Sulu. Played by John Cho. And I would him make a Captain right after Star Trek XIII. George, god bless him, wasn't the best actor and he is not a leading man. I think Cho could do it!
New Star Trek Series based on Mr. Worf
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Sulu. Played by John Cho. And I would him make a Captain right after Star Trek XIII. George, god bless him, wasn't the best actor and he is not a leading man. I think Cho could do it!
It's not about the number. It's about the overall appearance of the actor. Patrick Stewart has a look to him that defies age. He looked older than he was when he started TNG and younger than he was when he finished it. Not the case with Jonathan Frakes, who has gotten progressively paunchy and ragged.
I'd lke to see something like what was done with Richard Hatch in nuBSG.
Have many of the previous starring actors show up in episodes as completely new characters, some of them reoccurring. I think that would be sweet.
Any USS Titan series would have to come with a recasting of Riker and Troi with new actors.
Unless it was animated- which would be awesome (and appropriate for Titan, with all it's zany creatures).
Reading some of the comments here and at the TrekToday link, I am starting to wonder: is he hard up for money?
This isn't going to happen regardless of a letters, anymore than Captain Sulu (way more popular than Worf in his day), Captain Riker, or another other Captain idea. It's over. doesn't mean I wouldn't be interested in seeing something, it's just not going to happen.
You'd get far more letters wanting an Evil Picard TNG Recut series than a Captain Worf. You'd get a ton for an itnernet series based on killing Wesley off each week (not a bad idea for a mini series...).
One: Worf doesn't have the star power.
Two: TNG fans will always be wanting the rest of the TNG cast. Which isn't going to happen.
Three: Dorn doesn't have the pull and balls to go up against a studio, once greenlite, who would take it over and start making all the important decisions and re-writing his material. I don't trust today's Paramount (or CBS) to do right by Trek and neither should Dorn.
Four: I don't think Dorn has the knowledge of the TNG/TOS universe to do it porper justice. I'm afraid he'll pull off a combo of Logan and Enterprise.
Now, what I would accept, and what likely has more of a chance (but again, we have to deal with today's Paramount), is a mini series with Worf at the lead and more than fleeting TNG cast appearances; tie up some loose ends, give Riker his day in the sun as the Titan captain, retcon Nemesis out of existance, and give us a more proper TNG send off than what we got.
And if I even see or hear the name "Adminal Janeway", I'm gonna wetch.
But in the end, why Trek? Does Dorn not have more creative ideas? If he can write how he's implying he can, I want to see him spread his wings. You can't live off of Worf forever; even The Shat is known for more than just Kirk.
This isn't going to happen regardless of a letters, anymore than Captain Sulu (way more popular than Worf in his day), Captain Riker, or another other Captain idea. It's over. doesn't mean I wouldn't be interested in seeing something, it's just not going to happen.
You'd get far more letters wanting an Evil Picard TNG Recut series than a Captain Worf. You'd get a ton for an itnernet series based on killing Wesley off each week (not a bad idea for a mini series...).
One: Worf doesn't have the star power.
Two: TNG fans will always be wanting the rest of the TNG cast. Which isn't going to happen.
Three: Dorn doesn't have the pull and balls to go up against a studio, once greenlite, who would take it over and start making all the important decisions and re-writing his material. I don't trust today's Paramount (or CBS) to do right by Trek and neither should Dorn.
Four: I don't think Dorn has the knowledge of the TNG/TOS universe to do it porper justice. I'm afraid he'll pull off a combo of Logan and Enterprise.
Now, what I would accept, and what likely has more of a chance (but again, we have to deal with today's Paramount), is a mini series with Worf at the lead and more than fleeting TNG cast appearances; tie up some loose ends, give Riker his day in the sun as the Titan captain, retcon Nemesis out of existance, and give us a more proper TNG send off than what we got.
And if I even see or hear the name "Adminal Janeway", I'm gonna wetch.
But in the end, why Trek? Does Dorn not have more creative ideas? If he can write how he's implying he can, I want to see him spread his wings. You can't live off of Worf forever; even The Shat is known for more than just Kirk.
Any USS Titan series would have to come with a recasting of Riker and Troi with new actors.
If Frakes does continue as Riker, he needs to be an Admiral. It's age appropriate for him and makes sense anyhow. He's had 12 odd years in command of the Titan. Time to give him a plush office at a nice Starbase!
TerraNovan
Lieutenant Commander
Any USS Titan series would have to come with a recasting of Riker and Troi with new actors.
If Frakes does continue as Riker, he needs to be an Admiral. It's age appropriate for him and makes sense anyhow. He's had 12 odd years in command of the Titan. Time to give him a plush office at a nice Starbase!
in canon riker is currently 56 3 years younger than picard at farpoint station.
You guys gotta drop the age point it absolute nonsense.
TerraNovan
Lieutenant Commander
Than admit hes a washed up actor his age has nothing to do with it.
The actor was 47. And that at least is age appropriate. 59 is not. And the same goes for Riker. Frakes is not 47, and even 56 is time for a promotion.
