Spoilers What Happened To The Actors In Trek's 2024?
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I wonder if Jean-Luc (what with his love for detective and spy stuff and mysteries) has ever watched the old BBC versions of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “Smiley’s People”… might have turned out to be a bit awkward because, well…
Patrick Stewart stars in "Cosmic Trip: The Next Iteration".
You forgot to mention that he was also in "EXCALIBUR".Okay, bear with me because this is kinda headache-y and timey-wimey (I think this is the word? I've never watched Dr Who... forgive me).
The premise: As discussed elsewhere here on the board (I didn't want to hijack that thread and this is mostly specifically about PIC), the Star Trek timeline does not seem to be the same as our timeline although it seems to be close enough in many regards. However, Star Trek as a franchise obviously never existed in PIC's 2024 (or any other past encounters, so for this argument it probably doesn't matter if we're going back in the Confederation timeline or the Prime timeline, neither seems to have Star Trek as a franchise in it).
But... what happened to the Trek actors? I mean I can only speak for Sir Patrick from here on since he is my "area of expertise", but this goes for the others as well. I mean surely they exist in the Star Trek timeline (why wouldn't they?), they just never were cast in Star Trek because it never existed. And since Sir Patrick was never cast as Jean-Luc Picard because TNG never existed, his Hollywood fame probably never happened and he remained an "unknown British Shakespearean actor". HOWEVER. Even before TNG he traveled to the US and did some stuff on Broadway. Or around the world, really, he WAS a member of the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company, after all. And he did do "Dune", while not really a commercial success, SOME people surely knew him from that one. Or even "I, Claudius" and all. He wasn't completely obscure.
So my question is... now that the FBI has grabbed Jean-Luc for appearing out of nowhere on a street AND they have pictures of him at that gala and all... why is no one noticing that he looks like the British actor Patrick Stewart (I doubt he's a sir in that timeline)? I mean...??? If Sir Patrick exists in that timeline... shouldn't they notice? Facial recognition databases, internet, etc? If they put in Jean-Luc's face into any of those the match should come up? Or did the Borg Queen manipulate things when they established the fake gala personalities? How?
Still tho if the FBI hadn't gotten to him (I guess the jury is still out on whether that guy who's interrogating him is really an FBI agent and not some kind of time cop), Jean-Luc moved around freely in LA for quite a bit, why did no one walk up to him like "aren't you that guy from Dune?" (I get that this probably makes sense because I know that people in LA are used to celebrities walking around and he's most likely not THAT big a celebrity there without the Hollywood fame of TNG, but still, there's usually ALWAYS that ONE person who just can't let a celeb be, no matter what. Or who will tweet pictures. If Twitter exists in that timeline, that is.)
Also, am I the only one who would have gotten a kick out of a scene where 2024 Sir Patrick is in LA as well and he and Jean-Luc bump into each other? Like "wait a minute... what the... who the hell are YOU???"
Like I said, all this goes for the other PIC actors who are running around in LA as well. I mean Jurati is now literally on a rampage through the city. Surely some paparazzi would be like "why is the actress Alison Pill rampaging through our city in a red dress, THIS IS GONNA MAKE HEADLINES I'M GONNA TAKE PICS"? So, you get what I'm asking I guess. What's the angle here? Am I supposed to believe that none of the Trek actors ever existed in the Trek timeline and therefore the characters don't have any counterparts? Is that the conclusion?
I know I have a way too vivid imagination and I should stick to fan fic writing but honestly I'm curious as to what the explanation for this is, maybe I've missed something?
Sorry if I caused anyone a headache.
(an excellent movie BTW)
Should kinda make Jean-Luc think about why that ship in PIC was called the Leondegrance…
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