Characters who were supposed to end up as more than they were.

[JirinPanthosa]

Wasn't he just Han Solo with the serial numbers filed off?

He was what people who don't know how to get women think men who can get women are.

 

[Infern0]

I don't think Melora is really accurate. Based on what I can find, the DS9 producers originally wanted a low-gravity character for the science officer, and that has since been described as 'Like Melora', but if they had actually been developing Melora specifically to be a main character, I'd think her episode would've made it into the first season (so as to get some good use out of the work they put into her).

The first one that came to my mind was Lt. Hawk (First Contact) and the whole story of him being Trek's first gay main character only for him to die halfway through the movie with no development. But looking that up, I see the FC producers actually denied the rumors of him being Trek's first gay character were ever actually true in the first place (though the novels took the idea and ran with it, anyway). The way he was introduced in the movie did still make me feel like he was supposed to be a new major character (like the 'Saavik' of the TNG movies), but that was apparently not to be, either.

Idk i thought it was fairly obvious he was gonna die as soon as Worf showed up, but I like that actor who played hawk, and it would have been good to see the character get more development

 

[Infern0]

He was what people who don't know how to get women think men who can get women are.

Dudes with character traits like Okana tend to do ok actually in all reality

He's a tall good looking guy with confidence, charisma and a bit of the "bad boy" about him

As a female myself I can tell you that sort (sometimes sadly) usually does very well with women (though more in short term than long term where a lack of depth often shows up)

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Dudes with character traits like Okana tend to do ok actually in all reality

He's a tall good looking guy with confidence, charisma and a bit of the "bad boy" about him

As a female myself I can tell you that sort (sometimes sadly) usually does very well with women (though more in short term than long term where a lack of depth often shows up)

I mean, the pickup line that worked on Terri Hatcher seemed particularly forced and awkward. That’s a good point about the personality type in general. Just the writing for this particular character seemed really bad.

 

[mythme]

Wasn't George Primmin supposed to have a bigger role to play? Its as if he was a false start in the "Starfleet doesn't trust Odo" which was reimagined when Eddington was introduced

 

[Farscape One]

Lt. Riley from TOS. He only appeared twice. I think he could have been a major recurring character.

As long as he never sang "Kathleen" again...

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Lt. Riley from TOS. He only appeared twice. I think he could have been a major recurring character.

Riley's second appearance wasn't conceived as a return for the character, though. Bruce Hyde got cast as an unrelated character in "The Conscience of the King" and someone remembered that he'd been on the show before, so they changed his character name to Kevin Riley to match his earlier appearance on the series. So it was really more of a coincidence than anything.

 

[johnnybear]

But Bruce Hyde didn't remember? Yes, I think I've read that somewhere too and how weird would it have been to have the same actor back for another large role in the show after his last which was only nine episodes earlier and yet he's someone else entirely??
JB

 

[1001001]

But Bruce Hyde didn't remember?

It was the Sixties, man.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Wasn't George Primmin supposed to have a bigger role to play? Its as if he was a false start in the "Starfleet doesn't trust Odo" which was reimagined when Eddington was introduced

I think it was more that Eddington took over the Colm-is-filming-a-movie/station crew role from Primmin at a time when they were expanding Odo's story.

 

[FreddyE]

The aliens from Conspiracy were meant to return in TNG but err...never did!
JB

If I remember correctly the Conspiracy-Aliens were basically pretty much a "Borg-Prototype"....then came a "inbetween" phase were they enivisoned the Borg much more insect like before the were develeoped as what finally got on screen..

 

[marlboro]

But Bruce Hyde didn't remember?

"Bruce Hyde? Never heard of him. I'm Bruce Jekyll. Now who wants to hear me sing "Kathleen"?"

 

[johnnybear]

If I remember correctly the Conspiracy-Aliens were basically pretty much a "Borg-Prototype"....then came a "inbetween" phase were they enivisoned the Borg much more insect like before the were develeoped as what finally got on screen..

The Borg were originally envisaged as a race of giant insectoids similar to ants I believe! Maybe they were supposed to be the aliens seen in conspiracy but later plans went awry!
JB

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Joanna McCoy. McCoy's daughter.

In the original draft of TOS "The Way to Eden" entitled "Joanna," she was the love interest of Captain Kirk.

In the end, McCoy's daughter was mentioned unnamed in TAS "The Survivor."

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Joanna_McCoy

 

[Kilana2]

Joanna McCoy. McCoy's daughter.

In the original draft of TOS "The Way to Eden" entitled "Joanna," she was the love interest of Captain Kirk.

In the end, McCoy's daughter was mentioned unnamed in TAS "The Survivor."

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Joanna_McCoy

I'm glad that Joanna didn't end as love interest for Kirk.

 

[The Old Mixer]

It was the Sixties, man.

Says the guy who once called me "Grandpa" for preferring Sixties music....

 

[Nyotarules]

I'm glad that Joanna didn't end as love interest for Kirk.

That would have been yukky for Kirk hitting on his best friend's daughter...
Hitting on a 19 year old in Conscience of the King was bad enough.

 

[marlboro]

Says the guy who once called me "Grandpa" for preferring Sixties music....

I prefer music from the 70s:

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[Tim Thomason]

But Bruce Hyde didn't remember? Yes, I think I've read that somewhere too and how weird would it have been to have the same actor back for another large role in the show after his last which was only nine episodes earlier and yet he's someone else entirely??
JB

This was the same era where Gunsmoke (and other Westerns) would reuse guest stars multiple times in the same season, sometimes in the same outfits in a similar role, all as different characters. Things were a little more theatrical with how they approached casting (reliable known actors are preferred).

Hyde might not have adapted an Irish accent the second time, if not told he would be playing the same character.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

This was the same era where Gunsmoke (and other Westerns) would reuse guest stars multiple times in the same season, sometimes in the same outfits in a similar role, all as different characters. Things were a little more theatrical with how they approached casting (reliable known actors are preferred).

Hyde might not have adapted an Irish accent the second time, if not told he would be playing the same character.

That's a good point. Hyde surely remembered, but he may have simply accepted the idea that his character would be different as just the way things were done. Heck, Star Trek itself brought back guest actors numerous times to play different roles (Morgan Woodward, Mark Lenard, etc.).