Should Sela Have Been Giving More Episodes ?

[CaptainStoner]

I'm in the "no" camp. Resounding no. Sela was a cheesefoodproduct character. Cheesefoodproduct may be popular, but it's still what it is.
So was Lore, but Spiner was able to mostly rescue that character from its heavily cliched existence.
I'm thankful that DS9 stayed away from long lost evil twin concept. Although the concept has a solid mythological root, it's hell to pull off in a fresh way.
Of all those types of episodes, "Second Chances" was the only one that I remember being any good, mainly by deviating from the standard in which Thomas Riker would have been evil.

 

[driver]

I would have enjoyed seeing more of Sela. Also, there is nothing that Sela said to Picard that couldn't have been an outright lie to make Picard feel sick. Her mother could have escaped and lived a fruitful life - just avoided the Federation so the timeline wasn't adversely changed. Anyway, there are a number of books with her featured for those that would like more Sela action.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=star+trek+Sela&x=0&y=0

 

[Saquist]

I think that Sela could have made an excellent nemesis for Picard. She is cunning, ruthless, and prepared. While all of the wonderful posters mentioned the bland and somewhat predictable manner in which the writers introduced Sela, there is a point to be made that Sela was a very popular villain.

It made star Trek Armada...so familiar and awesome.

 

[Kelthaz]

A simple answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGfWrJR5Ck

That about sums it up.

If Sela wasn't around then they probably would have used Tomalak in her place instead. Anything that results in more Tomalak is a plus in my book.

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Sela was clearly being set up for a recurring Romulan adversary - personal connection to Picard and crew, the one behind three Romulan related schemes... There was clearly something being led to here.

...And then she's just gone.

Yes, she should have appeared in at least another episode that would have tied into the Enterprise-C captives or Federation prisoners held in Romulan space... SOMETHING that justifies the tie, the connection.

And I found the character interesting - she walks into the observation lounge, tells Picard her life story, then demands he treat her solely as his enemy, when he'd made no indication that he saw her as anything else. Yes, the resemblance was uncanny and he loves a mystery, but she was still a Romulan Commander, so he knew better than to expect a satisfactory answer at all. Something in her is interested in learning about her human side and digging to that layer of her psyche was a story that seemed to be being set up to be told... then forgotten.

It's part of why I would have liked Sela as the antagonist of Nemesis - at least she could have a decent motivation for wanting humanity wiped out.

 

[Kelthaz]

^ It's interesting just how many recurring characters that TNG set up for future appearances only to ignore them or flat out drop them after a handful of episodes.

Sonya Gomez
Selar
Tomalak
Mot
Sela
Admiral Nechayev
Barclay

The only recurring characters they used as much as they could were Ensign Ro, Q, Guinan, and O'Brien. And look at how well those characters were received. It makes you wonder what could have been if they had developed the other characters a bit more.

 

[Andymator]

I also think that Sela would have been perfect to use in Star Trek Nemesis, but not as the antagonist; as the role that Commander Donatra filled. It would bring Denise Crosby full circle back to being one of our TNG heroes for the final outing of that franchise. It would open up all kinds of great dramatic potential in that reveal that the Valdore and her sister ship had arrived to help instead of hinder.

While Denise is clearly not the greatest actress to ever grace the screen, she has done material that proves if directed properly, she can deliver the goods.

 

[Saquist]

I think that Sela could have made an excellent nemesis for Picard. She is cunning, ruthless, and prepared. While all of the wonderful posters mentioned the bland and somewhat predictable manner in which the writers introduced Sela, there is a point to be made that Sela was a very popular villain.

^ It's interesting just how many recurring characters that TNG set up for future appearances only to ignore them or flat out drop them after a handful of episodes.

Sonya Gomez
Selar
Tomalak
Mot
Sela
Admiral Nechayev
Barclay

The only recurring characters they used as much as they could were Ensign Ro, Q, Guinan, and O'Brien. And look at how well those characters were received. It makes you wonder what could have been if they had developed the other characters a bit more.

Nechayev wasn't dropped she went right into DS9.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

^ And Barclay went to VOY. And First Contact.

 

[Kelthaz]

Yes, but TNG didn't use them much. It's not like the Maquis where they were introduced entirely for a spin-off series. Characters like Nechayev and Barclay were intended as purely TNG characters and the show criminally underused them.

 

[BillJ]

Yes, but TNG didn't use them much. It's not like the Maquis where they were introduced entirely for a spin-off series. Characters like Nechayev and Barclay were intended as purely TNG characters and the show criminally underused them.

Barclay was nothing more than an irritant and Nechayev was generic (but hot) Admiral number 37.

 

[Saquist]

Yes, but TNG didn't use them much. It's not like the Maquis where they were introduced entirely for a spin-off series. Characters like Nechayev and Barclay were intended as purely TNG characters and the show criminally underused them.

there not even secondary characters....

 

[dru]

No. It was a silly idea and she shouldn't have shown up in the first place. IMO.

QFT

QFT. Again.

 

[Jack Bauer]

I liked the concept but Crosby's lack of acting talent just made the character fall flat. Her brief appearences were more than enough.

 

[Solarbaby]

I wrote a story years ago that won a prize at a monthly trek meeting for the most original way to bring back Tasha. It involved her not being killed when she tried to run off with baby Sela. She was an older Tasha who was rescued by the enterprise D in Romulus's orbit and the Romulans disrupted the transporter beam and O'Brien had to use her last recorded pattern in the buffer which restored her to a youthful Tasha circa season 1.

Then it had her dealing with Sela a fully grown woman and hateful of her mother. I would love to have seen this as a story on TNG but could Crosby's acting pull it off?

 

[Anwar]

Yes, but TNG didn't use them much. It's not like the Maquis where they were introduced entirely for a spin-off series. Characters like Nechayev and Barclay were intended as purely TNG characters and the show criminally underused them.

Barclay was nothing more than an irritant and Nechayev was generic (but hot) Admiral number 37.

I LIKED Barclay, actually. Especially after I saw what Dwight Scultz's most famous role was...

 

[Ghrakh]

Of all the guest stars who could have confronted Spock, and it had to be Sela...

 

[Nero's Shadow]

I liked her in the two part episode unification IMO they should have given her more episodes I liked tash yar in the 1st season. Fans must have been shocked to see her come back pity tasha yar never made the 2nd season ?