According to the page Internet Movie Database - Star Trek: First Contact (1996) a scene was filmed on DS9 where Sisko tells Worf to take the Defiant into battle. This scene, of course, wasn't used. I'd just never heard of this before - has anyone else?
Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
I believe Rick Sternbach even denied that a scene with Sisko was even shot at all.
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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
. . . and, furthermore, that Kelsey Grammer DID say "Acknowledged" in the battle chatter, uncredited.
Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
It says Brooks was paid for shooting the scene. . . let's "follow the money!" Neat signature, too. . . 8)
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
A missed oppertunity. If they had shown/done the scene, DS9 would had to have made some reference to the Defiant being shot up in the battle.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Never heard of this before, but if they did film it, there'd be no more obligation to mention the Defiant's damage on DS9 than if they showed it at all (like they did)...
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I do remember looking at an early script of the first part of the movie. It was remarkably similar to what was shown, but it did include the Sisko scene. Paramount might have denied it for money reasons, and Brooks isn't the most talkative man in the world.
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
And why wasn't Sisko on the Defiant? He's certainly got an axe to grind with the Borg.
(Actually, if I think about it, it seems possible that Worf had the Defiant out on patrol somewhere, and hence while Sisko might have liked to be on it, he didn't have the chance.)
So, uh...it makes more sense not to have Sisko in the movie at all, because I don't see him turning command of the Defiant over to Worf in this instance.
Having said that, it would have made for a cool scene.
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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
So did Kelsey Grammer say "Acknowleged" or not? If not, it sounds EXACTLY like him.
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I rememeber back when FC was coming out, reading plot summaries that included the scene w/ Sisko. But I didn't know if they had actually filmed it. Considering that the addition of the Defiant to the battle was late in coming, I wouldn't have thought they would have filmed it.
I also recall someone saying that Kelsey Grammer recorded that line into a tape recorder while sitting on the toilet. Again, no idea whether or not it's true.
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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
I do know that at one point, Worf was planning to be away from DS9 when Keiko's second baby was born (which was due to be about the same time as the events of the film), having never recovered from the first experience! That he basically took the Defiant on patrol to get as far away as possible. One of TPTB said this was the reason, long before the movie came out, and in the end it wasn't mentioned in FC OR the episodes of the time. . . did anyone see Worf in the episode where Kira has the baby?
Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
I think he talks with Odo during the events of "The Begotten".
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