Tasha

[HugeLobes]

Wesley was just a face at a wedding. Did he even have any lines? There’s a big difference between bringing someone back for a cameo and turning them into some villain with a reach way beyond the scope of their character.

 

[od0_ital]

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His was a non-speaking cameo as part of the wedding party. The one part of dialogue Wil Wheaton had was deleted.

 

[Sakonna]

The "A Time to..." TNG novel series tried to fix this by having Wesley show up naked in Alaska, thinking it was the Betazoid wedding, and a uniform being beamed down from the Enterprise that had permanent pips attached.

Ha! Well, I give it an A for effort.

 

[tomswift2002]

Yeah, in a Startleet uniform, totally ignoring Wil Wheaton's final episode of TNG where Wesley was still a cadet, left the Academy & joined the Traveler on a disputed planet in the DMZ to attain a higher level of existence.

The "A Time to..." TNG novel series tried to fix this by having Wesley show up naked in Alaska, thinking it was the Betazoid wedding, and a uniform being beamed down from the Enterprise that had permanent pips attached. A deleted scene had dialogue that Wesley was going to be going with Riker & Troi on the Titan.

But, still, his character had never been killed off, so it was probably a lot easier to have him in a non-speaking cameo than it would have been to put Yar in the wedding party.

Don’t forget they totally ignored the fact that Worf was the Ambassador to Qu’onos (and a civilian) at the end of DS9, but in Nemesis he was back as a Starfleet officer and head of security. The novels have an explanation, but in the movie nothing was said.

 

[od0_ital]

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Having Michael Dorn as Worf in a TNG movie is a given. Having Wil Wheaton turn up was a surprise. Getting Denise Crosby back in a way that made sense would have been a miracle.

 

[HugeLobes]

Having Michael Dorn as Worf in a TNG movie is a given. Having Wil Wheaton turn up was a surprise. Getting Denise Crosby back in a way that made sense would have been a miracle.

Exactly. Behind Picard and Data, Worf is by far the most recognizable TNG cast member. Even people who've never seen an episode know Worf.

Don’t forget they totally ignored the fact that Worf was the Ambassador to Qu’onos (and a civilian) at the end of DS9, but in Nemesis he was back as a Starfleet officer and head of security. The novels have an explanation, but in the movie nothing was said.

I'd rather just have him there than sit through some random scene about how he was reassigned to the Enterprise or whatever. Everyone knows it would just be an excuse to have him in the movie, so why bother drawing attention at all? Plenty or even most viewers wouldn't have any idea Worf wasn't assigned to the Enterprise at this point.

Wesley was a nice addition for fans and for Wil Wheaton, who paid his dues before leaving in a way Denise Crosby didn't. Yes, I understand why she left, but I honestly feel like bringing her back three times already (and for major parts) is more than enough, not to mention more than they owed her.

 

[Spot261]

Perhaps in an different version of In the Pale Moonlight, Seska could have been the Romulan who Sisko tried to fool (thus continuing her perfect record of screwing things up) or another important Romulan. Or maybe official Romulus got tired of her and she slipped away from any official role but is working underground.

How about Sela?