"What If...?"

[Orphalesion]

Or Chakotay is captain on VOY, and the captain of the NX Enterprise is a woman as a do over. Both shows last seven seasons.

Voyager lasting seven seasons with Captain Plywood Cut-Out??

 

[Oddish]

One think Beltran and Wang have in common: in episodes where they're actually given something to do, their acting is just fine.

 

[Orphalesion]

One think Beltran and Wang have in common: in episodes where they're actually given something to do, their acting is just fine.

I disagree

 

[Finn]

^You should have seen the deleted scene where Beltran needed to act like a tree on an alien planet. Almost won an Emmy nomination for that.

 

[Oddish]

Is that before or after the affair with the digital buttcrack?

 

[FederationHistorian]

Voyager lasting seven seasons with Captain Plywood Cut-Out??

He was given nothing to do in VOY. Case in point, what should have been a Chakotay episode in “Rogue Planet” was given to Enterprise instead.

His acting was alright though and Chakotay being the main focus would have changed everything. Being the captain of a Federation starship while being a part of the Maquis would have led to some interesting dynamics.

 

[somebuddyX]

I realise this wouldn't have been feasible with budgetary constraints and audience attachment to characters/actors buuuuut:
What if Star Trek TOS was a continuing series like Doctor Who, where every few years (5 year mission?) the captain (and some of the crew?) was replaced? What would TOS have looked like after something like 25 years on the air? Would they cast different captains in response to the previous captains or look for similarity? TOS-style uniforms still around decades after the 60s? I guess every decade or so the NCC-1701 gets a subtle refit, like how the TARDIS gets subtle changes.

 

[Dryson]

What if...

A show explored Guinans many children and their influence on the galaxy. With Guinan serving on the Enterprise, her reputation would pass through her children and into the future and even into Discovery.

 

[ichab]

What if...

Sarek had died in Journey To Babel? Spock's mother would have hated him the rest of her life, Kirk would have never known about Spock's Katra after the events of TWOK, and McCoy would have spent the rest of is life in the federation funny farm.

 

[Finn]

In that case, Spock may not wanted to move back to Vulcan after TOS, so he may have remained in Starfleet and ended up in a different assignment by the time of TWOK

 

[CaptainJordan]

What if Harve Bennett has selected "The Alternative Factor" as the basis for Star Trek II?

 

[vandevere]

What if Harve Bennett has selected "The Alternative Factor" as the basis for Star Trek II?

Like the two Lazaruses got out to continue the mad chase all over again?

 

[Wally]

What If... Q put the USS Hood instead on trial during 'Encounter at Farpoint', and they failed. Leaving the Enterprise-D without the crew of Riker, LaForge and the Crushers.

 

[Finn]

They would have all gone back to Earth, including the D

 

[Oddish]

Yeah. TNG would have unfolded very differently. DS9 would have had an all-alien crew. And Voyager wouldn't have gotten stuck in the Delta Quadrant (unless Q threw it there just for giggles).

 

[at Quark's]

One think Beltran and Wang have in common: in episodes where they're actually given something to do, their acting is just fine.

I don't think they stand out as actors, but I agree that their acting is acceptable /decent enough for Trek standards even if nothing remarkable.

 

[Oddish]

Is that them? Or the way their character was written? Or the way the director or showrunner instructed them to play it? From what I read, Voyager's showrunners told the human actors to play it wooden. Does it make them bad actors if they did?

 

[Wally]

They would have all gone back to Earth, including the D

Well, yeah, but afterwards when they set out again. The positions of XO, CMO, Conn and annoying wunderkind would have to be filled, and possibly no meddling with the D crew for Q.

 

[Orphalesion]

That whole idea with Q putting "humanity on trial" was stupid anyway. Like I always say, if the Q put species on trial...how did the Klingons pass their trial? The Cardassians? The Kazon? The Borg? The Ferengi? The Orions? The Telarians? The Romulans?
Plus at that point humanity was an inter-stellar civilization with tons of colonies, how would he have sent those "back to Earth"?

 

[Finn]

Writers didn’t think we fans would notice