I really think Q was the savior of both Next Generation and Voyager. This guy introduced humor, where the captains in both shows were very dry. Q saved the shows for me.
All I know is if Leonard Nimoy could appear as Ambassador Spock in Abrams' rehash of Star Trek, John de Lancie as Q, the omnipotent and ever present, sure as shit could. If Q met young Kirk we'd potentially see Kirk vs. Borg. We'd get all sorts of jokes comparing Kirk to Picard from the original timeline. Q would perhaps be unaffected by the changes. He's Q!
What the heel that giy spends like minute at the beginning of that interview going on and on about john delancy...at the end to just put hm down at the end by saying it was only 9 episodes hahaha
delancie has mastered the acting of Q in a omnipotent being as spock has a half vulcan-human and spiner has in portraying data.
q is by far my fav st character and to me the ongoing question in science you really believe to know everything, wait what is arround the corner. Thus as ST is meant to be (in my eyes)
I hate how the federation buddys in ST reacted all the time. They always act exactly like what Q told them they actually are. Inside scared, insecure people who are angry to the outside as soon some mirror is shown them, who actually can do what they all desire to be able to do sooo deeply, in all their dreams they want to be a Q and already in the 24th century they could never could say "right, what you say is right, teach me how I can achieve this", but always got pissed? Like teenagers or so.
@sierra1575 But that is actually same as the others were, I think the point by the makers was, that there is someone who is better, same, even more human then the humans in ST, with more heart, principles, more humor, and Picard represented the guy who has achieved his goals and now does not like to hear about someone else no more, unless he can lick ass, like on his former tutor who gave him this archeological gift, but where Q could answer all his question about the universe with one "snip":)
@io1011001 Maybe; I think a lot of their uncomfortableness with Q came from a sense of not having control. Normally, even if getting their asses handed to them by the Borg, there's still a sense that it's a contestable (if lopsided) fight, that they're competing with someone who has risk in the game, etc. With Q, he's just "some guy" who decides to drop in and sorta do whatever he wants. Obviously they don't like him treading on their turf.
@io1011001 If this were real life though, it would obviously make sense to be a little more humble and try to converse with Q to help understanding. I can see them not wanting to have him solve all their problems out of the blue, but conversation wouldn't hurt.
@sierra1575 Good point. They have been nothing but disrespectful to the person who is essentially a God. He turns up in this episode willing to help them glimpse into their future. Forewarned is forearmed. But Picard says "Nah, fuck off Q." Not smart. Yet he has no problem having a seemingly immortal bartender with a very dodgy past and the capacity to frighten the Q continuum schlepping drinks in Ten Forward.
@Nautilus1972 Yeah. My impression of Q is that he's a member of a civilization that has become totally static, but for whatever reason, he possesses the ability to at least create the illusion of being able to manipulate time and space. Most Q episodes have a theme of theater. He seems to enjoy creating real-life thought experiments as an avenue for getting a reaction out of members of a species that is still dynamic and unpredictable.
@Nautilus1972 Keep in mind the first time they encounter Q is episode 1, and he basically threatens humanity with a trial and takes control of fate in a funny court scene. Oh and he froze a redshirt too
Yes, Q would have been a great plot centre for a movie and diubtless it would have been better than nem finished it off! Voyager was good, DS9 was OK, but a little stationary, TNG was what made me a fan of trek and Q was one of the best bits. Even the episode names were for him! Shame Brannon and Rick messed up so bad later
@americanjedi77 YES. Change that "why did they never" AmericanJedi! Damn it, it can still happen! De Lancie's alive - Stewart's alive. Everything else is details lol Hell, it could just be Q going through time and bugging the hell out of everyone from Star Trek who's still alive/available, and then saving the day in a roundabout way
This is the second time I've watched this interview and I'm still surprised that De Lancie only did nine episodes of Trek. Through Next Gen to Voyager. Seemed it was a lot more. Haha.. Thanks for posting.
