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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Rumors are flying about what the next Star Trek project will be, and when. But put all of that aside for a minute. It's three in the morning, and you're sitting in your cushy L.A. bungalow when you hear the phone ring. It's Rick Berman, and he needs a cast for the next series. What do you tell him? Consider the show's setting to be whatever you like. Who do you get?

I'll start things off by one that might actually be possible, and that I'd really like to see: Tony Todd. He's a great actor, he's had Trek expereince, both in makeup and out, and perhaps most important, he's available as far as I know.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Sarah Silverman (Rain Robinson in Voyager's 'Future's End') is one of my first choices.

I'll see if I can think of some more...

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I'd tell him, Rick, call me back when you're sober. You know no ones gonna watch another lame series, let it go for a few years, you greedy SOB.

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Posted by Vortex on :

When casting the next series, I'd rather try and figure out which roles needed to be filled first. I'd rather see the new seires on a small ship (Intrepid, possibly Akira, Nebula, or Saber) set in the Alpha/Beta quadrant. I somehow doubt that Rick Berman would survive two weeks of "Flight Acadamy", but another ship series probably wouldn't do very well, either. In any case, I think that the question should be who do we want to see in what roles.

Off the top of my head, I'd like to see Leelee Sobieski (TV's Joan of Arc, "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries", IIRC "Eyes Wide Shut") as a young scientist or doctor, and Jill Hennessey (TV's Law and Order for a few years, "The Paper", "RoboCop 3") as either First Officer or Operations officer (still to young to be a convincing Captain). Leelee probably wouldn't be available, since she seems to be heading into bigger name movies. Hennessey (at least according to the IMDb) doesn't seem to have done much since leaving Law and Order.

I'll come up with some more later. One character I really want to see is an Animatronic/Muppet/CGI feline character (like the Caitans in the Animated Series!)

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Actually, by now our perceptions of how crap the next series of Trek will be mean that if they DID feature a character that combined the worst traits of Darwin and Jar-Jar, we'd never notice.

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Mesa getting worried over thisa one.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I'd like to see some of the recurring actors from the past three series. Tony Todd was already mentioned. Also maybe Carolyn Seymour, Suzie Plakson, maybe Marc Alaimo (though he came pretty close to becoming a main character toward the end of DS9). Those are the only ones that come to mind immediately, but I'm sure there are others.

Vortex: The only problem w/ Leelee Sobieski is that she's only 17. I'm afraid she might turn into a Wesley-Crusher-esque character, and that would just plain suck. :-)

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

Another Trek series already being discussed? Do the VP's at Paramount Studios smell the comming death of Star Trek: Voyager or the comming death of the mult-billion dollar Trek franchise?

But hey, this is just my two francs...

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Again people, this thread is not about motives behind a new Trek series, or a time period for it, or whether it's all a tool of the Freemasons. Just...who would you like to see as a Star Trek regular? Best case scenerio.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Allison Hannigan
David Borneaze SP?
Seth Green
Xander etc.

heh heh

Star Trek: The Vampire Slayer.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

YEAH!!!

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Or maybe "Buffy the Romulan Slayer"? :-)

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Tony Todd, for sure. If they find any Genevieve Bujolds, I'll scream.

Casting won't start for another seven months in all likelihood, right?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Seven months? They haven't even figured out what the new series is going to be about, much less anything about the characters or the cast...

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Jack Elam would make an imposeing figure for a captain.

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

I'd like to see Jeffrey Combs again. As anyone.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

It took a total of eighteen months to get Voyager past shooting "Caretaker", and eighteen months to get past shotting "Emissary", starting from scratch.

Berman has been doing the new series for probably two or three months.

Seven is a bit early, but if they want it on the air in the fall of 2000, it has to be seven months and they're done casting. If they want it by fall 2001, they can take as much time as they please, really.

And Jeffrey Combs is always nice!

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

They oughtta make him a regular cast member.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I agree with Ziyal for sure. "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River" just proves my point!

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Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

*NODS NODS NODS NODS* I TOTALLY agree with Ziyal. *L* Gimme Jeff Combs again...as ANYTHING! The less makeup the better though. Heh. He once was an odd alien on DS9...i didn't recognize him. *L*

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Ah yes, Jeffery Combs, and Armin Shimermin, without makeup as well. And if Voyager is gone by the time this starts, I'd like to see Ethan Phillips get a better role than Neelix.With Tony Todd you would have a heel of a cast with guys, now who will be the women?

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Kate Mulgrew, Nicole de Boer, and Nana Visitor are all stellar actresses, but they'd be far too noticeable.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I'd like to see Nicholas Lea (The X-Files, Krycek) as a character in a ST series, along with Olivia D'Abo (TNG, Amanda Rogers)

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

(Flips open his copy of Playboy, and starts rhyming off names

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Jeff Combs to appear as a box-with-a-face in an episode where one of the main characters' mother arrives on the ship. It could lead to great things. I can feel it.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I wonder if anyone else here knows who Jack Elam is.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

Natilie Portman. People want Trek to have a break, about 5 years, in that time she'd grow up some more and be believible as a young ensign or lietenant jg.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Jeffrey Combs as a regular cast member is very possible, that is, if the Writers can somehow slip Brunt in there.

