Would anyone be interested in inverting the original TOS formula: a mostly Vulcan crew with one or two humans?
The new captain.
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That certainly won't happen. There's a much better chance of an alien captain than a mostly alien crew.
The general reason why the all-Klingon Captain Worf series was the investment in makeup. The time and cost to do Vulcan looks is much less.
But you wouldn't really hook any non-fans with a mostly alien crew, regardless their species. And this series, more than any series since TNG is going to need to appeal to non-fans.
Correct.
Peter Dinklage as captain
Idris Elba as first officer.
Maggie Smith as the irascible country doctor.
Tuvix as Tuvix.
Anthony Montgomery as Security Guard #4. (One episode, only.)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as The Bickleys, the annoying, bickering married-couple crew members introduced in the very first DC Comics TNG comic book. (Look it up.)
And Jennifer Lien as the recurring villain. (Too soon?)
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Is that a 'no' to the Bickleys, then?
I want the captain to be played by John Hamm. He should smoke and drink scotch on the bridge. He'll hit on all the female yeoman and the ones who rebuff him mysteriously disappear. He might be a serial killer. Whenever an alien appears on screen, he'll be drunk and say, "WTF is that?" It will be his catchphrase. His best friend will be an old country doctor who is a die hard creationist and does not believe in space travel. All of his patients die due to his scientific incompetence. Both are totally racist towards the dispassionate alien officer who is all that keeps the ship running.
I wouldn't mind a captain something like "O'Neill" as played by Richard Dean Anderson on the Stargate shows - kind of pragmatic and a little overrun by the eccentric specialists he has to manage. Sort of a blue-collar guy. Make the back-and-forth with the scientists funny.
People under his command ought to compete and challenge him to try to get what they want out of situations. This business of The Leader being a paragon of judgment and probity that everyone looks respectfully up to at all times - Picard, in other words - is dull as dishwater.
People under his command ought to compete and challenge him to try to get what they want out of situations. This business of The Leader being a paragon of judgment and probity that everyone looks respectfully up to at all times - Picard, in other words - is dull as dishwater.
Awesome. This is golden. I assume the bridge will constantly have a fog of smoke hanging over everything?
Yeah, I'd be down for something like that.
Yeah, the first three were serious...
And then I got nutty.
The Bickleys actually wore capes! Caped, married, bickering crew members on the bridge of the Enterprise. Horrible.
James McAvoy as a young Picard.
Kor
Dammit that's all I can think of now. That's so good. Never happen of course, but so, so good
He's even going bald for "X-Men: Apocalypse."
Kor
Yes. And for reasons that will never be explained, actual Christmas lights.
Lucy Lawless is a good possibility. Everyone is talking about Kurtzman in terms of Fringe and Transformers and Mission: Impossible and whatnot. But in my mind, he'll always be the guy who was played by Ted Raimi (Joxer) in that one episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
This is his first major solo project (sans Orci), and he might want to look at where it all began with his career on the Hercules and Xena series.
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