@americanjedi77 There is a very amazing book writted by De Lancie from Q's first person point of view about the end of the universe... It would have made a brilliant film
De Lancie is awesome. For some reason, even if I see him outside the context of Star Trek, I feel as though he's still omnipotent, and that he'll do something crazy. His role on ST has had that profound an impact. When I met him, I asked him "Did you have to learn about everything in the universe after you got the role of playing a Q?" and he laughed and very wittingly replied "No. I had learn all that before getting hired to play the role of a Q". Brilliant.
i agree, a Q movie would have been huge, rick berman was stupid for not doing one, paramount pictures missed a lot of dollars there. No wonder Star Trek was on it's last legs a few years ago. John De Lancie and Q rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wondered that for years...so frustrating...after the Borg, my fave villian...great actor...particularly, the interactions with Picard--the facial exprssions and emotions. He deserved a lot more than 9 episodes!
@kajehart agreed. I like Q better than the borg cuz all the borg say is "you will be assimilated" and "irrelevant" and "resistance is futile" (boring after awhile); but with Q there is so much dialogue, esp. as you say - with Picard, and Q's facial expressions lol are so funny. Definitely my favourite villain character lol. I also like how theatrical he is esp. at the end of Deja Q. He's so flamboyant in his celebrations :D ROFL hahaha!!!
Also: in the interim, i watched a game played out which featured Q heavily. It was a really interesting game/interactive movie. But it displayed absolutely my point that too much of Q can be a bad thing. i loved it because it was a bad thing, much as people love "Repo! The Genetic Opera"
A movie based around Q would have been a fatal error. But a movie that had him in it: gold.
I read planet X and the Uncanney X-men joined Picard on the Entrprise-D (maybe the E, I'm not sure) Also they mentioned that it happened in reverse previously.
There was a book by the title "Planet X" where the X-Men crossed over into the Star Trek Universe to help them with a planet of people dealing with a mutant uprising. I thought it was a good book. Probably one of the stranger crossovers to make it into the main stream.
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the very concept of omnipotence shoots itself in the food. logically, there cannot be such a thing as an omnipotent being, think about it. if an entity is omnipotent it can create a stone that is heavier than anything this entity could carry. if it CAN create such a stone, it obviously is NOT omnipotent. if it canNOT do so, it isn't either. secondly, omnipotence includes omniscience. however, omniscience excludes omnipotence. that's the flaw in the Q concept (and any stupid god concept).
perhaps the state of being omnipotent goes beyond our understandings of what it means to be omnipotent. in that case, the rock paradox wouldnt matter.
isn't this the program that hosted billy bob thornton when billy bob was acting like a jackass? he was all like, "why would you ask me that?" and the host was like, "uh, well because it's an interview" haha
I really hope Paramount gets it through their thick ass heads that there are a lot of people that would like de Lancie to be in a Trek film before he gets too old.
yey so i just ordered the Q fan collection a few minutes ago :D
Which almost appears silly to me since i would not consider myself a big StarTrek fan, however after watching 4 episodes with him i certainly turned into a Q fan. Now i can't wait to see those episodes with him i do not knoe yet.
Mon-Capitan !! Remmember the end of one TNG where he appears with a Mexican band on the bridge, puts a cigar in Picards mouth and gives Data the gift of laughter? I loved his character and how he played it. It would not have worked with anyone else. Maybe they built "Q" around de Lancie's personality ?
The final episode of TNG was a movie script at one point. They changed it and made the generations movie instead. I always thought Q was going to get Voyager back to the alpha quadrant. I still find it odd that borg technology got them back.
I second that. I always wondered why they didn't have a Trek movie with a "Q plot". It seemed like such a no-brainer and would have made for a great franchise-worthy movie.
ShermerIllinois, that is an excellent point. If I had to guess, it's because the studio probably thought big battles with lots of action versus say, The Borg, would draw more money and more casual fans than a battle of the minds between Q and Picard. Maybe you could have had Q AND The Borg, but too much can also be confusing to the casual fan (think Batman Forever). It's all about drawing money. But I agree 1000% a Q movie would have been of better quality. John is an excellent actor.
It was never mentioned officially in that episode but I bet that's where they got the inspiration for Q. Honestly it wouldn't be out of line in my opinion if Trelane is found out to have been a Q.
Well, back in the TOS series.. it was never really known whether or not that Trelane was or was not a offshoot of the 24th Century entity called 'Q.' But he had similar powers of the 'Q' and he was almost as ruthless in 'thoughtful sort of way' as Q was.. and was punished for being the 'bad boy' as Q was.. so much of the story line pretty much almost mimics the pattern of the 'Q' as he tormented Kirk while Q tormented Picard.
