Everyone on the Web seems to be referring to that shadowy humanoid figure as "Future Guy", but that name has never been used on screen. I'm guessing that Berman or Braga once used that name in an interview around the time that "Broken Bow" came out... but can anyone please point me to a source for that? 'Twould be useful to point out the origin of the nickname in the Memory Alpha article that I'm contributing to.
Thanks! Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on June 26, 2004 04:51 AM:
It's simpler than "Shadowy Advisor to the Suliban Who Happens to be from the Future," I suppose.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on June 26, 2004 05:19 AM:
That's a good question. Who started with the "Future Guy" name. I don't even remember when I first saw, was probably here.
BTW, is he still on Enterprise? Or have they moved on from the whole Suliban temporal cold war? Last I heard about Enterprise they were after some other race called the Xindi.
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on June 26, 2004 06:35 AM:
He's a guy, he's from the future
Posted by Capped in Mike (Member # 709) on June 26, 2004 07:27 AM:
quote:Originally posted by Captain Boh: He's a guy, he's from the future
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on June 26, 2004 07:42 AM:
I think it could've been me. I started calling him "Evil FutureGuy" or "EFG" when we were yammering about "Broken Bow", and stuck to it. Could have been independent of "Future Guy", or not. I called him that because I was was watching "Undergrads" religiously at the time, and was adopting Cal's mannerisms much to the annoyance of my friends.
Mark <---slurp
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on June 26, 2004 08:24 AM:
The Tom uses "Future Guy" here, on September 10, 2001.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on June 26, 2004 11:07 AM:
Let me be more specific, then... I'm pretty sure that the nickname "Future Guy" has been used by someone from Paramount -- probably Braga, but that's just a guess. The reason I suspect that is because of the huge range of people who call him that, from Trek Today to Cinescape and everyone in-between.
I did google the exact phrase "Future Guy", but I haven't found any useful pages yet, unfortunately.
Posted by Ultra Klackrent Zlatan Magnus (Member # 239) on June 26, 2004 11:12 AM:
Undoubtedly there is a site that chronicles the term "Future Guy". Marvellously useful information that is.
Like the Hellfire Club and parlour games.
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on June 26, 2004 04:06 PM:
He was named by Mulder and Scully right after they named "Cigarette Smoking Man"
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on June 26, 2004 04:48 PM:
Later changed to simply "Cancer Man" (as though Phillip Morris had a corperate superhero).
Posted by TheWoozle (Member # 929) on June 26, 2004 10:10 PM:
Just to wander a little further afield.. I wonder is 'The Smoking Man' character, in X-Files, actually had an effect on cigarette sales, for or against (depending on the fan).
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on June 26, 2004 10:58 PM:
Well, his "Morley's" brand was fictional, so it didn't help them.
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on June 27, 2004 03:14 AM:
Earliest mention I could find is from KalElFan on rec.arts.startrek.current, dated 2000/04/05. link
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Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on June 27, 2004 03:24 AM:
(Sorry, I tried but apparently the only way the link works is by placing the whole URL as the link text. Attempting to use URL= tags screws the whole thing up)
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on June 27, 2004 03:28 AM:
Here's a quote from two paragraphs from the post:
quote:Not only is there still no suspense, it becomes silly because people are sitting there thinking "Yeah, right, like this guy from the future will have any chance of changing Star Trek."
quote:So what's left? Zefram Cochrane as he visits Vulcan? Is that where this series starts? Then what? First ship gets built? How long are we to Pike, maybe we see him? And this future guy is what... like around every second episode making trouble?
Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on June 27, 2004 08:44 AM:
He is called Future Guy in the article about the script linked in the linked post
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on June 27, 2004 06:39 PM:
What's he refered to in the credits? Anything?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on June 27, 2004 07:44 PM:
*reads down the list* Oh, him. Lt. Barnaby in "Descent, Part II."
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on June 27, 2004 08:23 PM:
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Humanoid Figure.
Should'nt that be the description for Anthony Montgomery?
(Man, I actually had to search for the actor's name!)
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on June 28, 2004 03:28 PM:
Humanoid Figure = Anna Nicole Smith.
Could she be considered a Cyborg? Half Human - Half Silicon?
Actually Future Guy is just another version of "Q"
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on June 28, 2004 03:42 PM:
"Could she be considered a Cyborg? Half Human - Half Silicon?"
The silicone bits might be ample, but her human parts keep expanding to overtake them...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on June 29, 2004 07:29 PM:
..and retracting: she's skinny again (though God knows how).
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