One thing I have noticed is that Brunt and Weyoun were never in the same screen together........

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Going from a Queen on Star Wars to an ensign on Trek...that's probably an insult.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Frank obviously means because of the rank demotion...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Oh, right...forgot about that.

Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

I think they should cast me. Give Trek the John Candy it's been missing.

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

I heard that Kevin Sorbo is in the new series and It's going to to be filmed in Canada next year. Hmm...

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Kevin Sorbo??

'Star Trek: The Legendary Journeys'

Hmmm....

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Wait a minute...
Canada and Star Trek...
Where have I seen such a nice combination before.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Ahhh!! No, no. Sorbo is connected to another Roddenberry project, similar to Earth: Final Conflict, being produced by Majel.

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

I posted this in another one of Sol's threads a while back, but what the hell, here it is again.

Jeri Ryan - Captain
Jennifer Aniston - 1st Officer
Marina Sirtis - Counselor
Jennifer Lien - Doctor
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Security Chief
Denise van Outen - Helm officer
Roxann Dawson - Chief engineer

*ducks for the inevitable barrage of objects from the other side of the room*

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Who is Denise Van Outen?

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Van+Outen,+Denise

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Marina Sirtis? Why? If you need a counsellor, make it Nicole deBoer... :-)

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I must certainly agree with TSN: What are you thinking?

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Give me Marina

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Only if she is drunk every episode

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

OH YEAH? Well, TWO can play this game!

Captain: Rene Auberjonois
First officer: Jeffrey Combs
Doctor: Steven Sutcliffe (Ragtime)
Counselor: Tim Ransom (Jack of the Jack Pack)
Security Chief: Kevin Smith (of Hercules & Xena)
Helm: Hugh Panaro (Side Show the musical)
Conn: Patrick Fiori (French singer/actor)
Chief engineer: Brian D'arcy James (Titanic Musical)
Cook: James Darren

Now we can REALLY do a Star Trek Musical with these people. They can all sing with the possible exception of Jeff Combs.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Rene Auberjonois can sing?

Hey, and a few of them could direct all the episodes, too, Ziyal!

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Marina Sirtis rules.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

First off, I want to say that I personally believe everybody's jumping the gun here, casting a Trek show while it's existence is barely a gleam in Paramount's eye. I don't buy this "it'll be ready in six months" stuff.

Now, on to business. Since everybody's doing a swell job filling in the "Star" positions, I'm taking a few shots at guest stars.
People I'd like to see appear, but who never will, unless I win the powerball lottery and pay to produce my OWN Star trek show:

Me - a forgotten hero from Earth's past, kept alive through (technobabble), until revived in the far future.

Tori Amos - Between-assignments ship's counselor, becomes intimately involved with a forgotten hero from Earth's past who was recently revived. (Okay, I admit it, I've got a HUGE crush on Tori. So sue me.)
Alternatively, she could play a Risan goddess figure.

Sean Connery - crusty but loveable admiral. I picture him standing alone on the bridge of an embattled Sovreign-class, speaking to our crew from the helm of his doomed vessel.

Robin Williams - A Q... can you imagine? or, another Soong-type android, with an overactive chip. Or an alien that communicates through rapid stream-of-consciousness.

Ah-nold Schwartzenegger - A Breen. (So THAT'S why we can't understand what they're saying...)

That Guy Who Played "Mini-Me" - another envoy from the First Federation; they've been away too long.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

How about Sarah MacLachlan?

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Elim: Yep. He was both the speaking and singing voice of that French chef in Little Mermaid.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

First of Two!!!!!!! another Toriphile!

woohoo!

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

I was considering both Marina and Nicole for the counselor post, but after watching a couple of TNG episodes, I decided that Marina definitely had the edge.

Garak: I don't think you want to know what I was thinking - it's completely unbroadcastable.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Ziyal: Oh, he sung for that part, too... Okay...

And Orion: *LOL!*

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Excuse me, did you say sing? Since when was Star Trek based on people who could sing. If that's the case, they should cast me (As I said before). As for Sean Connery, if he wasn't so damn expensive, I think he would make a perfect guest.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Since when I Trek based on singing, you ask? I would refer you to any epsiode in the last two seasons of DS9 involving the character of Vic Fontaine... :-)

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Some time after the Zena musical, we started writing songs for DS9 the musical.

It was at the end of season six. Mine was about Worf killing Dukat, for killing Jadzia.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*is feeling tempted to repost the Trek rock operas* *grin*

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Only if you actually write the lyrics too.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Not likely... :-)

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Brendan Fraser as a captain!!!

*looks at last few posts*

We're talking music now?
Okay. I'd like to hear Nicole deBoer sing.

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Altair: You've got to be kidding me. "Encino Man???" That's as bad as casting Keaneau Reeves in "Speed" (I stick to my ideals that it would've been a good movie, be it not for Reeves)

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

It was meant as a joke, although he was very good (and serious) in 'The Mummy'.

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