You know, JiNX, I think the whole Who is Mayweather? problem might have been avoided if the opening credits only referenced Bakula, Blalock, Trineer and Keating, with maybe a "and John Billingsley as Phlox." Leaving Montgomery and Park to the end credits (as, iirc, the minor TOS cast originally were) would have obviated the griping, or at least changed it to Why is this an all-white cast!!? Which is a different issue completely.I always thought it was idiotic that they had a "regular" cast member whose only role was to steer the ship. Yeah, I know about the Big Three concept, but Anthony's screen credit was up front along with Scott, Connor and Jolene, which made him a regular.
On the ship he had value, sure. But everyone on the ship had value, they all had duties to perform and every single one of them, even the extras who never talked, all had value on the ship.I disagree. He did not lack value. He piloted the ship, and sometimes showed serious skillz doing so. That's different from "didn't have a lot of lines." Without him, the ship drifts in space. To me, he'd be a token if he were just the sassy black friend who had no obvious role on the ship. He's not.
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Back when the show started, nobody had a problem with Anthony or Mayweather. The hate Travis gets didn't start until it became apparent that his creators were not going to do anything with him. That's when posters started laying into him. His character had a backstory that was the most original of all the others, tying nicely into the show's premise of these Earthlings being the first, early space pioneers. The dissappointment over such an original concept not being persued, the character not being allowed to contribute to understanding situations that came about as season one progressed, all factor into the harsh attitude directed towards him.After watching him in Horizon I think he had the potential to one day be at least an XO. I'll never understand the latent hostility towards Mayweather/Montgomery. After watching ENT, I still can't figure out if the problem was the character or the actor behind the character.
A couple months ago I sat down to watch I'm Through With White Girls, an indy film starring Anthony Montgomery. I poured a big glass of wine and steeled myself to sit through the whole wooden performance. Because, hey, that's what Trek fans do - support their actors, right?Anthony's made guest appearances on other shows-including the critically acclaimed series Boomtown, and none of those viewers ever went running onto a message board to rant about him. So most of AT's problems stem mostly from the stilted dialogue that everyone got during s1-2. There is a myth I've heard repeatedly that the Beebs didn't allow words to be altered without permission. If true, then this is where AT was hurt the most...if you watch closely, you'll notice how Travis' dialogue just doesn't feel as natural, organic if you will, as it should have been. In Horizon, the conversation between him, and his brother came off sounding more like 2 tax attorneys discussing Wall Street bailouts than two brothers estranged, mourning the loss of their father, and at odds over their families' future.
It was bloody hilarious. I don't know if it was the writing, or maybe some of it was improv, but Montgomery was natural, charming, angsty (in a genX way) and truly funny. So, I think the stilted dialogue theory has some merit.
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