It would not fit the universe for Trelane to have been a Q. However, there are many omnipotent and powerful beings in Star Trek, some more powerful than even Q.
Q can do anything he wants, until one of the more powerful beings, including God, says otherwise. This is limited omnipotence. Not really any better way to describe it. John wrote the book, not me. Ask him.
There is no one more powerful than Q in Star Trek. many beings exist true, but only Q are immortal and powerful. Seen episode where Picard died. They can control creation and death.
Hahahahhaaaaa we are all in training. We are going from gods to GODS. Enjoy the ride
because there is always more!!!
Megamans64 2 weeks ago
De Lancie is incredibly bright and entertaining. Jian does a great interview, as always.
crispiegee1 1 month ago
Q crashed two planes because his daughter died.
AliTubelog 1 month ago 2
here here ye here ye~ q is the most powerful man in all of space. be careful to be nice to him or he will punish you!
JakeT7 1 month ago
only 9 from 178, but he characterized this series
bahrest2 2 months ago
25ZtFvC4qUs Now he's on "My Little Pony".
Inkan1969 5 months ago 15
can people start setting the volume on their videos at a level that doesn't require me to set my own volume higher than it needs to be?
iloveniggers1000 5 months ago
This man is a god.
Literally.
thepocarisweat 6 months ago 13
Both John de Lancie and Robert Picardo are awesome...
Lukergamer 6 months ago 4
@americanjedi77 Fuck you Rick Berman!
Pwells1 7 months ago
@americanjedi77 Maybe Q can make an appearance in the new Trek films.
Chris82bc 7 months ago
@americanjedi77 Star Trek: Q vs the Borg?
rlee0001 7 months ago
@rlee0001
That would last all of 1 second. It would be no challenge.
Draknfyre 7 months ago
@Draknfyre
He would wipe them out of existence before you could say "resistance is futile"!
QWho2005 7 months ago
Nemesis would have ended so much better with Data (now human) and "Q" walking away whistling the tinman's theme song.
AMCravatt 8 months ago 3
@americanjedi77 Start the series with with Q, end the series with Q... seems fitting
waffleownage 8 months ago
What is it thay're actually talking about, an orchestral soundtrack or something?
Restayvien 9 months ago
@americanjedi77 If I could give you multiple thumbs up, I would. I have always thought that.
Jermybug 9 months ago
@americanjedi77
Make the movie NOW!
Callirgos1 9 months ago
I really think Q was the savior of both Next Generation and Voyager. This guy introduced humor, where the captains in both shows were very dry. Q saved the shows for me.
Alai912 10 months ago
@Alai912 why thank you young mortal.
Qcanfixit 10 months ago
Dude looks like he just woke up and had a beer. Loooool
xBloodXGusherx 10 months ago
@americanjedi77 You have raised the multimillion dollar question. Bravo for raising it!
rskissack 11 months ago
Is it me, or does DeLancie actually look sort of like Tom Hanks in Star Trek?
SuperMario811 11 months ago
WHAT?! 9 episodes???
Mr. de Lancie, you are definitely WRONG. You've appeared as Q on 12 different episodes!
8 on TNG, 1 on DS9, and 3 on Voyager.
and if you consider "All Good Things" had 2 parts, that number increases to 13.
tfridman 1 year ago 2
wow talk about licking ass.
olokun80 1 year ago
what an intro
sabuinthahouse 1 year ago
@americanjedi77
I have thought the same thing.
BenjaminWirtz 1 year ago
All I know is if Leonard Nimoy could appear as Ambassador Spock in Abrams' rehash of Star Trek, John de Lancie as Q, the omnipotent and ever present, sure as shit could. If Q met young Kirk we'd potentially see Kirk vs. Borg. We'd get all sorts of jokes comparing Kirk to Picard from the original timeline. Q would perhaps be unaffected by the changes. He's Q!
rhatcher010 1 year ago
@rhatcher010
Even though he is not supposed to age, they could explain his older appearance by the fact that he can take whatever form he wants.
