and the fascist Chak'tal and ultra-conservative Moclan. But, in the end, their commitment to their own moral compass paves a way for an unexpected alliance with the Kaylon that yields far more fruit than any kind of strategic military compromise with the corrupt governments of the Chak'tal or Moclan.
It wasn't just that she became likeable. Its that the guiding principles of the Planetary Union usher the crew towards a better galaxy, even when that path isn't immediately clear from the outset.
While I like your analysis, the comment you're responding to was referring to Pulaski's arc, not Charlie's.
I love the way the two principle evils of DS9 are both motivated by a deep conviction that they have been treated unfairly.
Hot take: Pulaski > Crusher
To this day I am still sad Kira wasn't the one to do her in at the end.
Oh that would have been so nice, the last episode was very much "quick, we need to tie these threads!"
Kira going to save him from a trap through her faith somehow would have been so much cooler.
HOLD MY ~~BEER~~ KANAR
Maybe I'm alone on this, but I found a lot of the story lines with Neelix from Voyager to be hard to watch.
If they'd only stopped making him so damned childish.
Ever seen Avenue5? Spike was what Neelix shoulda been and it's hilarious.
I have never seen Avenue 5, but as an old Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan I suddenly saw a foul-mouthed English bad boy Neelix in my head and it was hilarious 😂
Actually, I wish they'd made his girlfriend a little less, ah, childish.
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Arising from the ashes, Rey Skywalker joins the fray.
Seriously tho I have seen way more mainstream hate for Rey.
Not that Star Wars is scifi as much as space opera. Nor does it technically count as a TV series as much as a film series.
I think she's the banner target for frustration with the Disney sequels. Almost like Jar Jar for people who didn't like the prequels, although now that it's been 20 years people don't seem to hate Jar Jar as much.
It doesn't help that they basically refused to flesh out her character like there was some sort of overarching secret that was going to make it totally worth it. They kind of screwed up the algorithm, like in lost you can have mystery building mystery but you need to give away decent hints on the way through and through no fault of her own her character was just kind of bland.
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flipping through my big list of Star Wars characters to dislike
There are so many people ahead of her on the list.
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Prequels C3PO, all the cringe and none of the comedy
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Rose Tico, the plot hook that can't act
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Watto, the flying anti-semitism
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Snoke, what are you even doing here? The practice sphere Luke spared with in A New Hope advanced the plot more than you did.
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Porkins, the pilot who couldn't hold it together
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Maz Kanata, a bargain basement Yoda and absolutely abhorrent waste of Lupita Nyong'o's talents
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Jar Jar Binks
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Everyone who made the Star Wars Christmas Special possible
I get being a bit annoyed that they gender-swapped Luke Skywalker got to just kinda mime her way through the first three movies. But if the worst thing Disney did was file the serial numbers of the George Lucas originals and ad a splash of color to the cast, I can almost forgive them for it.
Even just within the third trilogy... Daisy Ridley was fucking trying to give that ham of a script some spice. And she managed to leave more on the table than Hayden Christensen did with the Anakin role. Hell, she ran circles around the desiccated corpse of Harrison Ford, an honorable mention for some of the worst performance in the series.
She's not even in the top five worst characters in the sixth best Star Wars series. Cut her some slack.
Just to be clear, I was more commenting on how much hate I saw for her, because I'm pretty much on the same page as you in terms of how I feel about it. It's pretty silly to be mad about.
or… the entire discovery crew.
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