Spoilers Season 3 Cast Announcement
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And today I feel bad for Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora (Even though they basically wrote him out of Season 2 early), Isa Broines, and Santiago Cabrera. In 5 or 10 years time they won't be remembered for being in a Star Trek series. They became afterthoughts today.
That could work for their benefit. They won't have to worry about being on Star Trek overshadowing them the rest of their careers and leading to typecasting.
That's all fine. I don't feel "cheated" or anything. It's just that I won't be as much in a hurry to watch an episode when it first airs. No biggie.
That doesn't speak well to having the privilege of being cast on a Star Trek series. I mean I can imagine someone like Alison Pill getting a question about "What was this Star Trek thing you were in" and her saying "Oh that? Yeah I don't want to talk about that, thank god barely anyone remembers" (or something to that effect).
Yes, and they had careers before Trek and they’ll have careers after. Alison Pill has a pretty big body of work outside of Trek as do Cabrera and Hurd. Isa came from the stage. Hell, I saw her in the touring company of Hamilton a few years pre-Picard. I have her autograph. Didn’t know she’d be in Trek in a few years. To some people, this is just a job. Yeah, I’m disappointed we likely won’t see too much more of their characters, but like @The Wormhole said, this will likely work to their advantage as they won’t have the long arm of Trek shadowing over them.
And maybe they have to find some way to get Data back to stop Lore?
With SE2 being about fixing time, maybe once Picard & Co get back, not all events have exactly played out as before and that leaves some loopholes to work with.
'Kay. But aside from the casts of TOS and TNG, who really is remembered for being on Trek? And even then, many TOS actors complained about typecasting limiting their work after TOS ended.
Maybe I should go look at some of their other work. I had not heard of them before they were cast on Picard. I think they do a good job with what they are given (especially Pill this year with her storyline with the Borg Queen) but I guess I should go see what else they have done.
Star Trek fans are the worst. If you do anything nostalgic or with existing characters, you're failing to forge your own path to make something new. But if you ignore previous characters and situations to make something different, you're pissing on your history. The people who make Star Trek today can't win.
It is way too soon to say this. I get that this BBS is for us to react and chew on things but it is way too soon to know what will happen with the existing PIC cast. I would be very surprised if the TNG cast is around for all 10 episodes, and if they are, let's see what the team comes up with before we make judgments.
Kate Mulgrew
The reason why I watched Orange is the New Black was because Kate Mulgrew came from Voyager and I liked Janeway.
I don't mean to be rude but this seems like a wild overreaction to a hype announcement like this.
That's why I said I will keep an open mind.
Trek fans are very fickle (and segmented into various groups) and yeah, it's kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for producers. I am thrilled personally....this is a great time to be a Trek fan IMHO.
Hype is an opinion. They don't feel it.
TNG was the Trek show I grew up with that got me into Star Trek in the first place, and I can't even describe how excited I am for this news. I see some complaints about fan service and I get it but you know what? Screw it I don't even care. I am that fan and I am more than happy to be serviced in this way. Can't wait for this!
What I meant was this trailer is a teaser, one whose purpose is to build hype and anticipation, nothing more. It reveals nothing regarding specifics or execution. I was not using the word like Gen Z uses it, haha.