BenjaminWirtz 1 year ago
What the heel that giy spends like minute at the beginning of that interview going on and on about john delancy...at the end to just put hm down at the end by saying it was only 9 episodes hahaha
kezzlovesit10 1 year ago
He's really multi - faceted. I never thought of him as anything but a very good actor. I met him once, all - too - briefly.
knoxvilleguy2 1 year ago
@knoxvilleguy2 I would kill to meet him!!!! You are so lucky!!!
unnatural6edq 1 year ago
@americanjedi77
The answer is this... Republicans.
mahdogzbite 1 year ago
@mahdogzbite lol, howd this get political?
subspectdubstep 1 year ago
Damn, that host is very good.
Horhayj 1 year ago
@americanjedi77
Because the TNG movies weren't supposed to have a plot. They were just to be stupid action movie cliches to make money.
Horhayj 1 year ago
Oops. Wrong video. Q Who?
Nautilus1972 1 year ago
A class act.
U3X6785 1 year ago
What a voice!
NeuMasterful 1 year ago
@americanjedi77 That would have been epic and fun... It would have had a broad market appeal too...
krim7 1 year ago
There will be a 'Q' movie, but it will not be called "Star Trek" anything ... it will be called simply "Q"
ShahidMiller 1 year ago
i love de lancie.. he's such a great entertainer
tomp2008 1 year ago
ohhhh my god his voice
LenaCS 1 year ago
they should make a sequel to the new star trek movie and about 3/4ths of the way through Q should just show up.
porgy29 1 year ago
@americanjedi77 I concur.
ThatAnArchyDude 1 year ago
delancie has mastered the acting of Q in a omnipotent being as spock has a half vulcan-human and spiner has in portraying data.
q is by far my fav st character and to me the ongoing question in science you really believe to know everything, wait what is arround the corner. Thus as ST is meant to be (in my eyes)
Miguelito1701 1 year ago
I hate how the federation buddys in ST reacted all the time. They always act exactly like what Q told them they actually are. Inside scared, insecure people who are angry to the outside as soon some mirror is shown them, who actually can do what they all desire to be able to do sooo deeply, in all their dreams they want to be a Q and already in the 24th century they could never could say "right, what you say is right, teach me how I can achieve this", but always got pissed? Like teenagers or so.
io1011001 1 year ago
@io1011001 They didn't like his condescending attitude, I suppose.
sierra1575 1 year ago
@sierra1575 But that is actually same as the others were, I think the point by the makers was, that there is someone who is better, same, even more human then the humans in ST, with more heart, principles, more humor, and Picard represented the guy who has achieved his goals and now does not like to hear about someone else no more, unless he can lick ass, like on his former tutor who gave him this archeological gift, but where Q could answer all his question about the universe with one "snip":)
io1011001 1 year ago
@io1011001 Maybe; I think a lot of their uncomfortableness with Q came from a sense of not having control. Normally, even if getting their asses handed to them by the Borg, there's still a sense that it's a contestable (if lopsided) fight, that they're competing with someone who has risk in the game, etc. With Q, he's just "some guy" who decides to drop in and sorta do whatever he wants. Obviously they don't like him treading on their turf.
sierra1575 1 year ago
@io1011001 If this were real life though, it would obviously make sense to be a little more humble and try to converse with Q to help understanding. I can see them not wanting to have him solve all their problems out of the blue, but conversation wouldn't hurt.
sierra1575 1 year ago
@sierra1575 Good point. They have been nothing but disrespectful to the person who is essentially a God. He turns up in this episode willing to help them glimpse into their future. Forewarned is forearmed. But Picard says "Nah, fuck off Q." Not smart. Yet he has no problem having a seemingly immortal bartender with a very dodgy past and the capacity to frighten the Q continuum schlepping drinks in Ten Forward.
Nautilus1972 1 year ago
@Nautilus1972 Yeah. My impression of Q is that he's a member of a civilization that has become totally static, but for whatever reason, he possesses the ability to at least create the illusion of being able to manipulate time and space. Most Q episodes have a theme of theater. He seems to enjoy creating real-life thought experiments as an avenue for getting a reaction out of members of a species that is still dynamic and unpredictable.
sierra1575 1 year ago
@Nautilus1972 Keep in mind the first time they encounter Q is episode 1, and he basically threatens humanity with a trial and takes control of fate in a funny court scene. Oh and he froze a redshirt too
Autre31415 1 week ago
Oh man, that voice.
