Small things you'd've liked to've happened in TNG
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Preferably before they shot the pilot....
I never understood Troi and her leotards anyway.
The leotards would maybe make sense if she had been written as being a civilian counsellor on board the ship or something. Was this idea ever considered?
But no, right there in the "Farpoint" pilot, they made the mistake of putting her in Starfleet uniform and assigning her the rank of Lieutenant Commander (IIRC). Incontroverable.
Admittedly most of the plots she was involved in over the years probably wouldn't have changed much if she had been a civilian character rather than someone within the chain of command, but still...
The leotards would maybe make sense if she had been written as being a civilian counsellor on board the ship or something. Was this idea ever considered?
But no, right there in the "Farpoint" pilot, they made the mistake of putting her in Starfleet uniform and assigning her the rank of Lieutenant Commander (IIRC). Incontroverable.
Admittedly most of the plots she was involved in over the years probably wouldn't have changed much if she had been a civilian character rather than someone within the chain of command, but still...
Let them walk past the cetacean department while they deliver some boring expositionary dialogue.
Have a look at the main shuttle bay.
Stuff like that would have been nice and possible in a film like Generations.
Have a look at the main shuttle bay.
Stuff like that would have been nice and possible in a film like Generations.
That's what I thought too!
Yeah, and maybe then Crusher could've pushed Data in the water and Geordi could've bitten her head off about how that's "not funny!"!
I figured it has the same effects as alcohol, but doesn't lead to hangovers, or even addiction.
^According to Data, synthehol's "intoxicating effects can be easily dismissed". (TNG: "Relics") (http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Synthehol)
It sounds more like you don't get drunk.
It sounds more like you don't get drunk.
Well then it would be all about the specific taste, and burning, and stuff of alcohol. And that doesn't make too much sense.
Or by "easily dismissed" he means "no hangover".
Exactly. DS9 did it with all the aliens on the Promenade, so it was do-able on a TV budget at the time.An advantage of having more aliens in the background (but not the foreground) is that their makeup wouldn't have to withstand the scrutiny of a close up, like during a face to face with a lead character.
I find it curious how they want people to be drunk, but not agressive. Isn't that depending on the type of person? Some get agressive, some get all depressed, some get all sociable, etc...
This is why I'd make a terrible writer. Or lawyer. A seemingly simple, direct phrase actually has implied meaning above and beyond what it initially seems to.
