I don't know if a thread like this has ever been posted before, but something occured to me earlier as I was talking to my wife about where the writers ended up after TNG ended.
Ronald D. Moore, Rene Echevarria, and Brannon Braga all had different strengths that you can see woven in their scripts, and I always felt each was put on the right show that played to their strengths.
Moore was really good with arcs and wanting to have consequences stay around. Echevarria was great with deep character. Braga was great with scifi stories and high concepts.
For a show like DS9, Moore and Echevarria were a perfect choice, as was Braga on VOYAGER because you want someone with big, crazy ideas for a ship exploring a completely unknown part of the galaxy.
But what if it was switched? Braga went to DS9, and Moore/Echevarria went to VOYAGER? How do you think each show would end up? Would either be better or worse, and why?
Ronald D. Moore, Rene Echevarria, and Brannon Braga all had different strengths that you can see woven in their scripts, and I always felt each was put on the right show that played to their strengths.
Moore was really good with arcs and wanting to have consequences stay around. Echevarria was great with deep character. Braga was great with scifi stories and high concepts.
For a show like DS9, Moore and Echevarria were a perfect choice, as was Braga on VOYAGER because you want someone with big, crazy ideas for a ship exploring a completely unknown part of the galaxy.
But what if it was switched? Braga went to DS9, and Moore/Echevarria went to VOYAGER? How do you think each show would end up? Would either be better or worse, and why?