Phazonaddict 1 year ago
Yes, Q would have been a great plot centre for a movie and diubtless it would have been better than nem finished it off! Voyager was good, DS9 was OK, but a little stationary, TNG was what made me a fan of trek and Q was one of the best bits. Even the episode names were for him! Shame Brannon and Rick messed up so bad later
davehowellman 1 year ago
for the first one minute and nineteen seconds of the video, all i can think is "shut the hell up and let the guy talk"
Kibogu 1 year ago
@americanjedi77 Blame Brannon Braga. He's already at fault for Enterprise and so much else
jdskinny212 1 year ago
@americanjedi77 YES. Change that "why did they never" AmericanJedi! Damn it, it can still happen! De Lancie's alive - Stewart's alive. Everything else is details lol Hell, it could just be Q going through time and bugging the hell out of everyone from Star Trek who's still alive/available, and then saving the day in a roundabout way
bicarbonat 1 year ago
@bicarbonat Star Trek is full of plot holes as it is. One more wouldn't hurt XD
R1ckr011 9 months ago
This is the second time I've watched this interview and I'm still surprised that De Lancie only did nine episodes of Trek. Through Next Gen to Voyager. Seemed it was a lot more. Haha.. Thanks for posting.
Mysteryfan28 1 year ago
the host is a jackass
tmudd24 1 year ago
@tmudd24 he is not a jackass, He is very smart, well read and if you dont get him that doesnt make him one.
xorezo 1 year ago
@americanjedi77 There is a very amazing book writted by De Lancie from Q's first person point of view about the end of the universe... It would have made a brilliant film
ThatBritishVlogger 1 year ago
@ThatBritishVlogger What's it called?
FoilFaerie 1 year ago
@FoilFaerie it's called 'I, Q'
ThatBritishVlogger 1 year ago
@ThatBritishVlogger Thanks! I'll have to look it up.
FoilFaerie 1 year ago
@ThatBritishVlogger OOooh Sources!! Links! Send me a message!
Trust me, i know Q, i have the total special Box set of Q. He's a brilliant species!
R1ckr011 9 months ago
is that the longest introduction in history? GET ON WITH IT!
Rumpio 1 year ago 2
@Rumpio lol ikr? He's got deep-sea-diver lung capacity, apparently~
bicarbonat 1 year ago
They never made a movie with Q because the crew resolved their drama with him in the final episode.
sabonisrules 1 year ago
It may have been only nine, but a very memorable nine they were....
motogrl1 1 year ago
Jesus Christ a minute and twenty second introduction?! I love Mr. de Lancie to bits, but I thought we'd never get to the interview!
RodianPrincess 1 year ago
A new star trek movie with Q as a central character would kick ass, as stated by many below me.
godlessmessiah 1 year ago
If JJ Abrams was smart, he would be working on the next Star Trek movie to include Q. That would be a BLAST!
Wolfie129 1 year ago
I would have loved to see more od Q on Deep Space 9.
odcoolshark75 1 year ago
Q is the best thing to ever happen to Star Trek.
And that "usually immortal" line reminds me of Deja Q which was the best episode EVER!!!
ZachValkyrie 1 year ago
Darn Mcdonald's commercials! I'm not gonna eat that sh**, are you? < should be their pick up line
jaymorpheus01 1 year ago
9 Episodes and he's the most memorable character!!! outrageous. Talented guy.
electrohermit 1 year ago
De Lancie is awesome. For some reason, even if I see him outside the context of Star Trek, I feel as though he's still omnipotent, and that he'll do something crazy. His role on ST has had that profound an impact. When I met him, I asked him "Did you have to learn about everything in the universe after you got the role of playing a Q?" and he laughed and very wittingly replied "No. I had learn all that before getting hired to play the role of a Q". Brilliant.
reptilianshifter 2 years ago 5
He was on 8 episodes of ST:TNG, not 9
jasonite 2 years ago
@americanjedi77
i agree, a Q movie would have been huge, rick berman was stupid for not doing one, paramount pictures missed a lot of dollars there. No wonder Star Trek was on it's last legs a few years ago. John De Lancie and Q rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BetterthanSchuey 2 years ago 3
I wondered that for years...so frustrating...after the Borg, my fave villian...great actor...particularly, the interactions with Picard--the facial exprssions and emotions. He deserved a lot more than 9 episodes!
