They're not just gonna shove in a cameo for no reason, and I can't see many situations requiring Geordi technobabble LaForge
What Gives?
- Thread starter GemHaters
- Start date
So what you're saying is you're surprised LaForge didn't guest star on half of Voyager's episodes?
Erm...I REALLY hope that the vast majority of DS9 viewers were not of the racist 'all African Americans look alike' variety.
I'd certainly like to give 'em more credit than that.
I hope it's clear that I was kidding...but if not...
...I was kidding. Heh.
Gottcha. Thanks!
I really liked Geordi on TNG, but I am not bothered by this in any way because, as others have stated, there was no good reason for Geordi to be on the show. Troi and Barclay in VOY (imo) worked, and Geordi's brief appearance in Timeless was good. Those all made story sense, though.
It seems like a ridiculous thing to be upset over. Because the director didn't reprise their role as a character because they happened to be on set?
It seems like a ridiculous thing to be upset over. Because the director didn't reprise their role as a character because they happened to be on set?
The DS9 characters were more vivid than the bland TNG crowd, which made it problematic to try to bring TNGers over to DS9. The only ones that would work were O'Brien, Picard and Worf (no surprise that they ended up on DS9 at least as a cameo). Data could have worked as well. Plus Tom Riker (as opposed to Will) was another good choice.
But Geordi, either of the Crushers, Troi and Barclay - there's just not enough to them as characters, they would sink into the background. DS9 was a more competitive environment for characters.
But Geordi, either of the Crushers, Troi and Barclay - there's just not enough to them as characters, they would sink into the background. DS9 was a more competitive environment for characters.
I don't really see where or how Geordi would have fit on DS9, so I actually appreciate they didn't just shove him in an episode just for the sake of him having a cameo.
Premise of something like:
Prior to the Dominion War arc, La Forge is on secondment to the SCE while they're building the E-E and is supervising DS9's weapons upgrades. Probably about a minute and a half in the teaser with La Forge and Worf discussing the destruction of the E-D as they walk to the airlock for La Forge to leave, La Forge saying as soon as the new Enterprise is ready he'll be heading back there, Worf saying he thinks he'll be staying on DS9, they shake hands and wish each other the best and the SCE ship flies off, then the episode proper starts...
DS9 wasn't lacking because of it, it'd be something to just stick in if an episode ran short or something!
Prior to the Dominion War arc, La Forge is on secondment to the SCE while they're building the E-E and is supervising DS9's weapons upgrades. Probably about a minute and a half in the teaser with La Forge and Worf discussing the destruction of the E-D as they walk to the airlock for La Forge to leave, La Forge saying as soon as the new Enterprise is ready he'll be heading back there, Worf saying he thinks he'll be staying on DS9, they shake hands and wish each other the best and the SCE ship flies off, then the episode proper starts...
DS9 wasn't lacking because of it, it'd be something to just stick in if an episode ran short or something!
I for one would have liked more guest spots and cameo's - even one scene nods to the fans. It's a shared universe and as long as it's not shoehorned in awkwardly, it's good.
Should Enterprise stop off at DS9 for 24 hours, would it be so hard to imagine Geordie stopping off for a beer and a game of darts with O'Brien in the way that old friends and colleagues do ?
Should Enterprise stop off at DS9 for 24 hours, would it be so hard to imagine Geordie stopping off for a beer and a game of darts with O'Brien in the way that old friends and colleagues do ?
^I learned a new word today: secondment. In the US, we would say that LaForge is on temporary assignment.
Oops, sorry, I was referring to JB2005's post.
Oops, sorry, I was referring to JB2005's post.
Even though Worf made his feelings about the loss of the E-D and his place on DS9 clear in 'Way of the Warrior'? And the weapons upgrades were nearly complete by then, too, long before the actual start of the Dominion War (and its arc).
With all of the mechanical/engineering problems on DS9 (and on the Defiant early on), I have to believe they could have found one show where he could have come to the station to help the Chief out of a jam.
It also would have made sense for him to be on the team that analyzed the captured Jem'Hadar ship, since he was the Chief Engineer of the Federation flagship.
So yes there were plenty of ways to get him into an episode or two if they wanted to.
Knowing Geordi he would have wound up in a holosuite with a special "Dr. Leah Brahms" program.
Is "Harry Kim" basically a general punch line at this point?
"Knock Knock"
"Who's There?"
"Harry Kim!"
It also would have made sense for him to be on the team that analyzed the captured Jem'Hadar ship, since he was the Chief Engineer of the Federation flagship.
So yes there were plenty of ways to get him into an episode or two if they wanted to.
Knowing Geordi he would have wound up in a holosuite with a special "Dr. Leah Brahms" program.
And O'Brien, Bashir and LaForge would still get more character development in that one episode than Harry Kim got in seven seasons.
Is "Harry Kim" basically a general punch line at this point?
"Knock Knock"
"Who's There?"
"Harry Kim!"
Showin' that the Chief & his staff of both Starfleet & Militia engineers couldn't fix a problem on their own station & had to be rescued by the almighty Enterprise?
I don't see what one has to do with the other.
Plus, the ship crashin' was a surprise, a rescue from the station was immediate, no one had the time to wait for the Enterprise to get there, the Defiant had to be sent right away.
Again, showin' that the crew didn't need the Enterprise to rescue them, something proven in 'Emissary' when they moved the station to claim the wormhole while the E-D was away.
As he told the real Brahms, it wasn't that kind of program.
I'm glad there was no LaForge on the DS9. He would have had nothing to do except for feign superiority to O'Brien, which would be horrible.
Picard feigning superiority to Sisko in Emissary is bad enough already.
If they were gonna have any TNG characters on DS9 again, it should have been to bring Picard back for the purpose of showing that Sisko is superior to him, in order to correct the atrocity of implied Picard-superiority that occurred during Picard's appearance in Emissary.
Picard feigning superiority to Sisko in Emissary is bad enough already.
If they were gonna have any TNG characters on DS9 again, it should have been to bring Picard back for the purpose of showing that Sisko is superior to him, in order to correct the atrocity of implied Picard-superiority that occurred during Picard's appearance in Emissary.
Towed to a base that wasn't DS9, or else Sisko wouldn't have been so surprised to see it a year later...
So, again, why would the starbase/Starfleet Intelligence have pulled O'Brien, La Forge & others in to work on a ship that NO ONE had experience with? Because they are so good workin' with their own, established technology?
od0_ital I don't understand your remark. Would it be so unusual to have two Starfleet engineers who had worked together for years work together again to solve a problem? I don't get your problem with that.
od0_ital:
The Jem'Hadar ship was towed back to a starbase and needed to be studied and reverse-engineered by Starfleet. Presumably, Starfleet would have that done by Starfleet engineers. Geordi LaForge was the Chief Engineer for the Enterprise, so it stands to reason that he would have been one of the people qualified for the job.
My statement has nothing to do with the wormhole or the Enterprise "saving the day."
I don't even know what "rescue" you are talking about.
Similar threads
