Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

[Nerys Myk]

Pilot/helm characters by their nature have little to do. They have to step outside of that to make them "viable" as characters. Paris was made into a medical assistant and later given quirky hobbies. Geordi was transferred to engineering. They did nothing really with Sulu, but he wasn't really a "headliner" like the rest. Mayweather was much the same but was a headliner so it was worse. SNW kind lampshades this by having Ortegas talk about "flying the ship" and yearn to go on away missions. It helps that Navia is given great dialog. Too bad Montgomery wasn't given the same.

Maybe the Pilot as a regular idea needs to be retired as a headliner. TNG pretty much did that. Find another role for that "seventh character" on the ship.

 

[TRON JA307020]

I suspect that Mayweather was mostly an accident. When the crew was developed (or borrowed from Galaxy Quest and reworked), I don't think the creators realized that his interesting traits were shared with Archer (piloting) and T'Pol (experience). And Trip, as a senior officer, was a more natural fit in the potential role of foil to T'Pol.

Also, if you watch the cast reunion from a decade ago, Anthony Montgomery's personality (which is naturally charismatic) is father from his character's than the other actors' are.

He was obviously the right actor, but the writing was wrong. (I don't think he was a token, though, just poorly served.)

Yeah he really was a poorly written character. I felt bad for Anthony. But he got into soaps later with General Hispital, a lot of one shot TV roles on various shows and I think teaching. So all in all hes doing pretty good for a working actor. Who knows he might get to play Travis in live action agsin one day..

 

[Danja]

Paramount-Skydance Deal And Other Mergers Could Be Blocked Over DEI Policies, FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says

Paramount Global and other companies trying to gain the government's blessing for mergers must eliminate DEI policies, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.

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Tawny Newsome's new show could be useful.

If there's a white man playing the lead, it could be enough to keep the government off Paramount's back while Starfleet Academy goes forward.

 

[Dukhat]

Paramount-Skydance Deal And Other Mergers Could Be Blocked Over DEI Policies, FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says

Paramount Global and other companies trying to gain the government's blessing for mergers must eliminate DEI policies, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.

deadline.com

Tawny Newsome's new show could be useful.

If there's a white man playing the lead, it could be enough to keep the government off Paramount's back while Starfleet Academy goes forward.

Tawny Newsome’s new show is the least of our problems.

 

[fireproof78]

Paris was made into a medical assistant and later given quirky hobbies.

Commando leader.

Survival expert.

Historian.

Field medic.

Torture victim of the week.

 

[Firebird]

Paramount-Skydance Deal And Other Mergers Could Be Blocked Over DEI Policies, FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says

Paramount Global and other companies trying to gain the government's blessing for mergers must eliminate DEI policies, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said.

deadline.com

Tawny Newsome's new show could be useful.

If there's a white man playing the lead, it could be enough to keep the government off Paramount's back while Starfleet Academy goes forward.

 

[Danja]

I wish we weren't having this discussion.

I'm concerned that the Trump FCC is going to see any show that stars someone other than a cishet white male as "DEI."

Trek has no shortage of shows starring white males (Kirk, Picard, Archer, Pike). Anyone who likes their ship commanded by a white male will find plenty of shows to choose from.

 

[Dukhat]

SNW kind lampshades this by having Ortegas talk about "flying the ship" and yearn to go on away missions. It helps that Navia is given great dialog.

What exactly is this 'great dialogue' of which you speak?

 

[Nerys Myk]

What exactly is this 'great dialogue' of which you speak?

Every word out of her mouth.

 

[Dukhat]

I think we have very different definitions of 'great dialogue,' then.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I think we have very different definitions of 'great dialogue,' then.

Might work with another person in the role.

 

[The Old Mixer]

My impression of the Mayweather problem when I was watching first run was the other way around. It seemed like they were trying to write him interestingly early on, but he was playing it wrong. He acted like a wide-eyed greenhorn when he should have been the most blase human on the ship when it came to interstellar travel. The character wasn't working, and eventually they just gave him less to do.

 

[Firebird]

He acted like a wide-eyed greenhorn when he should have been the most blase human on the ship when it came to interstellar travel.

I'm picturing Mayweather played like Tony Shalhoub's character in Galaxy Quest. Already makes him a far more interesting character.

 

[Shamrock Holmes]

I'm picturing Mayweather played like Tony Shalhoub's character in Galaxy Quest.

Shalhoub's character was "Tech Sergeant Chen", the chief engineer (roughly a counterpart of Scotty, but with elements of Sulu and O'Brien), Travis' counterpart was "Lieutenant Laredo", the pilot (essentially a grown-up version of Wesley).

 

[Nerys Myk]

Shalhoub's character was "Tech Sergeant Chen", the chief engineer (roughly a counterpart of Scotty, but with elements of Sulu and O'Brien), Travis' counterpart was "Lieutenant Laredo", the pilot (essentially a grown-up version of Wesley).

Laredo in the show was a kid.

 

[Firebird]

Shalhoub's character was "Tech Sergeant Chen", the chief engineer (roughly a counterpart of Scotty, but with elements of Sulu and O'Brien), Travis' counterpart was "Lieutenant Laredo", the pilot (essentially a grown-up version of Wesley).

That’s not the point I was making.

I’m talking about how his actor character was unphased by the futuristic technology.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Mayweather could have been the "point man" when encountering other species. He was literally born and raised in space and probably logged more hours than the entire NX-01 crew combined.

 

[fireproof78]

Mayweather could have been the "point man" when encountering other species. He was literally born and raised in space and probably logged more hours than the entire NX-01 crew combined.

His most memorable scene was him negotiating with an alien race and making more progress than trained diplomat Archer.

 

[Skywalker]

Mayweather could have been the "point man" when encountering other species. He was literally born and raised in space and probably logged more hours than the entire NX-01 crew combined.

I agree. Sadly, Mayweather's extensive experience in deep space was somewhat undercut by the presence of T'Pol and Phlox, both of whom became the go-to alien experts.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

His most memorable scene was him negotiating with an alien race and making more progress than trained diplomat Archer.

And that was with him making it up as he went along. But then sometimes just straight up asking wait why is eating public offensive gets the job done. When you're too polite you just dont find out what you need to know.