kajehart 2 years ago 25
@kajehart agreed. I like Q better than the borg cuz all the borg say is "you will be assimilated" and "irrelevant" and "resistance is futile" (boring after awhile); but with Q there is so much dialogue, esp. as you say - with Picard, and Q's facial expressions lol are so funny. Definitely my favourite villain character lol. I also like how theatrical he is esp. at the end of Deja Q. He's so flamboyant in his celebrations :D ROFL hahaha!!!
TheScifiFanForever 1 year ago
@TheScifiFanForever and its so funny when hes "spying" on someone you just see his head sticking out from the ceiling or something hahaha :D
charliepossenriede 1 year ago
@kajehart You know what they say: A Joke is only funny once. He was really best as a surprise character. It made him MUCH more memorable.
Depreciating Marginal Utility. The fact that he Wasn't in a movie is still, however, somewhat sad :(
R1ckr011 10 months ago
@R1ckr011 sadly, I agree
isthsspsd2meansumthn 9 months ago
@isthsspsd2meansumthn Woohoo Flame War extinguished!
Also: in the interim, i watched a game played out which featured Q heavily. It was a really interesting game/interactive movie. But it displayed absolutely my point that too much of Q can be a bad thing. i loved it because it was a bad thing, much as people love "Repo! The Genetic Opera"
A movie based around Q would have been a fatal error. But a movie that had him in it: gold.
Fine line between insanity and genius people
R1ckr011 9 months ago 2
"You're a scene stealer...
Well I've been called that but not in as nice words"
AstralPixie 2 years ago
Wow, I almost started to wonder if list of accomplishments were going to take up the entire video.
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artistdeterminedmsv 2 years ago
I read planet X and the Uncanney X-men joined Picard on the Entrprise-D (maybe the E, I'm not sure) Also they mentioned that it happened in reverse previously.
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artistdeterminedmsv 2 years ago
There was a book by the title "Planet X" where the X-Men crossed over into the Star Trek Universe to help them with a planet of people dealing with a mutant uprising. I thought it was a good book. Probably one of the stranger crossovers to make it into the main stream.
stbays 2 years ago
q was the best thing to be added to star trek since the begining
PHARRAOH 2 years ago 3
@PHARRAOH I agree.
yamila2068 2 years ago
Despite what this program has to offer, I'd like to suggest radio's not dead yet.
incognitochameleo 2 years ago
OH my god... i saw John de Lancie in subway today XD his hair looks JUST liike that. haha.
BrianneBrokenhearted 2 years ago 5
I thought there were 12 Q episodes?
AcousticTyGuy 2 years ago
what a nice man!!
musicalglenn 2 years ago
9 eps.-number 9, number 9, number 9....
blastardinc 2 years ago
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the very concept of omnipotence shoots itself in the food. logically, there cannot be such a thing as an omnipotent being, think about it. if an entity is omnipotent it can create a stone that is heavier than anything this entity could carry. if it CAN create such a stone, it obviously is NOT omnipotent. if it canNOT do so, it isn't either. secondly, omnipotence includes omniscience. however, omniscience excludes omnipotence. that's the flaw in the Q concept (and any stupid god concept).
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perhaps the state of being omnipotent goes beyond our understandings of what it means to be omnipotent. in that case, the rock paradox wouldnt matter.
nightowl685 2 years ago
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wow big surprise, the guy who can't spell "foot" doesn't have the capacity to understand the definition of the word "omnipotence"
haha, lol... i fucking wish your family was dead
VirtualBilly 2 years ago
You're the one shooting yourself in the foot.
Sardonac 2 years ago
@noparadigm
I think Q would be able to, he would just choose not to lift it.
edusuntrebor 2 years ago
isn't this the program that hosted billy bob thornton when billy bob was acting like a jackass? he was all like, "why would you ask me that?" and the host was like, "uh, well because it's an interview" haha
VirtualBilly 2 years ago
@VirtualBilly lol Yes this is the guy
86koza86 2 years ago
I <3 Q !
