Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[Janx]

I heard (but have not seen direct examples) of Armin Shimmerman having to have some... delicate conversations about being a Jewish actor playing a greedy alien.

I hadn't heard that, but I did see an interview with the actor who played Rom who mentioned that the Ferengi actors felt isolated from the rest of the cast and that Armin did have some strong feelings about that.

So it wouldn't surprise me that there's more to the story.

 

[Umbran]

They aren’t as practical as snipers

In the Trek Universe, the Enterprise could detect small-arms phaser fire from orbit. For paranoid Romulans, scans for weapons fire or energy sources would be commonplace, no? Getting a sniper in place may not be clearly practical in many cases.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

In the Trek Universe, the Enterprise could detect small-arms phaser fire from orbit. For paranoid Romulans, scans for weapons fire or energy sources would be commonplace, no? Getting a sniper in place may not be clearly practical in many cases.

That's a good point. Ultimately, people in the Star Trek setting get into so many hand-to-hand combats that I find samurai Romulans to be pretty reasonable. I find if far harder to suspend my disbelief that the two-handed "Kirk-punch" is an effective fighting technique or that the Klingon Bat'leth is an effective weapon.

(Though in my own head-cannon I joke that the Klingons designed the Bat'leth to be a crappy weapon ON PURPOSE as a way to handicap their warriors to make fighting more challenging. "If you can kill someone with a Bat'leth, you are a true warrior! It's a terrible weapon!")

 

[Aeson]

And that's a great answer to the question that I asked back on page 1. I'd be up for that

I should have known how this thread would have gone, I had hoped for just a conversation about the show.

Someone mentioned Armin Shimmerman (for another reason). He would be good also.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I should have known how this thread would have gone, I had hoped for just a conversation about the show.

Well, I will reiterate what I said on the first page- I am IN on anything with Anson Mount, and double-in on his portrayal of Captain Pike!

Honestly, the casting of him, Peck, and Romijn is brilliant- they were all great in Disco season 2.

I think that the idea of prior actors (Combs, Shimmerman) undertaking new roles in the series is ... well, unlikely.

My favorite bit so far-


We’re going to try to harken back to some classical ‘Trek’ values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic. Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialized nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you’ve seen in either ‘Discovery’ or ‘Picard.’ I imagine it to be closer to the original series than even ‘DS9. We can really tell closed-ended stories. We can find ourselves in episodes that are tonally of a piece.

-Akiva Goldsman

I like some of the "prestige," serialized aspects of Discovery and Picard, but I am so excited for some TOS/TNG "planet of the week" episodes!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doctorbadwolf]

In the Trek Universe, the Enterprise could detect small-arms phaser fire from orbit. For paranoid Romulans, scans for weapons fire or energy sources would be commonplace, no? Getting a sniper in place may not be clearly practical in many cases.

Very true.

 

[Umbran]

I think that the idea of prior actors (Combs, Shimmerman) undertaking new roles in the series is ... well, unlikely.

Any particular reason? If nothing else, classic Trek had lots of places for cameo spots.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Any particular reason? If nothing else, classic Trek had lots of places for cameo spots.

A cameo? Definitely! But not a new role. I think Combs had a tweet basically throwing cold water on the idea.

it will also be hard (but not impossible - time travel, etc.) to shoehorn in TNG actors given the timeframe.

 

[Morrus]

A cameo? Definitely! But not a new role. I think Combs had a tweet basically throwing cold water on the idea.

it will also be hard (but not impossible - time travel, etc.) to shoehorn in TNG actors given the timeframe.

Doctor Who does it all the time!

 

[Ryujin]

A cameo? Definitely! But not a new role. I think Combs had a tweet basically throwing cold water on the idea.

it will also be hard (but not impossible - time travel, etc.) to shoehorn in TNG actors given the timeframe.

I lost count of the number of times that I saw the same Redshirt, played by David L. Ross, die on a mission. Armin Shimerman played several aliens, with different appliances on his face, in Next Generation. Combs already played two different characters in DS9, Inspector Brunt (FCA) and Weyoun. Suzie Plakson played a doctor, a Vulcan science officer, a Q, and the half Klingon K'Ehleyr in TNG alone. Reusing actors, with different rubber bits, is a Star Trek tradition