He was a "commander" and an XO for far too long. Poor Uhura advanced only 2 ranks in 25 years. I hope that nutty era of Star Trek is over. Age very much matters in promotions, rotations, etc. No one would ever stay in these jobs or ranks for so long. Its nonsense.
He's not a washed up actor, he has just aged out of the job. Time for the next generation to move into those ranks and roles, and let Riker be an Admiral or possibly retire. It's a plausibility factor.
Star Trek VI is the last time we will ever see a main cast that old. Too old for their ranks and jobs. There never will be another main cast whose youngest member is in their 50's. Not just because studios or networks don't want it. But because it would never happen and makes no sense at all.
Age isn't a determining factor in rank ascendancy; Starfleet doesn't look at your birthday and go, "Well, it's time to promote him!". And you got to keep in mind: maybe Riker doesn't want to be an admiral. Just look how long he put off being captain.
If anything, I see a married Riker, wary of wars and still grasping at remaining youth, retiring.
Not everybody sticks with it or even climbs the ranks. Off the top of my head:
Scotty left.
Spock left, only to return of his own accord.
McCoy left, only to be dragged back in.
Data almost left (and in the alternate future, retired to a universary)
Barclay left to a differenet scientific branch of Starfleet.
Worf left to to lead the Klingon people.
If anything, I see a married Riker, wary of wars and still grasping at remaining youth, retiring.
Not everybody sticks with it or even climbs the ranks. Off the top of my head:
Scotty left.
Spock left, only to return of his own accord.
McCoy left, only to be dragged back in.
Data almost left (and in the alternate future, retired to a universary)
Barclay left to a differenet scientific branch of Starfleet.
Worf left to to lead the Klingon people.
Age and the years of service that come with it would be a determining factor. Starfleet, like any service, is cranking out a continuous stream of new officers in every generation. There is a reason they don't mind moving even the very best commanders up and out in actual, real world Armed services, and that is because they have a whole new batch of equally, expertly trained new officers to replace them.
Unlike Uhura, no one is going to advance only two ranks in 25 years. Of course, we know the actual reason. A real world movie production staff decided to keep the core TOS cast together till the very end. That's a creative choice. But one that ended up straining credulity just a bit. They had a chance with characters like Decker, Ilia and Saavik to have crew (and cast) rotation, but they decided not to do that.
They wanted to keep him in the cast. It was becoming like TOS where promotions stop happening and everyone sits in the same chairs for decades. I am glad they finally had him move up and out in '02. They should have done that years earlier.
I hope shows that do have cast turnover but continue to have success will inspire future Trek show runners to allow for the sort of promotions and rotations that would be normal. Like Chekov being an XO in TWOK and Sulu getting his own ship.
I don't mind that outcome. I imagine that Picard is long retired now. Maybe digging around at some excavation site somewhere with Vash. Riker can retire too. It's time for the next, Next Generation. It's their time now.
What zany creatures?
If a Titan series ever comes to be, hopefully everything in the novel-verse would be discarded and the production team would start completely from a fresh start.
Why tie their hands?
What zany creatures?
If a Titan series ever comes to be, hopefully everything in the novel-verse would be discarded and the production team would start completely from a fresh start.
Why tie their hands?
Admiral Riker I wouldn't mind seeing. He could be like Admiral Ross or Admiral Forrest. I could see him or other TNG people in recurring roles. But other than that, it's time for a new cast and a new generation. Picard and Riker had their time in the center seat.
And to be honest I think there is something undignified about the idea of Picard or Riker desperately holding on to their jobs. Clutching the Captains chair until Starfleet Command pries their fingers off of it.
I can see a 70something yo Picard very happily moving on with his life. Walking off the bridge for the last time with a sense of accomplishment, and pride. The honor of having served with so many remarkable officers and crew. To have seen and done so much. To actually be excited to see the 40something yo new Captain of the Enterprise stride across the bridge and take the center seat. "It's your time now"!
That is the Picard I imagine. Gazing at the Enterprise from the Spacedock and leaving it behind with grace and dignity.
I don't think that Worf and Riker really liked or got along with each other. Maybe during the moment they did but I sensed a side conflict just from the watching the shows.
Worf and LaForge seemed to get along fine so maybe they will introduce some bro-mantic episodes into Worf's show where the three finally get to have at each other yet in the end work their problems out without Troi being the mediator.
Worf and LaForge seemed to get along fine so maybe they will introduce some bro-mantic episodes into Worf's show where the three finally get to have at each other yet in the end work their problems out without Troi being the mediator.
This is a photo of him from last year. If he still looks like this, I'll grant you that he's lost weight, but the gray haired beard and horn-rimmed glasses make him look hardly recognizable to those who haven't followed him since Nemesis.
I'd say George Takei looks more like Sulu than Frakes looks like his character.
Take the glasses off and color the beard a little, and he would look a lot like Future-Riker from AGT.
But he should loose those glasses. They look ridiculous. Personally, I don't think its an accident they look like JJ Abrams' glasses, either, but I can't tell if he is wearing them to pay homage to JJ Abrams, or to mock him.
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