Gaeilgeoir 2 years ago 2
I can't help thinking the studio was built for "Q".
tsukishime 2 years ago
1 minute 20 seconds. the longest introduction ever. wow, all they missed what the names of his kindergarten teacher
seanbrockest 2 years ago 2
excellent actor.. he should be the theme of the next movie
dunngar 2 years ago 16
@dunngar Good idea, actually. He could span different generations of Star Treks, bringing it all together.
Kaervek87 1 year ago
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You all are going to hate this.
But "Q" and I are friends and we have been working on his sailboat "Nepenthe" to sail to Tahiti in March of 2010.
Bon Voyage, earthlings.......8-)
yayashua1 2 years ago
great actor, i cannot think of anyone
performing Q better
angelrafaelrapallo 2 years ago 4
6:17 he is a scene stealer we love Q!
manualidadesconninos 2 years ago 3
I'd like to hang out with Q he is awesome and would make a cool buddy.
LORDKEROTH 2 years ago 4
Q fucking rocks he should have been in the new movie like bam fucking with kirk would have been tight!
ThizzNation777 2 years ago 15
I really hope Paramount gets it through their thick ass heads that there are a lot of people that would like de Lancie to be in a Trek film before he gets too old.
JonathanSolana 2 years ago 6
WOW! brilliant idea :)
would also like to see Data in a movie... my most fav star trek characters ever in order are:
1) Data
2) spock
3) Q
4) Picard
kirk can suck muh ballz
rlinfinity 2 years ago 6
Data Died In The Last Move, Sorry.
But It Was The Best Movie Of The TNG Series.
MapleBalls 2 years ago
They can use B-4 as an excuse to re-introduce, if not Data, then another of Soong's androids.
QAeternus 2 years ago
@QAeternus
They did in the latest movie's prequel book.
edusuntrebor 2 years ago
They did in the lead up to the new movie. Currently Data is the Captain of the Enterprise-E in the timeline leading up the destruction of Romulus.
swimfastfly27 2 years ago
We have time for his foolish games
timechannel 2 years ago
As an FYI to all you "Days of Our Lives" fans, Mr. De Lancie was on there about twenty-odd years back.
Is it just me, or does he look a little like Tom Hanks?
Caribloo 2 years ago 2
Holy crap, he does...he really does.
WookieFragger 2 years ago
John de Lancie was in Toronto! Man I'm so mad at myself for missing that! Q in Q studio. I can't help but feel the studio was built for him.
tsukishime 2 years ago 3
I had absolutely no idea John de Lancie was so accomplished!
Janiqua 2 years ago
i subscribed to qtv!
davidostberg 2 years ago
John De Lancie ROCKS!!!
jrc99us 2 years ago 3
This man was so memorable as Q.
I want more, damnit!!! He is omnipotent, so they had better put him in the new Star Trek films! There is no excuse to not use Q again.
SpeedingStudent 2 years ago 4
i agree
Menand1 2 years ago
yey so i just ordered the Q fan collection a few minutes ago :D
Which almost appears silly to me since i would not consider myself a big StarTrek fan, however after watching 4 episodes with him i certainly turned into a Q fan. Now i can't wait to see those episodes with him i do not knoe yet.
nerrrrr 2 years ago
Mon-Capitan !! Remmember the end of one TNG where he appears with a Mexican band on the bridge, puts a cigar in Picards mouth and gives Data the gift of laughter? I loved his character and how he played it. It would not have worked with anyone else. Maybe they built "Q" around de Lancie's personality ?
dessertjeff 3 years ago 15
They should've made a next generation movie with Q at the center of the plot.
LordSpleach 2 years ago 49
The final episode of TNG was a movie script at one point. They changed it and made the generations movie instead. I always thought Q was going to get Voyager back to the alpha quadrant. I still find it odd that borg technology got them back.
Amaz1ngMrPa1n 2 years ago 4
I second that. I always wondered why they didn't have a Trek movie with a "Q plot". It seemed like such a no-brainer and would have made for a great franchise-worthy movie.
ShermerIllinois 2 years ago 6
Well they can use him in the sequel to the new Star Trek movie.
