Could’ve called him Joe Smith and had him be a generic white guy and the character would’ve played exactly the same.
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Could’ve called him Joe Smith and had him be a generic white guy and the character would’ve played exactly the same.
Since Kate Mulgrew got 'Nicole Janeway' to be renamed to 'Kathryn Janeway'
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Garrett Wang could've got "Harry Kim" to be renamed "Gary Wang"?
maybe
Garrett Wang could've got "Harry Kim" to be renamed "Gary Wang"?
Well, it couldn't be Harry Wang.
Producers aren’t the only ones making decisions in any given project, they have people above them they have to satisfy.
Giving Harry a last name appropriate to his heritage shouldn't have been an issue. Neither should following fandom rules by promoting him to LTJG at some point.
What rules?
This is why I try to avoid identity politics. I like the character regardless, heritage shouldn’t matter.
Yeah... the show runners, producers and writers of Star Trek should follow "fandom rules"....totally...
I can see nothing going wrong with that...
I can see nothing going wrong with that...
With 178 episodes, they should’ve been able to fit in something of his heritage into the character.
Every character introduced to the original series, the Next Generation, and Deep Space 9 either gained ranks, or was offered promotion but turned it down.
The only exception was Data on TNG; his progress was blocked by Riker and Picard's both refusing promotion (Riker refused two ships of his own, three if you count the Drake, Picard turned down becoming commandant of the Academy).
20 or so main characters, and only one exception. I call that a fandom rule.
The only exception was Data on TNG; his progress was blocked by Riker and Picard's both refusing promotion (Riker refused two ships of his own, three if you count the Drake, Picard turned down becoming commandant of the Academy).
20 or so main characters, and only one exception. I call that a fandom rule.
I honestly don’t see how that would matter, it’s his actions that should define him, imo.
Fandom has nothing to do with it, simply a trend in the shows. Didn’t Chakotay, Paris and Torres all finish Voyager with their original ranks as well?
Where you come from, what you are taught at an early age are major factors in who you become.
Where I come from, what you had or have control over matters, not stuff that happened before you were born. We don’t get to choose our heritage
Kirk being made a captain at 25 was a stupid idea and makes a mockery of TOS Trek
Well they did sort of make Kirk a Mary Sue. Thanks to Shatner feeling insecure about Spock/Leonard Nimoy stealing the limelight from him.
I was hoping they meant the reboots, but I wasn’t sure.
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