You're flying out the handle, figuratively, over something that is a year in the future and may play well. None of us know. It just doesn't seem healthy to react that way to entertainment.
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You're flying out the handle, figuratively, over something that is a year in the future and may play well. None of us know. It just doesn't seem healthy to react that way to entertainment.
Historically, special guest star billing has sometimes been used to give prominent billing to an actor who was very much a series regular. See Jonathan Harris in Lost in Space, and Martin Landau in the first season of Mission: Impossible.
Maybe it's not. It's where I'm at.
The actual question is, how is the actor being paid - per appearance or for a season. SMG's paid for every episode of STD aired. Was Yeoh paid to do more than six or seven episodes in the first year? Was she guaranteed the appearances?
[Tom Paris] They could probably use one of those ancient American flags that were used as stage backdrops for what people used to call a "country music concert." Those were pretty big.[/Tom Paris].
IIRC, when Yeoh's casting was first announced, the report identified her as a "recurring character." Which, at least in modern television is distinct from being a regular. The only thing unique about her status is that though billed as a Special Guest Star in all her appearances, she was listed in the opening credits, making her the only "guest star" on Disco to have been.
I know I did.
Since Kirk seems to be in a scene with Ms. Noonien-Singh, option 3 is that he's in one or more flashbacks about her.
OH MY GOD! How has this never come up before? PERFECT!Surely memberberries in Trek should be calling roddenberries.
Anson's a kick.
Paul's was so sweet! It's nice that he's a fan.
One of my female friends back in 2009 when she saw ads for STXI: It's the guy from Princess Diaries 2!!!
^ If you say so.
By not using him at all.
However, that ship has sadly sailed now.
Pike was one of the best things about DSC Season 2 and I would have been more than willing to go on an episodic journey with him, Number One, and Spock with SNW had the people behind the series not started spiraling down the rabbit hole of making the show nothing more than TOS 2.0 with the unnecessary inclusion of Uhura, M'Benga, a Kahn, and now Kirk.
By not using him at all.
However, that ship has sadly sailed now.
Pike was one of the best things about DSC Season 2 and I would have been more than willing to go on an episodic journey with him, Number One, and Spock with SNW had the people behind the series not started spiraling down the rabbit hole of making the show nothing more than TOS 2.0 with the unnecessary inclusion of Uhura, M'Benga, a Kahn, and now Kirk.
I fear you're right.
I see no evidence that the inclusion of those characters will be a bad thing any more than the inclusion of Sarek, Amanda, Spock and Pike were a bad thing for DISCO.
Wrong.
Please stop pretending that you know what they're going to do with this show. You have no idea, none at all.
It's all in how you use a legacy character. Darth Vader keeps finding a way into new Disney series and films but there are precious few instances in which his inclusion has been negative and hamfisted.
Rogue One was absolutely awful, and nearly defines hamfisted, if not quite fully negative.
I hear that Worf had a few guest appearances in DS9.
M'Benga was in the same amount of TOS episodes as Pike and Number One.
Oh my God. I can't stay quiet about this anymore.
I'm neutral on SNW because I've said from Day One, I'm not too keen on going back to episodic "planet of the week" stories and nine times out of 10, I'm usually not a fan of prequels.
But you? "Oh my God! They have Kirk!!!!" and now you're turning on the show just like that and going apeshit over it? And, yes, you are going apeshit over it. Is this really the molehill you want to die on?
Is this meant to be reverse psychology? It's the only thing that makes sense right now.
I'm neutral on SNW because I've said from Day One, I'm not too keen on going back to episodic "planet of the week" stories and nine times out of 10, I'm usually not a fan of prequels.
But you? "Oh my God! They have Kirk!!!!" and now you're turning on the show just like that and going apeshit over it? And, yes, you are going apeshit over it. Is this really the molehill you want to die on?
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At this point, it's pointless to go on about. I've said my piece, been told to settle down, and am working on doing so. Do I want to die on this molehill? Right now, yeah I do. But, maybe I'll feel differently later.
For now, I leave it at that.
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