LordSpleach 2 years ago 3
ShermerIllinois, that is an excellent point. If I had to guess, it's because the studio probably thought big battles with lots of action versus say, The Borg, would draw more money and more casual fans than a battle of the minds between Q and Picard. Maybe you could have had Q AND The Borg, but too much can also be confusing to the casual fan (think Batman Forever). It's all about drawing money. But I agree 1000% a Q movie would have been of better quality. John is an excellent actor.
oldirtydawson 2 years ago 3
From what I remember hearing, they originally wanted Q to appear in 'First Contact' but it never came to be sadly.
I do find myself wondering what it would have been like if Q were in TOS?
eddie2000 2 years ago
Well, there actually was a Q on TOS. In The Squire of Gothos, a baby Q named Trelane tortures the enterprise.
Darkfire315 2 years ago 2
It was never mentioned officially in that episode but I bet that's where they got the inspiration for Q. Honestly it wouldn't be out of line in my opinion if Trelane is found out to have been a Q.
DaftStrings 2 years ago 2
Well, back in the TOS series.. it was never really known whether or not that Trelane was or was not a offshoot of the 24th Century entity called 'Q.' But he had similar powers of the 'Q' and he was almost as ruthless in 'thoughtful sort of way' as Q was.. and was punished for being the 'bad boy' as Q was.. so much of the story line pretty much almost mimics the pattern of the 'Q' as he tormented Kirk while Q tormented Picard.
MarcR2006 2 years ago
It would not fit the universe for Trelane to have been a Q. However, there are many omnipotent and powerful beings in Star Trek, some more powerful than even Q.
kaylel 2 years ago
How can you exceed the power of omnipotence? It's impossible by definition.
losername2of2 2 years ago 2
Q can do anything he wants, until one of the more powerful beings, including God, says otherwise. This is limited omnipotence. Not really any better way to describe it. John wrote the book, not me. Ask him.
kaylel 2 years ago
the definition is non-sensical. how can you ask how you can exceed the power of omnipotence?
ibreakkidslegs 2 years ago
There is no one more powerful than Q in Star Trek. many beings exist true, but only Q are immortal and powerful. Seen episode where Picard died. They can control creation and death.
PhotonicDoctor 2 years ago
They cannot control everything and there are several beings more powerful than Q. Ask John himself, he wrote the books.
kaylel 2 years ago
wrong. There is someone more powerful. The one who created the Q. You should read the books too, it fills in the blanks.
MyOwnCreationProduct 2 years ago
WHICH BOOKS?
JonnyInfinite 2 years ago
well, Q and A by...i forgot the name.....for one. It was very good, and it explains a lot. ^..^
MyOwnCreationProduct 2 years ago
How can an omnipotent being be more powerful than an omnipotent being? That's like infinity being bigger than infinity.
CaptainPositron 2 years ago
well in "Death Wish", the suicidal Q admitted to Tuvok that the Q were in fact not omnipotent, and that Q's claiming to be was just arrogance.
nightowl685 2 years ago 4
It might be interesting if the beings who corrupted Charlie Evans from season 1's "Charlie X" episode of TOS were the Q.
TheWhatsinaname 2 years ago
okay it's offical you are a top notch fan!!!
goldenthoth 2 years ago
You're right. William Campbell
(born 1926) was truly the first Q.
AffirmedConclusion 2 years ago
they kinda did this with most caracter the vulcans grew from nimoy belief in jewish religion and the emh is based robert picardo personality
Menand1 2 years ago
he has a monster voice.
billjesusgates 3 years ago 6
yeah, I know. Forgot that one :)
Flaggius 3 years ago
by the way, the man is getting old. He was actually in 11 episodes. 8 on The Next Generation and 3 on Voyager.
Flaggius 3 years ago
You're forgetting the appearance on Deep Space Nine which brings the total to 12.
wiseupjanetweiss 3 years ago 6
Probably the most underrated actor evér. He should have won an oscar 1000000 of years ago. I miss him in Star Trek :(
Flaggius 3 years ago 14
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boooring. He talks about music until about 5.20, then finally makes a comment about playing Q.
reepicheep3 3 years ago
I wish Q was one of the main charecters. He is my favorite
Zhaan4ever 3 years ago 14
Humble pie. I dont know about that. Eating the humble pie? How so?
phicubed 3 years ago 2
"Q" eating humble pie...maybe he should be the King of Spain!
Remo53 3 years ago 2