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Comment on I've seen it said that TNG was centered around Picard, Riker, and Data like TOS was centered around Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. But I've always thought of TNG as an ensemble cast. Thoughts?

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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The TOS movies seemed like labors of love. The TNG movies seemed like chasing in on a brand name.

I don’t have specific examples on hand, but I do believe Patrick Stewart had a lot more clout and creative control in the TNG movies, and Stewart seems like he’s got an ego, and doesn’t care about the integrity or legacy of Picard as a character beyond being a vehicle for Stewart to either do the acting he wants, regardless of its appropriateness to TNG, or as an excuse to drive dune buggies around for fun.

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1simpletailer@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Pretty much. Stewart’s carrier really took off post-tng and he would only come back for the films if they gave him more creative input. Same thing with the Picard Show. Look Patrick Steward is an outstanding actor who has now demonstrated multiple times that he should never EVER be let near a writers room. Its theorized that why we didn’t have a veteran Trek writer for Nemesis, nobody could stand working with Patrick Stewart any more.

There was also a lot of studio interference. That’s why we have Kirk in Generations, because the studio suits didn’t think a Star Trek movie could succeed without Captain Kirk. Suits also wanted each movie to have a Khan-esc villain, which they pretty much failed with every time.

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